This message is from: Cynthia Madden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I would like to get back to the original point of my reply to your comments about needing to form a breeders association. I would like to re-emphsize my three main points: 1) As far I can see from an end-user perspective is the NFHR now primarily serve breeders offering very little in the way of support and programs for us "for fun" folks. It is now time for the association to move in that direction. 2) Breeders have not strongly supported that direction, being more interested in issues involving breeding. It is has been my experience that as the growth of Fjords in the hands of "for fun" people explodes, the breeders have not fully adapted to their own growth industry. I have witnessed this explosion just by attending Blue Earth for the last four years. In the first two years, the show was dominated by breeders - in the last two years there has been a very significant increase in the attendance and participation of "for fun" owners. 3) I think the Fjords are unique in that people who own them become so passionate about them and their future as a special and unusual animal. I think this interest is higher than in many other breeds. Look to our example of Mike May, a man who has worked very hard for the breed and only owns one Fjord. I don't think he is an unusual Fjord "for fun" person.
Enough said by me, at least, on this topic. Cynthia Madden mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Omaha, Nebraska USA
