Hi all! I am getting my first mini! She is almost 5 months old and I am supposed to pick her up on Friday. Seller says she is a silver bay and can be double registered. They breed for color, so not keeping her. Here are some pics, so please tell me what you think!!!
no plans to show her...the seller said she is going to be a silver bay. when i looked up silver bay, there is a huge color difference, from a chocolate coat color with flaxen mane and tail to chestnut/sorrel coat color with flaxen mane and tail...not sure where she will fall, but am hoping for the chocolate! also, in these pics, her mane is dark and tail is flaxen???
It is a nice little baby, but expect more like 36-38 inches, 31 inches as a 5 month old is a TALL baby. My 36 mare was 26 inches at 8 months old. If that gives you a starting point for height. She does look silver bay, but miniature tend to shed out lighter than what they are as babies, her mane will most likely grow in lighter also. So expect more towards the sorrel with lighter legs and flaxen manes and tails. Is she duel registered with AMHR and AMHA or another registry. AMHA will not accept anything over 34 inches tall even if the parents were registered with them. The AMHR will accept up to 38inches in their B division. In the AMHR there is the A division which is up to 34 inches and the B division, over 34 but not to exceed 38 inches. She is definitely the arabian style miniature though, no doubt about that face.
If you dont plan to show her then I wouldnt worry about the height... but it will effect the registering like minihorse stated. She just looks soo lovable!!!
Thanx, Fehr. Friday is the day...I am excited, but then kicking myself with "do you really need another horse???" I have been trying to justify this purchase...so was thinking about doing something like taking her to places, like retirement homes, hospitals (not sure how sanitary that would be...hmmm) so that people who do not have access to animals could enjoy her....this is in the very early stages of thought and I still have to research.
You will have to post pics in the spring after you body clip her! I am wanting to lean toward silver bay. Also I did the math on her for you at 31 inches in height at 5 months she should mature at 37 inches give or take half an inch. She is a cutie.
Using minis as embasidors is a great thing to do with them. One of the biggest request I get is "can you bring your mini". Mine do parades, nursing home visits ( we do stay outside for now), breed demos, and more. Start your mini early and the training and desensitizing goes really quick.
You will have to post pics in the spring after you body clip her! I am wanting to lean toward silver bay. Also I did the math on her for you at 31 inches in height at 5 months she should mature at 37 inches give or take half an inch. She is a cutie.
Using minis as embasidors is a great thing to do with them. One of the biggest request I get is "can you bring your mini". Mine do parades, nursing home visits ( we do stay outside for now), breed demos, and more. Start your mini early and the training and desensitizing goes really quick.
Thanx for all the info, Miniature shetlands and taking the time to calculate her height. Even though, personally, it wouldn't matter to me if she grew taller than the 38", I would like to register her. I know her mom is 32". I would really love to visit the nursing homes and such...I love sharing my big horses with people. I will research it more and would love any info you care to share! My husband wants to train her to pull a cart, so being a bit of a bigger mini will probably be good for that!
Wellllllll...picked up my mini on Friday! Didn't get to mess with her at all Friday (12 hours on the road), played with her a little bit on Saturday...got to play with her ALL DAY on Sunday. She is a little doll ! She follows us all over the place and winnies if she can't see someone...sooo cute. I am thinking that once she gets comfortable here, that might all change, but I hope not!
She is quite the furball! Where she lived it is very cold...12 degrees on the morning she made the trip. The seller said that minis have to be shaved...that they will not shed off completely like big horses. Does anyone have any info on this??? Will put pics up as soon as I upload them from the camera!
The seller said that minis have to be shaved...that they will not shed off completely like big horses. Does anyone have any info on this??? Will put pics up as soon as I upload them from the camera!
OH WOW!!! Your horses are beautiful!!! We live in the foothills east of Fresno, CA, so it gets hot during the summer...whew..glad to know I won't have to shave her! Thanx for the info and gorgeous pics!!!
they will shed off on thier own, they take forever to do this and lots of currying helps, but shaving them is the quicker way to shed them out, also slightly easier, at least if they do not mind the clippers. You do not have to shave her though as it was said, they will shed down on their own.
You don't have to shave, but it does take awhile to get non fuzzy. I show as does Mini Horse, so Spring means the clippers are out, hair flying, and a week worth of hair in places that was never ment to have hair! She is an adorable fur ball.LOL
Right now I wish I was in CA, BURRR
Thanx all ! She is a little doll. She ran with the big horses today! Talk about having a blast..she thought she was the cat's meow! The buckskin gelding has fallen in love with her, but the palomino mare is a bit jealous. I thought it would be the other way around...shows what I know...lol
Soooo glad to hear that I won't have to shave since I won't be showing. I love currying the hair off of the big horses once they start shedding out for the summer!!!
California is certainly the sunny state...esp where I live, although this afternoon was a bit chilly, although I am sure that my chilly and your guys' chilly are no where near the same! My husband and son are building Annie a stall so that she can be put away when it rains. With her coat, she would be soaked to the bone before she even knew she was wet...brrr
Also, I used to live in your area. Nice there! Enjoy your new "baby"
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