I want to breed my Shetland/Mini pony. I kind of want a taller one but would it hurt her? Otherwise I'll breed her to a mini with some color and sell the foal. What breed would be a little taller but won't harm her?
Agreed, I am from Iowa as is the poster and there are lots of mini's that are for sale that no one is buyingWhat, exactly, is the point in breeding her? So you can spend hundreds of dollars on stud fees, vet bills, and food only to get $50 for a foal nobody wants?
Most people do not have the vet out when foaling but there are lots of other vet bills and expenses when raising an animal so it is not really cost effective unless you do it to keep it.Wow. Touchy topic, no?
First off -
If this girl wants to breed her mare then she can do it without all the criticism. As for vet bills - Whatever happened to foaling yourself? I once paid a vet to come out when I didn't have my mom or my trainer around to help, and I paid a large sum of money just for the vet to stand there and say "Dat's a nice lookin' colt ya got righ' thar."
Do you know the difference between a bowling ball and a horse? Here are a couple that I thought of off of the top of my headAnd just for the record, there ARE people who have a passion for bowling just like we love the horses. I certainly don't, but someone in my extended family bowls competitively and we have wars. I babble about horses and he flaps his jaw about bowling all the time. To some people it is worth it, just apparantly not to you or me.
Really? What difference does it make to the horse while he's having his throat slit in Mexico?And once again, there is a differance between breeding tons and tons of worthless foals and breeding one foal for the experience.
I'm no expert, but I'm aware. I watch the news just like every middle aged American in these great states.ROFL.
I love how the children who have parents paying for their crap are suddenly experts on the economy and on breeding horses when in reality, all I actually did was ask what the point in breeding her mare was and give her food for thought.
Maybe you should calm down and save some of that energy for your slaughter babies?
If the person didn't want to be up for discussion/hated on - then she should not have posted here. Simple as that.
Stop talking down to me. Just because you're OLD doesn't mean that you are the Queen of freaking Sheba.Considering the original post basically said she was breeding regardless and would just sell the foal if she couldn't get a bigger one, did you even bother to READ this topic before you sounded off with all sixteen years of your eternal wisdom?