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Mindy Schroder
- Oct 20, 2018
Re-Training Mikey To Drive
I brought Mikey home at the end of June. It took just over a month to get him healthy enough to start re-training him. At the beginning of August, or so, I started taking him for walks, then moved onto ground driving him; first with just the halter and then with the bridle as shown in this video: Next I started putting the harness on him, (that’s a process in itself because I don’t want my horses fidgeting when being harnessed. I like them to be cooperative to the process, in
Mindy Schroder
- Sep 12, 2018
Why the Hyperbike?
I took my bike and Sky to my friends house for a play day and when I posted about it I had lots of people asking how I knew Sky loved the bike. And did I like it? So I wrote this on Facebook and thought I should share it here too! Sky has been becoming more and more reluctant to be hitched to the cart. She will come meet me when I have the halter, she puts her nose in eagerly and will stand tied perfectly. When I harness her she is fine and engaged, but then when I would star
Mindy Schroder
- Jul 29, 2017
Proper Driving – From Posture to Harnessing
Miniature horses have some of the biggest hearts of the equine world… especially pound for pound. They will throw their entire body, heart and soul into working for someone they love and have a connection with – contrary to popular belief that all ponies and minis are a$$holes! (Believe me I’ve heard that over and over in all the years I’ve been driving ponies and minis!!) With that in mind what can we do to help make their job easier and more enjoyable? There are many little
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