This message is from: "Arthur Rivoire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.beaverdamfarm.com Beaver Dam Farm Fjords II R.R. 7 Pomquet, Nova Scotia B2G 2L4 Tel:(902) 386-2304 Fax:(902) 386-2149 Carole Rivoire, author of THE FJORDHORSE HANDBOOK, only book in English on the Fjord breed, available from Beaver Dam Farm, $36.95 US includes P&H http://www.beaverdamfarm.com/book.htm
Dear Fjord Friends - from Carol Rivoire at Beaver Dam Farm in Nova Scotia -- > This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Lets make it quite clear right at the beginning - I am not a breeder nor > expert on what makes a good horse, an excellent horse or world class horse. > I also am not of the configuration that would make me a world class athlete, > modeler of clothes, or any of the other things society looks upon as > "beautiful". > > I do know that in my own mind a horse's personality is it's number one asset > - - it may not be the fastest, the most beautiful, have the best neck or > perfect mane but if it has all of these and a bad personality it is not a > valuable horse in my opinion. If we continue the drive to only allow the > "perfect" ones to breed I hate to think of what the Norwegian Fjord will > become. We might have to change their name to Hitler horses in recognition > of another quest for the perfect being. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's hard to tell on email, but I assume this was written tongue-in-cheek . . . Thanks for a good belly laugh, Don. Just what's needed first thing in the morning. Arthur was starting the coffee and heard me cracking up, so I had to read him the posting. -- He then painted a hilarious picture of a bucktoothed, swaybacked, lop-eared, knock-kneed stallion with one testicle being swarmed by the fillies because he had such a good personality ----- stallion to mare: "Hey, let's be democratic. Give me a chance - I'm available" -- Then he turned the joke on himself talking about his own conformational fault of a dislocating shoulder, and how his son and grandson have the same conformation , and all of them have had multiple surgeries . . . But, despite not being confomrationally perfect, all of them (grandsire, son & grandson) have great personalities. Then he got a bit serious for 7 am in the morning and told me what he'd learned on the many nature shows he loves to watch. He told me how the females of various bird and mammal species seek out the male that's the biggest and best and has the most "presence", and that's the one they want to mate. It's nature's way of carrying on the best qualities in a pecies. -- He also mentioned a theory that in some species the female is impregnated by several males, and some sort of natural selection takes place choosing the strongest, most valuable sperm. - I do agree with Don that if a horse has everything and a bad temperament, then he's certainly unworthy of breeding. --- A stallion needs to be as close to perfection as possible, and that includes his temperament. Regards, Carol Rivoire > >.
