Re: Fjords HeadSet per Janice Gault
This message is from: John and Martie Bolinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Julie, re: head up and poll flexed - our horse carries his head 'low' but still flexes nicely at the poll. By low, I mean his nose is about level with or just above knee level. I use a side check when driving around the pasture just so he doesn't get the idea to graze on the fly. I have seen both types but sometimes the up-headed horses also have their nose poked way out front and just look like someone pulled their head up straight but forgot to bend it. It looks like they are fighting the bit. It also looks uncomfortable and un-natural. But so does the nose to the ground hound-sniffing quarter horse look. I think it is always hard to re-set a horse's natural head carriage, even though we usually try. I have an Arab I wanted to show western but he had a marvelous up-headed carriage that would be perfect for saddle seat or pleasure. He never changed. We never showed western. Too much discomfort for both of us. Just my views, Martie
Re: Fjords HeadSet per Janice Gault
This message is from: Julia Will <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Janice, I didn't see that anyone responded to your post about Fjord head set, and no check reins. It is true that most Fjords are not shown in a harness with a check rein. We use a side check, loose, when we are training our horses, but generally not after that. My personal opinion is that there are two basic types of Fjord "head set". Some are very "upheaded" and others have a low neck set and tend to stick their noses out when traveling. It's almost as tho they would not be able to breathe properly if they raised their heads and flexed at the poll. The difference is how the neck comes up out of the shoulders. In my experience, it is hard to train the "nose out" type Fjord to collect up and travel in a good frame. Other opinions??? Julie at Old Hickory Farm
Re: Fjords HeadSet
This message is from: John and Martie Bolinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jan, I use a check on Kilar whenever I drive. He, for one, does not have a high head set. And he is VERY interested in what is on the ground (grass). I use the side check and keep it loose enough that he can do anything except graze, but when the grass is high enough in the pasture/fields/woods where I drive he still gets some. I also noticed that the Fjords in all the pictures I see do not have checks. I just assume they are better behaved than my little puffball. Martie and Kilar in cooler, damper MD where the floods and the heat wave have receded (temporarily?) Janice Gault wrote: > This message is from: "Janice Gault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi All, > > There's one thing that I've noticed, repeatedly, in several pictures of > Fjord's in Harness and that I haven't seen one w/Check Rein. Not yet anyway. > I also noticed that the headset of these horses seem to be naturally high > when saddled/harnessed. Has anyone else noticed this or is this common > knowledge with most Fjord people? > > ---Jan > > in Michigan
Fjords HeadSet
This message is from: "Janice Gault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi All, There's one thing that I've noticed, repeatedly, in several pictures of Fjord's in Harness and that I haven't seen one w/Check Rein. Not yet anyway. I also noticed that the headset of these horses seem to be naturally high when saddled/harnessed. Has anyone else noticed this or is this common knowledge with most Fjord people? ---Jan in Michigan
