This message is from: "fjordcountry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hello to all,
An amusing story about our "jingle bells" and fjords. Since this year
was the first for our business to do sleigh rides I wanted to get all the
horses used to the bells. There would be four teams that would pull the
sleigh but several of the other non-fjord riding horses needed to be used to
the noise also in case the riding string passed the sleigh team along the
trail. The first couple times I simply hung the bell belt around my shoulders
when I went out to feed the herd. Non fjords flew all over the place but
being true to form the fjords were more interested in "chow time"!. From
there I began buckling the bells around the girth area on Telde, who isn't
rattled by much of anything and let her wander around the rest of the herd all
through feeding time. In a few days nobody gave a care about the bells and
they have been ringing happily ever after!
On another note, does anyone know if there was a gentleman by the name of
Parker from somewhere in Montana that imported some of the first fjords to the
United States? Thanks, Rock'n Kathi
