little horses in big horse stables...

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do you make stable door smaller so that your little ponies can see out? my stable doors are massive, and my pony is only 31 inches, so don't know what to do about him being able to see out??? would you be concerned about them not being able to see out/??? and im being ott?
 
I think they do need to see out for most of the day even if you shut them in at night. My friend's shettie learned to stand with his front feet on a stout wooden box placed immediately inside the door. Very cute and worth a try?
 
My friend has 2 small ponies and has made smaller doors for them both. Hers were also building muscle underneath by trying to look out
 
Yes, just left the big door on and pinned back. Made a mini door for the period of time the 12h pony was resident. When he went we just unscrewed the hinges and removed the door. It was recycled as kindling for the wood burner.
 
ok cool I thought so, my dad said he'd build me a new door! he will only be in at night but the stables are huge and the doors match, the doors are metal, so would mean making a whole new door for little dude!
 
Kelly1982 said:
My friend has 2 small ponies and has made smaller doors for them both. Hers were also building muscle underneath by trying to look out
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This ^^

My shetland would stand on the cross brace at the bottom of her door or poke her nose right over the top. As a result she started to develop a lot of muscle under her neck so we lowered the height.
 
Tried to load pics but can't, can email them to you if it helps. We used my old garden gate, turned sideways, as a second door for our 36" shetland. It was hinged on the right by screwing to the wall, and a chain was attached to the top left, which clipped onto a tie up ring on the original door meaning that the if the main door was opened back it kept the little gate pulled tightly closed, and we could just shut the main door in front of the gate if needed. Sometimes the shetland shared with his 17'2hh buddy, or the big horse was in there alone so it didn't limit the use of the stable. We also have a stable mirror positioned so when the littlies are in that stable they can see the whole length of the indoor barn which keeps them happy.

It was a gate similar to this but without the pointy ends: http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...m4ZZyM&ei=rZYjUtONIeKS1AWjvIDQCg&ved=0CAEQsCU
 
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My mini has a mini-door :)
Easily done - take off a top door & re-affix to the bottom :) (you may well need to add a chew strip to the door, or similar, to round the edge over at the top)
Sometimes this door may need a trim down to get to right height.

I havent removed the bigger door - the mini-door is hung onto 'lift off' hinges - and opens in, with draw bolts shutting into the frame via holes I drilled & milled out. The std door is just hooked back to the wall outside.
Means I can transform the door straight back in emergency for a bigger one :)
 
Angelbones said:
Tried to load pics but can't, can email them to you if it helps. We used my old garden gate, turned sideways, as a second door for our 36" shetland. It was hinged on the right by screwing to the wall, and a chain was attached to the top left, which clipped onto a tie up ring on the original door meaning that the if the main door was opened back it kept the little gate pulled tightly closed, and we could just shut the main door in front of the gate if needed. Sometimes the shetland shared with his 17'2hh buddy, or the big horse was in there alone so it didn't limit the use of the stable. We also have a stable mirror positioned so when the littlies are in that stable they can see the whole length of the indoor barn which keeps them happy.

It was a gate similar to this but without the pointy ends: http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...m4ZZyM&ei=rZYjUtONIeKS1AWjvIDQCg&ved=0CAEQsCU
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oh okay, that's interesting I was wondering about putting him in with one of the big horses but didn't know how they'd all feel about that! might be worth a try!! but good idea with the gate!!
 
We made a door for our donkey when we had him. It's made like a normal door and is hinged so it folds into the stable. It's still there (10 years since the donkey was pts) and is tied back in my horses stable so it's there if we need it again. so the stabe has two doors as the big normal door folds outwards like normal. In fact I use it still if I'm doing something in the stable and want more natural light, it's pretty cute to see a 16.1 tower over a door that comes up to his knees, which interestingly he's never tried to go over! :)
 
My ickle shettie has a big boy stable and we've swapped the doors round......so the top door has become the bottom and he gets to see out. Sorted!
 
The Fuzzy Furry said:
My mini has a mini-door :)
Easily done - take off a top door & re-affix to the bottom :) (you may well need to add a chew strip to the door, or similar, to round the edge over at the top)
Sometimes this door may need a trim down to get to right height.

I havent removed the bigger door - the mini-door is hung onto 'lift off' hinges - and opens in, with draw bolts shutting into the frame via holes I drilled & milled out. The std door is just hooked back to the wall outside.
Means I can transform the door straight back in emergency for a bigger one :)
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we don't have top doors, which is a shame as that might work.

here are a couple of pics to show how big the doors are, so lil j wouldn't be able to see over even if he tried

Kelsey is 15'2



Sam is about 16'1


our walls are concrete so will defo need the services of my dad to do the door! I can drill into wood but defo no concrete haha!!
 
My mini has a small stable door as i wanted her to be able to see out but promptly jumped out over the top. She now has a grill fitted so shes contained but can see.
 
When my daughter was younger she had a little pony in a big stable and we made her a step by putting one of the blue plastic shopping baskets from Sainsburys upside down over a coupe of breeze blocks. She (pony not daughter!) used to stand on it very happily looking over the door. Then someone said it was bad for her back so she had to put up with not seeing out for a while.

Recently my Grandson has had a mini Shetland in a real horse's stable. I bought him a stall guard to fix across the front of the stable and that worked very well. He could see out and we just kept the door pinned back all the time. We did try just a chain across the front but he was able to wriggle under or over that with no problem, no matter what height we put it at. Also we sometimes put the 17.2 in his stable and he always looked confused at why there was a chain at knee height!
 
My friend had a little square door cut into the middle of the bottom door like a catflap so the mini could pop his head out.
 
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