This message is from: "Knutsen Fjord Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi all- Just want to respond to a few items. Thanks, Meridith, for the mention of Erlend's mane. That head shot only picture has a pretty good trim. I wish the one he's wearing on the flyer we sent out were a little different - thinner at the withers - but, oh well. Anyway, my thing is to sing to the Fjordies while I'm trimming their manes. Pepper once fell asleep, and the rest seem to get more, rather than less, restless. Since my sons exhibited these two reactions to my singing when they were little, maybe I should learn to whistle... I want to mention that I have a friend whose horse ran into New Zealand type fencing and was killed, so I'm still in favor of the kind that will break. I may be the only one, but I find those French safety snaps difficult to operate with my arthritic thumbs. It's the twisting. I use the pull-down ones, even though they can be opened accidently. Again, I'd rather have that than a struggling horse I had no chance of freeing. There are a couple of web sites which feature male and female Scandinavian baby names. Very helpful. Any good search engine should find them. And finally, I just finished a 3-day clinic given by Kelley Mills, my trainer/instructor/mentor/friend, covering various non-traditional approaches to horse care, such as accupressure, herbs, etc. She speaks all around the country on various aspects of horse care, and runs a very successful horse rescue operation. She also incorporates Feldenkreis and Alexander techniques into her riding instruction to help us stop pounding on the backs of our horses. Or horses and Fjords, she might say if she's in one of those moods.... The info was a lot, but a good beginning. Bye now, I have to go touch Willie filly. Peg Knutsen http://www.eburg.com/~kffjord/
