fjords losing weight

2007-05-26 Thread jaimie benoit
This message is from: jaimie benoit [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Teresa, Is there anyway that you can free lunge them? Are their feet too sore for that? When we get horses here on consignment there are usually a few that are overweight and that is how I start them off-- in the ring free lungeing them

Our old mare Tessa

2007-05-25 Thread jaimie benoit
This message is from: jaimie benoit [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Everybody, Tessa is now 34 years old. She looks pretty good. In fact, nobody would believe her age. Even I have a hard time believing it and I see her everyday. She has plenty of flesh on her ribs, and her back is almost

foal that slipped under fence

2007-05-21 Thread jaimie benoit
This message is from: jaimie benoit [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Kate, Is there another pasture where the mare and foal can be kept? Did the foal slip under the fence easily or was something broken? A mare and foal shouln't be kept in a pasture that this can easily happen in especially with other

Fjord breed

2007-05-11 Thread jaimie benoit
This message is from: jaimie benoit [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Everyone, I've posted to the Digest a few times in the past, but I don't believe I've ever introduced myself. -- I'm Jaimie Benoit, and I'm a native of Pomquet, Nova Scotia. Pomquet is the little village of 600 people where Beaver

trimming feet on young horses

2007-05-08 Thread jaimie benoit
This message is from: jaimie benoit [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello everyone, I think that I may have misunderstood a post to the digest yesterday regarding having a young foals feet trimmed. In my experience I've never had to have a foals feet trimmed at an age younger than let's say 6 months. Our

Famous Jockey, Ron Turcotte

2007-05-07 Thread jaimie benoit
This message is from: jaimie benoit [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Everyone, Carol and I are working long hours every day getting ready for the opening of our Riding Driving Vacations, which is coming up fast in a little over a month. Getting ready for the first guests is always a problem for us

BDF Youngblood- Good news

2007-05-04 Thread jaimie benoit
This message is from: jaimie benoit [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello everyone, First I'd like thank all of you that emailed me privately with very helpful advice. I'm very proud to say that at 10:20 this morning BDF Youngblood laid down on his own for the very first time. I was almost( maybe a little

BDF Youngblood- Need some advice- please

2007-05-03 Thread jaimie benoit
This message is from: jaimie benoit [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Everyone, I made a mistake in my post yesterday. It's BDF Youngblood not just BDF Young. I need some advice. Little Youngblood is too scared to lie down. Has anyone had any experience with this? He's been sleeping standing up which

It's a colt, a beautiful healthy colt.

2007-05-02 Thread jaimie benoit
This message is from: jaimie benoit [EMAIL PROTECTED] Last night at around 8:30pm Tundra had her first foal,a beautiful colt. I arrived just minutes after it was all said and done. Of course I did. Isn't that usually how it goes? I almost couldn't believe my eyes when I peeked over the door