Cross Breeds - Is it safe to put a miniature horse in with a reguliar size horse?

Is it safe to put a miniature horse in with a reguliar size horse?

This fall we are bringing our two horses to our house and mom gave me permision to get a miniature horse if I paid for it. The only problem is that my horse is a bit of a bully so would it be better to have two minis and have a compleatly different pasture or could I have them in with our reguliar size horses My other idea is that where we got my horse she was in with a mini and they had a high fence that seperated the field so the mini could go under it but the others couldnt Oh ya and my horse is to much of a wimp to accually hurt anyone but still I want to make sure its safe

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no they will kill him if they hurt him defatly if hes mean just keep him in a round pen and let him out every once in a while or your idea is good too. I guess but then the horses though when thier mad they will use all the power possible they will run through that fence and the person after me yes he doesnt know he is littler but, one little kick with no effort from a grown mare\gelding\stallion will kill the little guy....take my advice....mine died that way
well to be honest.......small horses do not know there small no one told them. it is just like dogs same thing. aggressive horses will always be that. you always have a Bose mare in a heard. it goes way back to wild horses. they have a picking order to follow. there is always a top dog. do not get in the middle of that you will be sorry. I am not saying let them fight to work it out but it is better you are not on their back when they do fight. It will settle down when they figure it out.It works better with a guy horse (gelding ) and mare. She always wins. The guy backs down and keeps a safe distance. try that and see how that works. I have seen a bad gelding turn into a softy with mares
You should put the mini in a different pasture. Even if your horse normally wouldn't hurt another one, all it would take is one kick to kill the mini. Don't take a chance. Let them be over the fence friends.
Their sizes are really not the issue. People keep goats and mini donkeys with horses with no problems. What the issue is, is that you ahve a horse that is a bully. For that sole reason, I would keep them seperated. Not only could the bully inflict physical injury, it is more likely to bully the other away from food and water. Where size may come into play is physically getting hurt. I used to ride a horse that got it's front teeth kicked out by another horse...so I can imagine how extensive that injury could have been had be been much smaller than the other horse!
It depends if they get along- my old horse had a mini companion and just loved him. But I've heard of the little ones getting hurt by bossier pasturemates, too. If your horse is a bully, I'd put the mini in an adjoining pasture, not in the same one. He doesn't have to have another mini for company, as long as he can visit safely with the others through the fence. Make sure he can't slip through and get into trouble over with the others.
Depends on the horse and miniature horse.
what you need to do is place them in two stalls next to each other and see how they interact for abouts 6 weeks or so. if they fight for a few days as long as neither is getting hurt let it go. they are still getting used to each other. after that make your decision on whether they can be put together or not. if so then put the smaller one in a roundpin so it can graze and they can get to know each other better. once they seem like friends let them into the same pasture. if they seem to start fighting again just put the instigating horse into a stall for punishment for a few days. that worked for me
no. u mentioned that your other horse was a bully. thats 1 problem on its own. but w/ a horse that small u should put him els where
Keep them separate. The large horses will treat the mini as an equal, however a single kick, even a friendly one, can be lethal, because a mini's head is perfect kicking height. If you watch horses play, they will kick up their heels. Similar sized horses lift their heads out of the way...a mini would lift its head into perfect kick height.