Re: Cruizer, Glistening Gold.
This message is from: Alison Bakken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Lauren, I am very sorry to hear about Cruizer. You must be heartbroken. Alison
Wonderful Week
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I wanted to share some of the last week with the list. First of all an ultrasound confirmed my mare Katrina in foal to King Gjestar ll. I know there is still a long way to go until we have a foal on the ground but this is so exciting and if all goes well this will be out first foal. Next I hitched my 2 year old filly Heather for the first time. I have done lots of ground work with Heather and knew she was ready. What a thrill to drive her for the first time, she did great. This past weekend the Enchantment Driving Society put on a driving clinic with Linda Fairbanks. Linda is a full-time trainer and driving instructor and an ADS judge. She flew in from Calif. on Friday and we had Friday evening all day Saturday and Sunday with her. Private lessons were offered and Katrina and I had a lesson on Sunday with Linda. I have always had a problem getting Katrina to bend, after just half an hour she was bending beautifully. She complemented me on Katrina and how well we did. I was thrilled, I have trained her myself and she is the first horse I have ever trained. I shall be high for a month, maybe longer. If anyone is looking for someone to do a clinic I would highly recommend Linda, she knows Fjords too, she has one in training at her barn currently. I may never come down off this cloud. Why did I have to wait til I was over 50 to find Fjords? Sue Clark-Sorger Crown Oak Fjords Sandia Park NM PS I have 2 Fjord Mares For Sale, full sisters ages 8 & 9 both have been driven single and paired and both have been ridden. For further info please email me privately.
Re: Gwendellin Driving & Swiming!
This message is from: "Karen McCarthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sarah - I would love to see the pics! I only hope you wern't driving and swimming at the same time (NOT reccomended!) : ] Karen Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
August 5th show in Weedsport NY
This message is from: "Julie Will" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello everyone; We are now in the process of sending out entry forms for the Fjord show on August 5th in Weedsport, NY. (near Syracuse) I have sent them to all of you who emailed me and requested them. If anyone else is interested, please let me know. It will be an all Fjord show with riding, driving and draft classes. Julie
UK trip
This message is from: " Dave McWethy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sorry for the misdirected mail! Hope it might have been of interest anyway.
Re: Orville Unrau at Festival of Chs. at Gladstone(long and off topic)
This message is from: Lori Albrough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Orville and Anita Unrau were there representing Canada Was Orville driving a Fjord? Lori
Re: home needed for sweet mare
This message is from: "Bushnell's" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Julie, we'd consider taking her.. we are at a higher altitude. we'd need to know more about her, is she registered, the diagnosis, etc. your e-mail address didn't work.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bushwhacker Fjords Ruthie Bushnell At 09:50 PM 06/25/2000 -0400, you wrote: >This message is from: "Julie Will" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Hello all ~ I am posting for a friend who has a 6 year old Fjord mare, >originally from the Missouri area. She is a small mare, very quiet and >sweet, but has "sweet itch". This is an allergy to a certain knat like >insect that is common in this area. Apparently the insect doesn't live in >higher altitudes. They would like to give the mare to someone who lives in >an area where she would not be troubled by this. She itches intensely >during the summer months and rubs her body raw. They have tried many >remedies with no success. If anyone is interested, please email me >privately. >Julie > > >
Re: fjordhorse-digest V2000 #176 Cutting the mane
This message is from: "Sue Harrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Is their a market for young Fjord stock in the USA, Canada and the rest >of Europe? I am from New Brunswick, Canada and the only Fjord breeder here has only babies for sale. I have a 14 month old, that I bought at the age of 3 months since that is all that was available. He now is 14 months old, has been gelded and is getting nicer every day. It sure would be great to be able to buy older broken Fjords but that seems to be out of the question in this immediate area. Also here, even the foals are pricey, and very hard to come by. I am hooked on the breed but most people here have never heard tell of them. I don't really know how you would find out about the market here, since most people are unfamiliar with the breed. Sue (Desert Storm's Mom)
More trip
This message is from: " Dave McWethy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thursday Dave took off by himself to record Scots. His project is to make a package that is an evening's entertainment. A bottle of scotch, 6 glasses, some smoked salmon and two CD's, intended for three couples to enjoy. The CD's are to be recordings of guys reading poetry, telling tales, jokes, etc. It is okay of some of the accents are impossible to understand, and in fact desirable. Tommy Fawcett knew who to send him to, from his horse event acquaintance. The first guy is known to recite Tam O' Shanter on the least provocation, which Dave was to try to give him. And a second guy. Then we had an appointment with Tim Douglas on Friday. Barbara lent me her mother's car and I went downtown for the morning. Penrith's sign on the edge of town says it is a market town, and so it was. It is the place the surrounding country comes to shop. I had thought "market town" meant that there were livestock sales, and there might be. I didn't see that. I wandered around. Had tea and scone. Bought a new pair of moleskin pants and a new sheepdog whistle. I always try to get new whistles since I am looking for another I can play tunes on. Most play some notes but not all. I got a pretty good one. At the farm they were putting up haylage in a huge bunker. When Tommy was done with his part (he has two grown sons who farm with him), he hitched his two Lusitano geldings in a tandem and we went down the road. This is why I stayed instead of going with Dave. They went well, quietly but with great energy. In the evening Barbara made a lamb dinner. I had expressed great enthusiasm for mutton, and she had a freezer full. Barbara urged us to go through the Lakes Region. We went on back roads, first coming to Lake Ullswater. This was an area much inhabited by Norsemen. Noone I talked to knew the origin of the name Ullswater. I know that ulls means white in Norwegian, so I think it was '"whitewater". The "by" is a Norse suffix, like in Appleby, something like "town". This area was inhabited by Romans earlier. Their word "chester" meant "camp". Lots of layers of language hinting at history. Hadrian's Wall was not far north of us. Scot continued to invade the border until - when? 1850's or 1750's. George Bowman had pointed at a high hill when we were driving his horses. He said it was Beacon Hill, where the English would light a fire to warn that the Scots were coming. He said "they would steal our wives and rape our sheep!" We took a road from Wrynose (pronounced "rhinos") to Hardknott. Much of it was one lane, and fortunately with little traffic. Once over the highest pass we started down hill and came to a Roman fort high up on the rocky hill in a most unlikely spot. That meant it was not built over, as many were. It had housed 500 soldiers defending from the Scots. There were a string of forts over to the port of Ravensglass. The guess is that they intended to invade Ireland from there, but they didn't. Ravensglass became a port to supply these forts. Up on that bleak hill we could try to imagine a walled town of soldiers in the winter, shivering in their togas, cursing the damp winds off the Irish Sea. We followed the coast for a while, then back through Carlisle, and into the Scottish side of the border, to get nearer Tim Douglas' farm. We stayed at a farm B&B, and went into town for supper. Servings are always more generous in Scotland. We got plates of food enough for three meals, and pints of "heavy", Scottish Ale, McEwans or Youngers, the best brew in the world by far. I told Dave my experience was that one pint was nice, and two were nice, but I got a little unsteady. After three (maybe twice this happened, before I established a trend) I threw up afterwards. Unimpressed, Dave drank three. His capacity was more than mine, anyway. The next morning he told me he was in agony in bed, with evil chemistry going on in his gut, and a lot of burping.
More trip
This message is from: " Dave McWethy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thursday Dave took off by himself to record Scots. His project is to make a package that is an evening's entertainment. A bottle of scotch, 6 glasses, some smoked salmon and two CD's, intended for three couples to enjoy. The CD's are to be recordings of guys reading poetry, telling tales, jokes, etc. It is okay of some of the accents are impossible to understand, and in fact desireable. Tommy Fawcett knew who to send him to, from his horse event acquaintance. The first guy is known to recite Tam O' Shanter on the least provocation, which Dave was to try to give him. And a second guy. Then we had an appointment with Tim Douglas on Friday. Barbara lent me her mother's car and I went downtown for the morning. Penrith's sign on the edge of town says it is a market town, and so it was. It is the place the surrounding country comes to shop. I had thought "market town" meant that there were livestock sales, and there might be. I didn't see that. I wandered around. Had tea and scone. Bought a new pair of moleskin pants and a new sheepdog whistle. I always try to get new whistles since I am looking for another I can play tunes on. Most play some notes but not all. I got a pretty good one. At the farm they were putting up haylage in a huge bunker. When Tommy was done with his part (he has two grown sons who farm with him), he hitched his two Lusitano geldings in a tandem and we went down the road. This is why I stayed instead of going with Dave. They went well, quietly but with great energy. In the evening Barbara made a lamb dinner. I had expressed great enthusiasm for mutton, and she had a freezer full. Barbara urged us to go through the Lakes Region. We went on back roads, first coming to Lake Ullswater. This was an area much inhabited by Norsemen. Noone I talked to knew the origin of the name Ullswater. I know that ulls means white in Norwegian, so I think it was '"whitewater". The "by" is a Norse suffix, like in Appleby, something like "town". This area was inhabited by Romans earlier. Their word "chester" meant "camp". Lots of layers of language hinting at history. Hadrian's Wall was not far north of us. Scot continued to invade the border until - when? 1850's or 1750's. George Bowman had pointed at a high hill when we were driving his horses. He said it was Beacon Hill, where the English would light a fire to warn that the Scots were coming. He said "they would steal our wives and rape our sheep!" We took a road from Wrynose (pronounced "rhinos") to
Re: Thank you All/ Cruizer
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh you cannot blame yourself. It IS just an accident. You never know what horses will do to hurt themselves. My QH was bred to a great QH stallion, who used to be beautiful. But a mare stepped on his head when in the pasture. His face is very smooshed now. Still makes nice babies though. I could go on and on (as I'm sure many of us could) at the unforseen accidents and scrapes we've seen horses get into. What happened to Cruizer is tragic, yet an accident that nobody could have predicted. Besides going out and giving the fjords a hug as you suggested, YOU deserve a hug for what you've gone through. Pamela
Re: Fjord horse market?
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 6/26/00 12:43:58 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Is their a market for young Fjord stock in the USA, Canada and the rest of Europe? >> >From the little bit of horse selling I've done, I've found and local horseman's opinion, I've found that a lot of people want a broke horse. Why? I'm not so certain, but I've heard, from somebody who sees more horsepeople than I do, that there are a lot of "riders" out there, but few horsemen, who know how to properly train a baby. IF this is the case, I'll gladly keep my youngsters and give them a good, healthy start. Pamela
Re: FHRS "For Sale" page
This message is from: "Mike May, Registrar NFHR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 12:17 AM 6/24/00 +0100, you wrote: This message is from: "David Stewart, Registrar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Just a line to let you know that the Fjord Horse Registry of Scotland has a new "For Sale" page at the following URL: http://homepages.thefree.net/fhrs/index.fhrs.htm With good wishes, Looks good David. I am at the cottage right now on a slow modem and a free connection so I will keep this short. Later, Mike 1stUp.com - Free the Web Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.com
distance
This message is from: " Dave McWethy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Hey Mr. McWethy, you're on! What an invitation to run at the mouth (fingers?)! I confess I haven't done a distance competition in more than a year, but I guess horses haven't changed. For conditioning a horse for distance comp, for 25 milers and up, I rarely drove more than 7 miles at home. Sometimes I drove 10. However I did it regularly, usually four times a week. The important issue, though, is not the distance as much as the stress, the intensity, of the workout. In the early phase of conditioning I do a lot of walking. Later on, when they are more fit, I work them harder. This same pattern of conditioning was used by Becky Hart, who was world champion endurance rider. I probably was influenced to do this by endurance riders I knew. As to how much distance you can drive the horse in a day, that depends on fitness and level of stress. In the GMHA 100 Mile competitions, we drove 40 miles each of the first two days, and 20 the third. You need a fit horse for that. As you can see, there are lots of variables here. I remember when I first started driving, and I had no idea how hard to work the horse, so I am sympathetic with the question. I guess the best thing to keep in mind, is look at it like human conditioning, If you're middle aged and overweight, you may not want to run 10 miles. If you are conditioned, and work up to it, ten miles could be easy. There's no substitute for slowly building up the horse's condition, if you want a sound horse. The results of this patient work are very rewarding. Dave
home needed for sweet mare
This message is from: "Julie Will" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello all ~ I am posting for a friend who has a 6 year old Fjord mare, originally from the Missouri area. She is a small mare, very quiet and sweet, but has "sweet itch". This is an allergy to a certain knat like insect that is common in this area. Apparently the insect doesn't live in higher altitudes. They would like to give the mare to someone who lives in an area where she would not be troubled by this. She itches intensely during the summer months and rubs her body raw. They have tried many remedies with no success. If anyone is interested, please email me privately. Julie
Re: Cruizer
This message is from: John and Martie Bolinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Lauren, I am so sorry for your loss of Cruizer. The poem brought tears to our eyes, especially since we just lost a mare we had for 25 years. Thank you for sharing and thanks for the great poem in memory of Cruizer. Martie and John in MD - finally done mucking (for today)
Orville Unrau at Festival of Chs. at Gladstone(long and off topic)
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi List< My daughter and I just returned from Driving Championships at Festival of Champions in Gladstone NJ. We had a terrific weekend especially since, Nancy Johnson the woman my daughter rode with in dressage and cones was the highest placing American (Sue Mott of Canada won) placing second and winning the marathon out of 32 Single horses. This event was required for all American drivers hoping to fill one of the slots for the World Championships. The final selection event is this Sept. at The Laurels. We left during final vet check and before they announced the short list, but I'm sure we'll here tomorrow. Orville and Anita Unrau were there representing Canada and Orville made the most amazing climb from 21st after dressage, was fourth on the marathon and had one of only two double clear rounds in cones to move to fourth place. I saw them both as we were leaving and he was smiling. Placing in a huge and incredibly competitive class such as this makes for a much more enjoyable ride home. Wes and I had a really good time as I have not competed at all this year so had not seen some of our friends for quite some time. The Four In Hands were driving for slots at this year's world Championships and watching how amazing they are driving those huge teams of WB through the hazards was unbelievably exciting. We missed the Fours doing dressage on Thursday because we had to return to VT to inseminate a mare on Friday and both of us had horses to work. Friday afternoon we headed back down for the last two phases. I am getting very excited about Advanced HT at GMHA end of July which will be Marnix's first combined driving event this season. Hope we see some new Fjord faces competing there. Vivian Creigh
BRAG ALERT
This message is from: "Maureen Lafleur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Well just got home a couple of minutes ago and I just had to write to everyone and tell them about our farm going to a horse and really making a good impression. We all went to a dressage show in our area. I decided to take along one of the young geldings to see how he would do for the first time off property and first horse show. Well the day went by great, Tor (4 year old gelding~ Under saddle since March) Won Champion in the Basic division dressage. He won 3, 1st places and took home the champion of the division. We were all impressed of his good performance. We were blown away at how quiet he was through the whole day. Well just thought I would announce that to everyone since I was so proud of our gelding (that is for sale by the way) Pictures will be posted on the site as soon as we get the picture developped. Well good luck to everyone this show season and we will keep everyone updated on our wondeful fjord winings. We got another horse show here in two weeks. So we hope that Tor will do a great job in the over fences and western classes. Renee Lafleur Wild Flower Fjord Farm www.geocities.com/Fjords2000/Fjords2000.html
Fjord horse market?
This message is from: "David Stewart, Registrar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Having spoken with a fellow breeder earlier today about keeping youngsters until they are broken to ride, I now write to the list in the hope that you can tell me at what age you sell your offspring. Here in the UK, very few people want to buy a weanling, or indeed anything unbroken. Breeders' keep their young stock until at least four, but more often than not, until aged five. Is their a market for young Fjord stock in the USA, Canada and the rest of Europe? With good wishes, David
Thank you All/ Cruizer
This message is from: "fjords" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This message is from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Snowy Mtn Fjords Thank You All for your support and kind words. I do and will miss Cruizer forever. We were so blessed to have known such a great horse. He made our life rich and fun. We love all our fjords. I don't know if I should blame myself or accept it as an accident. I began breeding only in hand. Later I felt that the social contact was very good for a stallion. So I started pasture breeding and was almost always keeping a bred mare in with Cruizer. He loved it and was very respectful of mares. He was totally easy to handle. A complete gentlemen. Alas it was pasture breeding that killed him, when a visiting mare hit him in the neck. She is a big strong calm horse, sweet with people but very hard on other horses. Pasture breeding defineatly has its pro's & cons. Maybe just knowing the mare better would have saved him. ??? Sad Yes. but I am very glad I have some of his babies they are all wonderful with his lovely head and great disposition. In so many ways I am a very Lucky person. So get out there and enjoy your fjords give them all an extra hug.
Re: A good day!
This message is from: "Bushnell's" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 03:53 PM 06/24/2000 EDT, you wrote: >This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope everyone else has as great a day as I'm having!! >Amy We had a great Saturday too Amy! Gene and I, on Dun and Hohmer, trailered a short distance from here and we rode several miles, three hours, into the Yaak Canyon rim where the scenery is outstanding! Huge Yellow Pines towering above an unbelievable vista; the river far below and blue multi-valued layers of endless mountains as far as you can see, while seated on a carpet of wildflowers, smelling wild roses.. WOW! There's been extra rain this Spring and the foliage is beautiful! All the Whitetails are reddish colored now, still a few snips of snow on the mountain tops.. I tell you it looks like Heaven should! But, it was only 34* F this morning. Gene says to say, on the riding distance thing, Fjords will go a lot farther than you probably can withstand. Of course it depends on terrain and surface. We find it's easier to measure by time here, rather than distance. If you climb a lot it tires them much more of course, but 20 miles easy riding would be reasonable. there you have it from northwest Montana.. Ruthie
Gwendellin Driving & Swiming!
This message is from: "Sarah Vogeley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If anyone would like to see photos of Gwen driving and swimming in a river, email me privately and I'll send photos via email. They were taken today, 6/25 _ Sarah Vogeley New Forest Farm Charlottesville, VA
