This message is from: Linda Lottie <horselo...@hotmail.com> Laurie......ok, you can stop whining and just honker down and enjoy winter.....from inside!!
Personally, I do not feel any guilt this time of year. Fjords are just fine outside.....if healthy, their coats are nice a fluffy, they have enough to eat to generate warmth, and, out of the wind. Hasse and Lena are out all the time. Sven comes in only because he does not hold weight like he did as a youngster and I want to be sure he is getting good hay. Hasse and Lena are little pigs and push him away, nicely of course, so they get the good stuff. He is such a sweetie he just accepts the left overs. Blizzard type winds.....Hasse and Lena come in. I take a mental and physcial break from my horse life from November to February. I need a break.......and with the weather so bitter cold I don't want to ride. Come Feb I am thinking spring, the birds are singing, the days are longer and there are usually a few warm days to get me back out in the barn to at least take inventory of what I need for the new year and clean some tack. March and April are the wosrt months for me.....I am wanting to ride/drive and hang with the horses but often the weather is damp and windy......and I am REALLY tired of winter by then!!! Enjoy a hot chocolate......of course your older fellow and the mini fussed when Oz left......that's how they say "good bye, we will miss you!!!" Ignore it! Cheers......Linda in WI Linda Baker Lottie www.heartsandhoovesforever.blogspot.com "The pain of surrendering a child to adoption has no language" Professor of Psychology, University of Minnesota > From: crystal...@aol.com > Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:34:39 -0500 > Subject: winter blahs > To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com > > This message is from: crystal...@aol.com > > is anyone else going through this? we are in the midst of our second winter > storm warning in a week. they are talking maybe 4-7 inches, followed by high > winds tomorrow and then tanking temps down to -15. > > i just don't even feel a bit like riding, even with an indoor. oz's coat is > so long, that it takes forever to dry if he should happen to work hard enough > to sweat, and the hassle of all the winter clothes and boots for me is just > more than i want to deal with. (i have been having a bit of a rough time lately). > > i know i have read that others don't ride much in the winter, but i really > start to feel guilty...which is a waste, because i am sure oz couldn't care > less. > > i also worry about him being out in the -15, which is probably stupid since > he has more coat than all the other barn horses combined. he's got a shelter, > food and water. mostly it's that i feel cold and think he must. please, > somebody whack me with a 2x4 and bring me to my senses. > > i brought him into my barn last weekend when we had the same storm situation. > he and my old gelding remembered each other, but when i turned oz back out, > intending to leave the old guy in, old guy freaked out. i had to turn him out, > along with gizmo the mini, so that he didn't get too worked up. > > i think i am done whining. i just am totally lacking in ambition and trying > to just tell myself it's ok to hide out in the winter. > > laurie, and oz, the snow bunny > > > ************** > A Good Credit Score is 700 or > Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215195222x1200993641/aol?redir=http ://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx? > sc=668072%26hmpgID=82%26bcd=DecemailfooterNO82) > > Important FjordHorse List Links: > Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e > FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw > Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
