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Anita Unrau wrote:
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> This message is from: Anita Unrau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Just wanted to let everyone know that we are planning a trip to the midwest
> and
> then onto Dallas, TX to deliver horses and carriages we have sold. We will
> be
> taking with us a couple of geldings that are not as yet sold. We hope to be
> in
> the Green Bay, Wisc. area in about two weeks and will have these geldings
> available for people to look at and try out at an arena there or elsewhere
> along
> the way if that works out better for you.
> These four year old geldings are trained to ride and drive, single as well
> as
> pair. If someone is interested email me and I can send pictures and more
> info
> on them and set up dates for viewing. We will be making various stops along
> the
> way so if it works out and you are looking for a trained gelding let us know.
> We have not had any geldings since the 97 foal crop so once these three and
> four
> years are sold it will be quite awhile before we have any more trained
> geldings
> for sale. Do have a number of fillies to sell however and once the geldings
> are
> all sold will work on the mares that have been raising babies and the young
> fillies.
>
> It has been interesting reading about the opinions and comments of Mules and
> Fjords. We had a pair of mules (actually a mule and a hinny) we traded Joe
> and
> Meg Hempel out of a few years back. Our summers here can be very hot and dry.
> Orville was mowing oat hay and using the Fjords, switching teams every two
> hours. The kids and I would have the next pair ready to go and give showers
> and
> clean up the ones coming back in before they got their water, feed and rest
> until it was their turn again. This worked real well until it got really
> hot.
> The mules came home for water in the early afternoon on one of these hot buggy
> days and Orville was bringing another team in to switch. He grabbed a couple
> of
> halters from the barn and caught Polly and Belle, had them harnessed and out
> in
> the field mowing again. The Fjords were having a hard time with the deer
> flies
> biting them and Orville had been going to call it a day when the mules made
> the
> mistake of coming home. He worked the next couple of hours with the big flies
> chewing on the mules and they didn't even let on they knew the flies were
> hungary. That was when Orville realized why Mules are so prized for field
> work
> in the south with the hot, muggy, buggy days they have down there . As good
> as
> Fjords are there are occasions when a mule is better.
>
> Anita Unrau
> Anvil's Acres Norwegian Fjord Horses
Hi Anita, I am looking for a driving/riding Fjord for my husband. Needs
to be 14.2 or close. Want one already started driving. Where are you?
What are you asking? Thanks, Carol Tacey
Rhode Island
