Deven Creek Shetlands

10/12/2023

10/12/2023

Never thought I would ever do this. He's been such a huge part of my breeding program. Being a great color producer along with producing Congress and National Champions. But with heavy heart I am offering my gorgeous guy, Marystown Prince Charming to a new zip code. Pm me for more details. Located in south eastern Nebraska.

01/10/2023

Deven Creek SPH Chyenne's Princess is a gorgeous ASPC/AMHR 3 yr.old filly. Charlotte was shown as a yearling. She's 39" measuring R. Located in south eastern Nebraska. Pm me for more information about this blonde beauty!

26/06/2023

Royal I'll Doo Blue is a gorgeous 10 yr.old ASPC/AMHR foundation sealed blue roan mare. She sells with her c**t from this year. I do have current videos of her also. Located in south eastern Nebraska.

03/01/2023

SOLD
This NSPPR pony "Rhapsody's Blue Sable " is just thee cutest and one of the funnest ponies I have had the pleasure of riding! All 12.2 hds of her!! 🥰🥰🥰 Videos included!😁 This video is of her being riden after 3 months off. Located in south eastern Nebraska. Pm me for more information.
Video link below:
https://youtu.be/Vm7fQvpz-GU

20/12/2022

Looking for someone who wants to show or learn how to show but doesn't have a place or able to buy a top show prospect.
Offering in farm lease with one of the top ponies here. Willing to help train the right individuals with a show lease. Please inquire for more information. Located in south eastern Nebraska.

13/12/2022

FYI: this is a very good read and a reminder for some on the inside of our ponies and horses 🐎

Fascinating Facts About Horse Digestion

Many people anthropomorphize horses. We think they should be clean. We think they should wear nice, warm blankets when it’s cold, and we think they should eat two or three meals a day.

Horses are horses–not humans. They should be treated like horses. They like to get dirty. They can regulate their own body temperature in most cases. They have a unique digestive system that is very different from the human digestive tract.

Understanding horse digestion should be a top priority. It sometimes seems that the horse’s digestive system is quite delicate, but many of the common digestive problems are due to the unnatural way horses are fed. When a horse is out in the wild with thousands of acres of free-roam grazing, and the only external demand is to maintain itself and occasionally run from predators, this configuration serves it quite well, most of the time.

A minimum of 10 acres is required per horse to make enough forage for consumption, allow adequate movement, and to minimize parasitism. This is difficult to achieve in the modern world for most people. Riding or lunging must suffice for exercise, and the horse is much more reliant upon hay. Dewormers, of course, rid them of parasites- at least most of them, there are exceptions.

Here are some fascinating (and good-to-know) facts about horse digestion:

1. The horse is a non-ruminant herbivore. The digestive system share features with dogs and cats (and humans) which are monogastric, as well as the ruminant in which there are 3-4 gastric compartments. (Camelids have three).

2. As forage (the horse’s natural food) is chewed by the horse, the salivary glands produce up to 10 gallons of saliva (per day). Saliva is crucial for neutralizing stomach acids and reducing the risk of gastric ulcers. Horses do not make as much saliva when eating grain-type feeds.

3. The esophagus, which empties into the stomach, only works in one direction for the horse. Food cannot be regurgitated or vomited.

4. Gastric capacity is 8-10 liters, which is quite small compared to other parts of the digestive system.

5. Water only remains in the horse’s stomach for about 15 minutes before moving on to the small intestine. Food retention varies depending upon the type- grass, hay, or grain.

6. When the stomach is empty, acid can attack the squamous cells in the stomach lining, often resulting in ulcers. Therefore, small frequent meals, access to a slow feeder, or access to pasture are important.

7. Most of the digestion and absorption of sugars, starches, proteins, and fats occurs in the small intestine.

8. Horses do not have a gall bladder. Instead, the small intestine aids in the digestion of fats.

9. More than 1g/kg of sugars and starches spill into the colon, potentially causing colitis and diarrhea. Horses should be fed primarily forage and only small amounts of a low carbohydrate concentrate.

10. The cecum is homologous to the human appendix.

11. The colon is shaped like a stacked horse shoe, with varying dimensions to allow proper food mixing and digestion.

12. Food enters and exits the cecum at the top. This is a common site for impaction colic, which is often due to lack of water intake.

13. The cecum and other parts of the large intestine contain active populations of bacteria and yeast, which help break food down in a process called fermentation. This results in the formation of free fatty acids, from which the horse derives most of its energy. It also results in a large amount of gas, as a by-product.

14. The bacterial and microbe populations become specific in fermenting the type of food the horse normally eats. When a new food is introduced suddenly, the bacteria/ microbes cannot ferment it effectively and the result is often colic. (Therefore, all feed changes should be made very gradually.)

15. Borborygmic sounds or ‘Gut sounds’ indicated that food is moving through the digestive tract. An absence of gut sounds likely means there is some digestive upset or obstruction.

16. A horse requires a minimum of 1.5% of his body weight daily of long-stemmed roughage (grass/ hay) for normal digestive tract activity; this is 15 pounds of roughage for a 1000 lb. horse.

17. The entire digestion process, from oral to aboral, takes about 36-72 hours.

18. If it were to be stretched from end to end, the horse’s digestive tract would be about 115 feet long, from mouth to a**s.

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10/12/2022

Rhapsody's Ace Of Spades is a awesome 4 yr.old, 13.3 hd registered NSPPR (Quarter/Shetland) gelding. Ace is a multiple ASPC Congress Grand Champion & Reserve Champion. He's been shown since he was a yearling. He has competed at the All-breed classes in Ranch Riding. He's great to ride out on trails alone or with another horse. He's very good to use to pony with. And as a 4 year old he's great minded enough that I have been using him for beginner riding lessons. He would be great for Ranch Versatility, Western and or Cowboy Dressage. Ace is easy to ride and willing. Located in south eastern Nebraska. The video is current and you are watching him being on a 3 month vacation. So you are seeing how he is with 3 months off and not legged up.
Link to watch his video:
https://youtu.be/wQt5q3j0rBo

06/11/2022

These ASPC/AMHR yearlings and gorgeous broodmare looking for a new zip code. Located in south eastern Nebraska. Please pm me for more information.

28/06/2022

Really happy on how this ASPC/AMHR yearling gelding, Deven Creek SPF Frosty Prince, did at his first show at the Area National Show in Lincoln this past weekend. Winning his Futurity and halter classes. Such a great minded pony! He's out of Marystown Prince Charming and Wa-full Unique Frostingeer.

31/05/2022

For your consideration.

13/04/2022

ASPC/AMHR buckskin yearling filly now being offered. I have too many to show this spring and she needs to be shown. She's out of a gorgeous Prince son who's currently in training with Casey Campbell and out of blue roan mare, Royal I'll Doo Blue. Others available! Located in south eastern Nebraska.

13/04/2022

Really excited! Gorgeous buckskin filly out of Marystown Prince Charming and Sumerwell Petey's Spice of Life. Was a really great first time cross!!

02/09/2021

Not the prettiest of backgrounds out in the muddy pen🙄. But this is such a phenomenal mare!! One of my very favorites! Wa-full Unique Leah has been such a phenomenal producing mare! Looking very forward to showing her filly next year!!

24/08/2021

Deven Creek SPF Cheyenne's Princess "aka" Charlotte 💕 She is such eye Candy to look at! Love this filly!

18/04/2021

Rhapsody's Blue Sable is a gorgeous 12 hd, 5yr.old grey NSPPR Quarter pony mare that is for your consideration. Sable is a very pretty pony that's very sweet, loves people. She is suitable for a small adult or kid with riding experience. Not for beginners. Please inquire for videos and more information. Located in south eastern Nebraska.