Re: My reasons for posting about Gjest

2009-09-23 Thread Beaver Dam Farm
This message is from: Beaver Dam Farm beave...@ns.sympatico.ca Hello Everybody from Carol Rivoire at Beaver Dam Farm in Nova Scotia -- It's nice to be back. I posted to the List regarding the death of our stallion, Gjest, just days after he died. I wrote what I was feeling, and didn't spend a

Re: My reasons for posting about Gjest

2009-09-23 Thread Sarah Clarke
This message is from: Sarah Clarke sarahmagdalencla...@yahoo.com I am glad to hear your full perspective on this Carol.  although we have never met here is the one thing I know for sure about you:  Fourteen years ago a little colt came limping in from pasture on 3 legs and you went to

Re: My reasons for posting about Gjest

2009-09-23 Thread jenframe
This message is from: jenframe jenfra...@gmail.com Carol, I feel strongly that killing Gjest was wrong. I don't like using a public forum --like this list-- to tell people that they are wrong, but I am concerned that my silence about the death of Gjest would indicate that I agree with, or condone

Re: My reasons for posting about Gjest

2009-09-23 Thread Beth
This message is from: Beth magicm...@roadrunner.com Jen , were you there to see Gjest slipping in health and spiritWhy not let him go before he suffered.. and lost his dignity. I didn't know him but have heard so much about him and believe he was very proud... If I'd been in Carol and

Re: My reasons for posting about Gjest

2009-09-23 Thread jenframe
This message is from: jenframe jenfra...@gmail.com Hmmm.I asked to be unsubscribed to this list. Guess it hasn't been done yet.So I will reply to your e-mail: Carol said TWICE that he was NOT slipping in health. She made a point of saying that he was healthy. Please re-read her two e-mails.

Re: My reasons for posting about Gjest

2009-09-23 Thread coy...@acrec.com
This message is from: coy...@acrec.com coy...@acrec.com Hmmm.I asked to be unsubscribed to this list. Guess it hasn't been done yet Nope, Jen, because that is YOUR job, not the list owner's. Every message to the Fjord Horse List this link at the bottom: Subscription Management:

Re: My reasons for posting about Gjest

2009-09-23 Thread Beth
...@gmail.com To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 8:28 PM Subject: Re: My reasons for posting about Gjest This message is from: jenframe jenfra...@gmail.com Hmmm.I asked to be unsubscribed to this list. Guess it hasn't been done yet.So I will reply to your e

Re: My reasons for posting about Gjest

2009-09-23 Thread jernest
This message is from: jern...@mosquitonet.com Jen, I hope you never have to make this decision. I have a 34 year old Fjord gelding who is still happily bouncing in for his bucket of mash and he still eagerly eats hay and bosses the herd of four.. I have this hope that when it is his time he

Re: My reasons for posting about Gjest

2009-09-23 Thread jenframe
This message is from: jenframe jenfra...@gmail.com Thank you Eunice for your support.If more people were willing to take the political risk of speaking out against attrocities like the one Carol commited, then I would be proud to be part of a list that really stood up for the animals they

Re: My reasons for posting about Gjest

2009-09-23 Thread jenframe
This message is from: jenframe jenfra...@gmail.com Hi Jean,yes, I know how hard it is to make the decision to have a vet assisted death for our beloved animals when they are suffering and we can't alleviate their suffering any other way. I feel for everybody who has had to do this. I have a

RE: Re: My reasons for posting about Gjest

2009-09-23 Thread plumg...@pon.net
This message is from: plumg...@pon.net plumg...@pon.net I have killed two dogs. In both cases, I did it too late, after the animals were suffering (which I was only able to admit after the fact). I have also walked a colicking horse until she fell down and died. A beautiful, gorgeous, young

Re: My reasons for posting about Gjest

2009-09-23 Thread Russ and Laurie Lamb
This message is from: Russ and Laurie Lamb rll...@pioneernet.net Jen, you might want to re-read this part of Carol's message, though I doubt it will change your mind. #3 - I felt strongly that we had made the right decision with Gjest. He was 32 years old, and in good health. Good