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I would just about bet that's easily fixable! Just IMO, and strictly my opinion, he looks like he's got the underdeveloped neck muscles from not using his neck liek he should, or being held in a false frame while training. I see this in young stallions alot, though, they run around with their...

I'm not going to say that it's hopeless, just maybe not feasible to have him ready for an April show, depending on how bad his neck is. I've had two with broken crests that have managed to get turned back around and look like normal necks again. This is certianly the worst I've ever dealt with-...

Having just spent about 4 hours outside repairing a huge section of my fence, I was quite ill with the "perp" who had cut my fence and let my girls out. They went on a wild gallop around the neighborhood, and my normally easy to handle and catch mares turned into mini mustangs. The second you...

Google vet neglecting horses and see what comes up. It will make you quite angry. Sadly, this isn't the fisrt instance I've heard of vets owning and neglecting their own animals.

If the mare were homozygous for silver, she'd pass a copy of it to every foal she produced, so yes, the foal in question would have to express silver. Hetero means she will only have a 50% chance of passing her one copy on to the foal. The sire being a cremello, carrying two copies of creme...

After losing 3 minis to a pack of dogs and my husband getting bitten through the arm trying to beat the dogs off the horses, that's why we have a mule now. We don't have dog problems anymore. So sorry for your loss. File a property damage report if you haven't already. If you file a civil...

I do think putting him down is rather extreme, and usually, once treated, tehy have no further issues. They are given a local to numb the area, and they feel no pain with the procedure- it's not like having a jumper's hocks injected repeatedly- it's a one time deal. One thing to point out is...

I just about cried when this little girl was born- how could her beautiful mother and father ever produce such a scary looking foal? EK Talismans Eight Belles as a newborn... About a month old... LOng Yearling... Off to the trainers as a 2 1/2 year old, her first time hooked to the...

Going downhill won't hurt him unless you're doing extreme mountian climbing or something with him but slight hills up and down in straight lines are great. By stalling I meant that there are some who are afraid that working the horse is worse for them and leave them up all the time with no...

They don't "outgrow" stifle issues- if it's a problem now, it's going to remain a problem unless addressed. In activilty is the worst thing for them- keepign them stalled can aggrevate the issue, as can round penning and lunging. The best excersise is straight lines up and down hills (have a...

Around here all the sale barns have closed down. Folks were not willing to haul in, pay for yardage, coggins and all the other fees and basically wind up giving the horses away. Craigslist is full of free horse ads. It is sad, and with the economy like it is, I can't see it getting better, with...

I don't know if it's been mentioned on here yet, but there are some horses that the dwarfism does not become apparent until they are much older. My dwarf mare is a daughter of a well known stallion, and this is her as a five year old. ... Ignore the date, this is her at about 19 yrs old. The...

I rescued a mare that had foundered previously and she was much like your mare- one thing right after another trying to help her. The bute given to ease her pain gave her ulcers and she was so high strung that it took more than a normal dose of GG to keep her comfortable on top of her pain meds...

I have agree- while having papers means a lot, the papers don't neccesarily make the horse. There are a lot of National Champions out there that have pedigrees that aren't considered "well bred". I personally have seen horses that the pedigrees read like a who's who of the Mini world and when I...

And that is a good point, and a very valid one to consider. The older stallion is infertile, so I know he's out of the equation- his drive is so low, even with a mare in full blown heat in front of him, he doesn't get excited. The 17 yr old tolerates the old man out with the mares, I guess he...