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  1. MindySchroder

    Driving Carts & CDE

    I love this cart!!! You were so lucky to stumble upon it. I would snap up any sulky style cart I came across that might fit my boy 🤗
  2. MindySchroder

    Fusion boots - Active or Trekking?

    The only way to know if they will fit is to try them on. I suggest wrapping his feet in saran wrap to keep the boots clean. You can have him stand on a clean towel or a clean rubber mat after you put them on him. Just don't have him walk around in the gravel or sand or dirt. Grass is fine!
  3. MindySchroder

    Fusion boots - Active or Trekking?

    The Active boots I currently have have well over a thousand miles on them and they are still going strong. The Trekking boots have about 200 miles on them and still look new. The only reason I have had to change out my boots is because my baby pony is growing and out grew his, and Zorro's feet...
  4. MindySchroder

    Fusion boots - Active or Trekking?

    Sounds good! No matter where you get them, having them fast is a plus! I'm glad you like the quick hitch hold backs. I like them too :)
  5. MindySchroder

    Driving Carts & CDE

    The fact that it can be used as a bike and as a training cart is one reason. Another is that I have a very hard time getting my Hyperbike to balance. It's a constant problem. My shafts simply don't function well for Zorro. Kent has made the shafts adjustable on the K bike. I'm hoping that...
  6. MindySchroder

    Driving Carts & CDE

    I know there is a rule about how far the pony has to be from the seat or basket in the CDEs and that is what is tricky about the Hyperbike. There is a guy in Canada making what is called the K Cart/Bike. It is a little bit heavier than the Hyperbike but has adjustable shafts and was designed...
  7. MindySchroder

    Fusion boots - Active or Trekking?

    I'm not sure where you are located or who you are ordering the boots from but I am placing an Equine Fusion boot order for Chimacum Tack today! So if you need something that is not in stock in my tack shed I can pop it on the order 🤗
  8. MindySchroder

    Laminitis/obesity

    Providing she isn't acute exercise is good for them. It sounds like she does a lot of standing around a stall and then standing around to eat. I made a small track system that is grassless so my ponies could move around all the time when they aren't eating. Then they either go out on grass for...
  9. MindySchroder

    Walking/Hiking with our minis and ponies - Mile Tracker!

    The month of June didn't go well for my family. My dad was diagnosed with brain cancer then the very next day had a grand mal seizure which landed him in the ER. I packed up the ponies and drove the 5 hours to my mom's that day. I was gone for 3 weeks as I helped my mom care for my dad during...
  10. MindySchroder

    Walking/Hiking with our minis and ponies - Mile Tracker!

    I use Equine Fusion boots on my ponies!
  11. MindySchroder

    Walking/Hiking with our minis and ponies - Mile Tracker!

    The boys and my Handsome Hubby went on a nice 6 mile hike last weekend. It has finally turned a corner and started to warm up here so we are going to be hitting the trails much more regularly! Here's to hoping that the trails start to get cleared of all the winter and spring dead fall. There are...
  12. MindySchroder

    A little bit worried about Cushings

    Actually yearling often do not shed their coats and can look a bit rough, even if you are feeding them correctly! I just clipped my yearling shetland pony to get his thick, sheep fleece like coat off. He was so sweaty and miserable. I just took the hair off his body, neck and head and left his...
  13. MindySchroder

    Stand

    I tip my cart back on the seat, shafts up!
  14. MindySchroder

    Walking/Hiking with our minis and ponies - Mile Tracker!

    We had a lovely 4.5 mile hike with my friend, =AZVQYBQfLqdlmvf0WL5lzQXBLJlA7XQ_fo4IMvBRLn69uVnn6OwCx8OoZZutS3HIEcuGls5mvp6P0ZkDNBYh1PNUsPvqUdpJkOo7_KsYW-VxK-3gvYiv0pDlgLBkXLPbpMQ&__tn__=-]K-R']Carol Gessell, today. Everything was going so nicely. The sun was shining and hot but we were lucky...
  15. MindySchroder

    Walking/Hiking with our minis and ponies - Mile Tracker!

    Emma uses Cavallo boots on her ponies. I have not had any success with this brand of boot. They are big and clunky and fly off my ponies. Not to mention we walk straight through the soles in 10 miles or less. They just don't seem to hold up for us!
  16. MindySchroder

    Training to drive

    No purpose other than that is what I had in my tack shed. LOL!
  17. MindySchroder

    Training to drive

    I start all my driving ponies with a halter and two long lines. I use 18' long lines for some of my ground driving as well as 2 ten foot long lead ropes for when we go out and walk on trails and the road. There is little need for special equipment to get started. I wrote this blog about...
  18. MindySchroder

    Walking/Hiking with our minis and ponies - Mile Tracker!

    I have been getting in some nice long walks with my boys lately! Yesterday we did 6 miles. It's so beautiful up where we walk and I feel so blessed that we can get there straight from our driveway! I also love walking both of the boys. They each walk at the end of their 10' long lead ropes, one...
  19. MindySchroder

    training question--in my space?

    Horses and ponies actually touch each other all the time. They rub on each other and slide alongside each other. It isn't about being bossy or dominating most of the time but seeking closeness or sharing a scratch or just sharing space. I think you are right in that if they are making you feel...
  20. MindySchroder

    Walking/Hiking with our minis and ponies - Mile Tracker!

    Great job you guys! I have to update my miles as well. And I'm going to have my Handsome Hubby help me make an excel sheet to help keep track of all the miles here. I have no idea how to do that but he is a wiz 🤗
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