Right...and some say in the text to go behind the withers and then show a picture of it going over the top of the withers! For some formulas (like the KER one that keko recommended) it's probably more important for accuracy that the tape is vertical, and for physical measurements (like for a saddle or harness), it's more important to measure where the actual thing will go around the horse. So just know your usage, I guess, but sheesh, the nerd in me wishes for two separate names.
I'll try to see if he is in fact, just eating dirt or digging for roots. ThanksThe poop may be a separate thing but re: the dirt - is it possible he's eating roots? Sometimes grass roots can have a lot of sugar in them (i.e. taste sweet) so horses will dig them up and eat them. If it's just plain dirt then I got nothing.
if they boys get bored, sometimes they dig around the dry lot for roots, but they don’t eat poop.
Why do you want to add oil? Usually people only do that if a horse can't maintain weight and needs the calories. Just adding fat won't make their coat shiny or anything like that, something specific like ground flax might help with that. But any fat source is going to add calories and unless they are too thin, generally I would say minis don't need the calorie boost!
