This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, I just have to comment on this.....
I've been watching these "crossbreed" posts for quite some time now and staying quiet. One thing seems to keep popping out at me. The general consensus has seemed to be that the major/larger portion of these crosses are coming from Canada. I will concede that the PMU farms in Canada are producing crossbreds; I have personally seen a good number of them in a bunch of 200+ PMU foals recently brought into Sisters, OR. BUT!! I also PERSONALLY know of one person right here in the pacific NW ( in Eastern OR ) that is actively & openly cross breeding with a Fjord stallion (from what he says (??).... It is a registered stallion that a "friend in Canada gave" to him). He crosses mostly with QH mares. I also know of another person (in Western ID) that no longer has a stallion, but did in the past actively & openly cross breed to any mare who's owner would pay his fee. This particular person was vocally adamant that the NFHR's rules on crossbreeding were in place just to keep "Small Breeders" from making any money off their stallions. (Needless to say, I was not impressed with this man at all!!) Anyway, my point is - if I know of these two persons in the US who are/were crossbreeding, both of then in this relatively small area - within 200 miles or less of each other, how many others are there out there? We should not be trying to place all the blame on/in Canada for crossbreeding. Just my humble opinion..... Amy Amy Evers Dun Lookin' Fjords Redmond, OR Fjord [EMAIL PROTECTED]
