[Ag-eq] minis

[Jewel]

The miniature horses used as guides are, really, miniature miniature horses, being less than 30 
inches high:  closer to 27: weighing in at less than 100 pounds, while, and I am, considerably, less 
than knowledgeable on the subject, miniature horses, and this, probably, includes Michelle's, are 
around the 36 inch height.
Properly trained, the miniature horse does make one hell of a good guide.
Anne Edie has Panda, and has had her for a number of years.  From what I can glean, Anne has had, 
relatively, few access problems [Panda has travelled in cabs and aeroplanes, and, literally, 
anywhere that she, when she had a guide dog,  took it.

        Jewel--------------------------------------------------
From: "Michelle Creedy  via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 5:58 AM
To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Michelle Creedy" <michelle.creedy at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] minis

Hi Jody

Wow, what a great question about the guiding and thanks for asking about the mini. She's on meds and 
will be for a while but she'll be ok.


Well, the thing is, I don't enjoy having guide animals. I had two guide dogs and couldn't stand it 
after a while. I don't enjoy the extra attention and I don't enjoy having to figure out what to do 
with them all the time when I'm out like relieving. The other piece is that I don't feel a guide 
mini is a really great choice for a number of reasons but most importantly is that you'd get lots of 
attention and you'd have a lot of access issues. You'd have to have a pretty small mini to guide and 
somehow, they are not as all about pleasing as dogs are. <smile> I guess I'm just the wrong person 
to ask because mme and my cane are tight. It doesn't eat much. It never has to go to the vet and 
best of all, it never lets loose any bodily fluids in my apartment or any other public place.

Great question though!

<smiles>
Michelle


-----Original Message-----
From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jody Ianuzzi via Ag-eq
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2015 10:30 AM
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Cc: Jody Ianuzzi
Subject: [Ag-eq] minis

Hi Michelle,

How is your mini doing?  Is her breathing problem cleared up?

There was a discussion on the NAGDU list about guide horses.  Have you ever considered training your 
mini to guide?

JODY 🐺
thunderwalker321 at gmail.com

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