Re: Sarcoid
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My horse is getting a rather large sarcoid near the tip on his ear. It started out about the size of a pea and now, it is about the size of a grape. The vet recommends removing it before it gets bigger and more difficult to remove since it can affect the ear leather. He wants to have it removed with a laser, which is a common method now, apparently. Has anyone else had this done? My reluctancy to do this is because the horse will have to be anesthetized and put on an operating table for the laser. However, if it is just cut off, there is no guarantee the ear won't be damaged and he could end up with the tip of the ear gone or worse. I wish the sarcoid was in another spot!
Re: Sarcoid
This message is from: Brenda Simonson [EMAIL PROTECTED] I also have a horse that developed what I thought was a sarcoid (multiple actually). The vet that we use doesn't believe in the injections and tried to freeze the first one off. It didn't work. She then cut it out. That one never came back. Then he got one on by the corner of his mouth. We cut that one out too. It came back. Then he got one on the side of his neck. I got frustrated and found some herbal remedy - thuja ointment and hilton ditton herbs. About 8 months after being on the therapy I noticed that both spots were shrinking. They are still shrinking. I don't know if it was the herbs or just time - and he has been off the herbs for quite some time. (Some articles I have read say to leave them alone and they will go away - sort of like warts in humans.) Just my two cents worth. Brenda
Re: Back from Wyoming
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for sharing, Meredith. That was fun reading. Gail in NM
Libby Log Skid
This message is from: Oscar and Shirley Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] I haven't been able to keep abreast of the List this summer, but did pop in yesterday and saw interest in the log skid at Libby. I have included the class description, I think it describes the class well. It goes without saying that it looks much easier than it is. This class is - as explained yesterday - ran between two parallel ropes (boundaries) with cones down the middle. The log is serpentine through the cones in both directions. Single Horse Log Skid - Entries to pull two 16 1/2-foot logs both directions through five cones set 16 feet apart, while staying within 30-foot boundary lines. Timed event. Penalties of five seconds will be assessed for touching cones, and horse will be disqualified for going outside of boundary lines. Best time wins. Shirley Anderson Oscar's Round Mountain Fjords
Re: Artwork
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Beautiful work! Also the other link (for stained glass) was also beautiful. Someday, when I get a logo designed for our little farm, I will want something like this (both the stained glass and the painting) done. Pamela
Nowfriendlyone
This message is from: Knutsen Fjord Farm [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all - Jean, many congratulations on winning the trust and friendship of The Nowfriendlyone! How satisfying for both of you. Not much new here. Baby-watching, arena building, trail riding. This is the time of year when I wonder why I forgot how hot it gets in Eastern Washington That's long-term memory, I should retain it, even in my dotage. Well, have to return to my 40th examination of Willie filly to see whether I can find any new grey hairs Bye, Peg Knutsen http://www.eburg.com/~kffjord/
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--A728B526FDAAD1949B7091F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com X-Loop: Majordomo @ NSTS This message is from: John and Martie Bolinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] Greetings! You are invited to look at my album of stained glass Fjords. I don't have the prices or sizes captioned yet, but you can Email me privately for price quotes. For pictures of smaller, suncatchers, please see Betsy Bauer's Fjordpony.com site. There are also a couple of other small items that are not represented in this album as well as stained glass portraits and suncatchers of other horse breeds and for that matter, other subjects. I am also still accepting Christmas orders for custom work done from your photos. Hope this link works OK. thanks, Martie Simply click on the link below to go directly to the photo album area on the PhotoPoint web site, where you can see all the photos prepared for you. Photo Album: http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=72326a=528113 If you would like to know how to share your own photos using the free PhotoPoint service, click on this link: http://www.photopoint.com/
Back from WY
This message is from: Meredith Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have finally, almost, recouped from our great Western adventure. Steve and I, our three Labradors, my best friend, Patty, her husband, David, and two children, Mark and Samantha, and their Golden, Woody, drove in two cars to Yellowstone and back. Unfortunately, since it was a group thing, I didn't get the chance to do any Fjord visiting or shopping. Our camp in the Bighorns got drenched. Thunderstorms booming in Western mountains is a thing I'll remember for a long time, but it was fun anyways. The reservations we had made and payed for 6 months in advance at Goff Creek got completely bungled and upset our plans. The final insult was when they told us our dogs weren't allowed! Absaroka Lodge helped us find lodging, dogs and all, despite the fact that they were full. And the final upset, on the way home the radiator blew in Patty and David's van! They made it to Sheridan with the help of a can of 'leak stop' where they bought a new van on the spot! Despite all, it was a remarkably fun trip. We went to King's Saddlery and Museum in Buffalo WY. Oh my, it was wonderful. I have become very interested in the history of the Western saddle and there were more old Western saddles here than I could have imagined. I bought Dorina a Sliester hackamore, but I don't think it will fit her mug. It looks darling on Aagot but she isn't even snaffle trained yet! We ended up at Shoshone Lodge in nice cabins in Wapiti Valley between Cody WY and Yellowstone and rode horses there. Keith, the owner and his mother are great folks. There, we went on a wonderful, scenic, two-hour guided trail ride. Steve, a large fellow, got to ride a short but stocky, black gelding named Pryor. Come to find out he is a Pryor Mountain Mustang captured on the range! Pryor took good care of my husband. I rode a pretty bay, who I enjoyed riding but whom I had soon renamed Lurch for the action he put me through on the uphill. I highly reccommend Shoshone Lodge to anyone headed that way. (GC and PT lodges - yuk) We also went to the Cody Stampede Parade July the 4th. It was a wonderful parade, chock full of horses. Heart Mountain Fjords brought a few horses and A2Z brought a whole convention of Fjordies for all to see. Both farms had a baby Fjordling tagging along beside their moms. So the breed was presented in fine style by both these farms. We saw pronghorns galore; moose; bison; a black bear; 5 elk bulls at once; muleys; and to top it off, two, young grizzly bears when we left our lodge to head home. Meredith Sessoms Tooksend Art Moulton Alabama USA
Re: Warning about Woodstock Vermont hotel
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 7/18/00 1:24:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just wanted to pass on a warning about a difficult motel in Woodstock Vermont. No need to give the gory details, however if you are planning on attending the NFHA show, feel free to contact me off line regarding this motel. I will never, ever, set foot in this place again after the way I was treated. Michele I hope it isn't that motel about two buildings to the right of the hospital/medical care facility. The Clydesdale or some other draft horse name. Merek
for MWFHC members
This message is from: Cynthia_Madden/OAA/UNO/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Steve and I will not be attending Blue Earth for several personal reasons and I am very sorry to miss it. Since I cannot be there, I would like to take advantage of the FH-L forum to bring forward some concerns I have regarding the MWFHC that club members on this list club can think about and perhaps bring up for me at the meeting. I apologize in advance for not being there myself to bring up these issues but I feel they are important. The annual meeting is to be held on Monday, July 25th, and no agenda of the meeting or copy of the by-laws that are supposed to be voted upon have been made available so far to the membership for review prior to the meeting. This does not allow the membership to have thoughtful time to consider issues regarding club affairs prior to the meeting and nor allow meaningful discussion to take place. I would like to see three things happen in the future that I feel will make the club more responsible to the general membership and are normal SOP's fo most organizations: 1) all executive committee minutes and general membership meeting minutes are published in the newsletter. 2) an agenda of items to be brought before the club be made available to members at least two weeks prior to the annual meeting and mid-winter meeting - the agenda may, of course, be amended at the meeting, but items thought important by the executive committee to be brought before the membership should be pre-published. 3) that a date for passage of the by-laws be established for the mid-winter meeting allowing for adequate time for all members to review them with the by-laws being mailed to members prior to the meeting Our by-laws committee presented our recommendation for by-laws to the executive committee in October 1998 and to date these by-laws have not been presented to the membership for vote. Despite statements to the contrary at subsequent club meetings, the by-laws committee's responsibility ended upon presentation of our recommendations to the executive committee and no obligation to do any other tasks was assigned by the executive committee to any by-laws committee member. I have available a copy of our recommended by-laws upon request. Thanks for your time and consideration of these issues which I feel are important for the future of the MWFHC and in maintaining an informed and participative membership. Cynthia Madden Omaha, Nebraska USA email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Artwork
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello everyone, I recently commissioned Ingrid Ivic (Full Moon Fjords) to do some artwork for my soon to be published manuscript. (Actually, I believe I begged really hard.) She was very kind and agreed to do the work, even though she was under a very serious deadline. She came through with flying colors and her work is spectacular. Anyway, she just mailed me the completed group and must say she has done an absolutely stupendeous job! Her work is beautiful! Everyone has ohhhed and ahhhed over it here at Bailey's and now it is off to the publisher with deep regret. We decided to post a partial scan of one piece of Ingrid's work on our website and would invite all of you to take a look at it! Our website address is: http://hometown.aol.com/heithingi/BaileysNorwegianFjords.html Please remember, this is not the entire piece, would not fit in our scanner! If you all needed any sort of artwork done of your Fjords, farm, whatever, we would highly recommend Ingrid. Her email address is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have a great summer day, Lynda and Daniel Bailey's Norwegian Fjord Horse Farm White Cloud, MI http://hometown.aol.com/heithingi/BaileysNorwegianFjords.html
Warning about Woodstock Vermont hotel
This message is from: Michele Bigelow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Folks- I just wanted to pass on a warning about a difficult motel in Woodstock Vermont. No need to give the gory details, however if you are planning on attending the NFHA show, feel free to contact me off line regarding this motel. I will never, ever, set foot in this place again after the way I was treated. Michele
Re: I'm Back
This message is from: Lori Puster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vivian, [As Carol pointed out women and mares who live together often cycle together it is due to their pheramones (sp?)] You mean I'm gonna start cycling with my horse? vbg Lori P.
Re: fjordhorse-digest V2000 #191
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Coli [EMAIL PROTECTED] quoted/wrote: The NFHR Judges Rule Book states Horse to pull log in work harness through 5 cones both directions. Cones set 6 inches less than length of log. The rules are not complete. The log should be 12 to 15 feet long. The rules mentions a 5 second penalty for touching a cone and 2 seconds for going outside the 30 foot side boundry lines. If a 12 foot log is used, then the cones would be set 11 feet six inches apart??? Yup. At last year's Woodstock show, the cones in the single log pull were set about 2- 4 inches wider than the evener, making it really challenging. I believe that we're talking about two different types of events. The Libby course is a SINGLE line of cones, with sidelines on either side. The cones are negotiated in a serpentine course, with the horse and the log having to stay between the sidelines, and go AROUND each cone---sort of doing a 5-loop version of a figure-8. It's tough, with a log (actually more of a telephone pole) longer than the distance between successive cones and longer than the distance between cones and the sidelines! From your description, I suspect that the Woodstock course is a series of PAIRS of cones, which the log is to be pulled BETWEEN. Entirely different setup, testing different skills and strategies. Marsha Jo HannahMurphy must have been a horseman-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] anything that can go wrong, will! 15 mi SW of Roseburg, Oregon
I'm Back
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello List, I have just returned from a vacatiion for two weeks w/family. I browsed through the mail last night and replied to some and this morning I deleted everything as I had over 600 saved and another 200+ to read so if anyone was trying to reach me please forgive me for not replying and try again now that I am home. All my horses looked great and all the mares bred AI to Marnix have settled except for good old Birte who has a uterine infection that didn't show up on spring culture so we will try again and do a post breeding infusion keeping our fingers crossed. AI has worked tremendously well for Marnix and I. Both of us are much happier with this arrangement than live cover. As Carol pointed out women and mares who live together often cycle together it is due to their pheramones (sp?) so being able to breed multiple mares on one collection was a bonus. I'm getting ready to go to the Advanced HT at GMHA weekend after next fortunately I only have to do sec. E as with two weeks off and heat and humidity Marnix will need more conditioning to do a three phase. Sounds like everyone on the list is having a good summer. Vivian
ARCHIVES Again
This message is from: Steve McIlree [EMAIL PROTECTED] I know that even I forget how to access the list archives, and from time to time have to dig back thru my local archives to get the original announcement message. So for all who have forgotten, or really didn't know there were full archives to the list, here are the instructions again. The entire history of the list available to you in a searchable format. Go to http://www.listquest.com. Read the HELP there to get an idea how the search engine works. Then select Home Garden, then Pets Animals, then FjordHorse. At this point you will be presented with a security dialog box. The username is fjordhorse and the password is fjords_rule. I suggest you write these down somewhere. I had Listquest implement the password because I don't want people wandering in off the Web and getting our email addresses. One of the reasons I chose Listquest to archive our list is their concern with address harvesting. They have developed spam counter- measures. All email addresses, whether in the header or the body of the message are converted to in-line GIFs. These are easily read by human eyes but are not readable by programs trolling for email addresses for use in mass mailing programs. The process to encode the GIFs is encrypted and changes on a regular basis to make it difficult to reverse engineer. I hope this will make the list an even more valuable resource for owners and lovers of the Norwegian Fjord horse, all over the world. Check it out and let me know how you like it. -- Steve McIlree -- Pferd Skipper -- Omaha, Nebraska, USA He that would venture nothing must not get on horseback. --Spanish proverb -- Steve McIlree -- Pferd Skipper -- Omaha, Nebraska, USA Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Re: fjordhorse-digest V2000 #191
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is from: Curtis Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pat McCurdy wanted to know: How far are the cones set apart for the pull? The NFHR Judges Rule Book states Horse to pull log in work harness through 5 cones both directions. Cones set 6 inches less than length of log. The rules are not complete. The log should be 12 to 15 feet long. The rules mentions a 5 second penalty for touching a cone and 2 seconds for going outside the 30 foot side boundry lines. I'm confused by this. If a 12 foot log is used, then the cones would be set 11 feet six inches apart??? I could drive a tractor trailer through that. At last year's Woodstock show, the cones in the single log pull were set about 2- 4 inches wider than the evener, making it really challenging. Bill Coli
a ride to Libby
This message is from: linda hickam [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi listers...could anyone help me to get a weanling filly{at Julie Wills
right now} to Libby in September?any ideas appreciated.linda
Mane shears carts ( adv. )
This message is from: Nancy Lehnert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello to all you Fjord Enthusiasts, I received a new shipment of the shears that stay sharp for a long time before needing a touch up you can do yourself. They work great on thick or thin Fjord manes- price includes leather sheath $25 + $5 shipping. Also now have the dealership for a new easy entry cart with nicely designed wooded shafts that can still be shipped UPS to save a bundle on shipping! Cart price $595 + $100 shipping. I will be off this list for a month, so please write or call me if you are interested. The last few weeks have been great haying weather so all the winter hay is in now! It has also been great weather to work ( play?!) with the horses with folks visiting from Alaska, Georgia and Wisconsin and California. Even after many years, it is still a joy to be helping people learn about Fjord horses. Happy Trails to all, Nancy Lehnert Nancy's Fjord Horses P.O. Box 1469 Bigfork, MT 59911 Phone- 406-257-6969 (after 10 a.m. please)
Re: Buckets
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pony Club safety standards say that the water bucket should be at least chest high. If he can drink out of it a little higher you may want to do that. Also be sure that they are not attached directly to the wall. A double end snap or even baling twine between them will make it easier to break if by chance he does manage to get his foot caught. Same thing with feed buckets. Have a good vacation! Kate in CT mom to Baldur
Saddle fit
This message is from: Anneli Sundkvist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Saddles...sigh!:o) I've had my gelding since he was 5 months old and now, at 7 years of age, he's back is STILL changing! He grew out of my dressage saddle about 8 months ago, so I bought my present saddle which is something in between a Western, English and Spanish saddle. This has got a very wide tree, so I hope he won't outgrow this one ever. As a matter of fact, he's not even FAT!;o) My mare (15 yo) has also outgrown her saddle, but something tells me that it will be ok in a month or so - she's already loosing weight again. This horse would survive on air. She creates some kind of vacuum in her throat, opens her mouth and - everything that grows in the neighbourhod is gone! The Orhto-flex saddles seem great but they are extremly expensive here in Sweden. I, myself has become intrested in buying an Iberian saddle for dressage work. Does anyone have thought about Iberian saddles in general and Iberian saddles - Fjords in particular? Regards Anneli * Anneli Sundkvist Department of Archaeology Ancient History Uppsala University St. Eriks Torg 5 S-753 10 Uppsala Sweden Phone: +46-18-4712082 (dept.) +46-18-553627 (home)
Buckets
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am interested in how high you must put a bucket for a horse so he can't get his foot caught in it. It is currently chest high and he doesn't seem to be able to get his foot that high. We are going on vacation for two weeks and will have a non-horsey person feeding them and keeping watch over them. If there are any other pitfalls anyone can see, let me know. Thanks, Suzan
