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He will be able to sleep standing up, according to the specialist I'm taking mine to. He just will have to be a bit more aware, because they don't lock anymore. Horses don't do heavy sleep when they're standing. REM sleep (which horses need, but not as much as we do) is done when the horses...

There is so much contradictory information out there. I've been told (and read) repeatedly that backing is the thing to do. (Symphony actually backs up with no problem--as long as she's not locked up at the time.) My property is very flat, but there is no way to access it with a truck big...

You can almost guarantee that any professionally done photos were retouched in some way or other to improve the look of the horse. That may be nothing more than removing some distracting item from the background or erasing a dirty spot (or fly!) from the coat of a horse, to reworking some...

Thanks to everyone for your invaluable input! I have decided to hold off on surgery for Symphony unless the stifle locks up to where she cannot unlock it (doesn't seem to be a threat at this time). The 8 YO gelding will likely get the surgery by the end of this year, as he was 5 when his...

Thank you for excellent information! Symphony, like Koda, is miserable when hers locks up. Mostly it's when she is in the pasture, lies down on the hard ground, then when she gets up, she's locking up every step. She was at the far end of the pasture (which is not very big), when I went out...

My filly Sunrise Symphony did not have any (apparent) issues with her stifles until a farrier did a truly awful trim job on her. It caused her hind feet to toe out severely, which increased her hock angles, causing a bad cowhock stance. It was shortly after that trim that she first had the...

I think I'll join the Mission, too! Mine are going to come in snail mail (better slow than never!), but you're on my "send money now" calendar for the first of each month. I'm sure the girls at the Elephant Sanctuary won't mind if a few dollars come your way! (They're my other regular donation.)

When you mix Appy and pinto, you just never know what combination (or lack of) you will get! My snowflake Appy mare came to me with a solid black filly at side sired by Cross Country's Call Me Awesome, a wild-marked overo stallion. Not a white hair on her! I saw in a horse magazine (as a...

I have a yearling filly and an 8 YO gelding with locking stifles. I took the filly to a vet lameness specialist who advocated cutting one of the ligaments that holds the patella in place. He says the horses with this surgery can still stand up to sleep, but with a bit more awareness, as the...

My household currently consists of: 8 miniature horses, 2 powder puff Chinese Crested dogs, 10 cats (including 2 Oriental Shorthairs, 1 Siamese--16 years old--and 7 rescue kitties), and 9 chickens (2 Black Australorps, 3 Silver-Laced Wyandottes, and 4 Americaunas). That's not including my...

Congratulations! What a pretty pinto baby she is! Unusual markings down her back, too!

My AMHR "B" mare, Thousand Oaks Classys Ladyhawk foaled a sorrel filly Apr 19th. It's been 30 years since I've had a foal born, but this is my first mini foal ever! She weighed in at 21 lbs and 23" tall, with an 8" cannon bone. Looks like she'll be comparable to mama's 35.5"! (Perfect...

Just remember, what's "calm" for other horse breeds is not necessarily the same for Thoroughbreds. They have been bred for centuries to be "hot blooded," and it takes a special touch to work with them. They are wonderful horses, and will give you 110% in anything they do for you. If you are...

Nice little buckskin! Will you be driving him? He looks like he's got the build for it! Wouldn't he look nice in harness?

And the character on it is a skunk! It's a stinker of a valentine, all right! Too funny, for sure!

I love your cat tail, er cat tale! I can relate! I have 14 cats, which is about twice as many as I want, or had. A neighbor's cat had her kittens in some old hay in the bed of my pickup truck! I knocked on the neighbors' door to tell them they were having kittens in my truck and they...

Talk to your veterinarian. There is a drug he can give your pregnant mares, starting a couple of months before they're due to foal. It offsets the hormonal disruptions caused by endophytes. I lost an exquisite blanket-hipped Appy colt in 2006 due to endophyte toxicity. I wish I had known...

Try just letting the water run from the hose, no sprayer. They have amazingly sensitive skin for creatures with such hard heads! I don't know that it hurts, but it certainly seems to be unpleasant! BTW: My mini donk gelding tells me that donkeys melt when they get wet! He was going after...

I went Saturday (as a spectator), but the minis didn't start showing until well after I had to be home to care for my guys. I did get to see some of the early arrivals, though. I was disappointed that the Heritage Sale that's been held there every year was cancelled this year. I heard several...

Have you by any chance had a skin scraping done? It's possible he has mites of some sort. It's way too early for them to be shedding that much, even here in Texas (it'll be 70º tomorrow, although it isn't every day yet. Still--no snow or extreme cold--right now, anyway!) Clipping will just...