Rocky Mountain Greymist
ILR # 208519
female b. 5-27-1998
Rocky Mountain Inca x Bett’s Tumichi
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Greymist stands just under 46" and weighs around 340 pounds. She immediately chose Jim as her partner before we even started the process of choosing her. Greymist has the kind of curiosity that makes her fun and rewarding to play with.
We thought we were through adding breeding females to our herd for the foreseeable future, but ... Bobra Goldsmith repeatedly insisted that she owed us a replacement female after Kiowah gave birth to a cria with choanal atresia (now that’s an ethical breeder!). When we visited Bobra in the summer of 2000, we were quite taken with Greymist and were thrilled when Bobra decided she could part with her.
Greymist has an athletic, well-muscled body wearing a stupendously wonderful Classic coat, which she passes on to her offspring. She's not perfect, though — she kicks reflexively, and very hard, too — a trait that's definitely inherited from her sire.
Greymist came up severely lame in her left foreleg just a few weeks prior to Teewinot’s birth, and she has retained some minor disability from that mysterious incident, so she is a permanent homebody now. Now that we have several upgrade “keeper” females (that do not kick!) from Greymist, the decision to retire her from further breeding and not aggravate her injury is an easy one.
Greymist likes getting into things — particularly forbidden things — and also appreciates going for walks (or, as she sees it, adventures). And dessert (apple pieces or Apple-Asses®) ... life is short, she says; more dessert!
Greymist’s name is no doubt a reference to her color (grey-brown, or dun).
Meet Greymist’s offspring:
- 2003 female — Lost Creek Misty
- 2004 female — Lost Creek Ranger Tokatee
- 2005 female — Lost Creek Ranger Psallite
- 2009 female — Lost Creek Teewinot