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I think Doreen (Key Warmbloods) makes a really good point too! I hope I did not imply that it is wrong to breed to a young stallion (because I certainly have in the past and I will do it again in the...

I respectfully disagree. I do not think all their breeding choices are as strategic as you stated. They are business people too and need to function in a fickle market. Some are old school but many...

LOVE my dogs, love them more than I love most people and can't imagine not having them in my life. And yeah, While I have a soft spot for all of our animals, the dogs are on a whole other level; they...

Most dogs aren't socialized, aren't trained, and many aren't bred carefully. Like most people's pets, my collie mutt wasn't the product of a careful breeding program, has had zero formal...

I think any dressage breeder who breeds to sell foals pays attention to the fashionable "foal making" stallions. And because most breeders need/want to sell foals you see a handful of newly licensed...

I guess the question would be just how much does it reduce fertility in horses? Because if it is just a ten-twenty percent reduction in fertility that isn't bad if you start with a really fertile...

Donella---That's really not a half bad price. Was is based on "breeding dose" or ejaculate or number of straws?

Just a normal fresh/cooled breeding, so $1500.00 LFG, plus normal collection and...

The whole breed ban thing is just utterly and completely ridiculous. I volunteer with a Pitty rescue and most of the dogs are great dogs. The issue stems from the fact that this breed just seems to...

The Friesian Connection offered breeders this option a few years ago...probably 7 or so years ago now. I bought "filly" semen and bred the mare once and got a filly the following year. It was...

And just glance over those horror story posts now popping up here.

No kidding, I think we all could do without the detailed story about the mare's incision ripping open, jeez!

OP, it sounds...

This isn't new. This is a policy change that occurred 3-4 years ago. Before then, some eligibility was based solely on the registery that issued the mare's papers

Eligibility to be inspected for...

Can someone point me towards this information? Where is it being said that the mare books are going to become more open?

So from what I understand of these changes basically they are making the Hanoverian studbook far more open similar to many other fairly open studbooks.

I actually think it is still quite different...

and there was supposed to be Benetton Dream, but the Transport Company dropped it on the farm and than ran over it when turning the car ! No we debate who pays for it. :eek::mad: Wow, that is...

Asking if there has been any discussion. Seems like the books are opening up a bit and with the allowance of F1 mares, I wondered about the daughters of those mares.

I think they are becoming more...

You sure seem to attract a lot of conflict in your life!

One dose Zeus...still heartsick that we got our premium Gonzo I mare in foal last year and she foaled a GORGEOUS colt with four high whites, tiny face, belly spot and huge blaze...only with an 8 inch...

Wow, this is amazing. Do you guys just buy a semen tank and keep it in a back room somewhere? How does it work, it's very neat!

Yes, exactly. There is a guy that comes every two months and tops...

Just looked in my tank a few days ago:

Don Schufro
Contendro 1
Dante Weltino
Floriscount
Londonderry
Romanov
Don Frederico
Belissimo M

:( Thinking good thoughts and crossing fingers and toes for you!

Cindy are you also a big Hochadel fan? Did you get to see him at Spruce? *sigh* I am so dissapointed he doesn't freeze.. he sons look nice though (I haven't seen any footage).

I like the other two...

I love, love blue roans. I rescued a TB /Perch cross 4 yr old stallion a few years back. I am going to try and find some pics as his color and type were really breathtaking.

I saw a advertised...

I know a few people who have used him. He is a leading authority on equine reproduction and frozen semen (one of, if not, the best there is). I doubt you could go wrong....

While I believe there are many more factors than just Gribaldi contributing to Totilas, he is undoubtably a superstar sire (and was a great dressage horse too). He has produced many winning...

Pretty mare!