Recent content by Ponylove

Hi All! I have 3 minis and we dug up their paddock and put crushed stone down. I’d like to put sand down on top to make it nice and soft footing. They keep getting rocks in their hooves as their is some rocks mixed in with the crushed stone. It’s also hard to clean out their paddock with rocks...

Hi all! I feed my mini Beet Pulp and someone today told me beet pulp is horrible for horses. I want to make sure I’m not feeding him something that will hurt him long term. he gets about 1 cup soaked beet pulp, simply flax, biotin plus, purina enrich and unlimited Timothy hay. His body...

Hi all! I have a 1 year old Mini Max. I am having a bit of issues with firstly his locked stifle and secondly now he has been limping on his front legs. I checked his digital pulse which doesn’t seem to be bounding at all. We have been having trouble with a new farrier we have been using. The...

Hi all! First time horse owner here... last night my husband and I noticed a large lump on Max’s neck. Low and behold a big fat engorged deer tick. The tick was dead.. We worm Max with Ivermectin every 2 months. Just last week he was due to be wormed.. I am wondering if the ivermectin killed the...

Hi all! Thanks for all the Reply’s! I just wanted to send an update... Max did fantastic being loaded and unloaded and the trip to my parents went fantastic! We are so excited for all the adventures that are yet to come with our boy!

Hi all! My husband and I recently purchased our first horse trailer to go along with our first mini horse!:) It is a 2018 Calico slant load. My mom is disabled and can’t make it out to the barn to meet Max so we are going to be bringing him to her. My question is on the side door there is a...

Hello all! My friends 20 year old mini had to be put down last week due to a really bad case of sand colic. It was very unfortunate because her Mini was my 6 month olds pasture mate. However I am very concerned with my mini having the same. We have begun to use a hay net but he does have a...

Thanks for the reply’s everyone! I recently purchased a rope halter and I have been using a training stick. The last few days have been great - we have been taking walks by ourselves and when he doesn’t want to move forward I lightly use the training stick and this has worked wonders. I think he...

Hello all! My first miniature horse colt arrived last week - it’s been a great first week so far! I’ve been working on grooming him, spending time in his stall with him getting him used to be touched all over and picking up his feet. My best friend also has a mini and they are turned out...

Hello all! My first ever horse, a mini named Max is arriving on Friday. We will be boarding him at my best friends stable she works at - we are so excited! The trip is about 3-4 hours ... once he gets to the barn - do you usually just put them in their stall and let them settle? I would like to...

hello! My husband and I recently purchased a miniature horse foal who is ready to come home towards the end of July. We just bought a truck and we are looking at horse trailers to buy - of course we will need to modify as we are looking at 2 horse trailers. However our mini has never been...

Hi all! My names Vicky and my minis name is Max. I am new to the mini horse world, Max is my first ever horse. He is 2 months old and comes home late July, I’m super excited! I used to drive minis on a farm when I was a teenager and ever since then I have dreamed of having one of my own! My...

Hi All! Today I put a deposit on my very first mini horse!! He is a colt and ready to come home mid summer. I am so excited as this has been a dream ever since I was a little girl! My husband and I will be boarding our mini at a local horse stable. As a teenager I went to a mini horse farm and...