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I am trying my best to piece it together myself...lol I don't want to use names so let's say it this way A is selling the horse and it was apparently her daughters B (she was the one showing and had her since birth) I found a post from last year where B was congratulating C her new owner. B and...

Thank you! It all seemed good but thanks to some horse forums we were able to see the the horse was sold to a new owner last year and there was some fundraising done to get the vet bill taken care of. We just asked the owner again if there were any health issues to which we got another NO. We...

Back again!! Looking at another mini and when asked we were told there were no health issues. However in researching more I see this horse did have colic and surgery for it. Should that be concerning? I would assume this is something the owner should have disclosed but don’t see why they’d...

So if we have an area for them it’s best to divide it into dry and grass? Right now it’s all grass and the one mini we are looking at now is in a pen with a mix of dry ground with some grass/vegetation more around the outsides. In feet was is an appropriate size of fenced area for them?

More questions 😁 When we bring our minis or mini/donkey home we want to have the perfect setup for them. For the time being our neighbors have agreed to house them as they have the setup from their previous horses. Being they are minis would we need a dry lot and pasture area? Or does it...

Wow! Thank you for this. I have some video of him being brushed out and ground driven can you tell anything from a video? We will ask all this and more so again thank you so much for the reply!!

Regarding a pre-exam - since we don’t live close to the current owners would we then just call a vet in their area and schedule a meet up? We are going tomorrow to have a look at one and want to be prepared, ask the right questions and get an idea what to look for. Being new to the horse world...

Thanks! The owner sent a few videos of him being groomed and ground driving. He was driving a cart at one point but I guess hasn’t in awhile now but they did said that if we wanted to get a cart this little guy would be game! He is adorable as well so that helps lol

Please share your resources!! We just want to love on them and my daughter really misses caring for a horse. We have the space and lots of love so why not! What girl didn’t want a horse growing up!? So it will not only benefit my youngest daughter but my oldest daughter and myself as well 😁

I feel like there aren’t many options in our area but we will keep looking! Recently saw an ad for. 10 year old bay miniature gelding. So older is a plus 😁 I could also hire someone to come in and help train us all with our new mini. Just want a good fit all around.

I cannot thank you all enough. What a great group of support this is! She will be a bit sad I am sure as she really liked him but her safety is my main concern. It was cute to see her interact with him though and how comfortable he was with her leading him around. I am sure we will find her...

I appreciate the responses so thank you. Can I know what makes a young colt a bad idea? It is one she has her eye on.

We have been asking around and talking to some farms so we can come for a visit but I know nothing about horses! Some ads we have come across are a yearling stud colt, gelding and a ridgling assumed to be sterile. We just want a companion for my 14 year old. She use to take care of the...

Hi everyone! Looking forward to reading and learning as much as possible. We are looking at purchasing our first mini horse and possibly a mini donkey as well. My daughter (14) fell in love with our neighbors horse and would care for it like her own however they had to rehome him and my daughter...