You Still Need a Large Piece Of Land For A Miniature Horse Farm

The only thing small about a Miniature Horse farm is the horses. Everything else about the Miniature Horse farm has to be full-sized. This is because Miniature Horses still are horses and need a lot of exercise and room, just like a full-sized horse. The stalls can be smaller and the amount of feed for each horse is smaller, but you definitely need a lot of room to let the minis run.

Mini Philosophy

Things are not necessarily easier for you on a Miniature Horse farm than on any other horse breeding farms. Miniature Horses - not dwarf ponies, but their own breed of horse - do not realize just how small they are. They believe they are full-sized horses and will act like full-sized horses. Miniature stallions will attempt to savage other stallions several times their size, much to the bafflement of the normal-sized stallion.

When running a Miniature Horse farm, you need to be especially aware of access to veterinarians and blacksmiths that are used to working with the special needs of Miniature horses. Dosages for horse medications are usually based on a normal-sized horse (about 1000 pounds), so your vet needs to know how much to administer. Because of the tiny hoofs, the blacksmith may need to use special tools.

Your vet will be a frequent visitor to your Miniature Horse farm and not just for routine checks like wormings and inoculations (which Miniature Horses need just as much as regular horses). Miniature Horses seem to get ill a lot more than their normal-sized cousins. This is partially due to their large appetites and very small bellies.

Not A House Pet

Whenever you sell one of the horses you've worked so hard to raise on your Miniature Horse farm, you need to offer a contract and to check up on the horse. You need to be sure that your buyer realizes that they are horses - albeit the smallest breed in the world - and not house pets. They cannot be housebroken. They will get very sick if they live in houses or apartments.

Because they need the diet and exercise of a full sized horse, there are some problems with finding good homes for them. However, Miniature Horses re extremely intelligent and love people. Some Miniature Horse farms are part of a program to train the tiny horses as guide horses that work in the same way guide dogs work for the handicapped.