TINY ACRES

                                               HOW OUR PLACE GOT ITS NAME

The name Tiny Acres originated when Dad and Mom, Fred and Arlene Merrell, wanted a name for the farm where they raised Arabian horses. They had eight acres . It was considered an  acreage but it was a small acreage. After considering several names Tiny Acres seemed perfect for their place. As they grew older the Arabians began to be a challenge to care for. One day while visiting in Logan, Utah, Dad and Mom became acquainted with a couple who was raising miniatures. They  fell in love with them and bought their first mini's, a stallion and a mare, from this couple. They were among the first to raise miniatures in eastern Idaho. With careful selection and breeding they increased their herd to 16 horses. Every year they showed them at Eastern Idaho State Fair. They encouraged other people to become interested in miniature horses.

Mom passed away in 1993.  My Dad has also passed away. He asked us, Karen Drake and Kathy Merrell, if we would like to continue with the minis and the name Tiny Acres in honor of our mother and now in honor of our Dad also. We chose five of the horses to begin our own line of miniatures. We are grateful to our parents for teaching us to enjoy, caring for, and training horses. We think the name Tiny Acres is fitting for a farm that raises horses that are under 34". I'm sure that our parents would be real proud of us for what we have accomplished with the horses. Every time we drive at a show we feel Mom and Dad are with us. Dad really like to drive the minis. Dad and Mom also like to drive in the parade.

We keep an average of 10 miniature horses and have show quality foals for sale each year.   In the limited shows that we have attended, we have placed well.   This Year we will be showing 3 gelding in driving (country pleasure, western pleasure and roadster), obstacle (halter and driving) and also halter. Our place is located between Blackfoot and Firth on Highway 91 going toward Idaho Falls.  We are breeding different colored horses such as palomino, sorrels buckskins, black and white pintos plus sorrel and white, that have Arabian characteristics.  We have been able to HOF a few of our horses and we have done real well in All-Star as well. All of our horses have national champions in their pedigrees. We are breeding to have concentrations of Boones Little Buckaroo and Gold Melody Boy blood lines in our foals. We have now add a Shetlands to our breeding program. Our Shetlands are double bred Arenosa and Kid Lee. We are breeding for the 34 and under Shetlands

PHILOSOPHY OF TINY ACRES RANCH

We believe that horses need plenty of open fresh air with a 3-sided shelter in a good fenced pasture with some friends to play with.  Our limited space makes it necessary to raise quality horses. Our horses are very easy to handle because we imprint them at birth. Then each day we work with them in some small way so when it comes time to train them , they are very willing and easy to teach. We are breeding toward horses that are fine boned, with a dish face, and plenty of color.  We are also breeding for versatility. Horses that can jump, drive, and have the temperament to be able to compete in obstacle classes, both in hand and driving. We are breeding horses to have the temperament and personality so that you can do anything with them including costume class and children classes.  We want a horse that has more than a pretty face. 

We have also add Shetlands to our breeding program. We wanted a Shetland stallion that was under 34". So We could breed him to our AMHA mares which will make them 1/2 Shetland. I really wanted Shetlands that also have a good disposition and real easy to train and I think I have found them. I'm really looking forward to my stallions foals in 2014.We have really cut back on our breeding herd. I now only have 3 mares. One of them is a Shetland mare who I hardship into AMHA so she is triple registered and the other 2 are Dam and daughter AMHA and AMHR which are . I have more gelding then breeding stock right now . I love to show my geldings

Our stallion we now have is Shetland. He is AMHA, AMHR, ASPC and Foundation. He is double bred Arenosa and Seth Thomas. You can see more information on him on my stallion page. STALLION Melody Boy, Mickey Mouse, Rowdy, C

Our mares bloodlines include Boones Little Buckeroo, Boones BTU Crown Prince, Buckeroo Top Cat, IMA Boones Little Buckeroo Too,  Little Kings Buck Echo, , Boones Little Prince, Boones Little Midnight Special, Gingerbread Farms Rapid Transit, Gold Melody Boy, Wittmaacks Mickey Mouse, Orion Light Vant Huttenest, Brewers Orion Pride and SG Rapid Blue. We also have a  now have a Shetland line which is double Kid Lee. To read more about the mares check them out on MARES

I'm also so proud of my geldings. They have some of the same horses in their pedigrees as the mares have. For more information check out the gelding page GELDING

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