Okay so I love love love my norwegian fjord pony so anyone out there who has a fjord post your pics tell me your experiences...what should I expect from being a new fjord owner...good or bad and any tips, etc or funny experiences I would love to hear them!
Ah yes, i can see the dark points now! Hope you enjoy him, i had to sell my mare this winter because we moved and there is no fencing at our new place and i didn't want to simply put her out to pasture with my other mare for a year or more:-( She went to a great home, though so i'm happy about that.
Now i cannot wait to start looking for another. I'm addicted to Fjords now :lol:
Fjords are my absolute favorite breed. My perfect horse would be a lighter, taller Fjord or Fjord cross.
My first Fjord experience was with a 13.3hh little mare who had been neglected and mistreated before she came to my instructor. Other than being a little touchy around her hind end she was just an angel. I did so many trails on her and never felt unsafe. We didn't canter because she had so many bad experiences with trainers who had no Fjord experience, but her trot was super smooth! I used to ride her bareback all the time.
I just wish Fjords weren't so expensive in the US! I'll need to save up $5k minimum if I want a well trained one.
Fjords are my absolute favorite breed. My perfect horse would be a lighter, taller Fjord or Fjord cross.
My first Fjord experience was with a 13.3hh little mare who had been neglected and mistreated before she came to my instructor. Other than being a little touchy around her hind end she was just an angel. I did so many trails on her and never felt unsafe. We didn't canter because she had so many bad experiences with trainers who had no Fjord experience, but her trot was super smooth! I used to ride her bareback all the time.
I just wish Fjords weren't so expensive in the US! I'll need to save up $5k minimum if I want a well trained one.
The barn where I board has 2 Fjords, one of whom they use for their handicapped rider program. They're super cute, steady mounts. I took one to a show when I was between leased horses one year, and it was pretty amazing how much he just didn't care about being in a new place (unlike the couple of horses I had shown before).
I was recently horse shopping and went to try out a Fjord/Morgan cross. Unfortunately, he didn't inherit much of the Fjord bulk and was too small for me :-(
Ijust want to thank you for rescueing those beautiful fjords from the auction who would have gone to be horribly tortured and killed for meat trade, otherwise. You are doing God's work by what you did. Thank you! Cute babies! How are they all doing now? Were the fjords broke to ride?
New pic of my boy Titan. He was gelded two weeks ago. Sorry for the blurry shot. It was a long distance zoom shot and it was sunrise...
(I was out taking sunrise sky line photos) and it was too hard for my camera to get a clear shot of him from the distance.
Thank you so much,that meabs alot, hes come so far.when i first got him he was one of those ponys who bucked off all riders below advanced,had no stop or turn, stoped at EVERY jump,and liked to run people over,worst part is he behaved with his old owner and showed BN eventing with him:lol:
He's not mine, but he's at the therapeutic riding center where I work. Stellar is a 15.2 hand Fjord... he's full Fjord, just tall and narrow! He apparently used to event and was a terrible eventer... rumor has it that he just crashed through the whole course :lol:
He's a fantastic therapy horse- he's our steady eddy. He was easier to train for therapeutic riding than any horse I've ever worked with. Stellar is a big goofball and the kids all love his mane!
These are trully adorable horses...the mane alone just makes ya want to own one!. Love everyone's pictures! But, I fell for "adorable" once, "broke w tradition" and got a haffie - and once is enough for me...the haffie is a little busy body!!
I learned a lot about horses using a fjord. The first horse I ever worked with was a 4-6 month old fjord weanling. His name was gunner and he taught me everything, I found that they bond to the person who works with them most. Gunner would not let anybody but me do anything with him, and he wasn't even my horse. Sadly gunner died because he was a runty little thing (half the size of what he should have been) but he taught me many things.
Coffeemama, one of those rescued foals-in-the-making is niw my boy, Maximus. He's truly my heart-horse, the greatest equine buddy I've ever had and I'm so grateful Goldenhorse rescued his mom and that I stumbled across him! Posted via Mobile Device
Let's see, his 2012 resume includes, umteen trail rides, some of which my son's 2 year old pony was dallied to us (fun to 'ride' two bickering child-brained beasts at once), chasing and holding up buses (friend has a company hired to do these things), a handful of little backyard shows in English and WP, and most recently, frocklicking (with me aboard) in belly-deep ditch snow. I'm throwing everything I can at him and he's embracing it all... with exception to the speakers at the shows... whenever we're under them and a gait change is called, he pulls AIRS. I wish my ringside friend had the camera that day, cause of course no one else saw it, but I was chewing on forelock every time we came around. Pffft. Unathletic, my ****... Lazy is clearly more toward the truth.
Gush away, he is clearly a very specail guy w a disney-esque story!!! When I gush about my mare, my family's eyes glaze over and they just start leaving the room.:? Otherwise, I am screaming "that little hoodlum!", meaning the haffie.
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