What height stable door for mini?

[Patchworkpony]

What is a safe height stable door for a mini/Shetland? I want it low enough for it to be able to see out but not so low it could jump out if it had a mind to. Any suggestions would be most welcome.

 

[QuantockHills]

I leave my stable door open for my 11hh rescue and have put 2 slip rails in the doorway.... that way if a friends horse has come to visit, I can still use the stable. (I did have to add a door chain as well though as the little toad used the bottom rail to stand on and climbed over the top one!). I just compared where the normal door came up to on my horse's chest and worked it out roughly the same for the little one.

 

[TelH]

I stood my Shettie in the doorway and marked on the door frame the equivalent of where the door would be on a bigger horse then made a door at that height. I still have the original door that I can put back on if I ever needed the stable for a bigger horse.

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

I stood my Shettie in the doorway and marked on the door frame the equivalent of where the door would be on a bigger horse then made a door at that height. I still have the original door that I can put back on if I ever needed the stable for a bigger horse.

I've done the same for my 2 tinies, but used redundant top doors off the stables & cut them down a bit
But, both the outside 'big' doors are still there & hooked flat back to the outside wall.
I got different hinges for the mini-doors that lift off on one stable - and the other is hinged opposite hand. Both have the closing top bolt go 'home' into the door frame as I drilled holes there, and same for bottom bolt.
Has taken me less than 2 mins to revert back to std door if needed on the lift off one, and the outside door can close over the top of 2nd box mini-door

 

[Gloi]

My friend has cut a mini sized window in the lower door so hee can peep his head through.

 

[ycbm]

As above. Window in a full size door, so you can use it if you need to put a bigger horse in there. It's also unbearably cute

 

[TGM]

Yup, a 'window' is a good idea. I have a friend who spent a fortune on some very posh stables for her minis, but discovered the doors weren't high enough and some of them would just jump out over the doors. An opening in a standard door stops this happening!

 

[Patchworkpony]

Thanks everyone but stable company need to know the exact height of the door to make it.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

What is a safe height stable door for a mini/Shetland? I want it low enough for it to be able to see out but not so low it could jump out if it had a mind to. Any suggestions would be most welcome.

I had a ramp put in for my donkey who was 10 hands, so it was a normal pony door and a concrete ramp

 

[Patchworkpony]

I had a ramp put in for my donkey who was 10 hands, so it was a normal pony door and a concrete ramp

How sweet - thank you for sharing.

 

[Equi]

What height is the pony? My doors are approx 31” and no one has gone over it but the stallion could give it a go if there was a mare. A more sensible animal doesn’t try

 

[Patchworkpony]

What height is the pony? My doors are approx 31” and no one has gone over it but the stallion could give it a go if there was a mare. A more sensible animal doesn’t try

Thank you - very helpful.

 

[Equi]

But I have to add mine are 30-34” tall

 

[Patchworkpony]

But I have to add mine are 30-34” tall

Probably about the size I was thinking of. Many thanks.

 

[catroo]

I normally go with what ever height they are at the withers, seems to work unless they have a particularly low set neck

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

Thanks everyone but stable company need to know the exact height of the door to make it.

Measure from 1inch below gullet (top of windpipe) to the ground. Subtract another half inch or so to allow ground clearance.