tractors and barns, etc.

1999-10-15 Thread Bushnell's
This message is from: Bushnell's [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lisa, thanks for the barn story.. interesting to us I guess because we're contractors and realize what a major effort that would be. We were so thrilled to have two barns for our horses when we moved here (a year ago now) and have since

Re: Trace clipping

1999-10-15 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 10/15/99 19:10:42 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And no I didn't know that gators meant navigators. I hear the term navigator all the time at the CDEs but didn't really understand that a 'gator was a

PHF, Driving and Camping

1999-10-15 Thread Nancy Hotovy
This message is from: Nancy Hotovy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello to all - Have really enjoyed all the stories about camping and trail riding with Fjords. We have just returned from Brown County, Indiana where Rich and I, along with Mike and Susie Sadlon took our horses and camped and went trail

Re: Trace clipping

1999-10-15 Thread Denise Delgado
This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] i have seen coyotes doing lots of things, but never riding. perhaps they howl and yip at sundown to gather up their night ponies and take a ride when the humans are'nt out!!! i was afraid to comment myself till i saw all the others. i

Re: Trace clipping

1999-10-15 Thread John and Martie Bolinski
This message is from: John and Martie Bolinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] He he he, Me riding, coyote walking or stalking or whatever coyotes do. Although the buzzards were riding one day. On my horse! With me! And the horse was NOT a happy camper. Of course, neither was the confused buzzard

Re[2]: new to the list

1999-10-15 Thread Steve McIlree
This message is from: Steve McIlree [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debby-- Thursday, October 07, 1999, you wrote: I'm new to the list and would love to see the t-shirts. Is there a website or can someone forward me a picture. Thanks. Debby You can see the design that's printed on the shirts at:

Re: Bill Long etc

1999-10-15 Thread Jean Ernest
This message is from: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hardest for me would be the amount of darkness you get. But you have your fuzzy weegies to keep you warm and happy. Well, Jean Gayle, I have a new buddy to help keep me warm this winter..My new little doggie, a four year female Australian

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1999-10-15 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peg, Bill Long is not an elderly American woman riding a quarter horse. Jean Gayle Aberdeen, WA [Authoress of The Colonel's Daughter Occupied Germany 1946 TO 1949 ] http://www.techline.com/~jgayle Barnes Noble Book Stores

Re: Bill Long etc

1999-10-15 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Jean in Fairbanks. Kind of feel for you as you ease or maybe go rapidly into the long winter. Hard to know what lies ahead this year. Hardest for me would be the amount of darkness you get. But you have your fuzzy weegies to keep you warm

Re: Driving in the Country Parks

1999-10-15 Thread HorseLotti
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] No, no test drive - Ha!!! Just $10 and I am not sure what that is for - maybe maintance of the trail?? Riders do not have to pay a fee - just drivers. Both riders and drivers must provide proof of a certificate to drive or a car sticker to enter the

Re: Bill Long etc

1999-10-15 Thread Jean Ernest
This message is from: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED] I once saw a video on training for CDE that featured Bill Long, an elderly American woman who was using some QH and a guy from England who drove a four in hand of Orlov trotters. This sounds like the Video I have from the Horse in Sport

Utah Fall / Barn Raising / Fjord sz. Meadowbrook Cart !

1999-10-15 Thread Pedfjords
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi everyone ! Greetings from So. Utah and our wonderful fall we are enjoying ! Its 83 for a daily high, 28 low tonight. The Fjords are haired up like YAK's and are dirty pigs. My Belgian is not far behind. Supposed to cool off alot tonight and

Re: Athletic Fjords - Addition to NFHR site

1999-10-15 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike that pic of Stovar is beautiful. all of the gangly traits and soft eye that we love. Jean Jean Gayle Aberdeen, WA [Authoress of The Colonel's Daughter Occupied Germany 1946 TO 1949 ] http://www.techline.com/~jgayle Barnes Noble Book

A Fjord and a Quarterhorse

1999-10-15 Thread HorseLotti
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi List; I just returned from another first for me -- but not with my Fjord. Susan H. and I were going to meet today for a drive in one of the parks around the area. When I went out this am my Fjord, Sven, had a loose shoe --oh my, what a bad deal!!!

Re: The Good-Enough Tractor

1999-10-15 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 10/15/99 11:01:59 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Don't post it on the list, as I selfishly may not want others to beat me to it. It would have to be somewhere in the Northwest (or 'Pacific' Northwest for those

Re: Driving in the Country Parks

1999-10-15 Thread Sarah Vogeley
This message is from: Sarah Vogeley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wow, this sounds excellent! Do you have to do a test drive before receiving a permit? Sarah Vogeley New Forest Farm Charlottesville, Virginia -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: A Fjord and a Quarterhorse

Re: The Good-Enough Tractor

1999-10-15 Thread HorseLotti
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] We just went through the process of looking for a tractor. We, too, felt the used ones were either really junky (a constant fixer??) or, if you can find one, used a little bit and very expensive. We ended up getting a new one - love it - and wonder how

Bill Long etc

1999-10-15 Thread misha nogha
This message is from: misha nogha [EMAIL PROTECTED] I once saw a video on training for CDE that featured Bill Long, an elderly American woman who was using some QH and a guy from England who drove a four in hand of Orlov trotters. It was all amazing but I must say I was extremely impressed by Mr.

Re: Coyotes riding

1999-10-15 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shame Peg, I refrained from coyote riding just to be nice. But I see it set you off. At least it gets expressed as it was building up here. :) Jean Gayle Aberdeen, WA [Authoress of The Colonel's Daughter Occupied Germany 1946 TO 1949 ]

The Good-Enough Tractor

1999-10-15 Thread Knutsen Fjord Farm
This message is from: Knutsen Fjord Farm [EMAIL PROTECTED] Greetings all! Talk about your ultimate lurker - well, here I am, after - has it been two years? I am the Chief Enabler at Knutsen Fjord Farm. Yes, it is I who brought the family name to this enterprise ... this adventure, and it has been

Coyotes riding

1999-10-15 Thread Knutsen Fjord Farm
This message is from: Knutsen Fjord Farm [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all, In the last Digest, Marie Bolinski mentioned that she had never seen a coyote riding. Well, I'm not surprised, Marie, I never have either. I did know of one who was raised by my former dog trainer - he taught her to retrieve.

racing stripes

1999-10-15 Thread Ingrid Ivic
This message is from: Ingrid Ivic [EMAIL PROTECTED] you didn't add was the warning label. Please note, trace clipping an already peppy horse in the fall can have similar results to putting nitrous in your fuel tank. Yikes Misha! You certainly have a way with words, I felt like I was

Re: Trace clipping

1999-10-15 Thread wcoli
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] John and Martie Bolinski wrote: We have coyotes but have never seen one riding. Boy, I hope you never do see one riding 'cause then they could keep up with your horse. [:o)

Use of Whip

1999-10-15 Thread Cynthia_Madden/OAA/UNO/UNEBR
This message is from: Cynthia_Madden/OAA/UNO/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Laura, for crediting me with the whip missive, but that was from Steve who is kind enough to include me in his signature line. I do agree completely however! He just beat me to it and fortunately, Tank and I have not yet

Re: Hector Saddles

1999-10-15 Thread Sarah Vogeley
This message is from: Sarah Vogeley [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is very interesting. I visited the site and it appears that the saddle maker himself has a lot of Spanish influence in his saddles. The El Hector model is a version of the Doma Vaquera saddle that the Spaniards use in the sport of Doma

Re: Athletic Fjords - Addition to NFHR site

1999-10-15 Thread Mike May
This message is from: Mike May [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 12:22 PM 10/14/99 -0700, you wrote: This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a modest proposal for Mike May - an addition to the photos of athletic fjords. How about the picture of Tank retrieving his red stall ball? :)

Re: Gallop departs ..

1999-10-15 Thread Cheryl Beillard
This message is from: Cheryl Beillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well Misha, you have certainly given us all something to think about as we urge some or our less peppy fjords into the trot! I will look for the sinking of the haunches and hope it propels us into something approaching a canter for more

Saddles

1999-10-15 Thread Anneli Sundkvist
This message is from: Anneli Sundkvist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all! Since yesterday I'm testing a new type of saddle on my fjord gelding Cider. This saddle was made here in Sweden and it's called HECTOR. It looks like somthing in between a western and an English saddle but also like an medieval

Re: driving those Fjords

1999-10-15 Thread HorseLotti
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Philis - I agree with you about the trust factor. When I first got Sven I was not sure I trusted him and he very likely felt the same about me. I spent alot of time on ground-work, grooming, leading, and just plain hanging-out with him -- by the time

Re: Racing stripes

1999-10-15 Thread Karen McCarthy
This message is from: Karen McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gee, Misha, WOW, upward transition to the MAX! Hang in there and be prepared for anything, even the wall of death, (just kiding folks...) Perhaps its time to invest in some of that 'Saddle Tite' dressage queen glue! Remember: less fur

Sultan the pony

1999-10-15 Thread Epona1971
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Lori- I just love your story about Sultan! Looks like he found the right gal ; ) My friend and fellow pet sitter is leasing a Quarter Horse mare, a pretty buckskin (well of course I would prefer that, being partial to primitive colors...). This mare