This message is from: kate charboneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thank you for this Excellent post! I really appreciate the education specific to Fjords I get on this list. I had noticed my Fred's dark spot with a single hair on his jaw; I was always just a bit uneasy about this "odd" marking. Now I can reframe my thinking on that. Thanks.
We have Clydes that we completely adore. But due to size they are really more my hubby's. It's just miserable for me to groom & harness them alone. They really are a better, more fully able draft than my Fjord. But I eagerly choose my Fjord over them due to height. He is becoming such a nice pleasure driving horse; he fits my driving needs to a T. I have a wonderful AQHA that is teaching me sooooo much about riding. He's handing me riding confidence with a big red bow on top. I bought him to bring my confidence and skills up to speed so I'd be a better partner for my Fjord. I will forever be grateful to him. But I choose my Fjord for his drafty temperment, his easy height, and his ability to be both my carriage horse and my riding horse. The Norwegians> some time ago were asked to present a picture representing what they> believed to be the true Fjord horse. The picture they presented was a photo> circ 1890 by K.A. Aamin. It shows Njal #166 and Kare #189 two stallions of> the time. This photo was presented in Norway during the 1996 International> Fjord Horse Judges Seminar. Jean was talking about tracing back the lineage> on white duns to specific Fjords of the past. If you go out and look at your> Fjords facial markings you may see a small brown marking on the jaw,> sometimes with a single hair coming from it. This is called a Njal marking> tracing back to the stallion Njal mentioned above. The Fjord> of today is more balanced proportionally and has retained its most important> characteristic---temperament!> There are folks who wish to change the Fjord for something better?> I am supportive of keeping the Fjord the way it is.> Example--> If you changed the Fjord to only a driving horse it would loose.> There are better driving horses out there!> If you changed the Fjord to only a riding horse it would loose.> There are better riding horses out there!> If you changed the Fjord to only a draft horse it would loose.> There are better draft horses out there> > What makes the Fjord absolutely unique is its wonderful temperament combined> with the versatility of all three separate disciplines. > Let us keep it the way it is, honoring the traditional body types and> colors! _________________________________________________________________ Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word scramble challenge with star power. http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_jan The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
