> Judy, > Where was this taken? I have been told my horse is too round, heavy and > needs a diet. Now this horse is much bigger in weight in the neck that he is > and > I am thinking this is a mare. What a chunk and great training and movement. > This looks like in my mind a draft pony should look like when the warriors > rode > them forever ago. There are definitely two different or more styles out > there aren't there? > Sylvia >
my tivar is real big but i really dont think he is that fat! He might be like on the brink of it, but if you look at a horse, to me fatness is in the belly but also on the back and mostly, the rump. When the backbone forms a little hollow that usually means too fat to me. But if a horse is just big and round all over, even big round legs and a heavy neck, it is just a big horse! Also, as a big person I can say this--- I took a fitness class one time and it was very embarassingly obvious at the start of day one that i was the fattest person in the whole room of about 40 people. Then she had us do resting pulse and active pulse and guess who was best? me! I was the most fit! I have also had a doctor tell me "you are the healthiest fat woman i have ever seen" as far as my cholesterol, blood pressure, triglycerides etc. So just because a horse is big and fat looking doesnt mean its unhealthy and overweight! just my fyi :) Its a sensitive subject for me haha Janice-- yipie tie yie yo
