This message is from: "Karen Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The "auction" mare, as Sue said, was lumpy fat, no forelock, and she had small, pig eyes. Not terribly Fjord typey. My impression of her was short, fat and squatty. She did not come with papers. Why did I buy her? She was broke to drive and did so rather nicely, and she was going to sell really cheap!
Last Saturday as she was tied in the barn waiting for the farrier, I got a chance to stand back and really look at her. She is now a beautiful Fjord! I don't know how it's possible, but when her forelock grew out, her eyes also got bigger and her expression softened. She's lost over 200 lbs, and although she's a "big" girl, she's no longer a bit fat. Also, as soon as she started losing weight, the underside of her neck would just hang and wobble. Ewww! Today that neck is firm and lovely. As to the mare's temperament, she's kind and gentle (well, except when she pins my donkey to the wall and sits on her) and generally unflappable. She's never even offered to kick my annoying Border Collie who races behind her and snaps her tail. Everything I've exposed her to she's taken in stride. We are now looking forward to the Saturday after Thanksgiving when we will be driving in the Parker (Colorado) Christmas Carriage Parade. The only problem is when I brought her home I told my 12-year-old son we needed a new name for her. She came to me as "Sue Babe". He took one look at her, still on the trailer, and said we should name her "Fatty Boombah", a nonsense term used by a friend in Australia. Today we've dropped the name Fatty (you can't refer to a lady's weight and expect her to cooperate with you), and she goes by the name Miss Boombah. Mostly around home she's just Boom-boom. Now that she's turned out so nice, I reckon I should try to find out if she was ever registered with FBA and see if I can track down those papers. Mike May has already checked the NFHR for me so I know she was never registered there. (RATS!) My hope is to find FBA papers, then see if she can be registered NFHR, and then have her evaluated. Because although I think she's wonderful, (and always will), I'd like to know how she stacks up against the breed standard. So, why this whole missive? Maybe to say that a Fjord in an auction is not necessarily a bad end for the horse, but can be a new beginning to a great life. Cheers! Karen >At the Troyer Auction the past spring there were 11 fjords up for auction ... Karen Keith of this list >purchased a homely red dun mare, that one afternoon was left for 3 hours tied still hitched to a cart. That mare today is gorgeous, she has lost a lot of >weight and her forelock has grown and her eyes sparkle with health and joy. >This fall the same auction had only one fjord. > Sue > >Sue Clark-Sorger >Crown Oak Fjords >Sandia Park NM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*.
