Lizzie
Well-Known Member
I was thinking after reading Tremor's post re her dwarf carriers, about breeding to outside stallions. So you have a nice mare who has never produced a dwarf. You breed her to the stallion of your dreams, for a stud fee. Resulting foal is a dwarf. In some types of dwarfism, this tells the breeder that both his mare and the famous stallion she was bred to, are carriers. So what does one do? Has anyone had this happen? Is the stud fee returned? Does the average breeder make this type of thing public?
I'm sure we all know of one stallion who was used extensively and was a dwarf, but reading about it, the problem seems to run in many or all lines of Minis and can pop up when one least expects it. Horrid situation but I wonder how breeders with extensive well known lines or horses, deal with it.
Lizzie
I'm sure we all know of one stallion who was used extensively and was a dwarf, but reading about it, the problem seems to run in many or all lines of Minis and can pop up when one least expects it. Horrid situation but I wonder how breeders with extensive well known lines or horses, deal with it.
Lizzie