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Ditto with Merridy -- she is wonderful. Another one is Dorothy Whiteman in Elma, a wonderful trainer for general driving, combined driving and breed show.

Be sure to check into the driving forum...

When we adopted our first miniature horse, we lived on a 1/2 acre property right smack in the middle of Portland (four blocks from Mt. Tabor Park, for those familiar). Portland is a great city -- the...

10. Those annoying eggs. Too much cholesterol, yet so darned delicious.
9. The obnoxious smiles on people's faces when you give them those eggs that you can't eat.
8. As mentioned above, they are...

Salt will destroy not only the grass but all of the bugs and critters in the soil for a long time to come. This method was used as a method of war to destroy the people's ability to farm and feed...

Forsythia is also extremely easy to root from cuttings, so when you prune, stick the cuttings in rooting hormone and plant them -- or skip the rooting hormone and just stick them in the ground. Most...

Is there any chance of working in an indoor arena, where the pony can focus on driving (or longing or ground-driving) without distraction? Then move him back outside once he's going well.

I forget...

I refuse to apologize for the fact that our hens are our pets, as are all of our animals. After they stop laying, our girls will enjoy a graceful retirement -- even though we'll add more hens to keep...

If you all heard a loud SNORK, it was me after reading this thread -- THANK YOU for the comic relief!

Somewhere I have a bookmark for a company that sells the browband "blanks" for DYI bling. Perhaps someone else has this, otherwise I'll hunt it down.

Here we go:...

I'd guess that some of the difficulty comes from everyone remembering who this guy used to be. He's not just a drunk who stumbled in, and for this reason you need to feel good about how this is...

My husband considers our mini gelding, Mingus, to be his son (they have an amazing bond), so he wouldn't likely want anything else that might take time, care and love away from his boy. (I try to...

You could always drive while your son rides -- you'd just need to get the Fjord comfortable with being around a mini (or other horse) pulling a cart.

If you get the mare, I would definitely give...

Hmm...I wonder how a Starbucks cup would work as a driving boot?

Pipsqueak Paddocks is a great outfit.

My boy, Mingus, has always loved getting the cold dregs of my coffee, but he expects service -- he drinks it right out of my mug.

Scarlett turns up her...

Before I found the whip I wanted, I took our longe whip and tied the lash in a single chain (crochet-style). It worked great. Another take on the white trash driving whip...

At any ADS show or event, you will be kicked off the grounds for taking the bridle off while your horse is still hitched. It is that dangerous.

I do as Drive NJ and others said -- when...

RAR, Anyone who has done business with Graham Carriage Works will tell you that Bob Graham is an incredible human being who is completely dedicated to his customers' satisfaction. He goes way beyond...

I'm such a goober! This made me tear up...

My ponies love our toy dogs. The dogs are not allowed in the corral, but Mingus and Scarlett come to the gate and kiss them just like this donkey is...

Adopting a rescue is fantastic. Another great rescue group is CMHR -- Chance's Miniature Horse Rescue. It's a national group that uses a network of miniature horse farms and owners to foster,...

How ironic that this article features Portland, OR, (we're in a hick bedroom community 30 miles outside of Portland), and the article quotes a guy I went to high school with.

My chickie-girls will...

I LOVE my big mini/small pony (38 inches measured as a mini at the last mane hair, close to 40 inches at the top of his withers).

He is small enough to harness easily and transport in our...

Houdini, The fence between them is a great way to give your horse a buddy AND keep the little one safe.

The tragedies don't occur because the horse and mini don't like each other. It comes from...

Hmm...
Perhaps I could set up a retirement facility for chickens, where people could pay me big bucks to provide sanctuary for their elderchickens.

Unless you consider it disposable (which some do), I would not advise putting a mini in with a full-size horse. What would be a playful, friendly kick to a big horse is a likely death sentence to a...

I mentioned the horses but forgot to mention the dogs and cats...

Our cat, Santana, the great grey hunter who is known to catch rabbits bigger than he, ignores the chickens.

Willoughby, the...