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Just another thought about a "breed". As Robin and others have said, the Miniature horse is in its early stages of establishing a breed. In dogs and cats, a new line or breed is not really considered a breed until it can breed true to an established standard. The AKC won't even recognize it...

Take a look at an AMHA registration certificate and at the Miniature Horse printed on there. If it is the "standard" for a miniature then the horses winning today in both AMHA and AMHR are way off the mark. Just an observation I thought was amusing.

Our vet says that because of the location of the cuts that after the first day, the movement of the horse will keep the flies away. He recommends that they get out on pasture to keep moving. We have gelded over 50 yearlings and older over the years in the summer with no problems at all due to...

Just had five done here last week. It is about $55.00 per horse. My vet is a large animal vet, mostly cattle and hogs, but he is quite knowledgable about horses so I guess I'm lucky to be living about 30 miles from him. He comes in the middle of the night for dystocia and once during a...

Sounds like a regular castration to me. I had one that was sutured after castration and you could see the sutures, otherwise it is just open as you said. I'd take it to another vet to have it examined and see if there are any sutures higher up that you can't see. Sometimes they sew the ring...

Saw a couple birds fly through, but they wern't storks!! Maybe next time.

In the paper today was an article about a horse turned loose in Nevada with the brand cut out of its hide - a 6 x 8 piece of hide gone and lert raw and bleeding!

A friend who was at the sale said the LTD horses owned by Davis did not go through but some LTD horses owned by someone else did.

No, if she had the silver gene she would have a lighter mane and tail. Her silver hairs probably are due to the cream gene for smoky black.

We had an orphaned foal so have had some experience with one. You might try the Foal-Lac pellets. Ours seemed to like them. They are like pelleted milk replacer with vitamins, etc in them and he really went for it. He was also very particular about his milk bowl. He would only drink out of...

Just another thought. If Destiny is a roan, maybe it is hidden by the cream gene. Is that possible? Cream with roan white hairs would really be hard to detect.

I always thought roan was a dominant gene, so how could he be roan if neither parent was roan?

I was just wondering if anyone remembers the discussion about deaf horses and the LTD horses that were deaf? I am looking for the link to the farm that had them. Thanks!

Thank you all for your insights, thoughts and prayers. We did share so many wonderful times. I lived with him the last 12 years after Mom died, so we were very close and I would not give up those years for anything. I have to keep remembering all those things - going to Nationals, sales...

I am sorry to say I lost my father over Memorial Day week-end. He had an intestinal blockage that required surgery and since he was 88, and had a weak heart, he couldn't pull through. His name is Robert Eberhard. He and I raised Miniature horses and he was always there watching the foaling...

She is really beautiful!! Congratulations. I notice on your web site you have her named Color Made. Just thinking since she's a filly, what about Color Maid?

Where can you buy cinnamon pill? Health food stores or do you make your own?

I have a "sorrel" mare, too, that carries the silver gene. It is very hard to tell on sorrel horses, but mine was bred to a black pinto and we have gotten two silver foals from her so she has to have the silver gene. Many sorrel horses that have the silver gene will have a lighter mane and...

I was just wondering if you have ever had a mare that was making a large bag, act like she was in season when the stallion is around. I have a mare about 2 weeks from her foal date that has been showing all the classic signs of being in season, yet she is making a large bag. Has anyone had...

Last Thursday morning (1:00 am) our mare Biscuit started foaling. I had been watching on the camera so was there when it was born. The new black and white filly was up in 45 minutes and found the milk bar and took a few swallows. At 3:00 I saw her nurse again. I thought all was well. Then...