Spotty: Tana's New Colt!!

[Chanda]

People always say "don't worry minis drop late, it's normal, just wait", well, it's not normal, it's a man created issue, they should be down at birth, ok so perhaps they "disappear" for awhile as some are good at holding them up high, but they should be through the canal at birth or shortly after.
So, I managed to cop a feel on Spotty the other day, two little jewels, right where they belong, Spotty is nearly a year old.
His two brothers (one full, one half) were also down at birth, and could have been gelded as yearlings, but circumstance delayed it til they were two year old.

[dcwolcott]

Very true, very true.  I only had one boy who seemed to be "missing one" at birth, but it did drop a few months later.  Some do hold them high, but I guess I was pretty lucky, because it's so hot here in Florida, almost all were hanging "low" for cooling!   

[Chanda]

Very true, very true.  I only had one boy who seemed to be "missing one" at birth, but it did drop a few months later.  Some do hold them high, but I guess I was pretty lucky, because it's so hot here in Florida, almost all were hanging "low" for cooling!   

Ours definitely hold 'em up high and tight in winter, protecting their "assets" as it were.

[Chanda]

OMG!  What a stink Spotty was for his hoof trim today.  He was just crawling out of his skin.  He was kicky, jumpy, climb the walls goofy.   he was decent the last time I trimmed him, not at all like this; I'm sure some of it is hormones as he's moony eyed over my APHA mare and some of it is lack of training, but his brothers were nothing like this as yearlings.   He might be more like his dad, who is a bit tightly wound.  I think I might try one of the calming supplements, as I believe our forage is short magnesium, which Mg deficiency can lead to flightiness.  Might try Vit B1, as it's supposed to be calming as well, it's what I used on Topper for awhile.

[dcwolcott]

Calcium is calming also.

[Ryan]

Sorry to read young spotty was a pain in the backside for his trim. Not sure if it would help , but when my little one was weaned and learning to have his feet trimmed Id get him to stand for half an hour before the farrier arrived, If he played up it was onto the next one and he had to continue to stand until we got back to him. It took a while for him to learn to accept he had to have them trimmed and once he stood like a good boy for all four hooves he was rewarded with some apple.

Isnt is funny,  I have a rather large warmblood mare at the back of the property and my smallest mini is madly in love. He winnies to her as a 17 hand warmblood himself.

[Chanda]

Unless someone knows someone looking for a B-size appy stallion prospect; Spotty is looking to lose his jewels sooner rather than later, he has way more attitude than either of his brothers did at this age.  Perhaps I didn't notice it as much with the first three (one sold, two were gelded at 2), as they had each other to burn off energy, but Spotty seems a whole lot more studdy than his brothers were.

[Chanda]

I ordered B1 and Mg for Spotty and Topper, they'll split a month or two of smartpaks, smallest packaging available for what I want (otherwise the B1 is a 112 day supply for full-size horse).

[dcwolcott]

WOW!

[Chanda]

While I didn't catch him, Spotty let me walk up to him and pet him before letting them out on grass.  Not sure what all the commotion was the other day, but will still give them at least a month of supplement and then go from there.

[dcwolcott]

Sounds good.

[Ryan]

Maybe he was just having a "moment" you know what men can be like

[Chanda]

LOL!

I'll still give the supplements a try, as I already ordered, but it won't hurt anything but my pocketbook.   We'll see how he is for his next trim.   Need to get out there and get a bit of training in, they all could use a little halter work.

[Ryan]

Well hopefully these supplements help , fingers crossed for you

[Chanda]

Took a couple pictures of the boys at suppertime tonight.
I swear to god, Manny is not as fat as he looks in the picture (he's chubby, as I think he gets more than his share of the pellets, but not that fat).  [Manny is the one by the water tank.]   
Then, a picture of the two full brothers together; Monte and Spotty.  [Neither are as chubby as they look.  Both still have more shedding to do, especially around their barrel.]
And, then just Spotty.  [I deleted the blurry pic and the butt shot.]