Recent content by Tabitha

I am sorry to hear that Marbles is not doing well--I wish her and Sue the best, and hope that she will turn around and have a speedy recovery. I have to say that I for one do not make donations toward colic surgery. There are so many that need this life saving surgery, and when it comes down...

Well, I'm a Canadian citizen by birth, an American by naturalization and now living in Canada again....and I just voted McCain! I have been reading the forum but not posting in a long time, but had to come on to cast my vote on this one!

Ookaaaay, I've been reading this thread but not posting anything up to now--I do know something about how rescue attempts like this go and for a bit there it seemed like this was going okay. If the sheriff was supervising the feeding of these Minis, that was okay. I'm not surprised that someone...

I am so sorry for your losses, and for the extreme stress your horses (and you) suffered at the time the ram got into your horse pasture. How bad were the leg injuries, and how are those horses doing? What Mona said is quite true--if you have past sales amounts on your fillies, that will help...

I would quite agree. But, I would also add that if someone, anyone, is so happy with the way their horses look and want to try breeding (or showing) those horses, then they would be happier if they just went and did it without first asking "do you think this horse is good enough". I've been...

Of course you/we are not showing any of those other breeds. Of course those that feel showing a Miniature horse should = looking tacky, that is their choice. : Me, thank you, I will continue to pretend I'm showing one of those other breeds, and dress to that higher standard. This thread is...

You'd be surprised how often I have heard men make statements to that effect, about other men as well as about women. I'd hope the message "we" send out to women and girls is that everyone should learn to dress in a manner which flatters each of our body types. An evening gown which I--an old...

Of course Nathan, like anyone else, is entitled to his own opinion & even to express it. The only thing is, he manages to make it sound like his opinion is the only one that counts, because (in his opinion!) his experience/knowledge is the only correct experience/knowledge. His place of work...

ajesse, are you one of the "concerned members" group that was (is?) involved in the lawsuit against AMHR? I'm just curious because you sound so vitriolic against AMHR.

Speaking of mail coming back to you--had that happen too--I mailed something off & figured it would be at its destination within 10 days. Two weeks after I mailed it, it showed up back in my mailbox for postage due. It was a plain letter, going overseas, & I'd taken it to the post office to...

Thanks Lewella, I stand corrected on that one. I have only the breed registry's documentation & didn't realize it spilled over to a USEF suspension as well. Ah well, so he cannot show, or judge....only breed. :new_shocked:

This thread is not about someone who was expelled for abusing horses. He is not banned from USEF. It is one specific breed registry. Please don't credit him with being worse than he is, or I should say was. That would not be fair. I am not defending him, but I don't entirely condemn him...

tag--SORRY, pardon me, I was posting quickly in between pails of water & yes, I did sort of contradict myself. I mixed up full blown dwarves & a horse carrying the dwarf gene, so sorry. But, as someone pointed out afterward, the more generations that pass after the full blown dwarf, the better...

I am another that would not breed any horse that has produced a dwarf. I do not believe that dwarfism is present in every Mini. Even a dwarf stallion such as Bond Tiny Tim will not IMO pass the dwarf gene on to every one of his foals; roughly 25% of them should be free of his dwarf gene. So...

While it's true that a high fever can cause temporary or possibly even permanent sterility, keep in mind that in many cases of West Nile, the horse does not have a fever at all. In most cases if fever is present it is only briefly, at the very beginning of illness, and the horses I've heard of...