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[bobm]

City people think any small horse is a pony. Any baby horse is just a 'baby horse' even if it's a baby mini or baby pony. And then some westerners call all foals colts instead of foals. Colt is a male, filly a female, foal is a baby horse.
Ponies are roughly 14.5h or even 58in and smaller, 58in is 14.5h. Minis are 38in and smaller. With most registries not allowing anything over 34in. And minis are scaled down versions of horses, not shaped like ponies tend to be.

My pony is fat. He almost looks like a horse when in shape, which was only once for about 3wks. Unfortunately, I can't find where I put the originals of these pics.
Nearly exactly the same pose going down for a roll in the mud.

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Just to clarify the 14.5 hands high thing ... in reality one hand in horses is divided by 4 only so in this case 58" dived by 4 = 14.5 however one should start the count at 14 h. ... ie : 14 h, 14.1 h , 14.2 h , 14.3 h , then 15 h , 15.1 h , 15.2 h, 15.3 h, 16 h etc. ... so by listing 14.5 h in reality it should be considered to be 15.1 hands. Ponys are listed at 14 h or under, that is unless they are a x bred between a horse X pony, and still are called a pony. The there is the age , sex, and color thing too. New borns to 6 month olds are foals ( colt or filly ), 6 month olds are weanling colts, geldings ( castrated colts often between 7 months to 3 years of age), fillys, 1 year olds are yearling colts, .geldings ( castrated colts) , fillies , 2 years of age are 2 year old colts, geldings or fillies , 3 years of age are 3 year old. colts , geldings or fillies, 4 years of age and up are stallions , geldings or mares. ( Age may be often added too) . Bay ( brown with dark main and tail with black on legs, Chestnut ( red ) , Grey ( expressing a modifier gene from bay or chestnut to turning to various shades of white), Buckskin ( diluting gene to change bay color to a lighter shade) , Palomino ( diluting gene to express the red to golden with white main and tail ), then there are the Paint and Pinto coloration with various amounts of body white coloration, Appaloosa ( body color pattern modifiers), etc.

 

[Smart Red]

@secuono, this wasn't an I'm right-he's wrong question. It matters only in that it isn't conclusion that a horse person would instantly leap to. I keep telling him that I won't smile and agree with everything he says as that would be disrespectful to him. I will try to understand what he's saying or asking, and I do that by asking questions as needed.

He is totally rational and capable. His problem is in "seeing" the correct word, but having it "escape" before he gets it out. The words he uses are always related in some way to what he wanted to say -- ie. pony for young horse; bed for table when folding clothes; electric hose for air hose. It just takes a switch of my mind-set to figure out the relationship and what was meant.

It is my blessing and privilege to work through this small problem with this wonderful man. The challenge is to do so without damaging his self-esteem. While I appreciate the hugs, I am not in a position to need sympathy. I am the luckiest women in the world to lay claim to him.

 

[Smart Red]

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Just to clarify the 14.5 hands high thing ... in reality one hand in horses is divided by 4 only so in this case 58" dived by 4 = 14.5 however one should start the count at 14 h. ... ie : 14 h, 14.1 h , 14.2 h , 14.3 h , then 15 h , 15.1 h , 15.2 h, 15.3 h, 16 h etc. ... so by listing 14.5 h in reality it should be considered to be 15.1 hands. Ponys are listed at 14 h or under, that is unless they are a x bred between a horse X pony, and still are called a pony. The there is the age , sex, and color thing too. New borns to 6 month olds are foals ( colt or filly ), 6 month olds are weanling colts, geldings ( castrated colts often between 7 months to 3 years of age), fillys, 1 year olds are yearling colts, .geldings ( castrated colts) , fillies , 2 years of age are 2 year old colts, geldings or fillies , 3 years of age are 3 year old. colts , geldings or fillies, 4 years of age and up are stallions , geldings or mares. ( Age may be often added too) . Bay ( brown with dark main and tail with black on legs, Chestnut ( red ) , Grey ( expressing a modifier gene from bay or chestnut to turning to various shades of white), Buckskin ( diluting gene to change bay color to a lighter shade) , Palomino ( diluting gene to express the red to golden with white main and tail ), then there are the Paint and Pinto coloration with various amounts of body white coloration, Appaloosa ( body color pattern modifiers), etc.

Thank you so much @bobm! Really TMI, but appreciated.

 

[Carol Dee]

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Just to clarify the 14.5 hands high thing ... in reality one hand in horses is divided by 4 only so in this case 58" dived by 4 = 14.5 however one should start the count at 14 h. ... ie : 14 h, 14.1 h , 14.2 h , 14.3 h , then 15 h , 15.1 h , 15.2 h, 15.3 h, 16 h etc. ... so by listing 14.5 h in reality it should be considered to be 15.1 hands. Ponys are listed at 14 h or under, that is unless they are a x bred between a horse X pony, and still are called a pony. The there is the age , sex, and color thing too. New borns to 6 month olds are foals ( colt or filly ), 6 month olds are weanling colts, geldings ( castrated colts often between 7 months to 3 years of age), fillys, 1 year olds are yearling colts, .geldings ( castrated colts) , fillies , 2 years of age are 2 year old colts, geldings or fillies , 3 years of age are 3 year old. colts , geldings or fillies, 4 years of age and up are stallions , geldings or mares. ( Age may be often added too) . Bay ( brown with dark main and tail with black on legs, Chestnut ( red ) , Grey ( expressing a modifier gene from bay or chestnut to turning to various shades of white), Buckskin ( diluting gene to change bay color to a lighter shade) , Palomino ( diluting gene to express the red to golden with white main and tail ), then there are the Paint and Pinto coloration with various amounts of body white coloration, Appaloosa ( body color pattern modifiers), etc.

Now that clears things.... So much info I will forget anyway.

 

[ninnymary]

Smart Red asked if she was right or not, so clearly, it matters to her. I answered and she was right, a pony is not a baby horse.

I think I have been misunderstood or perhaps I did not make myself clear. What I meant was not literally. A year from now, will Smart Red feel that conversation was worth getting into an argument over?

Mary

 

[bobm]

Red, I know exactly what you mean as my dad had the same problem in using the right word after he had a stroke at age 74. Otherwise he was perfenctly rational and capable ... For further clarification of why the "4" ... an average man's hand is 4 inches wide . A person has 4 fingers per hand ( not counting the thumb ), so the number 4 is used to signify a fraction of a hand . So starting on the ground and measuring up the front leg of the horse by alternating one's hands and end up at the top of the horse's shoulder blade. Example : if one measures 14 hand widths plus 2 fingers , the horse is 14.2 H. high.

 

[secuono]

Right, that's why I'm done responding to your posts about it, ninnymary.

My father was in an accident when I was in fifth grade, he is now nothing more than a 4yr old trapped in an adult body, prone to typical little kid tantrums, but then he also manages to remember bits and pieces of who he used to be. No one in my family thinks it's gotten any easier over the years dealing with him, mentally on us. But we have figured out his new 'language' so eventually, like you said, you can figure out what he means and just let it slide or just agree with him to avoid any issues. Kind of like talking to people who don't know English very well, they can mix up words and phrases, even leave out words, but the longer you are surrounded by they way they speak, the more you manage to learn and adjust to what they are saying, eventually knowing exactly what they mean.

 

[secuono]

 

[Smart Red]

Your bunny looks a lot like my Rusty. I've been planning to put him out while I clean the coop, his cage, and get some wall covering over the insulation in the coop. He lives above the chickens where it is warm and safe during the winter, but has always loved playing in his yard. Here's a photo.

 

[secuono]

It's an Abyssinian guinea pig.
I have 6 sows I still need to re-home before winter. They live outside 24/7.

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