using top stable door for shetland door... will it work?

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my two are both in overnight at the moment as raff doesn't like being out 24/7 so it makes sense to tuck them in at night...

Piggle the little shetland (10hh) can just about get the top of his nose over the stable door, and it he stands on tiptoes he can get an eye out to see... he can't be happy like this, so i thought we'd make his door shorter...

however, before sawing a very nice door in half... i thought i might try just putting his top door down to the bottom (if that makes sense). as it is a smaller door, it will be just the right height for him... so seems like the best idea (i very very very rarely ever shut the top doors... in fact i can't think of a time i ever have...).

so... does this sound like it would work? or is there something very obvious/dangerous/stupid that i'm missing?
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Interesting question!
The only couple of things I could think of are the hinges - are they in the right place for the swap, and the bottom of the door - if they have been shaped to fit each other.
You could just buy your Sheltie stilettos.
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Interesting question!
The only couple of things I could think of are the hinges - are they in the right place for the swap, and the bottom of the door - if they have been shaped to fit each other.
You could just buy your Sheltie stilettos.
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he only wears them on weekends, he doesn't want to ruin the sequins...

hinges will have to be moved. OH is a dab hand at that sort of thing (he made the stables...). i shall post photos. piggle (sadly) won't allow photos to be taken of his weekend shoes though... so it'll just be photos of a midget-sized door...
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I have done this for granddaughters pony, but I have put it inside , so the normal bottom door still shuts if we need it for a horse. We used the hinges from the top door and just put them on the inside of the frame, works a treat.
 
A much less permanant and easiy route might be getting a bar put up? All the horses at the RDA I used to help has bars up.

You can buy the brakets from robinsons for a couple of quid. They come with a pin to secure the bar too. Or you can get an elasticted web thingy.
 
Top door will be fine. Made to fit really.
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I use an old stall gate for mine (metal, bit like a anti weaving grill) the 'hooks' simply slide into eyebolts. Several of my stables have eyebolts fitted inside and the gate gets moved about depending on which stall I have space in for the minis, original doors stay on. (To save anyone mentioning it, yes, the current door is covered with ply)
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top door should be fine as long as hinges are in the right place.
the alternative, that my friends used to do for their tiny pony, was to put a big solid piece of tree trunk in there (stood upright) for him to put his front feet on. don't laugh, they cotton on really fast! it makes a good seat too for people, of course!
 
oooh, lots of good ideas...

enfys, brill pic!

we already have a sort of canvas things that goes across the front instead of the door, but, living in the fens means we're a smidge windy and i think he needs a proper substantial door. although i like kerilli's step idea...:D
 
Should be okay as long as all hinges are secure etc, for my shetland he has a normal size door with a massive chunk cut out so he can see nicely haha!!!
 
I might be being a REALLY boring party pooper here, but if they choose to stand on it for any length of time wouldn't it give them sore backs/ hips etc?

I'm reminded of stallions getting dodgy hips and hocks from the strain put on them reversing them off mares they have covered. Not a problem occasionally but it was repeated use of this procedure which put additional strain on them, as in the wild obv. the mare moves out forwards.

Sorry
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I know its probably OTT, just a thought.
 
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