FoalQuest

My Norwegian Fjord was a PMU foal and made the trip to New Mexico from Canada when she was 5 months old. PMU is Pregnant Mare Urine where urine is collected for the estrogen content for making Premarin. There are groups of people who save many of these foals by making them available for adoption. In 2003 Jay posted a picture of one of these foals. I felt I just had to save one. My husband was really against getting another horse. We already had too many and didn’t really have facilities for more. Very true. I decided I would at least sponsor one of these foals, with the option of keeping it. Pictures were posted on the Internet where you could pick out your foal. Since this would likely be the last horse I would get, I decided to go with my roots and get a Scandinavian horse. Okay, I’m not Norwegian, I’m Danish, but close enough. In 2003 they still had Fjords available. I think that farm went out of business and Fjords may not be available through the PMU program any longer.