dressage saddles for friesians
friesians-breeding good idea?
ok when im 14 (11 now) i want to buy s FEW friesians. but yes i have a QH mare but when we bought her they said she did english and she jumped. i rode her a long time before we bought her. and we used the same saddle. now its been a year and i got her to use an english saddle for 9 months. then we used a dressage saddle and she would buck and rear and bolt and the whole 9 yards.... we couldnt use the other saddle because it REALLY needs to be reflocked. (its a crosby)
and before that we tried some pole work just trotting over them. and yup a buck a rear and a few bolts. now we ride her western. and i heard friesians are REALLY good at dressage. and i wanted to get a
few and breed em. is this a gud idea? PLEASE no rude comments about ANYTHING! THHHHXXXXXXXXXXXXX!
Actually, Fresians arn't that spectacular at dressage. Can they be trained to it? Are there exceptions? Yes, like ANY breed. But they are carriage horses. Always have, always will be. Although they look pretty, they move like carriage horses. Not the most comfortable to sit. Also, being so big, they often have a hard time collecting.
If you really want a dressage horse, look for one trained as such. Don't look for a certain breed. (That is about the dumbest, most common beginner mistake I see.) This horse will, likely, be a warmblood, TB, or cross.
As for breeding.....NO. No. No. No. Want to know why?
1. What would you do with these foals? How would you train them? I'm sorry, but a 14 year old with no previous backing experience cannot sufficiently deal with a 17 hh 4 year old if there are issues. You try, and you know what will probably happen? You will get hurt. You will get scared, or seriously hurt. The horse will end up poorly trained, and not worth anything. The horse will end up in the slaughter house.
2. Why would you be breeding these? What absolutely AMAZING qualities will your Fresians possess that the other THOUSANDS of fresians don't? A pretty head or nice temperament don't count. If you breed, you BETTER be improving the breed, not just breeding cause "Foals are so cute!" or whatever.
3. What will you do with these? You are 11. You would be 14 when you got and bred them. Ok, well, a mare has about a year gestation. So that puts you at 15 when they are foaled. Well, think 5-6 years before they are physically mature for you to even sit on them. That puts you at 20 or 21 years old- in college. And yes, you better be going to college. You'll need a very good job to care for 6 or more horses. Will you sell them? Keep them? Have you taken into account that there are literally thousands of Friesians out there and that the horse market is horrid at the moment anyways?
4. How are you going to pay for this? What, depending on mommy and daddy to bail you out? Well, breeding isn't cheap. Ever. The stud fee is the CHEAPEST part. You have to pay for pre-natal care, and any medical problems that can arise. Mares, and foals, can and often do DIE during pregnancy and foaling. And you know how I said it takes about 5-6 years for them to mature before you can even start to break them? Well, you still have to feed and care for them (This includes farrier, vet, and teeth floating) and their mothers for ATLEAST this time. So, how will you pay for this? I'll give you a hint- chores or a part-time job at Mac-n-don's won't pay for ONE horse, let alone 6 or more. Even if you sell the foals, news flash- Breeding horses, unless you breed them and train them for WORLD CLASS competition and they are winning at it, doesn't make you money. Ask breeders- they don't make money out of it, except for very rare exceptions. Most have to have another thing on the side to pay their addiction and their bills.
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I'm not trying to sound mean. I'm not trying to sound "rude". I'm just trying to save you and your possible future horses alot of pain and suffering, and from travelling the road so many others have travelled. Oh, I never did mention the end most home-bred horses face, did I? Slaughter houses. These foals are not worth much if anything, and usually are poorly trained. If they cannot be sold, or the owner suddenly finds out that they cannot afford to feed them (People lose their jobs all the time) these horses often end up in the auctions- where, lacking much, they are not taken by a home but sold dirt cheap to kill buyers.
Do you really want to add to this? Please think LONG AND HARD before you breed. And then some. Then decide if you still want to breed.
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