shadowboy
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I have a cob x appy. He changes colour all the time and has the sweetest temperament ever but is only 19 months so dont know how big he will be!
Appaloosas - anyone got one?Temperament and height questions
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Dogstar
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I have an appy x ID yearling. She is a real sweetheart; she does have attitude, but in a good way! Unfortunately she has the thin appy tail and a massive ID mane! I am very suspicious that she will go grey as her sire was a grey. She had the grey spectacles and her front end and legs have gone grey, but her spots are still very black so I think if she does fade it will take quite a long time. I will still love her without spots!!
Storminateacup
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Your Appys are just like the one I am buying! Same colouring and same build lovely middleweights, but mine is 16.2hh now, just hoping he doesnt end up at 17.hh. 'Cos we'll need a new trailer.
I am hoping that he has a nice temperament as he has a lovely kind eye.
Thanks for the tips on Persil and Fairy powder, I am making lots of notes here and writing list of stuff I need for the new horse already, and I not getting him 'til April!
Io and Harry are just gorgeous. Are they homebred?
I am hoping that he has a nice temperament as he has a lovely kind eye.
Thanks for the tips on Persil and Fairy powder, I am making lots of notes here and writing list of stuff I need for the new horse already, and I not getting him 'til April!
Io and Harry are just gorgeous. Are they homebred?
Storminateacup
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One thing with them though.... if you are buying one because you love its spots... check its parents, if one is grey, there is a 50% chance that it carries the greying gene and will lose its spots as it gets older... (breeding to greys is a big no-no in the appaloosa world..) though a ''few spot'' is something different
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Hmmm interesting - Mummy is grey ID, Daddy very strongly coloured Appaloosa Cob.
To everybody - Thanks for all your interesting replies and for putting up your pics. They at all different and beautiful and it does seem the temperament generally is pretty laid back, which is what I need in a young horse.
Cant post a picture as he s not mine yet, but will do so asap.
One thing with them though.... if you are buying one because you love its spots... check its parents, if one is grey, there is a 50% chance that it carries the greying gene and will lose its spots as it gets older... (breeding to greys is a big no-no in the appaloosa world..) though a ''few spot'' is something different
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Hmmm interesting - Mummy is grey ID, Daddy very strongly coloured Appaloosa Cob.
To everybody - Thanks for all your interesting replies and for putting up your pics. They at all different and beautiful and it does seem the temperament generally is pretty laid back, which is what I need in a young horse.
Cant post a picture as he s not mine yet, but will do so asap.