Miniature Horse
Information Pages

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Some of this information on these pages have been collected for reference from L'il Beginnings Miniature Horse Forum. I just did not have the heart to simply delete messages and information because this can be a wonderful learning tool for Miniature horse owners. Please remember to use this advice and information on these pages as a guideline, as it is only an opinion from other Miniature horse owners. In issues regarding health, always contact your veterinarian. Some of these pages have lots of information; please copy for reading later at your leisure! Additions you wish to submit to these information pages are always welcome.

Last updated on Monday, February 04, 2008
Always Under Construction - New info added!

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Info For New Owners*

  • Buying horses via the Internet
  • General Miniature Horse Care & Info

 

The Color Of Our Horses

  • Great sites on horse color (links)
  • Miniature Horse Color Code
  • Is he an Appaloosa?
  • Producing Buckskin color
  • Lethal Roan (different views)
  • Coat Color Abbreviations

 

Feeding*

  • Calories in feeds (chart)
  • Blister Beetle in Alfalfa
  • Feeding foals
  • Feeding Manna Pro
  • Feeding beet pulp

 

General Health*

  • Your horse's vital signs (link)
  • Dwarfism in Mini horses (link)
  • Horse Health Links (links)
  • Toxic plants for horses
  • Eating acorns & cedar berries
  • Danger - plastic bags
  • Mini having seizures
  • Patella Luxation (leg lock)
  • Strangles
  • Colic emergencies
  • Sneezing & runny nose

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General Health II*

  • Your horse's bone structure (pic)
  • Little Magic Shoes - Correction shoes for Minis
  • Hyperlipemia
  • BUTE vs BANAMINE use in Minis
  • Quick Review of Horse Diseases

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General Health III*

  • Dentistry
  • Telling age by teeth - poem

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General Health IV*

  • Hoof Care

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Worming & Vaccination

  • Recommended Equine Vaccination Schedule
  • Worming program
  • Worming pregnant mares
  • Shots (reactions)

  

General Care

  • Coat condition - Shine
  • Cold weather & Minis
  • Trimming hooves
  • Making horse drink water

 

Breeding Horses

  • Development of foals (link)
  • Foaling Signs (link)
  • Article on Foaling (link)
  • Foal Stats (link)
  • Cyberfoal 2000 (link)
  • Prediction of foaling dates
  • Foal alert systems
  • Stallion not interested in breeding
  • Getting & keeping mares in foal
  • RedBag delivery (placenta previa)

 

Breeding Horses II*

  • Foaling Sequence - Graphic photo story
  • Foaling Out Mares - article
  • Breast Pump for Minis - homemade
  • Testing the RH factor in foals
  • First time foaling concerns
  • Milk Test Strips
  • Colt not eating grain
  • Joint Ill

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Behavior

  •  Wood chewing
  • Preventing Nipping

 

Showing

  • Showing the Mini Horse (link)
  • Teaching to Hunt & Jump (link)
  • Training to show in halter
  • Clipping Tips

 

Training*

  • Teach Your Mini To Lunge

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Driving

  • Important links
  • Driving the Miniature Horse
  • What kind of cart?
  • Difference of country & pleasure

 

Miscellaneous

  • Mini Poll Results (link)
  • Barn Plans (link)
  • Historical Mini Stallions (link)
  • Map Blast - on-line road atlas! (link)
  • Free Pedigree Chart Generator (link)
  • Miniature horse growth chart
  • Weighing Your Mini
  • Homemade Fly Traps
  • Homemade fly spray & wipe
  • Horse cookies & cake
  • AMHA/AMHR registry difference
  • Funny - top 12 proven cures

 

Tips & Tricks

  • A collection of Tips & Tricks from our visitors of the Miniature Horse Forum

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