Hello all! I might as well join in. I joined last night. To the other MO newbie I'm in Stover. I trim some horses near Clinton in Calhoun, MO.
I'm a Natural Hoof Care Farrier and 1/2 my clients are minis. I ended up buying a mini hoof jack! I've been working with minis for about 8 yrs at my old job ( quit after having 2nd baby) where I worked for a Corporate Get Away with exotics including a zebra and 2 camels I trained to ride. I trained all thier minis to drive ( previously driving Drafts with carraiges) and really thought they were cool. Then my girlfriend got into minis. She has 10+ mares now. She said something about not wanting a stallion on the property ( she has 6 big horses as well) and would I be interested in a co-op on a stallion? I raise Arabians and love handling stallions sooo I thought why not. Well that was last fall. I now have 2 more mini stallions. I plan to get a mare or two later. She has plenty for my boys!
Due to prices of everything , a new human baby ( got a 5 yr old , too), and starting a business of my own ( hoof care) I couldn't afford the larger feed bills of the big guys ( in #s) so I thought why not have more minis? I do have 4 big horses ( 2 stallions) and 3 boarders ( big horses). I also train so I'm usually dealing with that as well.
I have several carts so I do drive ( I do have a big cart for big horses, too) and I do love to ride my big guys with my love of trail rides and my love of Dressage which I hope to compete in. But kids don't allow me for awhile to do this but the minis I can do so with the kids especially.
Is there a special place to ask questions about bloodlines? Or looking for photos of horses in the pedigree? I picked these guys based on their phenotype. I am new to mini bloodlines and want to learn. I could tell you up and down about Arabians but I'm a very new on minis...
Thanks,
Amber in MO
