This message is from: Donald Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This message is from Anne Sullivan at Joyfields Farm in New Hampshire. I have been lurking ever since my husband put me on the List a couple of months ago . He hands me the mail every day and I am finding so much information and how nice it is to know I am not alone in FAT, FITTING MUTTON WITHERS and countless other things. I have not responded before now because I have been stretched to the max recently.
My husband, Don and I are retired and have a mostly retired Thoroughbred mare, and since January, two Fjords. After sixty years of horses, recent bad experiences gave me a very open mind and led me to my serendipidous introduction to Fjords which have turned out to be one of the great delights of my life. We have Felicity's Sean, a yearling gelding, full brother to Felicity's Ragnar, bred by Dick and Susan Giargiari of Felicity Farm in Peterborough, New Hampshire. I have just begun driving him slowly and carefully. He is absolutely the greatest and is adored by everyone, horse person or not. Of course that wasn't going to satisfy my need for a more experienced horse, so two months ago I became the proud owner of Carla, a Dutch-bred mare whom I bought from Carol and Arthur Rivoire at Beaver Dam Farm. She is like the Pied Piper of Hamlin, with a following of kids, scared adults, non-horse people, experienced horse people; you name it, everyone feels comfortable around Carla and EVERYONE loves my new Fjords. What a difference they have made to me. I thought I would have to give up riding and driving because of by health, but NO WAY! Not with these wonderful new friends of mine! Dave McWethy, you wrote about Lyme Disease. I myself got it this June out here in the woods near Peterborough, NH. It is definitely here and we are seeing more and more of it in this area. Why on earth do they have a vaccine for dogs, but not for people or horses? My was caught in time, I took a course of Doxycycline, and have been fine. The antenna or whatever of the tick seems to have been left in the bite area, so it is being taken out surgically this week. Be careful, everybody. Best wishes to List members, and special thanks to Brian. You are greatly appreciated! Anne Sullivan and her ever tolerant and handy horsehusband, Don.