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This message is from: Rose or Murph roseormu...@ywave.com Time sure flies, i had to clip my mare on Friday. I was thinking her coat was early, until I remembered I had to clip this time last year, once a month, in to November. My mare seems to love to be clipped. When I hit her itchy spots her lips and head get going. She stayed much cooler during our last two rides after her clip. My summer has been a fun one, filled with many hours of riding. I hope to get more nice days in to september and October. My goal is to keep riding throughout the winter months, which is much harder once the temps drop and the rain comes. My mare seems to love cold weather, not a surprise there . All the hours I have spent with my mare has been such a learning experience for me as to what exactly makes my horse tic. Her personality has really blossomed as she has matured in to a very confident, steady horse. She is not one who plops along, but always has energy to spare. She is the first horse I have had that has a serious accelerator. Happy trails everyone and enjoy your horses. Rosemary and Snowys Farra in Roy, wa. Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw FH_L Shirts: http://tinyurl.com/8yky94l
To clip, not to clip?
This message is from: Kathleen Prince kathl...@pookiebros.com Debating w/myself and a friend so wanted to ask the list. This will be the 3rd winter w/my mare, Cass. Each season her coat has still come in much thicker longer than all other horses, but less and less each year for her. I'm assuming she's acclimating to our FL weather. I've never body clipped her because she was terrified of the clippers but we've worked on that this summer and she is now ok being clipped. Much easier to do her mane than w/scissors! We will get chilly weather and downright cold for some days/nights. Both my girls LOVE when the temps drop. But our days are still rather warm in the afternoons. She was dripping wet w/sweat today at noon. I hosed her off, brought her in under her fan for a while and she was fine. She does know and likes the fans and I'm keeping them on for now. Question - is it better to clip her or let her be and just cool her off as need be? BTW, her daughter (who was born here) does not get the same coat as mom and was not half as sweaty today. -- Kathleen Prince kathl...@pookiebros.com Pookie Bros. Pet Sitting Professional Pet Care In Your Home! http://www.pookiebros.com Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
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This message is from: Robin Churchill rbc...@yahoo.com I live in Florida and I body clip all my horses every fall/winter as many times as it takes to keep them comfortable. Different horses have different propensity to grow coat. The first fjord gelding I had here had a heavy coat and the first year he was here, I clipped him when he arrived at the end of September and then every 4-6 weeks until June. The subsequent years it became less and less until the last year he was here, I only had to clip him 3 or 4 times and not after about February. The mare that came at the same time never had to be clipped that much. The gelding I have now came in February and his hair was about 4 inches long. I clipped him immediately and then had him clipped again to include the head and legs (when I clipped him the first time, I don't think he had ever seen a body clipper, he was in new surroundings, etc so it was too stressful to do his head and legs). I haven't had to clip him again until this week and I really wouldn't have absolutely had to yet, but I am working him pretty hard and it is still quite hot here. I try to wait as long as possible in the late summer/early fall because we still have bugs and the sun is hot. I had an aged mare that was here as a companion. I clipped her year-round to keep her comfortable. I think my climate is probably a little hotter than yours but I think you should at least trace clip the horse and there are lots of different ways to do it depending on how skillful you are and how much work you want to do. Robin in SW Fl From: Kathleen Prince kathl...@pookiebros.com To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:35 PM Subject: To clip, not to clip? Question - is it better to clip her or let her be and just cool her off as need be? BTW, her daughter (who was born here) does not get the same coat as mom and was not half as sweaty today. -- Kathleen Prince kathl...@pookiebros.com 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
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This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] There's a cute color image of two Fjords grooming each other. It's at the British Horse Society clip art site: http://www.bhs.org.uk/Horse_clip-art/horses3.htm DeeAnna
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This message is from: Jean Turgeon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi! We are enjoying the digest immensely , and would like to ask some advise. We are looking for Fjord clip art to use in a few projects we are working on. Could any one help? please e-mail Wildrose Fjord Farms at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thankyou Paul and Jean Turgeon
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This message is from: Karen McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lisa, et al. What seems to be the problem?? I have never encountered any problem in open showing presenting my horses under saddle, in hand or driven, with just their goat hairs,(under chin jowl), and ears pony clipped (no offense, fjord HORSEpeople). I do have a girlfriend who helps me prep the horses who is a clipper obsessed,recovering breed show victim. I really have to watch out for those silky feathers and eye hairs, lest she lopp them off compulsivly, a la Dr Strangelove! nite, Karen __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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This message is from: Anneli Sundkvist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lori wrote: I heard that the Norwegians refer to that as a funeral stripe, ie. they only cut the mane that way for a funeral. Interesting, we also use the word 'sorgkant' = funeral stripe for the Danish style too, but I've always belived that it was a Swedish expression. We use 'sorgkant' for many things with black lines on (e.g. dirty finger nails!) allthough the original word meaning is about the black line on condolence letters. Anneli
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This message is from: Lori Albrough [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anneli Sundkvist wrote: In what style/tradition do you people trim the manes? A friend of mine gave my brown dun mare a 'Danish' hair cut the other day. The black hair is now a little longer than the white hair. Looks nice. My gelding still has a 'Norwegian' hair style - with the same lenght of the hair. He's red dun and I wonder how he would look with his pink (yep!) hair longer than the white.. We actually talk about 'Danish' and 'Norwegian' hair style here in Sweden. I don't know if there's any truth in it. Same here, only we call it Dutch and Norwegian. The Dutch style has the black hairs about one cm (half an inch) above the white. That's how most people do it over here. I think it is more striking. I heard that the Norwegians refer to that as a funeral stripe, ie. they only cut the mane that way for a funeral. Don't know if there's any truth to that. Lori A.
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This message is from: Meredith Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is from: Meredith Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] One of my ponies stepped on her own fetlock yesterday, and it concerned me. It must have hurted and damaged her hair. I should have said ... One of my ponies stepped on her own fetlock hairs ... Meredith Sessoms Soddy-Daisy. Tennessee. USA Dorina NFR Aagot
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This message is from: Anneli Sundkvist [EMAIL PROTECTED] I trim the mane, the tail (just half an inch every second month or so) and the ears. I trim off what's outside the ear when it's the edges are pressed togheter, nothing more. The winter-beards are naturally trimmed off since I body-clip my horses every fall. They get what I think is called semi hunter-clip - no coat under their bellies and on the lower parts of their necks. To make it look good, I try to create an 'arc' which corresponds with the arced mane when I clip their necks. Their beards are removed, since I follow the cheekpieces of their bridles when I clip their heads. I always leave everything on the legs and never trim their heads apart from when bodyclipping them. In what style/tradition do you people trim the manes? A friend of mine gave my brown dun mare a 'Danish' hair cut the other day. The black hair is now a little longer than the white hair. Looks nice. My gelding still has a 'Norwegian' hair style - with the same lenght of the hair. He's red dun and I wonder how he would look with his pink (yep!) hair longer than the white.. We actually talk about 'Danish' and 'Norwegian' hair style here in Sweden. I don't know if there's any truth in it. Anneli
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This message is from: Meredith Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] Since I don't show, yet, I prefer to shave/trim the beards in the fall, let them grow out with the coat, then shave them off again in the spring. I leave the muzzle and eye whiskers too. Where can one find official rules for grooming such in-between, semi-shaggy breeds as Welsh Cobs, Highland Ponies, Haflingers and Fjords. Little Aagot's legs are shaggy all the way up to the knees/hocks. I trim the hair from the knees/hocks down almost to the top of the pasterns. I assume that's proper. Her feet are so shaggy the hair hangs down on her hooves ... do you shave their pasterns and coronet bands, leaving the fetlock hairs long? or do you take a pair of scissors and neaten the coronet much like you would the ears? Or are they left natural? If the fetlock hair hangs all the way to the ground, do you bang it straight across off the ground like their tails ... or do you round it off for a more natural look? One of my ponies stepped on her own fetlock yesterday, and it concerned me. It must have hurted and damaged her hair. Meredith Sessoms Soddy-Daisy. Tennessee. USA Dorina NFR Aagot
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This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have been showing Fjords for thirteen years in Open competition from Gladstone to Walnut Hill as well as being a Combined Driving judge and Driven Dressage judge myself and I have never clipped the whisker hairs on my ponies faces. Pony Club also frowns on clipping whisker hair, I believe the correct term for these whiskers is vibrisae , Steve W can you clarify. I do clean up goat hairs and neatly trim the outline of their ears. I don't think a knowledgeable judge would even notice let alone mark you down for leaving them alone. Vivian Creigh
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This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yuck! I hate that nasty beard. I clip it every chance I get. The eye hairs don't bother me so much, but the muzzle... Does that include the shaggy stuff that grows under the jaws? Ya know, the stuff that gets stuck in the noseband and makes the buckle hard to find. Kate in CT mom to Baldur
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This message is from: Lynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Either that or convince the open class judges that that hair is there for a reason on all horses so should be left there. (And that will happen when hell freezes over). VBG It does say preferred so unless that means that a horse will be marked down for being clipped it shouldn't matter should it?. Does make it a bit hard when you want prove the horse in open competition as well as breed. Lynn -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Subject: Cant clip , judges rule ! ; ( Date: Monday, 17 April 2000 4:50 PM This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi List ! Its late and Im tired, but wondered if anyone else has noticed the Breed Standard and Judges Handbook pg 20. preferred grooming presentation Muzzle : hairs left long. Eyes :hairs left long. Oh just great. Now we get to look like shaggy beasts in all open shows, and formal driving shows where NOT trimming and clipping some nose hairs and long boingys will get you the gate in turnout every time. This one is dumb.Couldnt it have read Muzzle : hairs neatly clipped OR left naturally long. Eyes : same... Also, gonna be some ol' boys pretty mad about not getting to wear those jeans at Blue Earth and Libby. yep, yep, yep. ggg Still dont agree I cant clip my guys to neatness.seems like a contradiction. Lisa Pedersen
Cant clip , judges rule ! ; (
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi List ! Its late and Im tired, but wondered if anyone else has noticed the Breed Standard and Judges Handbook pg 20. preferred grooming presentation Muzzle : hairs left long. Eyes :hairs left long. Oh just great. Now we get to look like shaggy beasts in all open shows, and formal driving shows where NOT trimming and clipping some nose hairs and long boingys will get you the gate in turnout every time. This one is dumb.Couldnt it have read Muzzle : hairs neatly clipped OR left naturally long. Eyes : same... Also, gonna be some ol' boys pretty mad about not getting to wear those jeans at Blue Earth and Libby. yep, yep, yep. ggg Still dont agree I cant clip my guys to neatness.seems like a contradiction. Lisa Pedersen
