For those of you who did not think Einstein was a Dwarf

[Mona]

No Mistysmoon...the subject of dwarfs is not always "taboo" or a "no-no". There are MANY people on this forum that have experience with dwarfs and are very open and helful in discussing and sharing information on them, so please don't feel afraid to ask. It seems the "deeper" problem here is that Einstein's owners are seemingly promoting him as the Wold's Smallest Stallion, and due to this, he is (a) not living a "normal" horse life, causing behavioral problems, and (b) many people see him in the news and think this is what a Miniature Horse is supposed to look like. Breeders have spent decades and HUGE $$$$ trying to disprove that minis are dumpy little ponies with ill attitudes, and to many of them, this sort of thing makes them feel like it destroys all that they have been working towards.

Again, please do not hesitate to post for help and advice if the need or want arises for you in the future.

 

[stormy]

Because this is an informational forum I just wanted to bring up a couple points:

Not every stallion needs to be bred and keeping a colt intact and not breeding him is no crime, many countries keep stallions as riding and performance horses and never use them for breeding. Assuming someone is going to breed a stallion just because it has all the parts is no different than assuming if you own a mare you are going to breed her. Stallions can be happy and terrifically smart and talented performance animals and never be bred to a mare.

Not all deformities in minis are directly related to dwarfism...minis and indeed horses of all sizes, breeds and backgrounds can have spinal deformities, off bites, leg deformities for a variety of reasons...bad genetics, placement in the uterus during development, birth injuries, inappropriate or lack of dental or hoof care while growing...premature foals may have joint deformities due to unformed bones and joints at birth...don't assume dwarfism but don't breed these on either regardless of the ability to prove they are genetic deformities or not! Plenty of horses to breed without them!

 

[Debby - LB]

This is the end of this topic. If you would like to put your own horse on the board and start a topic like this that would be fine... it could be very informative.
Some of the posts on here would be very hurtful to me if I owned this little horse. Thank you so much to the people who posted here with a nice friendly comment or had the back bone to stand up and say this was cruel but mostly thank you to the people who were nice in pointing out helpful information regarding dwarf characteristics.