Hästavel – temperament


A good temperament (what is that?) is of course a part inte it, but also a good conformation and soundness. I am going more in detail in those different traits and what I like in other posts. I got the reason I think those things mater from the human world. (I rarely make that kind of paralleles, but here I find it valid). If a human finds it easy to play basketball, maybe I am taller tahn all others, I easily think that I am good. The trainer probably accnoledge me and praise me. That probably leads to a positive trend where I try harder and harder and feel good about it and get positive feedback.
I think animals work in the same way, if you find something the animal (horse in this case) finds simple and praise that it probably going to like it and like to continue to work with it. The trainer is probably going to like the horse and tell it that it is good when it tries and that way start a positive way. Both trainer and horse is going to show there best sides as they have so fun togheter. Of course a good trainer understands if he askes for something hard, knows the thin lines between ok and when it is not, notice those small differences and is good at explaining. but not all are as good trainers, have the experiance or the aiming to do everything in the fastes way. Therefore I want to breed a horse that find most basics easy, the ones that most equestrian sports build onto. It might not give you a horse for the elite, just as find it easy to play with a lball don’t make you a succesfull basketball player. But, you might learn the basics easyly. that way it is not always that what is a good conformation for one sport is that for another.
To be healthy then? Or soundness as I see it at horses. In one part I find it boring to visit the vet all the time, to rehabilitate, work the horses slowly over and over again. And it is not cheap. Another reason for health is that if you are in pain you might not be at your best. If everything always needs to be special and very careful.
To specify all preferred traits may not be easy – to find individuals that live up to all of them even harder. Maybe even harder even if you have a lot of money. No-one is perfect. Therein lies the charm about it; to find what is good enough, calculates risks and to find good matches. To choose individuals, even if not perfect. To sometimes evaluate ones believes and keep updated on what is happening in the world, both within the breed and science.
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Peppers sire Buck, look close antd you see the roan. |
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Also sired by Buck and roan. |
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Percy in the add, august 2011 |
Förutom att hästar sätter en rejäl vinterpäls så kan de även ändra färg en hel del mellan säsongerna. Nu råkar jag ha två hästar som är extrema på det. När det gäller Pepper är det ingen överraskning, det karakteristiska för en konstantskimmel är just att den byter färg över året. Percy däremot var en större överraskning. Ett tag tyckte vi att hon bytte färg varje vecka…Jag har fått höra att hennes farfar, som också är en silvergulbrun även han byter färg mellan säsongerna och åren. En anledning kan vara att de troligen båda bär på sooty genen – den lär ha lite av den effekten.
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A very visible line at the back (but she is not a dun) |
Calinka och Bunny är inte alls lika extrema i sina färgbyten, men jag tar med några bilder på dem. När det gäller Calinka är det tydligt att hon blir solblekt på sommaren – i vilken utsträckning har varierat mellan åren. Dessutom tenderar blekningen att vara störst där någon utrustning har legat, under sadlen, under tränsets nackstycke, eller där täckes nerkant har gått emot frambenet…
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Winter face, very dark around the eyes. |
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Percy infebruary 2012 |
Horses tend to put on a good winter coat, but they may also change color between seasons. I own two horses that is good at that. When it comes to Pepper taht is what would be expected for a roan horse. Percy on the other hand was a bigger surprise. Last spring we thought that she changed color each week… I have heard that her grand sire, a silver buckskin as well, is the same . One reason might be that they probably both carry the sooty gene and that gene is suspected to behave just like that.
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Percy, end of mars 2012 |
Calinka and Bunny is not at all as extreme in color change, but I show some pictures of them as well. When it comes to Calinka she get sun bleached to different degrees different years, and usually she gets light where some equipment have been used. For example the saddle, the place where lower end of the rug touches the front leg, the place where the bridle goes behind the ears…
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Percy, end of mars 2012, close up – her front looks chocolate! |
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Percy, begining of april 2012 |
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Percy’s summer face, not at all as dark as before. and much clearer mottles on the nose. |
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Percy winter 2012-2013 |
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Pepper in december/january 2011/2012. nearly black. |
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Pepper, beginning of February 2012 |
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Pepper in april 2012 |
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Pepper, end of August 2012. He didn’t get much lighter than this. |
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Close up at Pepper’s summer coat. |
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Pepper, early 2013. |
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Bunny has just arrived, end of August 2012, Calinka behind. |
Förutom en film på från 2011 års show har man på rasens hemsida även ett photogalleri med många bilder där Rockys dyker upp i många olika sammanhang. Hoppning, show, med barn, parader, framför vagn, föser boskap…
https://www.rmhorse.com/gallery
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