Honey

[haus]

This is our neighbour Honey.......



........my youngest dau borrowed her from a neighbour recently.
She laikes it in our field........loads of space, and good grass.

We think she's ....beautiful.

[paraspet]

What a beautiful pony. Is she a Shetland or a Welsh pony? Or are those two the same?

[Emm]

Ahhhhh, isn't she just gorgeous. And what a fantastic colour.

[dejavou]

What a sweetie

[Rowan]

Absolutely lovely. I want one now!!

[haus]

What a beautiful pony. Is she a Shetland or a Welsh pony? Or are those two the same?

Shetland..... she's not far from home. Prizewinning I'm told, but a bit tubby at the mo, so she was in her element with loads of space to stretch out. Welsh are the same size but different I think.

Rowan...... when you come up, just wander down the lane, put a head halter on her and bring her back to pet..... be warned tho'....she doesnt like going home, so its big style coaxing time......heh heh.

[Maywalk]

Aaaaawwww that is lovely Haus.

We have one here like that and its taken for a walk everyday just like a dog.

My dog nearly s***s herself when she sees it because its ten times bigger than her and it also leaves bigger deposits behind

[Kevin]

Here's another Honey! She's our daughter and husband's latest "aquisition", a two-year-old Lab/German Shepherd cross (we think).

Caroline was pretty upset when we lost our Snowy last year, but she and Ricky decided to get a dog of their own and they "took delivery" a couple of days ago. Can't wait to see her, as I'm sure you can guess!

[Monsy]

She's lovely Kevin, she has a look of love in her eye........

[Emm]

Isn't she beautiful.

[Lacemaker]

We used to have horses, Haus, but a bit bigger than Honey while a friend of ours had a Welsh Mountain pony. They are not as small as the Shetland but not a large horse by any means.

Kevin, a dog I had was a labrador/german shepherd cross and no one could have had better friend than Rex was. My father used to talk about a dog he had as a boy but in the end even he admitted that Rex was a more lovable dog than his. Very gentle and good with children but a good watch dog all the same and very protective of the family.

[Emm]

I used to have a german shepherd/whippet.
Beautiful dog, wonderful nature.

What was the reason for breeding horses so small? (Shetland ponies).

Tinker with Dante. Unfortunately, the picture is faded with age. He was a lovely brindle colour.

[Oddquine]

Was a Darwinian thing, I think, Emm.

Everything that evolved in the Shetlands is smaller than on the mainland, likely because of the lack of grazing. In-brought animals interbred with them, so what "native" stock there is now is bigger than the originals but still smaller than on the mainland.

[Emm]

Oh, right.
I thought it maybe had something to do with having them down the pits.

[Oddquine]

Erm....I don't think there are any pits on Shetland!