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Beautiful fence! We would love to do something fancy, but it's out of our budget for now to do a 3 rail. Wood prices here are high. Someday maybe :) We love the look of a black fence so if we ever do a 3 rail, it would likely look similar to yours.

Just an update! Cricket is doing so well. She has really come out of her shell the last couple months. So glad she got out of that depressed stage. She fits right in with the other yo-yos tearing around the field and playing. Man, she can move!! Wowza. I need to find myself a hyperbike in a few...

Gorgeous minis! How do you usually space your t-posts? We have done 8ft, but seems a bit excessive sometimes. A place down the road from us has cattle panels that are really saggy/wavy and posts are at 16ft. Not sure if that is because of the post distance or the care (or lack of) taken in...

We are re-doing our fencing in the next few weeks. I'm having a hard time deciding what kind. We are trying to decide between cattle panels with t-posts every 8ft (3/4 of our fields are like this), cattle panels with wood 4x4 posts every 16ft (is it strong enough that way?), black no climb with...

Thank you! She has come a long ways since bringing her home. She is a smart little cookie. I think a treat/reward/clicker will be helpful for her. When I first brought her home I sat in the pen with her so she could get used to me. She hated when I brought a halter in. Now I bring her into a...

Thanks! I'm glad Cricket isnt the only one who doesn't care about much. I have thought about treats for her. She is food motivated. I like the idea of a special reward for the halter going on. Maybe their personalities being so mellow will help make her and Stormy be better driving ponies and...

I'm in need of some help with my mini, Cricket. She is an Aug 2020 baby and when I got her this August as a yearling, she was mostly unhandled. She has come a long ways since then, but I feel stuck. I'm able to catch her with my arm under her neck and she hasn't tried to blow past me til today...

Just now seeing this. Oops. Thank you! Very nice explanations :) We are going to be working thru the winter to get ready for some shows this spring and summer. We are all excited to have fun with that!

Thank you! I might be able to separate one out with her if it continues much longer. I'm hoping they work out their issues and get over it. They all ate peacefully in the run in shelter today, so there is hope, lol.

I got myself a new mini 4 weeks ago. She is a doll. She is a grade yearling and was pretty much unhandled. Only had her feet trimmed twice, with the second time being the day before I picked her up, so her feet and legs are working on correcting themselves. She occasionally lets me halter her...

They are getting 1/2 lb/day. The feedbag instructions say 1 lb/500 lbs for minis :)

Our minis are about 2 weeks into their new feeding regimen. They have so much more spunk and get the zoomies a lot!! Our 24yr old gelding is just a blur in front of the window as he runs past. The girls are full of spunk too, which is awesome because they need to lose some weight. Our gelding is...

Thank you! I grew up in 4-H using a friends horse and my kids are so excited for when they get old enough to join. They love watching shows and want to take a horse and show themselves. I'm excited they have a love of animals :)

Yep, we have her on a diet and actually weighing hay now rather than guesstimating. She is also getting lots more exercise. Showing or not she needs to lose some weight, lol. Yes, I know to refer to them as refined. I just use the term "skinny mini" usually because I have 1 stock type and 2 arab...

:) Yep. We are giving the girls 1/2lb of lite and the gelding is getting 1.5lbs. He does eat hay, but he doesn't get the full value of it. After a couple weeks we are going to re-evaluate whether to increase the amount or keep it the same for him. I tried to get a scoop, but they didn't have one...

Yes, for 4-H she will definitely be who we use. She is such a good horse! We can't do 4-H til 2022 though when my oldest is 9. She can't wait! I'm thinking more for AMHA or open shows that have halter classes based on conformation. We would do showmanship for sure since it's based on the handler...

It would be AMHA or fun shows this year, but 4-H starting in 2022. Western regionals is near us this year and we thought it would be fun to go. Just not sure if we should skip that halter class and just do showmanship. They have a stock type for halter now so we wouldn't have to compete with the...

She is much more plump now than in this picture, but yes, she is very much stock type. We can't do 4-h til fall 2022 when my oldest is 9, but we do plan to use her for that. She will be amazing. I'm thinking for more open shows or amha until then. Western Regionals is near us this summer and I...

She is stock type rather than the refined itty bitty arab type. She is fatter now than she was in this picture and we are currently working on that issue. This was just the best picture I could find of her. It would be AMHA for this year and then fall 2022 would be 4-H. Thank you :)

We just started (2 days ago) giving our 2 easier keepers triple crown lite and our 24yr old hard keeper is now getting triple crown senior.