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  1. BiologyBrain

    "Miniature horses still allowed to fly as service animals"

    I don’t see any difference between these really small minis (the law states 80-150 lbs I think) and a large-sized service dog. The service is the same and there are serious reasons for having a service mini instead of a service dog: allergies, need for more stability, longer life of horses...
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    Contest! Share Your Mini Horse Photos!

    This is Annie Oakley. In the one she is laying down with me & in the other she is mind melding with my son, Simon.
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    Natural Hoof Care Giveaway

    This sounds good.
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    Hyper-bikes for regular ponies?

    Thanks Patti!
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    Hyper-bikes for regular ponies?

    Im interested in the Hyper-bikes, but I think even my ‘mini’ will be too big for them. Is there anything similar for larger ponies? My ‘mini’ is probably already 36” at only a year old. My other pony is considerably larger at 12-2 HH. Is there a practical reason why a bigger sized hyper-bike...
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    Lungeing question

    With the popularity of round pens, I know lungeing has fallen into disfavor. I know that on ‘big’ horses the length of the lunge line is not sufficient to keep them from torquing (that’s probably not the correct word, but hey...) their knees/joints. However, with a pony or mini, wouldn’t the...
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    Why measure to last mane hair?

    Thanks! We love her!!
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    Why measure to last mane hair?

    My filly is a pale silver buckskin with body colored guard hairs on her mane (top and bottom). If she had a dorsal stripe I’d be really tempted to call her a dun, but alas no dorsal stripe. She has ear tips, guard hairs and her face is looking to be just a smidge darker than her body. It’ll be...
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    35 year old mini

    The allergist thought the allergens in the hair/dander were the same, but didn’t look it up or verify it. She just told us to keep an eye on our daughter when she’s around the non-Curlys.
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    Crypt surgery

    Sounds like you’re doing a great job! I’m super glad my little mini donk didn’t have any issues like this when we just gelded him. Sounds like a LOT going on! Good luck on your boy healing well!
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    Why measure to last mane hair?

    So what you’re saying is that it was just an innovation made to separate Minis from ponies even though they technically are just small ponies (that have been bred to look more ‘horse-like’, but still, they’re generally of Shetland origin)? It’s funny to me because many of the minis that I know...
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    Why measure to last mane hair?

    i know that to measure a mini officially you go to their last mane hair. What I’m wondering is why? It seems like a much less consistent measuring place than the highest point of the withers. some horses, like people have long/low hairlines while others have short/high hairlines. I realize there...
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    35 year old mini

    The vet came out & verified that Dave the Donkey is coming up on 5 years old. She gelded him with no issues. She said we need to keep an eye on his twisted tooth to be sure it didn’t get cavities and start causing him issues. She also looked Molly over & verified her age as best as she could...
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    Bad teeth

    my hubby & I just inherited a 22 acre farm complete with mini mare (35 years old!!) and a 4-5 year old mini jack. He’s getting gelded May 20 and I’ll ask the vet about this then too, but I’m wondering about his teeth. His 2nd incisors (I think) are twisted. It seems like he eats just fine since...
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