Recent content by twoblackminis

Please don't use Showsheen!!! It is a silicone based product, which builds up in the coat/hair and weakens the hairs over time. I was an avid "Showsheener" and after a year found my Quarterhorses lovely thick tail getting thinner and hairs breaking off like mad. I switched to a non-silicone...

Conformation and temperment aside; I hate greys or horses with alot of white! But that is purely from a practical point of view ... having had a lovely steel dappled grey Arabian and a TB with four tall white socks ... they are a PITA to clean!! I loove a black & white pinto though...

It doesn't quite work like that All processed grains can be watered down, along with many supplements. Watering the grain down can make it easier for the Mini to eat or more appetizing in some cases. I water Tonkas grain down, because he seems to like wet food better ... the other could...

I loove the smell of our bedding, Streufex!! Also love sticking my nose into the neck of the horses ... sigh

Darn!! I was worried that it would be genetics. :DOH! Here's a picture of Diesel, to show what I mean about his mane: http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2537543690074229354GJUlDI Yes, the other minis has tons of split ends and it's sun bleached at the bottom of the mane. I'll probably go along...

Hehe. Couldn't help myself! So, Tonka has a 'medium' mane down past the point of his shoulder whilst Diesel has a 'thick' mane that is *maybe* a foot long?! I want Diesels mane to be more like Tonkas ... should I consider thinning out his mane and trying to train it down? Right now it's so...

When I worked on the (large horse!) breeding farms, we had an older boss gelding who was turned out with the colts after they were weaned. Boss gelding taught the colts their pasture manners. It worked out really, really well! I think we weaned at 6mos, so they were TO'd with boss gelding...

So I've always wondered ... How do you keep therapy Minis from "messing" in nursing homes, hospitals, etc?? Do you potty train them sort of like a dog?! Or put one ofthose diapers on them??? I'm currently working on getting my Golden Retriever in as a therapy dog locally, since she really...

I've heard that Minis are prone to not shedding out like a "normal" horse, but I don't know whether thats true or not?! Either way, I clip our Minis every spring and then partway through the summer. Otherwise, they get totally overheated We groom them continually through the winter and...

HGFarm, trust me this is NOT being taken lightly, hence why I am having the Mini fully checked out before attempting to even ground drive again. We're sticking to lunging for now, since that is what he does well. That's what I meant LOL And thanks hobbyhorse, I may try cantering him on the...

Thanks everyone for your concern and help. I am going to talk to our DVM dentist and see whether he can make a quick stop in sooner than next month, I would really rather HE did the Minis teeth since he's super experienced. The Mini has never been trained to cart. We bought him as a...

Thanks everyone! shelia, that was the strange thing ... he freaked out at completely different spots each time! He's been at the farm for two years now and has seen the chickens before, heard the dog barking from the house, seen the 'scary' trailer in the grass ... this is NOT a spooky mini...

I only lunge him with a halter, since he's very responsive on the lunge. I'll try lunging him with the bit for a few weeks, to see whether his mouth is bothering him. His teeth have been done by a DVM who specializes in dentistry for the past two years. I'm wondering whether his wolf teeth...

Background on the troublemaker; 6-year-old green Miniature gelding. Very playful (loves to 'baby play' with the 3-year-old Standarbred colt!!) and very saucy. He's 36" tall, so pretty big for a Mini, but ittybitty compared to our foundationbred Quarterhorse and 16hh dressage horse ;) LOL Our...

Hey everyone -- lurker here!! I used to show my Quarterhorse gelding in showmanship and was taught to carry a small crinkly candy wrapper in my outside hand. When asking the horse to square up, I would crinkle it a bit to get his attention and perk his ears up!! It works well for taking...