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I just have to get this off my chest. And I want us all to be able to discuss this without any heated arguments
Surely everyone has noticed now that when someone asks for a critique very few people respond. I quit doing them a couple years back. Just wasnt worth the flames. Now lyn and carol have stopped. Poor Carol has just about stopped posting all together. That is a huge loss to all of his as she does have the knowledge to be very helpful to all of us.
Im going to start out saying like I always do there is no perfect horse and every horse has faults
I see a dangerous trend on here and that is making excuses for poor conformation. It scares me. If you are breeding horses you must know what faults are and which ones are more acceptable then others. We cannot keep making up excuses for horses that have obvious faults.
So many times you hear "its the trimming" "the horse doesnt feel good" "the horse wasnt raised right" etc etc. I do agree that sometimes poor trimming can make a fault worse but most are just conformation faults pure and simple
For example club foot. Will trimming make it better? Yes. Will it make it go away. No. Is it inherited? IMO and most others YES IT IS. Another big one in miniatures is locking stifle (upward fixation of the patella) Its getting so rampant that its scarey. AGain people tend to make excuses of why a horse has this fault such as they had an injury, they werent fed right before i got them, etc etc. I have seen generation after generation with locking stifle. If you think it isnt inherited you are making a huge mistake. And the thing is the horse is the one paying for our mistakes.
Ive said it before and Ill keep saying it. HOrses without glaring faults live longer, healthier pain free lives verses those that are poorly conformed. I have a rescue here now that has HUGE leg faults. NOw that shes older she is in a lot of pain. I suspect she will be very hard to adopt out as no one seems to want a crooked legged mare limping around the pasture. I have told her shes welcome to stay here as long as needed
Even breeding national champion to national champion sometimes gets you pet quality. we have to try our best not to keep breeding these bigger faults back in.
Im going to start out saying like I always do there is no perfect horse and every horse has faults
I see a dangerous trend on here and that is making excuses for poor conformation. It scares me. If you are breeding horses you must know what faults are and which ones are more acceptable then others. We cannot keep making up excuses for horses that have obvious faults.
So many times you hear "its the trimming" "the horse doesnt feel good" "the horse wasnt raised right" etc etc. I do agree that sometimes poor trimming can make a fault worse but most are just conformation faults pure and simple
For example club foot. Will trimming make it better? Yes. Will it make it go away. No. Is it inherited? IMO and most others YES IT IS. Another big one in miniatures is locking stifle (upward fixation of the patella) Its getting so rampant that its scarey. AGain people tend to make excuses of why a horse has this fault such as they had an injury, they werent fed right before i got them, etc etc. I have seen generation after generation with locking stifle. If you think it isnt inherited you are making a huge mistake. And the thing is the horse is the one paying for our mistakes.
Ive said it before and Ill keep saying it. HOrses without glaring faults live longer, healthier pain free lives verses those that are poorly conformed. I have a rescue here now that has HUGE leg faults. NOw that shes older she is in a lot of pain. I suspect she will be very hard to adopt out as no one seems to want a crooked legged mare limping around the pasture. I have told her shes welcome to stay here as long as needed
Even breeding national champion to national champion sometimes gets you pet quality. we have to try our best not to keep breeding these bigger faults back in.