This message is from: Linda Lottie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thank you, Lisa, for sharing this news.
My heart is so sad to hear that this stallion is, once again, needing a new home. If I recall, he is quite old? I have no money to purchase him, nor do I have the experience to handle a stallion, but, I sure hope someone in the fjord world will provide Grabbson with a place to live out his years. I have given several older horses (mares) retirement homes in the past years. The rewards are priceless. Last week I found my 25 year old QH mare dead in the pasture. She simply died.......period. Up until that day she was eating and running ........ and being the good ole' girl she always was. I miss her so much. I also know she knew she was loved - she waited for her muzzle smooch every morning before feeding. I hope I read very soon that someone is going to provide Grabbson a forever home. I have one of his daughters......Lena, and she is incredible. With a heavy heart........Linda Baker Lottie in Wisconsin Linda Jo Baker Lottie"Oh what a tangled web we weave,when first we practise to deceive"Sir Walter Scott ---------------------------------------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:41:31 -0400 > Subject: Grabbson > To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com > > This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi List ! > > After reading some of the comments about Grabbson going to auction I called > my old friend from CA. Les Hoagland and asked him to write something to the > list which we had already talked about. > This is NOT a " rescue " Fjord. Far from it. From what I know.....Les loves > this horse and is only interested in getting him a great home. He has been to > the Small Farmers Journal auction before and has seen good Fjords get good > homes. > > With the bloodlines of Grabb, and the nice Fjords that Grabbson has > produced, I cant understand why someone hasnt scooped him up. If I didnt have > 4 > intact males here right now, Jeff and I would have brought him here for > breeding. > > Mike may have to correct me on this, but as far as I know, Grabbson is > one of only 2 remaining son's of Grabb in N. America. ( Leik being the other ) > Grabbson has thrown 50 NFHR registered offspring, many grey, so he carries a > grey gene. He has thrown as many foals as his popular sire here. Les reports > to > me that he is NOT hard to handle, in fact is quite easy to be around. > > " Nils " ( Grabb X Siri ) who lived not too far from me was sent off to > Mexico on a long ride to nowhere by someone who had bought him from a very > uncaring owner. I missed being able to get him by one week. He had been > abandoned in a large pasture for a couple of years and was injured.....and > running ( > and breeding ) his own daughters, QH's ect.. After giving people many years of > good, sound, nice Fjords to someone to make money on tourest rides, this was > his fate. > > I do not expect that Grabbson will meet with the same fate. I have also seen > Fjords go through the SFJ auction and they usually get a good price as well > as new homes. Someone should give Les a call and make an offer IMHO ! > > Anyway....here is what I recieved last night from them. Lisa > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Lisa > Margaret & I have been working very hard in trying to get Grabbson into a > good home. One that will keep his blood lines in the Registry. We have > advertised > him in many places and talked him up to many people. This last place we are > trying is the Small Farmer Journal Auction and we choose that action because > it > has drawn more Fjord buyers in the past and does not draw the " Meat crowd ". > Due to my health and other reasons we can no longer keep him here. After > all, it was through an auction at Waverly that I was able to get Grabbson. > After > that auction I was contacted by so many people about how wonderful his foals > were. So I'm hoping that someone else can take advantage of a good opportunity > to have a GREAT STALLION at a reasonable price. So Lisa, I hope that you can > help me get the word out that Grabbson is going to the Small Farmer Journal > Auction on April 20. We hope that he finds the right home. > Les > Les & Margaret Hoagland > Callahan, CA > > > > > ************** > It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & > Finance. > (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolcmp00300000002850) > > The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: > http://tinyurl.com/rcepw The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
