He's one of the family! - PHOTO+VIDEO

At 22 inches tall, Acer is perfect house pet size, and barely as big as his best friend, his owner’s black labrador, Demon.As a result he enjoys all the comforts of home. Acer, now aged three, was born with dwarfism, caused by a recessive gene which only affects a foal when it is carried by both of the parents.Most dwarfism foals are put down because of health problems but his owner, Maureen O’Sullivan, who runs the Miniature Horse Farm in Corringham, Essex, couldn’t bear to part with him.She said: ‘We imported his dad from America and put him with our American mare and they must both have been carrying the dwarf gene – he was the result.‘Due to dwarves having various health issues most breeders would have put him down, but little Acer was so full of life and otherwise healthy, it was never an option.‘One day we were in the living room and he just wandered in, we were really surprised.(dailymail.co.uk)Bakudaily.Az