>>>> Maybe Icelandic owners as a whole are more clued up on recognising it?
BWHAAHAHAHA! That's a good one Mic. Now, seriously, no Mic, I've been an avid reader of anything equine-health related since I got horses almost 20 years ago. I regularly go to educational seminars given by the local Ag department, the NCSU extension offices, and the farriers. My daughter used to show hunters, then dressage. Nope, I have NO doubt that spavin is MUCH more common in imported Icelandic's than in any breed I'd ever encountered before. The first thing that struck me about the casual conversations about both spavin and SE when I started talking to the owners of imported Icelandic's was how insulated the group was as a whole - particularly the "traditionalists"- from "mainstream" horsemanship in about every way, from health care to farm management practices to riding to training. No...in no way do I think the "traditional" Icelandic community, as a whole is more "clued up" on much of anything health-care related. Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.4/1227 - Release Date: 1/16/2008 1:40 AM IceHorses Community for Photos and Videos: http://kickapps.com/icehorses "The greatest enemy of the truth very often is not the lie- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer [] Lee Ziegler http://leeziegler.com [] Liz Graves http://lizgraves.com [] Lee's Book Easy Gaited Horses http://tinyurl.com/7vyjo [] IceHorses Map http://www.frappr.com/IceHorses Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
