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Obviously I don't have any minis yet, but I was at the farm co-op today for chicken feed and noticed beautiful leather halters. There were several sizes, and it looked like "suckling" was the smallest size, next one up was weanling. They weren't terribly expensive either, around twenty bucks...

So, being a dog groomer, I'm quite used to maintaining pets here without visits to the groomer Saves me $60 plus bucks every 6 weeks. Anyway, I called around yesterday to the horse vet and farrier and got a general price so that I can budget for the minis (2). Vet looks like about $360...

And it's the best smell ever! Lol. Dd and I visited the breeder today and we brushed and groomed for two hours before dd had enough and Wanted to go home! I wanted to stay! I got five horses groomed out, manes de tangled and so pretty. I will have the hardest time deciding who to bring home...

Anyone do this with their guys? It looks fun. I'm already into dog agility, and building the obstacles for them, why not trickle down into the horses? StarPoint miniature horses has some training videos, the trailers look pretty good. Man, I can hardly wait for next year!

Ok, still in my research phase for preparing for a couple minis next year! (found a really cool mini manure spreader we can pull with our lawn tractor! Ok, but that's an aside for later) I'm looking at slow feed options. Looking at PortaGrazer and nets from the Hay Chix. Both options look...

Ok, more preparation questions for next year! The area where I want to do my 2 150x90' pastures (for rotation) don't have great grass, it's pretty sparse. I had a company come out yesterday to do soil testing because most of our lawn is being taken over by weeds and moss. It's pretty shady...

I thank you all for your good answers about feeding and pasture setup My next question is... is is feasible to train a mini to drive? I am looking at some minis at a breeder (shows) but they are only just halter trained. I have trained dogs in the past and I am reading as much as possible...

Well, I've been horse crazy since a child, going on almost 40 years now! Dh has given the go for a pair of minis next year after we get some of our house projects done here, and build a little barn and put up fencing. First issue is: FEEDING: The thing that is really scaring me at this point...