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I have a 19 year old well trained driving pony. I'm in need of choosing a new bit for him. The bit I have came with his harness used and is pretty old and is getting rusty. It's just a plain half cheek snaffle. He does pretty well in it but I was wanting to try something else. When I had...

My 40" mini has been shod and padded to help with his arthritis and being driven on the paved roads here and help with the concussion on his joints. The smallest shoe my farrier found locally was a pony 0. But had to cut some of the heel off to make them work. Anyone here know where we could...

My gelding came up lame so i called the vet to do a lameness exam on him. Xrays showed arthritis of both knees and fetlock joints. Right was worse then the left. And a bone spur right in the DIP joint or on the top of the coffin joint. Does anyone have experience with this? I'm thinking of...

Where I live all we have all of our roads are paved with very little grassy roadside. I am looking into getting hoof boots for my gelding. Wanting something with a good rubber sole. Would love the renegades but of course they don't make them small enough. What do you use or have had...

I just ordered my new easy entry from Double T Minis. Has the leaf springs. Does anyone have this cart? Was alittle more then I wanted to pay but I'm sure I'll love it.

I have been looking around for an easy entry cart. I found another company that I really like the cart. It is the easy entry elliptical spring seat. Anyone know if those are USA made? And they offer a pony size upgrade. Anyone know if that means a longer shaft and bigger tires?

I've been searching online for a good pleasure/trail/road cart for the $. So far I think I have found one. But don't want to spend over $500 with shipping. I have been looking at the Kingston carts with the motorcycle tires. It looks like a nice cart for $450 shipped. Does anyone have one of...

My buckle broke on one side of my girth strap this morning when i was tightening the girth. The pin part just broke. I've found very limited places to get the whole girth part. I need a 12" miniature. I have the wrap straps which I assume I can use with the new one? The buckle on the girth...

Some of you remember when I first got little Whinny. She was a partially blind special needs miniature mare that I took in last year. We brought her home in the cab of my truck. Little Whinny lost her battle with colic Sunday evening. I found her down Saturday morning. Vet was called out 3...

How many of you have your idle horses on a forage only diet? What suppliments if any do you give? I have two minis. One is an ok keeper. She had alot of issues and cant be ridden or driven. She is just a special needs pasture ornament. The other is an air fern that the kids poke around on a...

 Electric fencing questions.I am thinking of getting electric fencing and I am totally clueless. Its only maybe just about 200ft that I need to be electric. I have no clue what electric charger I will need. I saw TSC has one for about $30. Im not sure if it would be strong enough for two mini...

I have a gelding that came up little off last weekend. Not too bad but favored in the front end. During this week he had been laying down in The morning which is not normal for him. Today I noticed it was defiantly his left front. When he stands he holds that leg out to the side with the...

I have a special needs mini that is approx 29" tall. She looks normal. Not even showing any dwarfism. But she has a back hoof that is twisted and at the pastern. I have had a few people say that she is not a dwarf. I have hunted down the person that used to own her and bottle fed her. She...

I need some fly protection for my little mare but a mesh fly sheet is not going to hold up to her. She tries to rub her winter blanket off along the fence so I don't see the mesh lasting long. Would a summer sheet be too hot to use as a turn out fly sheet? Im in Florida so it does get hot and...

My neighbor has a source of beautiful oat hay. And the price is great also. Her horses love it and eat every bit of it. She gave me a handful of it to see if mine like it and the new guy was all over me for it. He couldn't get enough. Does anyone here feed it? And nutritional how does it...

We just purchased a 17 yo mini gelding a couple weeks ago who is severely over at the knee. He is not lame nor showing any signs of pain. He is long in the toe, low in the heel, with quite a bit of flare. My farrier is due out soon to trim and I've already told him about his long toe low heel...

I have a super small adult mini who measures and wears a 32" blanket. I want to get her a fly sheet cause the flies and midges are tearing her alive. And she now has sweet itch. I am having a hard time finding a decent quality fly sheet in a 32". And the small kensingtons are 36-42. Im...

I just bought a new mini. He is large. About 38-40 inches and as wide as a tank. He's a brute. Large bond. I was going to get my daughter who is 3 a 12" western saddle. The skirt on this particular saddle is 18.5 long with 5.5 pony bars. I was wondering if the skirt would be too long in...

The first time I noticed our mini mare slobbering and coughing I called the vet out cause I suspected a partial choke situation. She came out and assessed the mare. Temp was good. Only other signs were stretching out and trying to clear her throat. Vet witnessed all of it. We sedated her and...

Jetta is the 3-4 year old mini I rescued back in August. She is blind, but does have some sight in her right eye. She also has a deformed pastern bone that causes her to walk on the side of her hoof. SHe cannot chew hay for some reason. Had her teeth checked and she has had them done recently...