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It's time to do the 5-day, 2X Panacur deworming, which I do yearly in early Spring. But it's also time for spring vaccinations, which I split into two sets due to reactions (EWT, then WN/Rabies). What would be a good recommendation of timing between the shots and the deworming? Would it be a...

I have used a panic snap for tying my 38 inch mini in my stock trailer. But that is designed for the pull of a "regular" horse and I wonder if it would give way for a mini? I think most about being in an accident with the trailer and would want the lead to give way, rather than have him hang...

Seeking clipping hints from those who keep their driving minis outside in winter. Background--Driving mini, Teddy, is now starting to shed out summer coat and grow in winter coat, although not bad (we live in NE PA). I drive up through early-mid Oct and then not again until spring. In the...

Our club is looking for numbers that we can use for various cones courses (numbered cones, obstacle, etc.). We would like to keep to using red for right, white for left. I have seen some at other events that could be set beside the cones and thus angle for optimal viewing from the course...

I have been wanting to move toward slow feeding so that hay can be present more often and encourage more natural continuous eating of hay. I cannot use round bales and don't like the mess I see of them anyway. I am in NE Penn and have timothy and orchard grass hay. I have been looking at...

My 10-yr old mare had some issues last year with spots on her face/neck that she rubbed, but this year it was awful! She is on dry lot but I do turn out for about 1 hour on a grass area. We are within 1/4 mile of a pond. I have had her for 6 years; the problem has started just a couple of...

OK, I'm rather new to driving minis--I have a metal easy entry cart. Because I'm not that bodily flexible, and they weigh less, I thought it safer/easier for me to enter/exit the cart (I harness and drive alone) to use that type rather than a Meadowbrook. I only have available yards, rocky...

Well, I did a search for weight loss on this forum and didn't see anything like my problem (but I didn't look thru all 22 pages!) Here's what has happened. My mare (7 years old) began losing weight over this last winter. I had had her over a year and she had gone thru most of a winter with me...

How long should I expect it to take before I get my permanent AMHA papers? I sent in the temporaries, check and all the paperwork on Nov 3rd. I sent in each gelding's paperwork in separate envelopes. I expected the one to be more difficult because he was co-owned with my husband, who had...

Hi. I have a 1973 Shoop 2-horse bumper pull trailer with a ramp load. This is a trailer that I bought used that my husband modified some to permit its use for minis. It's worked out pretty well, except that the ramp has no lift-assist springs. So the ramp is too heavy for me to lift up to...

Hey all-- Figured the best people to know about an area, especially in relation to animals, are those on the Forum! I'm going to look at some houses/property with my step-daughter this weekend around Wellston, Ohio (also Jackson, Ohio). She and her husband would be looking for work also; I...

Back from 2-week vacation and was sitting on a stool out in the dry lot with our 4 minis, including the mare who's foal was stillborn. All of them gathered around me and we started a mutual grooming fest. I scratched the mare's withers--she nuzzled me--another mare nuzzled her--Prince licked...

Sad to say that my sister-in-law's mare foaled Monday, but the foal was positioned upside down, as it were, and by the time we could get to the equine reproduction clinic, the foal was delivered stillborn. The filly was positioned to come out poll-first, facing up, with legs back. It was to be...

I feel like I betrayed this cat's trust. This gray tiger tomcat came around some to the barn last winter. Not unusual, as in the winter several of the local cats slip into to find shelter in the hayloft, unfrozen water and dry cat food. But this tomcat, whom I called Marble, came back this...

I guess when I posted the request for anyone that I might visit (so I could ease any "mini withdrawal"), the topic got moved and it is now lost. foalfan and minimule sent me replies via email/PM, but I can't see if anyone else did. So if you posted before, if you wouldn't mind, could you...

All-- This is something I have always wondered about, especially when being gone on vacation and leaving the responsibility to others in my absence. What guidance do I give them? I haven't exactly faced it, but it worries me. How much money and work am I (or someone I authorize for me)...

I will be doing the 5-day/double dose of Panacur shortly for my 3 minis. I read in the catalog about a probiotic (Probios Equine One) that was suggested to be used after worming to repopulate the normal gut flora. This does sound like a reasonable thing to do to me, but I haven't heard of...

I'm full of questions tonight! This is kinda morbid but something we all need to think about. I have horses registered in my name in 3 registries. When I die (and let's assume that my spouse, who is "or" with me, has pre-deceased me), how do the registrations get transferred to new owners...

Hey all-- Was wondering this and since my only experience has been with grey horses, not silver dapples (dark dappled "grey" with silver mane/tail), am ignorant of this aspect of horse color. Does a silver dapple change color as they age? If as an adult they are a dark silver, will they...

I need to send in registration pictures for Prince (3 yr. old gelding) to go from temporary to permanent. I have taken pictures from the side that show all 4 legs separate, both sides. However, since I was the picture taker (digital camera) and the lady holding the horse was not experienced...