I really like little Blossom, shes quite the cutie...
The folks I told you about, who lived in back in my parents in California, and had a large number of the miniature horses, took us for a tour of their ranch...we got to see all their miniature horses...they were so cute, and friendly, just like dogs, ran up to us, nuzzled us, tried to get close to us, and investigate what we were doing...
In another part of the ranch, they had a smaller penned in area, with a small barn....in that smaller penned in area, they had about 4-5 miniature horses, that had some birth defects, supposedly because they were too closely bred with other minis on the ranch....they were so very sweet...most of their birth defects, showed up in their faces....
I remember this one little miniature horse, named Timmy...his whole snout was not as it should have been...it was too short, and much too wide...he was just the sweetest horse, and the absolute favorite of all the school groups that came through on tours...all the horses on that ranch were great, but special attention was always paid to those few horses with birth defects....
I guess one has to be careful when breeding them...
My mom used to raise collies. They were highly intelligent. She claimed that their vocabulary was upwards of 100 words. I believed her, and you could talk to those dogs as you would child, and they'd follow directions. It was amazing.