Classic K Miniatures thread. pics and updates on my mini's

[MeganH]

What a good photo, Bree! Derby is gorgeous!

Love all these explanations. I learn so much here is it not funny!

 

[Wings]

Thanks guys it means a lot

You all know he is my baby!

He's jumping this weekend at an indoor show so not sure on picture quality and he will be fluffy as we aren't clipping but I'll certainly try to get some of him and my other gelding Drifter. If it's too dark I'll get someone to video instead

 

[cassie]

Thanks for the advice Anna, Derby's form is just beautiful! but no wonder with where he comes from

lol

Suzie's halter still hasn't arrvied

was hoping to have it for the weekend so I could play with it... but oh well, next week.

I am going to set up some little jumps over the weekend for Penny

see how she goes with it, will be fun

 

[lexischase]

Cassie Penny is soooo cute! For a first time over jumps I think she enjoyed herself! I see no hesitation whatsoever, and she looks very alert! She will be absolutely wonderful with more practice

Wow Bree! Look at Derby go, if that photo doesn't scream I love my job I am not sure what does... What great form!

 

[Wings]

I've passed everyone's compliments onto Derby, his ego is even bigger then him now

:rofl

He does love his jumping, I brought him into a jump last season at teh sharpest and worst angle. It came off the nastiest corner I've seen in a hunter course and I was too inexperienced to plan around it. No one thought he would jump it... but he did! He was in too close, right on the side where it was highest and every reason to refuse but I asked and he gave

:ThumbUp A friend heard the judge go "wow, didn't think he'd take it!" You can't ask for more then that in your babies! I can't wait to see how he goes this weekend after the winter off.

 

[Equuisize]

Reading Bree saying Derby is her 'baby' ......

Do you all have favorite in your family?

I keep saying I don't that I love them all equally but I think I do. But when I go to choose I can't.

Each stands out to me for different reasons.

Like the little girl in my avatar. That is Zael and shej ust turned 3. She was my baby girl for 2 years but

I thought for always, as I didn't know Zakky was hiding out in Zoe's tummy.

She's small at right around 30" and is very much a pocket pet. When you call her, from where ever she is,

she runs and puts her nose in your hand. I mean how can you resist that?

Yet they all have some little thing that they do that makes them seem so special.

We spoke that if we had to rehome anyone, ever, that we'd have to start with the youngest that we'd had the

least amount of time to get attached to them...... That'd not work either because there would go Zakky who we

waited 9 years for and Zael who put her nose in my hand.

 

[Wings]

You can't help but have extra special ones even if they are all special. I love all my horses but there are a few (Derby, Lyric, Palli, Spesh and Baringa) who I could never part with and who I just seem to work with differently to all the others. We just click on a different level.

 

[cassie]

Cassie Penny is soooo cute! For a first time over jumps I think she enjoyed herself! I see no hesitation whatsoever, and she looks very alert! She will be absolutely wonderful with more practice

Wow Bree! Look at Derby go, if that photo doesn't scream I love my job I am not sure what does... What great form!

Thank you

I'm so new to all of this its really great having all you people giving me your advice and opinions

I worked with her today for the first time since taking that video, it took a little while for her to figure out what I wanted but once I did she seemed to say I remember this

I ran out of treats then and thought it was time to stop anyway, but might start working with her on it, its a great workout for her and me too

I've passed everyone's compliments onto Derby, his ego is even bigger then him now

:rofl

He does love his jumping, I brought him into a jump last season at teh sharpest and worst angle. It came off the nastiest corner I've seen in a hunter course and I was too inexperienced to plan around it. No one thought he would jump it... but he did! He was in too close, right on the side where it was highest and every reason to refuse but I asked and he gave

:ThumbUp A friend heard the judge go "wow, didn't think he'd take it!" You can't ask for more then that in your babies! I can't wait to see how he goes this weekend after the winter off.

haha oh no! what a great come back from your beautiful boy!

we have to put one of our cows down

she isn't anything special but she was in calf and so its a calf lost before its even born

she (we think) has broken her fetlock just right above her hoof, her hoof is out at a really odd angle and she can't put ANY weight on it

she hobbles around and its so sad, she isn't far enough along to enduce the calf so its a bit sad but necessary.

 

[AnnaC]

Oh Cassie I'm so sorry about your cow - sometimes our animals have accidents and we never do find out how they happened. ((((HUGS))))

Yes Nancy, I do have favourites amongst my girls and boys. I 'like' them all, but as Bree said, there are just those special few that somehow I 'click' with - usually the oldies or those with difficulties or problems, never the 'easy' ones. LOL!!

 

[Wings]

Sorry about your cow

a neighbour just lost one of his pregnant girls as well. Not a nice way to kick off his calving.

 

[cassie]

thanks girls, its ok, I just wanted her out of her misery

we have one calf born already (well its a neighbours cow but she is on our land atm) the cow is a freisian so the calf is black and white and has a huge white star on its forehead hehe soo cute! all our girls are looking VERY pregnant walking around, we have just put them into a new paddock with nice grass which they will probably stay in till they calve. hoping for a good calving season this year, not like last year

well its monday, and I'm hoping!! Suzie's show bridle will come today!!

Suzie was a brat yesterday and decided to have a nice roll in the mud LOL luckily she had her rugs on phew lol. I took her hood off this morning (to wash as it was caked in mud LOL) and her head is looking so lovely she has started shedding and her coat is so beautiful, shiny and dark underneath

hehe, when I get her halter I'll take some pics for you, she is still mega fluffy lol but getting there

hope you all have a lovely night/ day

 

[cassie]

ok quick question... I have just sent my IMHR registration in and paid the money etc etc... its been a week today since I paid it, I sent them an email checking to make sure they received both and haven't heard back... is this normal? or should I be worried...? it wasn't that much luckily but still... do you think I should send them another email or wait a few more days?

also there is a parcel for me to pick up from the post office

either its Suzie's new halter or its my new books

either way yippee!! going to get it this afternoon when I pick up Jonny from school

woohoo!

 

[Wings]

In all honesty I find IMHR the slowest at getting back to people with anything and I've had many enquiries go unanswered full stop. But memberships and regos do tend to come back without a problem. But I reckon a week is too short a time for any of the groups to process membership, if it was a month I'd start to get worried!

 

[cassie]

ok thanks Bree

I knew you could help me with that

alright I'll sit tight for a while, I've never registered anything before so I didn't know how long I should wait, and as they are volunteers I just wanted to check,

Thanks

 

[AnnaC]

Hurry up and collect that parcel Cassie - hope it's got Suzie's name on it!

 

[cassie]

YAY its here!!! looks so nice

doesn't have Suzie's name on it, but I can get a browband that has her name on it HEHE. too dark and freezing! to try it on her tonight but will try it tomorrow morning

hopefully I can get one of my bros to help me take some pics

and it comes with a cute little bridle bag

now I just have to decide on which browband I want hehe

 

[Wings]

Can't wait to see it!!

 

[chandab]

Do you all have favorite in your family?

I keep saying I don't that I love them all equally but I think I do. But when I go to choose I can't.

Each stands out to me for different reasons.

This is such a hard one. Like you say each stands out for a different reason. If I had to pick a favorite, I might pick DAkota, as he was my first and my introduction to minis. Then just about everyone else has a reason they stand out in my mind or in my heart (or both).

 

[AnnaC]

Cant wait to see it Cassie - do you have to have brow bands on your show halters over there, or is it just your personal preferance?

 

[cassie]

here are some pictures for you from this morning, not very good ones sorry because I was by myself but shows you all how it looks

not a very good pic sorry,





Anna, to show miniature ponies is very different to showing miniature horses over here, as you can see in the pics, the halter is pretty much a bitless bridle and they have to have a browband to be shown AMPS(australian miniature pony society) not sure if its the same for IMHR but I would think it would, mini ponies also have to be branded (which I don't really like luckily Suzie has already been branded)

here is an example of what the browband looks like, pretty much the same as what our riding ponies/ hacks ect wear when hacking over here.



you can choose the colour and design yourself, and you don't have to have the little flags you can just have the rosettes for the mini's

I think I have decided on navy purple and white for suz, now I just have to find a style I like