What is the correct term for a horse that guides blind people?
Technically the horse is simply termed a guide. Seeing-eye is a term used often but actually belongs to one guide dog school. Why a Miniature Horse instead of a pony? A pony is a term used for a certain sized horse. It is also used in conjunction with certain breeds. Shetland Pony comes immediately to mind. Icelandic horses usually fall in the size range for ponies. Miniature horses are usually but not always smaller than ponies. Guide Miniatures are very small, even in the Miniature horse world! Finding a small Miniature that does not have unhealthy dwarf tendencies is always a challenge. What are the differences of a guide horse compared to a guide dog? Horses are herd oriented. Since they travel in herds without running into things the concept of space is one that they easily understand. Horses are also protective of their young. While a dog would leave it’s pup to go to hunt, a horse takes hers with her. So, it’s not unusual for a horse to understand taking a person and looking out
