There seems to be some controversy with the PSAs on exactly what a backyard breeder is. From what I can gather from their incoherent ramblings, they are operating under the misguided assumption that it means anybody breeding on a small scale. WRONG! A backyard breeder is somebody who breeds poor quality horses that produce even worse quality foals. They can breed two horses a year or 200. You know you’re a backyard breeder when you have a field full of mares that were the second cousin twice removed of a horse that was sixth at The Congress in the 70’s,but have no redeeming qualities themselves other than being in possession of a functioning uterus. The mares in question will often be unbroke or crippled. Many color breeders, no matter what the breed, will fall into this category. Please note I said `many’ and not `all’. Many backyard breeders will call their horses by breed names that don’t actually have a registry. Most backyard breeders will have their own `herd sire’ and he may or may not be broke and/or registered. Backyard breeders will almost always pasture breed and rarely have any idea if the mares in question are actually in foal or not. They don’t believe in preg checks, ultrasounds or any of that other stuff that would mean proper breeding management. As a result some backyard foals are dropped out in fields at odd times of the year. Many backyard foals will eventually end up in the slaughter pipeline.
A boutique breeder is always a smaller breeder, usually keeping no more than 3 or 4 mares that won’t always be bred every single year. This will be somebody that will always breed quality over quantity. They will carefully select their mares based on qualities that meet a strict criteria. The stallions they select will be carefully matched to each mare and the best quality they can get. A boutique breeder will very rarely ever stand their own stallion. They always seek out horses that possess traits and bloodlines that are both fashionable and sought after. Their stock will be from high quality and accomplished ancestors beginning in the first generation. Boutique breeders rarely have trouble getting high dollars for their stock. Their horses are all papered through a recognized registry. They are horses that are normally bred for a purpose, whether that be cutting, racing, dressage etc. Backyard breeders will preg check and ultra sound a mare as well as give the appropriate shots and vaccinations throughout the gestation. They will know the approximate due date of the foal and generally be in attendance when it is born or have it foaled out at a nursery. They will never leave things to chance. Boutique foals almost never end up in the slaughter pipeline.
These aren’t the only two types of breeders there are, they just seem to be the ones that get confused the most. I wouldn’t consider somebody who has a mare they love and want a single foal out of her to be a backyard breeder, unless they want a whole bunch of foals out of the mare and have no intention on keeping any of them. I guess my point is that if you must breed horses, know what it is you’re breeding for. Ask yourself honestly if there is a market for the resulting foal and is it likely to advance or uphold a breed standard. What will this foal’s job be when it grows up and does it have the genetic tools to excel at it? Every breeder will at some point end up with a foal that doesn’t live up to expectations or comes out defective. For a boutique breeder that will be few and far between. For a backyard breeder it will be more often than not.
I have to think that the warmblood breeds kinda have the right idea in that they put their breeding stock through rigorous testing and they need to be approved in order to have their offspring accepted into a registry. One of the battle cries on the PSA front is that there are all these unwanted horses. They become very indignant when they are told to quit breeding poor quality stock because none of them ever think that applies to them. What is the harm in breeding only quality horses? Re-opening slaughter houses is only going to increase the problem of backyard breeding as they will have an easy out again. I don’t know why that is such a hard concept for them to grasp.
still waiting for you to provide your source for wild cat owners/sanctuaries using live horses to feed.
Also, proud backyard breeder of rabbits right here, all my unwanted/DQ kits get dressed out to feed my dog/cats… Usually before they’re 6mths old. I got two right now that are DQ and will be being grown out to become pet food. Wanna come rescue them from me? 100$ a kit.
Oh right, you’re the one that doesn’t have horses but was offering to come take care of me. I gave you the source I used, it is up to you to check it out. Now excuse me as I am busy celebrating a rather large victory for OUR side today.
I’m sorry, what? I had said that I wanted to be featured on your blog, because I find it one of the funniest things I’ve read in a long long time. Never said anything about taking care of you. You never provided a source, as I stated on the previous post, you provided hearsay, and thus, are lying.
So riddle me this, why would someone working to preserve large cats provide them with live food that could injure/kill their cats?
I sited it in response to you a few comments back. One of your own was the one that mentioned the use of fresh meat and live cats. Also, the lunatic in Zanesville did, in fact, get weakened skinny horses and allow his cats to eat them. That has been widely reported. I assume that when you are not frothing at the mouth and mopping up the sweat from under your sagging breasts, you know how to use google?
Why should I provide a fact check service for your “facts”. So, the only person you can cite as feeding live horses is the same one who let all his exotics loose then shot himself… Yeah, that must mean that it’s common practice.
As far as my breasts, well, they’ve not started sagging yet, and probably won’t for a while. My family has a history of small, perky boobs, for which I am grateful. And I don’t froth at the mouth. I love how both sides throw that out, that the other side is irrational and frothing at the mouth and freaking out… To be honest, I’m not even angry with you. I just think the whole thing is hilarious. However it’s getting pretty old, since you can’t provide proof for any of your facts, and are just trying to emulate fugly horse and doing a piss poor job of it at that.
This is MY blog. I post what I want. If you don’t like the content of my posts, you can click on by. You can choose to believe what I post or not. I will continue to post exactly what I want, how I want. I don’t have any association with fugly horse, but I will take that as a compliment that you liken this blog to hers. She did some good work for horses. Strange how proper grammar and spelling means emulation to somebody like you. Thanks!!
Oh, honey, if you think you have proper spelling and grammar, please, go reread your posts. If there was a way, there would be red pen all over those posts as I correct your issues. And don’t take it as a compliment, Cathy Atkinson is an extreme nut job, who’s more two faced and hypocritical than you. But my thoughts on her idiocy are neither here nor there, since you’re not her, you’re just a poor poor imitation.
Anyway, I’m bored with you now. You just keep going in circles and making the same stale claims. Might pop in from time to time to see if you can get those braincells working enough to write something halfway interesting, or when I need a good laugh.
You visit my blog to critique my spelling and grammar and tell me you’re bored? Wow. I can’t even fathom how empty your life must be…..Bless your heart.
lol my life is far from empty… but after about 11pm, there’s not much to do other than watch crap on tv, or read crap on the internet. But you keep thinking what you want, dear. Oh, and as far as the special kind of evil I am, you have no idea, LMAO! Remember, I breed sweet little bunnies, and I cuddle them and play with them and raise them to full growth then send them off to be processed and dressed out.
So that’s why you are still jumping up and down here in the afternoon? You seem to be seeking approval for some reason.
umm fact the gentleman in ZANESVILLE DID NOT feed his hroses skinny horses, He fed them road kill from the rd that he was enlisted by the state department to gather and feed. And I know more about him them you do, IM FROM THAT AREA
So the batshit crazy is a geographical issue? Good to know!
reason you are spreading false lies about what he fed, ya gonna write a blog at least put the correct info up, OR better yet just keep defamation of character of ppl and business
Can I get somebody to translate WTF daphne just said?
Daphne sais in simple words for you. Get your act together before doing the mirror effect with causes defamation of character upon others. Which you acutally can be sued or.