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Almost TOO adorable.
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lovely puppies!! you guys must be thrilled!

Yes we are! This is our last litter and then we are done breeding dogs.
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I am just going to stick with horses.

I gave crystal a bath yesterday, and towel dried her and then let he sit in the sun until she was fully dry. Then I gave her Ivermectin and need to give it to her next wednesday. I am very happy that the lice will hopefully die and she will be free of lice. I need to shave her, but we are waiting for the clippers to get fixed. When she was all wet, I was really able to see her color. She is a buckskin, but her coloring is grey, and she doesn't carry the grey gene. My trainer says its because of the sabino.

Just letting everyone know that we are finally going to be moving out to our own place in less then a few months! Then we will have our own horses on our property and hopefully I will be getting more mini mares. But right now I am focusing on the stallion.

Almost TOO adorable.
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Thank you!!
 
Hey everyone!!

I have a quick question. I want to register Dream under the ASPC, but I don't know if you can register minis under the shetland registry. She is 37", but I don't know if that matters. All help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
 
I believe with Shetlands, they can only be registered if both parents are registered.

How is she registered now?

She is only registered AMHR. She is a really big mini, so I thought maybe I could register her ASPC, and her parents are both registered, but only AMHR I believe. I know she definitely can't be reg AMHA, but I was thinking ASPC and possibly Pinto.

And another quick question. I have heard a lot of people say that you should never breed a mare to a larger stallion, always go with the smaller stallions, but if Dream is 37 inches, do you think it would be fine to breed her to a larger stallion? I am seeing that a LOT of people are starting to breed shetlands and miniature horses together, and I know thats the new thing right now, so I was thinking of breeding Dream to a ASPC/AMHR stallion. I know there are tons of risks to breeding larger stallions with smaller mares, I am well aware of that. I would never breed a 31 inch mare to a 35 inch, but Dream is 37 inches, so I don't see a problem, but I would love some of your guy's thoughts, you have been doing this more then me, so please let me know!
 
How tall is the stallion you are considering. A lot depends on the hip of the mare and "room" to pass the foal. I know the "theory" is that the foal will only grow as big as momma can handle -- but I don't believe that. But I do believe you can go somewhat bigger -- depending on the heftiness of the daddy-to-be (whether he's refined or chunky-boned)

Oh I have just been looking around, haven't decided on a specific stallion, but I do know that I would only breed her to a stallion that is max her size, 37", probably 36" max. And I wouldn't breed her to a stallion that is big boned like her, I would choose a more refined stallion.
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I am quite honestly scared to breed her to something her size because I would never forgive myself if something were to happen to Dream because I bred her and the baby was too big to pass. So I am thinking about everything, I am not going to rush anything, and I really appreciate your impute.
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Well, I was thinking, that at 37" she's almost at the upper height for AMHR -- so you would probably do better to breed her "down" to stay within the standard height limitations for future foals. Just a thought!
That would be a good suggestion, but I am not looking to breed smaller, I am looking to breed ASPC/AMHR.
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That's why I have been trying to figure out if I can register her ASPC.
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but thank you very much for the suggestion! I am trying to stay within the 37" mark. At this point I am just checking out to see what my options are.
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No, I was thinking that she is a "B" size AMHR mini -- which runs 34" - 38" -- and I don't think she could be registered with the ASPC, so I was thinking if you went a couple of inches shorter, you could probably almost guarantee her AMHR foals would stay within the "B" range and not grow too tall to be registered with the AMHR.

I know plenty of people who love those tall minis -- but since I think you're "stuck" with her in the AMHR, I didn't want you to breed a foal that would be too tall for the "B" classification of the AMHR registry.
That makes total sense, thank you very much for explaining that.
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I think thats a better way to go, dont want the foal to un-registered. ;)
 
Hey Everyone!

Boy, love all the new foals!
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Got some new pictures of Ice and BOY has he gotten big! Love how he is turning out! <3 This boy is very photogenic!

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He is adorable!!
Haha, thanks Megan!! He is such a character, he follows me around everywhere, tries to nibble on my leg when I'm not looking...little stinker. He is so independent, he will run down the runway and go visit his daddy, Rio, without even wondering where mom is. Dream of course gets super worried and runs and bucks down the runway, so funny to watch. Once he sees her running, he will run away from her and run behind the stalls! When she finally catches him she bites his reer, exactly what a mom should do. lol!
 
He is just beautiful.......or should I say handsome!! Just a gorgeous boy and growing up so fast!!!

Some of these colts really give their moms a workout! Guess they want to help them get back their girlish figures!
Thank you! He is handsome! <3

LOLOL haha, yeah that is what it seems like. ;D He is definitely giving mom a workout!
 
He really is quite stunning - what a handsome little boy!

Thanks for the updates.
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Thanks everyone! I really do adore him.
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Here are some more pictures of Dream and Ice, cropped all of them so they look nicer.
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Have a quick question for you guy's that live in the snowy-colder states - do you guy's breed your mares later in the season? Like around April-June area? My mare, Crystal, was originally born and raised in North Dakota, but has never had a foal but was bred before she came to California, but was not in-foal. That was last year, this year, I have been waiting for her to come in season, but she has not yet...but I do know its still early in the year, only March.
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Thanks everyone!
 

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