Pygmy Horses

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Last week I watching a Guiness World Record show that featured only animal records. There were numerous pet owners that were there to attempt to break the world records.

One girl came on with a Pygmy horse, I instantly wanted one they are so cute looking. She was trying to set the record for the highest jump by a Pygmy horse. Her horse ended up breaking the jumping record by jumping 2 feet in the air. The Pygmy horse was only 30 inches tall. That is pretty impressive if you ask me.

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If I receall correctly, "pygmy" horses are miniature horses effected by the dwarfism gene.

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So they are smaller than the miniature horses you posted about earlier. And I thought those were small horses... Do you know if pygmy horses are affected by any medical problems related to their size? It was something I was wondering about yesterday at work. We had a few hours when things were really slow.

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If pygmy horses are the same as dwarf mini's, then yes, they have extreme health issues. Joints and respiratory especially. They're actually rather deformed. Many of them will have interestingly unique-shaped legs.

http://www.mini-horse.org/dwarf_health_care.html

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That is saddening to hear. Wow some of those health issues end up being very costly. Then again I'm not sure how those compare to routine horse vet care.

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Horses = expensive, no matter what. Ha.