I agree with you 100% I mean I'm all for a good home with people who love their minis. BUT he beyond the normal amount of spoiled! He's never going to know how to be a real horseThose pictures are photoshopped. He's roach backed and has had surgery on his hips/hind legs.
OBVIOUS photoshopping on his back/topline to remove his roached back.
Call me rude but I don't like these people.
They're trying to hide his deformities.
They're in it for the money.
They're calling him a stallion and HAVE since he was a few days old. He's a darned colt and should be a gelding!
They treat him like a dog and a spoiled brat.
I have also lost ALL of my respect for Oprah. I thought that woman was smarter than that.
My apologies to those that think I'm being rude, but I get testy when it comes to Einstein. If he isn't gelded then he's going to be the new Bond's Tiny Tim!
Maybe he should.. He needs some schooling, but I doubt the knowledge that Einstein isn't stallion quality will be any revelation. People can geld or not their horses, but I'd be concerned for any mare bred to Einstein. And, as many of us have said, we don't appreciate such a poor example of our breed held out so widely as an example of what a miniature horse is. If THAT was what they are, I'd never have bought one. Would you?
Not a good way to welcome new members
This is a forum to learn and help out.
I very rarely post on the forum and it is the same for several of my horse friends for this very reason. I did not skip ahead on this post, but merely watched the video, and then read the posts about Einstein. What I saw when I watched the video was a very spunky little horse having so much fun playing with a large ball. It was funny and made me smile. He appears to be well fed, parasite free, pain free, happy and loved. He is of pet quality and does have two major conformational flaws, a roached back and a very short neck. Does he have a big head...I don't know...perhaps...but many horses that are short necked also appear to be big headed. Anyway, my point in posting here is to me this is so very sad and so much the reason that the Lilbeginnings Forum has so many lurkers that are literally "afraid" to post. They don't want to be publicly humiliated and shot down for a simple question or a photo of their horse. That is very sad to me. I know some of you preach education and that is great, but what if the teachers that were educating your children in schools were so harsh and critical? I bet you wouldn't like that and would be right over to the educational facility demanding more respect. I have watched the posts on this colt since he was born. The only thing I "ever" doubted was his birth weight. I simply "cannot" comprehend a full term miniature foal that survives as weighing in at only six pounds, When I look at my Jack Russell and know that she weighs twenty pounds...Einstein's alleged birth weight is just very difficult for me to believe. Has there been a lot of hype about this horse? OMG...yes...possibly too much. The breeders got a lot of publicity from this and miniature horses have also received a lot of publicity. Oprah asked them to come onto her show and I am sure that they were paid for their appearance....so what. When I look at this little horse...I see "pet" quality....but not a blatant dwarf. He certainly didn't appear to have turned up nostrils and respiratory problems for as long as he chased that ball around. Yes....he has a roached back and a short neck and should never be bred...ever. He is a young horse and is future is yet to unfold. I will change my attitude about the current owners when and "if" I see that Einstein is "standing at stud" or has been bred even once to a mare. Until then, I will stay reserved and say that he appears to me to be a very loved and well cared for, happy little pet quality horse. To all that are so critical of this horse, would you throw each and every horse out of your herd that has at least two conformational faults? Most likely not. I would wager that some of the people that are so critical are breeding horses with larger heads, shorter necks, weak hips, toed in, cow hocked....etc..... To me the roached back is totally unacceptable and does "scream" dwarf characteristic....but is that enough to call him a blatant dwarf? I don't know...I am not an expert...but personally, I don't think so....just far far enough to label him "very" pet quality and NOT breeding stock. Some of you have stated in the past that displaying this horse "publically" gives all of us the "right" to criticize him. Does it really? I surf miniature horse websites almost on a daily basis...from all across the world....and yes...I see some very poorly conformed animals that are displayed on these websites as "breeding" stock....never would it dawn on me to copy the photo and put it out there for public display and humiliation to the current owner. I have to really wonder, what is so "wrong" or "missing" in one's life to make one thrive on hurting and humiliating others. Not "every" thought that goes through your head needs to be posted....some things are just best left "unsaid"....or if you have said them once....you don't have to keep saying it. I am not sure what the OP was fishing for here...I thought it was just to display a video of him playing....but then, I do realize that people are well aware of the "huge" bashing that Einstein and his owners are going to get when they post about him. Just sad to me...very very sad....there are so many other issues in the world...and I personally was delighted to see this little pet quality horse that appears to be just so happy to be alive. That is what most of us "should see"....and as far as the education....if I didn't have minis and this is the first post I saw....I would seriously reconsider ever getting into minis....not because of the horses, but more so because of some of the people that own them. Not one post has said...Wow...Einstein looks so happy, he is well fed, parasite free, his hooves are trimmed, he has friends and his owners even bought him this "huge" ball that he loves to play with. Kudos to the owners for taking such great care of their little pet mini. That is what I see when I watch the video...a happy little pet horse. Would like to add that "anyone" could have touched up those photos...it didn't necessarily have to be his owners. Feel free to flame away....I can take it....maybe if I am the one being bashed...it will give this little pet and his owners a break. P/S....you don't have to be an "Einstein" to see that he is just pet quality...
I very rarely post on the forum and it is the same for several of my horse friends for this very reason. I did not skip ahead on this post, but merely watched the video, and then read the posts about Einstein. What I saw when I watched the video was a very spunky little horse having so much fun playing with a large ball. It was funny and made me smile. He appears to be well fed, parasite free, pain free, happy and loved. He is of pet quality and does have two major conformational flaws, a roached back and a very short neck. Does he have a big head...I don't know...perhaps...but many horses that are short necked also appear to be big headed. Anyway, my point in posting here is to me this is so very sad and so much the reason that the Lilbeginnings Forum has so many lurkers that are literally "afraid" to post. They don't want to be publicly humiliated and shot down for a simple question or a photo of their horse. That is very sad to me. I know some of you preach education and that is great, but what if the teachers that were educating your children in schools were so harsh and critical? I bet you wouldn't like that and would be right over to the educational facility demanding more respect. I have watched the posts on this colt since he was born. The only thing I "ever" doubted was his birth weight. I simply "cannot" comprehend a full term miniature foal that survives as weighing in at only six pounds, When I look at my Jack Russell and know that she weighs twenty pounds...Einstein's alleged birth weight is just very difficult for me to believe. Has there been a lot of hype about this horse? OMG...yes...possibly too much. The breeders got a lot of publicity from this and miniature horses have also received a lot of publicity. Oprah asked them to come onto her show and I am sure that they were paid for their appearance....so what. When I look at this little horse...I see "pet" quality....but not a blatant dwarf. He certainly didn't appear to have turned up nostrils and respiratory problems for as long as he chased that ball around. Yes....he has a roached back and a short neck and should never be bred...ever. He is a young horse and is future is yet to unfold. I will change my attitude about the current owners when and "if" I see that Einstein is "standing at stud" or has been bred even once to a mare. Until then, I will stay reserved and say that he appears to me to be a very loved and well cared for, happy little pet quality horse. To all that are so critical of this horse, would you throw each and every horse out of your herd that has at least two conformational faults? Most likely not. I would wager that some of the people that are so critical are breeding horses with larger heads, shorter necks, weak hips, toed in, cow hocked....etc..... To me the roached back is totally unacceptable and does "scream" dwarf characteristic....but is that enough to call him a blatant dwarf? I don't know...I am not an expert...but personally, I don't think so....just far far enough to label him "very" pet quality and NOT breeding stock. Some of you have stated in the past that displaying this horse "publically" gives all of us the "right" to criticize him. Does it really? I surf miniature horse websites almost on a daily basis...from all across the world....and yes...I see some very poorly conformed animals that are displayed on these websites as "breeding" stock....never would it dawn on me to copy the photo and put it out there for public display and humiliation to the current owner. I have to really wonder, what is so "wrong" or "missing" in one's life to make one thrive on hurting and humiliating others. Not "every" thought that goes through your head needs to be posted....some things are just best left "unsaid"....or if you have said them once....you don't have to keep saying it. I am not sure what the OP was fishing for here...I thought it was just to display a video of him playing....but then, I do realize that people are well aware of the "huge" bashing that Einstein and his owners are going to get when they post about him. Just sad to me...very very sad....there are so many other issues in the world...and I personally was delighted to see this little pet quality horse that appears to be just so happy to be alive. That is what most of us "should see"....and as far as the education....if I didn't have minis and this is the first post I saw....I would seriously reconsider ever getting into minis....not because of the horses, but more so because of some of the people that own them. Not one post has said...Wow...Einstein looks so happy, he is well fed, parasite free, his hooves are trimmed, he has friends and his owners even bought him this "huge" ball that he loves to play with. Kudos to the owners for taking such great care of their little pet mini. That is what I see when I watch the video...a happy little pet horse. Would like to add that "anyone" could have touched up those photos...it didn't necessarily have to be his owners. Feel free to flame away....I can take it....maybe if I am the one being bashed...it will give this little pet and his owners a break. P/S....you don't have to be an "Einstein" to see that he is just pet quality...
