Re: Buckskin/Dun was outcrosses

2004-08-15 Thread Karen Keith
This message is from: "Karen Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> What always strikes me funny is that a true "Buckskin" (according to all the>books on horse color I have read) may NOT have the Dun factor. Yet, that is>the primary point to register with the Buckskin Assn. Go Figure. Amy And yet a ho

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2004-08-14 Thread Amy Goodloe
This message is from: Amy Goodloe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 3:19 PM -0400 8/14/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What always strikes me funny is that a true "Buckskin" (according to all the books on horse color I have read) may NOT have the Dun factor. Yet, that is the primary point to register with the

Re: outcrosses

2004-08-14 Thread FjordAmy
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 8/14/2004 11:23:29 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now, the Buckskin Reg will register any horse with buckskin color, unknown pedigree, BUT WILL NOT reg any horse with drafty build. So with that, Bonnie can't be regi

Re: outcrosses

2004-08-14 Thread Jean Ernest
This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> So how is Bonnie doing these days? I know you were worried about her "fat rolls" as she was reducing her weight. Have they diminished? and how are her feet? Any new pictures of her? Give us a progress report! Jean in Fairbanks, Alaska >

Re: outcrosses

2004-08-14 Thread LLStara117
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I own a Fjord-cross. Thanks to the nice folks on this list who helped me determine she is not purebred. I love her the same as I will not be breeding or showing. I think she was crossed with QH. She might have been a PMU mare or foal in her early days.

Re: outcrosses

2004-08-14 Thread Amy Goodloe
This message is from: Amy Goodloe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 6:56 AM -0700 8/14/04, shawna smith wrote: As for cross-breeding, I tell people basically the same thing- a fjord can't be improved upon!! I come from a background with a small breed that is widely used for cross breeding (Connemaras) a

Re: outcrosses

2004-08-14 Thread Jean Ernest
This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yes, it irritates me when someone will call a 1/4 Fjord (3/4 quarterhorse)a Fjord! Why not call it a Quarterfjord, or a Quarterhorse cross? There is one here that has the coloring..Maybe because they can't enter in the quarterhorse shows, th

Re: outcrosses

2004-08-14 Thread shawna smith
This message is from: "shawna smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I think it is this misrepresentation that angers people so. Don't you think a breeder of quality purebred Arabs or Haflingers or Friesians would aloso resent having cross breds represented as being "Arabs, Haflingers, or Friesians?" As

Re: outcrosses

2004-08-13 Thread Epona1971
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 8/13/2004 8:54:43 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Question. What do you think about outcrossing with Fjords?? What brought this question to mind was an ad on Dream Horse.com for a Fjord cross named Cooper. ** I saw C

Re: outcrosses

2004-08-13 Thread FjordAmy
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 8/13/2004 12:57:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Monica Spencer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >I still don't understand why people hate the idea so much.  Especially >since >DNA typing ensures no crosses can be registered as purebreds, so >

Re: outcrosses

2004-08-13 Thread vivian creigh
This message is from: vivian creigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Oh my good friend, I knew you could nor would not let that one pass by. Bravo, V On Friday, August 13, 2004, at 03:56 PM, Lori Albrough wrote: This message is from: Lori Albrough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This message

Re: outcrosses

2004-08-13 Thread BaileysFjords
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For some reason, my first post did not show the separation of the conversation, sorry! Lori, <<>> I would not compare Rosendalsborken to the concept of a "refined" Fjord. He was a gorgeous animal that had all the qualifications of a Fjord, and rightly

Re: outcrosses

2004-08-13 Thread BaileysFjords
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lori, In a message dated 8/13/2004 3:59:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Simply look at the drawing of Rosendalsborken - now there is a horse I would like to ride. The heavier draftier type of the mid 1900's was a response for a nee

Re: outcrosses

2004-08-13 Thread Lori Albrough
This message is from: Lori Albrough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] However, I also know I am not alone in wondering what we are doing to this magnificent breed. Regardless of how many times we are told by various people the Fjord horse h

Re: outcrosses

2004-08-13 Thread Donna Kelly
This message is from: "Donna Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Judging by Steve's post and another I received off list. I DID NOT mean to open a can of worms. I happened to see the horse on Dream Horse.Com and I have not noticed any Fjord outcrosses before. I have no intention

Re: outcrosses

2004-08-13 Thread Monica Spencer
This message is from: "Monica Spencer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This message is from: "Donna Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi All, > Question. What do you think about outcrossing with Fjords?? What brought this > question to mind was an ad on Dream Horse.com for a Fjord cross named Cooper. Donna,

Re: outcrosses

2004-08-13 Thread BaileysFjords
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, The following post is my opinion only, not necessarily our farm's. :) Outcrossing used to be done to create a breed that would be "better" than the two individual breeds used to create the outcrossing. For example, Thoroughbreds and Morgans. To

Re: outcrosses

2004-08-13 Thread Steve McIlree
This message is from: Steve McIlree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Friday, August 13, 2004, Donna wrote: > Hi All, > Question. What do you think about outcrossing with Fjords?? What > brought this question to mind was an ad on Dream Horse.com for a > Fjord cross named Cooper. > thanks in advance, OK eve

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2004-08-13 Thread Donna Kelly
This message is from: "Donna Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi All, Question. What do you think about outcrossing with Fjords?? What brought this question to mind was an ad on Dream Horse.com for a Fjord cross named Cooper. thanks in advance, Donna Kelly Germansville, PA