This message is from: Linda Lottie <horselo...@hotmail.com>
Debby.......wise words on this cold Saturday morning in WI. My fjord mare is 15 - she is our darling and I would love to have another foal from her. However, I will not. My daughter owns her 8 year old son.....and at my age (nearing ss), bringing a foal into my herd seems.... selfish. I have plenty of horses to work with and enjoy. There are plenty of nice foals available for purchase if I wanted a new fjord Still, I love this mare so much and she is such a wonderful mother.....has nice babies, with her good qualities. So, instead, I choose to find joy in the memories of the birth of her son and really love watching my daughter love and enjoy owning him. If my daughter showed interest in expanding her horse numbers I might be tempted to breed my mare.....but, one horse is enough for a busy veterinarian with a full and multi-facted life. Linda in WIowner of two fjords, Sven (24) and Lena (15) > From: miss.am...@earthlink.net > To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com > Subject: breeding older mares > Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 08:58:44 -0600 > > This message is from: "Debby" <miss.am...@earthlink.net> > > > I know that I've heard stories of older mares getting bred, pasture bred, even > happening with juvenile studs, not thinking they themselves were old enough to > breed. > I'm not against breeding though seems with so many out there needing homes, > one would or should have good reason to breed. An older mare that one has > loved dearly and the owner intends to keep the youngster for themselves, and > keep "mom" so she can live her senior years in comfort and at the home she > knows. Its such hard times out there, I know many responsible breeders have > cut their breeding programs back or put off for a year or so, spending more > time on working/training the young ones they have. > It does seem to me I'm not seeing so many listed for sale, the fjords here on > the list. But maybe that will change come spring, early summer, when last > years are ready to find new homes or new ones born this year. > My own Ambers mom I think might have been up in years, I'd have to look back > at her papers. One I'd placed had a foal at just over 20yrs. of age I think, > her first. > Good luck with what you decide. > Debby in brrrrr cold Texas > > Important FjordHorse List Links: > Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e > FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw > Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
