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I saw on some other threads that a number of people have great minis that were free or low cost. It would be fun to have stories of all the horses that didn't cost a fortune but turned out to be great little driving horses (either for show or just recreational driving). That includes the...

Is there a seat cushion or something that can be added to the seat of an easy entry cart to make it taller? I have a standard CTM miniature horse cart. It is balanced with the seat almost all the way back but I still need more leg room to sit comfortably.

How do you go about training three distinct trots? I'm still in the ground training stage and she knows walk, trot, whoa, easy and speed-up-with-a-cluck pretty well. While free lunging she has a beautiful extended trot.

I want to preface this by saying it is a real question, I do not want to offend. I thought of this after buying an older former show horse who had fallen on hard times, with a lapsed registration. He is such a good horse...what happens to the others? Especially with the economy what it is...

My newest mini has a megamane. When we got him he hadn't been groomed in a long time and had dreads and mats, which I cut out. But that didn't make a dent in his mane volume. It is one-sided but heavy/thick so it elevates out to the side and is dry and frizzy underneath, though the very top...

I was always told never to trot on pavement when I used to ride big horses...and now that I drive am wondering how trotting on pavement is for the little ones. I haven't been doing it-- then I saw some youtube videos of minis driving and they were trotting up the road and along asphalt trails...

How old of a mini have you driven? When do you retire your driving horse? I have an 18 year old and he still likes to work but is a little arthritic in back. I wonder how many more years I can expect to drive him.

My mini colicked a couple of days ago. I wormed her Sunday, and she colicked Wednesday. I'm wondering if there is a link between the two. She had no worms on her FEC in the fall, and the wormer I used was Zimectrin Gold and I used the amount for her weight. Was it coincidence that it...

I am training one of my minis to drive and I'm questioning if I should. She is sweet, an older mare and has a cute trot but she is spooky and high strung by nature. She spooks at rain on her shelter roof, the fence clicking, a feedbag. He response is to spook first. She's smart, sensitive...

I got a mini recently with lice in his big thick mane, tail and up the spine. He had scratched out a lot of his tail. I dusted him with Lice Duster powder from the feed store, and it's time to reapply... BUT the Lice Duster makes me sick. The skin on my lips and inside my nose were burning...

Anyone know of a good quality water proof blanket to fit a deep-bodied mini? I got a Glover and it won't reach to cover Katie's ample midsection, but the length is fine and I like the quality. She is built like an old style Shetland pony in spite of being only 34 inches tall and wearing a...

I would like to get one cart to fit both my minis-to use at different times, not driving double. One mini is 29 inches, the other 34 inches, and I would like to get a cart that will work for many years. Since I don't know exactly where my driving will take me, which cart would be most...