This message is from: "Karen McCarthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Pat from Green Valley farm wrote:
"...If I did not create a "whole picture" description - and "whole
picture" justification for this guy to be kept intact until proven otherwise
- then I do not know what else I can say to create that "whole picture".
Dear Pat,
Pardon me if I stepped on your toes here, really. From the tone of your
post, I am assuming I did, and for that I do apologise. I was simply
focusing on the terminology used to describe an obviously nice head.
I was attempting to define the colloquial term "doll head", and specifically
the importance that is placed on it, sometimes to the exclusion of all other
(good & bad) characteristics a horse possesses, and how that has ultimately
led, along with other factors, to the demise of many good breeds of horses.
Also,I cannot really remember,(as I delete most of my emails promptly) but,
I think someone did want to know what the term meant, and maybe I got a bit
carried away.
...But, if I wanted to get even more carried away, I could comment on your
description of his legs as being: "very clean, fine legs". You have
mentioned an attribute,(fine legs) that when applied to Fjordhorses, is seen
as a negative, not a positive.(Does fine = substantial?) Many
traditionalists, myself included, would have no use for legs like that - on
a Fjord. On a Arab or TB, OK. (JMO) ...However, to each his own, and like
you said, the decision is in the (Evaluation) pudding.
Karen McCarthy
Great Basin Fjords
Carson City, NV
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