Thanks Maureen - it's early days yet, but he seems to be quite lovely. His temperament is absolutely unbelievable. His head looks a little large for his...
Dear Maureen, if you have a really irritable horse it might be possible to get one of those sprays that numb the skin?!? I don't know it it exists for animals...
Hi Julia, Yes, and it's other horse words as well which helps when I'm trying to read German websites. I think a lot of horse were imported from Germany in the...
Hi, I am writing down the pedigree of a Danish bred mare (Norlunds Nikita) and there is a mare in that pedigree that I don't know. I hope someone on this list...
Hi Inez, I found her on the Danish data base http://www.connemara.on-web.dk run by Helle Larsen. The search feature though, seems to exist only in the Danish...
Hello Sigrid, Thanks for your help!!! Great list, this Connemara-list. bye, Inez ... From: Sigrid Åberg To: Connemara_Pony@yahoogroups.com Sent: vrijdag 1...
This is a very interesting discussion and I'm finding it useful as I'm trying to determine the genotype of my ponies. I have a 2 year old filly out of Tower...
We used some stuff years ago on a horse, I think it was stuff you put on the gums of teething children to stop them from hurting. It worked okay. That poor ...
Thanks Julia, Karen, and everyone for trying to find some solutions for DNA hair pulling. I appreciate them and don't be afraid to send more if you think of...
This is a very interesting discussion and I'm finding it useful as I'm trying to determine the genotype of my ponies. I have a 2 year old filly out of Tower...
As long as you're talking about bone, I'm wondering what the heck 'flat' bone is and why it's so important in the Breed. Oh yes, and exactly where/how do you...
Hi Kate, The best definition of flat bone Ihave come across is that with flat bone the cannon bone and attached tendons etc look like an axe handle. If the...
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Heather wrote: with flat bone the cannon bone and attached tendons etc look like an axe handle. If the bone is just round it looks like a broom handle. In...
... From: <elphin@...> ... **************************** Heather: I think there's a typographical mistake in that sentence. Don't you mean to say that...
Ok, now I'm confused...broom or axe? Its a great descripstion....but which
one falls closer to the ideal? Lisa www.goodpony.net ... From: Gerard Bogaard Date:...
Hi Heather, I remember that description from the first time you posted it and it has remained my standard ever since. We want broom handles here at Wildwych!...
Lisa: Axe is what you want. If you take a cross section of the front leg above the fetlock it should look oval (axe) and not round (broom)as you look down on...
Hi Lisa and Gerry, Sorry if I caused confusion with my feeble attempt at humor about broomsticks at Wildwych. Ponies should have axe handle shaped legs, be...
Hi Elsie, You must post a picture your filly when she sheds out. She sounds beautiful! Her dam is Tower Hills Clara; who is her sire? Cheers, Mary Prewitt ...
Yes, Gerry, what I was fumbling to describe is the attachment of the tendons to the cannon bone which is what gives the axe handle appearance. Thanks Heather...
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Hi Heather, Mary and Gerry....Thank you, Axe-Handle is a very apt
description. Lisa Lisa Martin Redbud Ranch Thoroughbreds & Connemaras www.goodpony.net ... ...
For us visual learners, can anyone show in pictures what is being described? Funny that it's called "flat" bone but it's being described as "oval" (?) like an...
Hi Lisa, It looks flatter from the side view - the "broomstick" from the side looks like a round broomstick with the tendons at the back. With the "axe" the...
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Broom handles? Sure you didn't mix them up? It's easy to snap a broom handle. Try snapping an axe handle some time. The axe handle concept is flat bone,...
I thought you just made a mistake, and typed the opposite of what you were thinking. I would know about that, do it myself all the time LOL ... Karen Colleen...
Here she is again.... . You can see her fuzzy little coat and kinky little white tail! Maureen file:///harddrive/Desktop%20Folder/Untitled%2021.jpg ... Yahoo!...
