This is my dwarved mini horse Smooch. He is almost two years old, now, but this is an older video. Any way, he's still a stallion so he's kinda rascally. Enjoy! P.S. He is deformed, he is a braciocephalic dwarf and was born without tendons in his hind legs. Thats why his feet look like that, not becuase we don't trim them. We have a ferrier come out every 3 weeks to trim them. He is not fat due to over feeding, but becuase his organs are too big for his frame making his belly distended.
We have not gelded him because he cannot handle the aneasthesia. Also he is a bilateral cryptorchid, which means niether of his testicles have dropped even though he is 2 1/2 years old. The only other mare we have on the property is a 16hh thouroughbred. Our vet also thought it would be a good idea not to because if he has testosterone in his system and he is actively chasing things, it will help keep his wieght down. And the Biting problem has since been absolved. We gently trained him out of it soon after he discovered our Achilles' tendons. He is not in pain, he is not suffering, and he has frequent visits to the vet to ensure that he is healthy.
And please, please, PLEASE take the time to look through some previous comments before you start trying to berate me and my decision not to geld him and keep him alive instead of euthanizing him. I can assure you, I have pretty much answered all questions. If you have one that has not been previously asked by someone else, by all means feel free to post it, I only ask that you be respectful.
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