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Why do a lot of people hate Appaloosas? Curious...

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#1 ·
I don't understand why these terms are so commonly used when talking about Appys:

"small or pink eyes"

"weird patterns"

"plain ugly"

I take a lot of interest in Appaloosas. Almost EVERY horse I have the oppurtunity to have was an Appy. I see nothing ugly about them. Like Blu for example, people say he looks like an alien. :(

I see nothing wrong with horses with patterns. Also, Appys do not have small eyes. They just show the whites like humans do.

Sure people say paints and pintos are beautiful but some have pink eyes too....



 
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Appaloosa

Of the 3 horses we own Luna the Appaloosa mare is by far my favorite. The Rocky Mountain gelding and Paint X QH gelding are great horses but they just don't have the personality of Luna. Luna was bought for my my 8 year old daughter but turned out to be too much horse for her so now I or my 13 year old neice ride her. She is stubborn but once she learns to trust you and convince her that you are right she'll do anything for you. When you ride Luna and she performs for you you get a great sense of accomplishment. I like the joke why don't cowboys like Appaloosas? Because you have to be smarter than your horse.
 
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I think some people don't like Appys because they look like no other horse breed. Most are blacks,chestnuts, grays, and golds, so when they first see a spotted horse their reaction is probably a bad one. (I'd say that their all just jealous:))
 
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Storm

I had an appy once and while he had a great talent for jumping he really was dumber than a box of rocks. He absolutely hated the barn owner and broke the latch on his stall three times trying to attack through it. The owner was the kindest person in the world..to this day have no idea why that boy hated him so much. Otherwise the horse was a gentleman to anyone else but it took forever for him to catch on to even the most basic of training but once the light finally clicked on he never forgot. He didn't do too well in the hunter ring as it was Connecticut back in the early 80s and apps just weren't shown hunter..they were only considered western horses. After I sold him, when I joined the military, the girl showed him on the jumper circuit and he did fantastic. The pic is really dated..that was back around 1982. Ignore the position..I was a self-taught jumper at that point :)
 

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#256 ·
I haven't read through this whole post (at least I don't think I have) but my appy mare is too smart for her own good. She can untie a lead rope if its not tied just right. She's the best mama to our little filly, patient, caring and considerate. She's as fast as they come and ridiculously good in the woods. She'll go wherever and never argues. I've ridden all types of horses. Especially here lately and I am so spoiled by my appy. I won't ever have anything but.
 

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#257 ·
I love Appys. As a matter of fact, I'm considering adding an Appy to my family. I'm currently riding a red roan Appy that belongs to one of the other boarders on a regular basis. He's the same age as my oldest horse he's a "been there done that kinda guy". His name is Biko and I fell in love with him at first sight. He's super calm, predictable, sweet, and will do anything I ask (so far anyways). He's almost white now with roan on his ears and flecks on his body. He looks like something out of a fairy tale! I really love him!
 
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I don't like appys for their health issues. The Pink skin is prone to cancer. I helped a vet remove a tumor on a gelding sheath, poor thing could not pee properly for months. I have seen 5 year old appys missing eyes, due to cancer. I knew someone who had an appy that had what looked like herpes. he had bloody sores on his sheath and in his mouth, and it was nasty when they popped. He had the best vet care and everything, it was just genetic and there was nothing they could do about it. Appys, being bred for color and not much else at times, tend to have conformation issues and behavior issues. I have dealt with one who would try to attack anyone, horse or person who walked past his stall. Im not saying all appys are like that, but its like saying Arabs are stupid. A lot of the halter ones are because they are bred for looks, not brains. Im not a fan of color breeds mostly because they get hung up on the color and not whats more important. But that's just my opinion.
 
#260 ·
i wonder the same thing about arabians..honestly..i love my arabian lol..as for appys...i love them too..even tho the one i had when i was younger seemed to be dumb as a rock :( this horse kept running into fences and slashing his chest and neck open..vet said his sight and hearing was fine...he would also lean as you tried to mount him..so it felt like he would fall over lol..needless to say..after $60,000 worth of vet bills..my poor mom gave up and gave him to a friend of ours...that was the first and last appy we ever owned lol
 
#261 ·
Another Appy lover here!

We couldn't afford a horse as I was growing up but my parents saved up and sent me to camp one summer where I could "own" a horse for the holidays. They gave me an Appy gelding called Oberon, and I've been hooked ever since.

When the time came for me to buy my first horse I set out to view a bay colt but came home with an Appy filly :lol:!
 
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