Re: Pinto Fjords????!!! For real????

2000-10-07 Thread Mike May, Registrar NFHR
This message is from: "Mike May, Registrar NFHR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 05:45 PM 10/6/00 -0400, you wrote: This message is from: "Michele Bigelow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You say so what..well, they told me the three draft breeds they would not register as pinto would be Icelandic, Fjord, or an

Re: pinto Fjords

1999-02-10 Thread Mary Thurman
This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---Lori Albrough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mary, I was wondering, did the twins survive? Lori, No, unfortunately, both twins died. They were white dun (ulsblakka) colts. I believe one was born dead and the other had to be put

Re: pinto Fjords

1999-02-10 Thread Lori Albrough
This message is from: Lori Albrough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ... But I do know that some > lines of the Fjordhorse have very "Arab-like" heads - wide forehead, > short dished face, fine muzzle, etc. I own one like that. There is > nothing "sl

RE: pinto Fjords

1999-02-10 Thread Mary Thurman
This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---"Werner, Kristine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This message is from: "Werner, Kristine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Apropos crossing - when people "in the know" see Kai, they almost always > remark that he "must have some arab blood in

RE: pinto Fjords

1999-02-10 Thread Werner, Kristine
ROTECTED] > Sent: Montag, 8. Februar 1999 17:02 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: pinto Fjords > > This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi. I have seen several fjords crossed with other breeds including > thoroughbreds and paints and what happens as far

Re: Pinto Fjords

1999-02-08 Thread Cheryl Olson
This message is from: Cheryl Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks so much for the tip, it has been very helpful! Cheryl Olson... WI... grey, 50 and muddy Sessoms wrote: > This message is from: Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Here is a page from Bluebird Lane Fjords and the Fjord Herald that > depict

Re: Re: pinto Fjords

1999-02-08 Thread Reinbowend
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well said Ann.

Re: pinto Fjords

1999-02-08 Thread Anneoly
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi. I have seen several fjords crossed with other breeds including thoroughbreds and paints and what happens as far as I could see is you lose the best qualities of both breeds. You get a hot or untractable fjord with compromised conformation and you lose t

Re: Pinto Fjords

1999-02-08 Thread Sessoms
This message is from: Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Here is a page from Bluebird Lane Fjords and the Fjord Herald that depicts the coors of the Fjord Horse: http://www.bluebirdlane.com/colour.html Meredith Sessoms Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Dorina ~ NFR Aagot ~

Re: pinto Fjords

1999-02-07 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 08:44 PM 2/6/99 -0500, you wrote: I went to a driving workshop where there was a very nice Fjord mare. I was told (and I think I heard this correctly) that (1) she had a small amount of QH blood in her and (2) that she had won dressage sui

Re: Pinto Fjords

1999-02-07 Thread Jean Ernest
This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I think the best reference on Color and color genetics in horses are the two books by D. Phillip Sponenberg,DVM: EQUINE COLOR GENETICS published by the Iowa State University Press in l996, and an earlier book, HORSE COLOR published by Texas A

Re: Pinto Fjords

1999-02-07 Thread Sessoms
This message is from: Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cheryl Olson wrote ... I'm new to the Fjord world and while I'm waiting for the delivery of our first Fjord, a yearling filly, I've been trying to resolve some questions about the color variations. I've been a breeder or dun quarter horses for 30

Re: Pinto Fjords

1999-02-07 Thread Cheryl Olson
This message is from: Cheryl Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cheryl Olson I'm new to the Fjord world and while I'm waiting for the delivery of our first Fjord, a yearling filly, I've been trying to resolve some questions about the color variations. I've been a breeder or dun quarter horses for 30 year

Re: pinto Fjords

1999-02-07 Thread Mike May, Registrar NFHR
This message is from: "Mike May, Registrar NFHR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 08:44 PM 2/6/99 -0500, you wrote: >This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >The man stopped to see me one day on a driving vacation from Alaska to >Florida. He wanted to see what purebred Fjords looked like. He was >lookin

Re: Pinto Fjords

1999-02-06 Thread Jen Timm
This message is from: Jen Timm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Anneli Sundkvist wrote: > > This message is from: Anneli Sundkvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi Jen! > > What other odd variations/colours are you intrested in? I used to work on a > summer camp with +80 fjords 1984-90, so I have many photos. We

Re: pinto Fjords

1999-02-06 Thread Jen Timm
This message is from: Jen Timm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I do have to agree about keeping out fjord crossbred horses. I have seen photos of fjords crossed with quarter horses - and they weren't pretty! The color skjevet was bred out of the breed many many years ago, as far as I know. Don't know t

Re: pinto Fjords

1999-02-06 Thread Jean Ernest
This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 08:44 PM 2/6/99 -0500, you wrote: >This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Be forewarned that if anyone sees a "pinto Fjord" in this country (US) or >Canada, it is most likely not the "skevjet" (spelling?) that has been >discussed. There

Re: Pinto Fjords

1999-02-06 Thread Anneli Sundkvist
This message is from: Anneli Sundkvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Jen! What other odd variations/colours are you intrested in? I used to work on a summer camp with +80 fjords 1984-90, so I have many photos. We had fjords of all colours, some of them with undesirable white markings. No 'skjevets', but

Re: Pinto Fjords

1999-02-05 Thread Jen Timm
This message is from: Jen Timm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I don't have any more photos of this color - I sure wish I did! I would love to find reference photos of odd variations of color and/or markings on fjords for my model painting Jen Anneli Sundkvist wrote: > > This message is from: Anneli

Re: Pinto Fjords

1999-01-29 Thread Anneli Sundkvist
This message is from: Anneli Sundkvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Jen! Are there more pictures of real fjords with this pattern? I'm also intrested in the history of the pattern...do you know where information are to be found? Regards Anneli in Sweden

Re: Pinto Fjords

1999-01-28 Thread Jen Timm
This message is from: Jen Timm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Are you referring to the model-horse list? Guess I got 'em all started when I thought the Breyer fjord would look good in other fjord duns - and skjevet (fjord pinto), as well!. I don't know if this color exists NOW, but it did over 30 years a