Met my horses this afternoon and got pics!
 

My 12 yr old took these pics on my ipod camera.. she takes great pics. Way better than I do, for sure. lol
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This is Peebie... she's 6 months old, as I said before. Such a little sweetheart and she fell in love with my husband right away.


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This is Sky, I have a feeling this is going to be my pride and joy, she is so gentle and sweet. :)

I promised better pics when I got to actually go and meet them. :)

NOW I have to get them home and fast or I may go mad. lol

awwwww, i love, love, love them! i miss having horses and acres of land to keep them on. they are such loving creatures and always turn a bad day around. except for my shetland pony Dove, she was full of piss and vinegar LOL Congrats on the new additions to your family :)

I found out today that Peebie was on her way to the slaughter house when this lady got her.. so she is a rescue pony. I just cannot get my head around that at all.... she's just a baby, I don't get why someone would even consider that with a baby of all things.

Haha, love it Tam! :)

it's disgusting the way people throw away animals like used toys they are bored of. i am empathetic to those that lost the ability to care for animals they loved when the economy downturned. i wish they would put a moratorium on all animal breeding at least until this current crisis is over (i will always be against dog and cat breeding for pets). so proud of you for rescuing *mwuah*

Nice looking lil horses

congrats Tam, nice!

I rode a pony once when I was 7 years old or something. They look cute. Good luck!

really cute! thanks for sharing :thumbsup

On the first one he looks in pain...

Awwwwwwwww.

I've owned two ponies, a POA and a strawberry Roan

Well I didn't know I was rescuing them until I got down there and seen them, and after that, I couldn't walk away from them. If I had the room, I'd have brought every one of the ones she had for sale home with me. lol

Peebie isn't in pain, she is a baby and she didn't know us. Once she met my husband she perked up quite a bit. :thumbsup

That is beautiful.

I know that if anyone tried to hurt or put down my animals (my animals = dogs), I would - without thought - show my dogs the same respect that they would show me. That respect = laying down their lives without a second thought.

Without thinking, I would lay my life on the line for these stupid animals. Is that crazy? They'd do it for me.

Left field, or what?

Actually no, that's not out of left field at all. We are the same way here. I have several cats that I bought from the same lady for the same reason. The first two we bought, they turned out to have been mistreated so bad that the male had a broken back and tail where he'd been raised in a cat carrier..... so when she put more up for sale, I went and bought those too.... and right after, I turned her ass in. She had a registered cattery and all of the animals that came out of there were so abused... and I knew I couldn't buy them all, so I turned her ass in.

This lady here, she means well I think and she has a big heart, but she has bitten off WAY more than she can chew on this and SHE is rescuing them to save them.... so it's kind of one of those things where they need some help... so, while most wouldn't have bought them and gone thru it, simply because they aren't in picture perfect health, I couldn't walk away from them because of that. She loves them and they love her, but she can't rescue them all..... she needs help..... and so do they. They just need a hug... and we have a lot of those around here. :)

THAT is why I end up with so damn many animals... because I just can't walk away from them. lol

no, I'm with you too

it is pretty arrogant of some humans to think that the only lives and suffering that matters is human

wow thats a cool horses :)

I have four dogs and two cats, and I am living under a municipal "6 PET" bylaw. I hope to - very soon - get out from underneath of those restrictions.

My big boy is a rescue dog, and he has been horribly mutilated by the "people" that owned him before us. I could type for hours, but my heart is breaking.

I'm going to go lie in my bed with four stupid dogs. Damn, I love them.

They look adorable...

i think you got ripped off, they are not full size horses :1orglaugh

but think of the longterm how much she will save on hay and oats, those little guys couldn't eat too much I don't think :1orglaugh

ohh they are beautiful Tam.

Both of them combined will eat a bale of hay a month..... so hmm, I think that's considerably less than a full blown horse. lol

They can be a little hand full. My neighbor had one and it would bug the hell out of our Thoroughbred until Bobby finally kicked the shit out of him.

They will be in a fenced area that only belongs to them, so maybe they will be nice and play together well. lol

The only thing I can see being a pain in my ass is if my cats get too curious out there and go after them.... I hope the horses kick the shit out of the cats. There is a rabbit bed right dead in the middle of this lot that has been there for 10 years and the cats beat the shit out of them. We're hoping they scare the cats and the rabbits can be in their homes in peace. lol

that's awesome!

id put their asses to work! :pimp kid rides at tam's house! j/k guys don't show up at her house :1orglaugh

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

you've obviously never owned horses, even these little guys still so young will eat enough and cost enough to take care of that a couple of years from now they won't look quite so cute.

I've had everything from mini's to registered show horses, to race horses, if they eat, need their feet done and need shots, need a vet, they are expensive, no matter what the size.

gorgeous fluffy mini horses! great pics Tam and grats!

Beautiful souls, take good care of them!

cute pics...

Are they big enough to ride?

Vet bills are expensive, I know that all too well

The baby has to have her hooves trimmed already and I've been on the phone and emails researching who in my area does this. Thankfully, most everyone we know have either worked on farms, had farms or have family that can help with just about anything I need done.

I know they aren't going to be a walk in the park, they are living beings and it is going to take a lot of work... but I am excited about that part of it to be honest with you. :thumbsup

Oh and no, they are not big enough now or will ever be big enough to ride. The older one is cart trained though... But no one will ever be riding them. My 3 yr old granddaughter may be able to for a minute, but that's about it. lol

Okay, this might be a dumb question but I know absolutely nothing about horses. Are mini horses like this mostly just a pet, like say a dog? Or can kids/people actually ride them?

It is a cute little unit, that is for sure.

I am not too smart about them, I've never been around the minis much at all. I do know that they aren't for riding. but I am being told that people use them to pull carts and things like that.. but I am getting them for pets only, they won't have to work for me. lol

they are adorable! Its wonderful that you are taking them in!!

*Dead of cute*

Definitely a shift from the regular sorts of pics here! Thanks for sharing. Made my day.

Cool. I would so want to teach them to fetch :)

Tam are you sure they are mini's? Mini's have a max height of 34". Weanlings 4-6 months should only be about 30" I would say the older one, though it is hard to tell from the pics, is probably 36" maybe 38", and the young filly doesn't look to far behind him for only 6 months old.

Most mini's a A LOT smaller I think our biggest was 28" and we only got him as a "pet" for one of our disabled horses...lol

Even as pets you need to teach them certain things, mostly manners but a mini pulling a cart is great exercise for them and keeps them from getting sour. The last thing you need is a barns sour/ pasture sour mini, they are small but can still hurt you and they are more ornery than a full size horse even on a good day. There is something about mini's and ponies, they just aren't as cooperative and are a lot more stubborn than a full size horse, we called it short horse syndrome...lol

my kid has two horses
one full size and one mini
not sure on the exact breads but nothign too fancy

but it cost us around 1900 a month in food/feet/care for them

They are kept at my parents property

My god what are you feeding these animals, alfalfa cubes and gourmet sweet feed, that's about what it cost us for our 3 broodmares and our two race horses. Granted a family member was our farrier for the broodmares but still, that is really high for just two horses!

No silly, I didn't mean I wasn't going to work with them and try and teach them things, first of all manners.. I just meant they aren't coming to live with me to be work horses. lol

There is a great deal of difference in their sizes, it is very hard to tell from these pics because she got much closer up to them to get better pics than the ones I had.

Peebie, the baby, she is just under 26 inches tall and Sky, the pinto, is about 32 inches tall or so, I'd say. She is almost as wide as she is tall. But her head held high only came just above my waist and I am 5'6" tall.

I'll say they are a bit bigger than I expected so I am not 100% sure they are actual minis. But to me, I don't care, they are mine and I fell in love with them. :)

your kid is a future photographer...hahaha!! nice shoots

Cuties :thumbsup

beautiful!!! congrats Tam