I totally agree with this when it comes to "type"...we all love our own favorite (Araby, QH, draft etc) and something like tail set is a perfect example. But a fault is a fault no matter what body type it's on. Club feet, sickle hocks, bad legs...the list goes on should not be accepted on ANY...
This is such an important point!
It's so easy to breed your dozen mares to your stud if that's what you have...but I'm sure that one stallion couldn't bring out the best in all of those dozen mares. If you're paying $$$ for that special breeding then you're way more likely to make sure that...
Not saying for one moment that there aren't some very nice horses out there and that the breed may have come a long way but that doesn't change the fact that there are breeding horses being used that have faults that shouldn't be passed along.
I'm also wondering if it's because you don't have...
Just what the title says...
Just in the past week I've seen breeding animals posted that have SERIOUS genetic conformation faults that would not be tolerated in the big horse world for one second and these horses would be passed up by most owners even as geldings (one was very club footed, one...
What awesome news
We're so fortunate to live in a world with the medical breakthroughs to fight such terrible diseases like the one you've fought.
Congrats and take care of yourself
Tag - you took the words right out of my mouth. I noticed now they are scrambling to let everyone know it was a "joke". I don't believe it was a joke, and if it was - wow, bad taste considering people have died during this storm.
ohmt I'm 100% in agreement with you. I'm a scientist myself and have two sons in a well known research university. One is studying physics, the other chemistry. I'm also in full agreement that creationism is okay to teach. What I'm a little confused over is how it's taught as a science in HS...