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Thats interesting about the miniature horses...where my mom lived in California, the people who lived in back of her, had a huge number of miniature horses....I used to like it in the spring, when the new little miniature horses were born...they were so dang cute, and spent all day in the back field of the ranch(which ran right up to my parents fence line), and ran and played all day long...some were so tiny, they were not much bigger than a large dog...

I actually saw something on Tv, about using these miniature horses as seeing eye horses...this particular seeing eye horse, was wearing something like jogging shoes on his hooves, so that he would not slip on the slippery floor, when going through an airport...

I have worked for years in nursing homes...we always had a group of people who would come in about once a week, and they would bring in animals for the residents to pet and fondle and play with...usually they brought in the usuals...dogs, cats, birds, and bunnies...but one day, I was passing in front of the front door, and noticed a miniature horse standing there..I speeded onto the nurses station, and informed the charge nurse that there was a horse standing at the front door...she looked at me as if I was insane...she felt my head, and asked me if I was ill and hallucinating...No, I reassured her, come and look...sure enough, there stood a miniature horse, ready for his nursing home visit...

The residents loved that little miniature horse, he quite the big hit...he was invited back for several more visits...anyone can bring in a cat or dog, or bird, or bunny, but our residents felt extra special, with a visit from a miniature horse...

We've had the miniature horses for less than two weeks. This is all new for us. We moved from Houston to Mena, AR about 6 months ago. Actually, we were planning to move a little later, then hurricane Rita came along. We weren't sure if there would be anything left to move, so we packed as much as possible during the evacuation. My dad was able to rent a moving truck in a College Station on his way down to help. We'd already bought a house, but the people were still living in it. we also had some rental property that we'd bought up here as well. We didn't have renters in it yet, so the kids and I stayed there and we unpacked our stuff between there, my husband's new office in town (he's a financial adviser) and our real home that the people were still in. They were kind enough to clear out a room. Fortunately we didn't have severe damage, and the stuff we left we were able to go back and get. It did get the move over with in a hurry!
Now we have 70 acres and are giving hobby ranching a go. We have the 7 little mutant horses, which we're going to breed. We have 11 head of cattle. It was almost 10 today, as we have a sick little calf. We thought we were going to have to put her down. My husband was actually getting ready to do it, when she stood up on her own. This was a good sign. she hasn't been able to do that for over a day. This evening she seems better. She even tried to fight a little when we had to tube feed her. We had four little dogs before we moved. Now we've picked up a stray collie, which I adore! And, our cat had kittens last Friday!