A sunny Sunday to meet the minis

        Today it actually started to feel like spring, it was sunny and the temperature reached 55 degrees. It was very windy though and we were unable to burn brush like we had planned, oh well we have two large piles to burn next weekend.

My daughter rode Moon on her own for the first time today and afterwards we decided to try putting the saddle on my horse Beauty for the first time ever! She's still too young to be ridden but we are starting to prepare her for learning in the fall.

She didn't mind at all and we took her for a long walk and then had some watermelon for a treat.

I need to introduce you to the rest of the barnyard crew. I'll start with the mini horses.

Meet Cricket

Cricket just turned 2 last week. She and Beauty are best friends. Cricket has more personality than you can imagine. She doesn't know shes a mini horse, she runs with the big horses and is just one of the girls. Our farrier told me that mini horses are the Jack Russels of the horse world and "Cricky" proves that. She's a mini with an attitude.

Next we have the mini stallions ..

This is Redy short for Red E Set Go

 Redy will be two soon. He's the biggest mini of the bunch and has grown since I took this picture last fall. He will stay a stallion at least for a little while so that hopefully he and Cricket can have a little one when they are both a little older.

Next up we have Little Man

Little Man is the absolute sweetest horse I have ever met. He loves kisses and will put his head on his stall door and make lips at you. He's a stallion but will most likely be gelded at some point. He's almost a year old and probably not getting much bigger than he is now. He shares a paddock with Redy and four of the goats.

And last but not least we have the smallest mini of all ...

Rascal

Rascal is a Dwarf mini horse, he's not getting any bigger than this. To show you how small he is the picture below is the day we brought him home. We had to take him in tractor supply to try and find a halter that was small enough. We ended up having to buy a goat halter because everything else was too big. We have since found him a mini halter that is small enough and fits better than the one in this picture.

He caused quite a stir in the store, took us forever to get out of there because everyone wanted to pet him. He rode 2 hours home in the backseat of my Jeep and fell asleep. He's quite the little fur ball right now, can't wait to see him without his winter coat.

Next time I post I'll introduce the goats and Rascals best buddy.