This message is from: "Karen McCarthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linda,
IMO, I really don't think that the grooming you are seeing in Germany is unusual or "disgusting"...Au natural is pretty much how I turn out my fjords, for all types of showing, except I do pony clip the ears (just the outer edge, none of the interior) and do my "biggest" job of sculpting their heads (goat hairs begone!!), and when I compete in CDE's and I know that the fjords will be encumbered by their early hair coats, I do a trace clip, which even in this climate here in cold N. Nevada, keeps their bodies toasty all winter long. Grooming is what you make it - some folks prefer to remove all hair, and some like to leave it on; what's important is the quality of ANY type of preference in grooming: ugh, who likes the look of a horse with crappy hoof polish job, or a clip job done too close to a showdate, or manure stains still present on an otherwise lovely conditioned hair coat. Anyway, just my .02 cents worth KMac Karen McCarthyGreat Basin Fjords :: Carson City, Nevadahttp://www.picturetrail.com/weegees ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Linda Lehnert" Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 05:15:48 +0000 ....If you saw how they groom horses here for show, you would all faint. They do not groom like we do. They leave all the long hairs under the chin and on the cheeks, the muzzle and eye hairs, the ears unclipped, no clipping of the legs, the fetlock joints, the pasterns, etc, no sandpapering of the hoofs with hoof polish and no Show Sheen. It's disgusting. Someone in a tack shop when I went to buy some clippers told me it is not allowed to clip American style here, so I suppose if I show Ricka, I will either have to go German style or run the risk of being disqualified." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: Click Here
