Phrases that get up your nose?

[mrhsaddler]

The one that gets me is when I get a phone call from a customer asking for a saddle fitting, I ask what breed the horse is and they answer Appaloosa.

 

[SpottyMare]

The one that gets me is when I get a phone call from a customer asking for a saddle fitting, I ask what breed the horse is and they answer Appaloosa.

Appaloosa is a breed though - my horse is a BApS registered British Appaloosa

 

[Pearlsasinger]

The one that gets me is when I get a phone call from a customer asking for a saddle fitting, I ask what breed the horse is and they answer Appaloosa.

Why?
Appaloosa is a breed, we have 2 registered with their breed society (BApS), one pure-bred without spots and one part-bred with lots of spots. It annoys me when people use the word Appaloosa to describe a colour, when they mean spotted.
I wouldn't use a saddle-fitter who didn't know that Appaloosa is a breed.

 

[mrhsaddler]

In Cornwall any size equine with a spot somewhere seems to be an appaloosa, I ask what the build the horse is and I just get the answer it's an appaloosa, when I get to the appointment it could be a warm-blood, cob, thoroughbred or Irish draft shape or anything else, it can be 10 hands to 18 hands.