I just recently bought a miniature mare as a companion for our other two horses. When we went to look at her i knew her feet were in bad shape but really didnt look that close till we got her home. Im thinking they had her on bute when we went to look at her. She didnt say anything to me about her having bad feet. I did notice that she was wanting to knuckle over when she would walk fast. She told me that she had just trimmed her and that minis feet dont grow fast so she doesnt do them very often. I knew when she told me that that we would have to work on her feet. After we got her home I took a close look at her feet and they were VERY LONG and yes she did just trim them but did a very bad job of it. This poor mini was walking on her soles on top of being so strait up and down its no wonder she wanted to buckle over when she walked. So I went ahead and trimmed the sole down and her heals down slightly till the shoer could get out and work on her feet. The shoer came out the following week and worked on her feet to inform me that she had foundered at some point and did have laminitis in her front feet. She also has heat rings on her feet that are at the top and all the way down to the bottom. He informed me that this means she has been doing this for at least a year because a horses hoof takes a year to grow out. Unfortunatly I didnt know that she had the laminitis when i got her so I was feeding her sweet feed, tymothy/alfalfa mix hay and getting to eat grass all day long. Im sure that didnt help her any. I now have her on no grain, a grass hay and she goes out in a muzzle. I just purchased some easy boots for her but they are going to be to big so im going to have to fix them so they will fit her. I also bought pads to put in the boots as well. I looked up LaminaSaver and it looks to be a promising suppliment for her. I am wondering what everyone else has done? Do any of you have a mini that has this and what did you do. My farrier feels we can pull her through this with no problem. He feels she probably has a 5 to 7 degree rotation but wont really know without X rays. I have been putting her out in my yard to exersize instead of the field which is uneven on her feet. Plus the two horses want to run and play and she feels she needs to do the same so I dont want her aggrivate those feet running around so she isnt aloud out with them. Feel bad but know its for her own good. Any additional information would be great. You can also email me at GandRPaints@aol.com