Re: fjord as a child's horse

2002-08-07 Thread Reena
This message is from: "Reena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I board at a barn that is an eventing barn.with a big show coming up this weekend and I will tell you there is always at least one lose horse running around that has gotten away from someone, be it young kid or adult. I lead my kids around on m

Re: fjord as a child's horse

2002-08-06 Thread John Rooker
This message is from: "John Rooker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The barn where we board holds a few open events each spring and summer. The spring events are just Dressage and Jumping and the summer event is three phase. When I work at these events, I am struck at the horses that some parents buy for

Re: fjord as a child's horse

2002-08-06 Thread BaldursMom
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I will be selling my fjord in a few months (lack of time...not fair to him) and am very leery of selling him to a child. He did do lessons for a few years and normally is very good, but he's also a stubborn pigheaded moose when he wants to be. I found t

Re: fjord as a child's horse

2002-08-06 Thread HorseLotti
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ruthie; I agree with most of what you say -- and I, too, am very careful when talking to people who are looking for a "child's horse"... a fjord? Humm? So true about fjords in a group. We have the most docile horses on our place - BUT, when