Re: Kissing goats
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] totally agree, Beth -- a photograph would be proof the goat did, in fact, get that much deserved smooch :) Linda in MN Spring is really trying to get here - just s much snow to melt
Re: fjordhorse-digest V2001 #96 sick horses
This message is from: "Philis Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fred Pack wrote: "I bathed my feet in disinfectant before going down to them (before they caught it) and used separate gloves and coveralls. Even then I had to have carried the virus down to them myself. Too far away to have been airborne from the first sick horse to our others in our lower pasture. Temperatures up to 106, cough, runny eyes and noses. Cough." Could birds be the culprit? They are carrying things like West Nile Disease "they say"..which raises a question here in the Mid-West. Do we have to be concerned that Chickadees and other birds out East will bring WND here? If so, what do we doSteve?? Philis Anderson Sawtooth Mountain Fjords Grand Marais, MN
Re: Kissing goats
This message is from: "Starfire Farm, LLC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Knutsen Fjord Farm wrote: > This message is from: "Knutsen Fjord Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > All right, all right - I'll kiss the *&^%# goat! Sheeze, what a bunch of > peer pressure... Well, I think we'll want to be able to see a photograph for proof.;-) Beth -- Beth Beymer & Sandy North Starfire Farm, Berthoud CO http://www.starfirefarm.com
RE: Training
This message is from: "Cindy Vallecillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hey Brigid, Let me know when is good for you. Cesar and I are at the barn from 5:00pm to 7:00pm during the week. On the weekends we are at the barn all day, unless we trailer out. We usually take a trip over the hill on the weekends to go to the San Mateo Farm Supply, so let me know. I would love to see you and your boys!!! Cindy The Cove, Millbrae California -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 8:00 PM To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Subject: Re: Training This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 3/15/01 12:08:41 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << How lucky for you having a fjord trainer almost in your backyard!!! I was telling my husband just the other day that my dream would be to go up north with my big boy for a week or two with a Fjord trainer. >> Hi Cindy- We are doing just that, and going to visit our big boy in Oregon! So when are we going to swap Fjord visits? Brigid Wasson San Francisco Bay Area, CA http://members.nbci.com/mrgnpetsit/fjord1";>Our Fjords
Kissing goats
This message is from: "Knutsen Fjord Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> All right, all right - I'll kiss the *&^%# goat! Sheeze, what a bunch of peer pressure, just for a silly dancing [yes, he dances] goat. No pictures, though. Feel free to check the web site for some candid shots of him. [URL below] Our itinerary for Norway is pretty much finished. There are lots of good web sites for planning - most can be found from www.Norway.com And, yes, we will have another car from "Rent a Wreck" this time - why miss out on all that ridicule...? We'll enjoy planes, trains, automobiles, boats, B & B's, farms, Stave churches, museums, and, hopefully, Doug's long lost relatives. I doubt they even know that they are lost... Well, I'm offf to kiss you-know who... Eeyouu! Peg Knutsen - Ellensburg, WA http://www.eburg.com/~kffjord/
Re: Feeding grain and supplements
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gee, don't think I ever ran across a horse - of any > breed - that didn't like molasses! But, then, I never > met a horse that didn't like alfalfa hay either - > until I met Line! [...] Aren't horses weird - > or would 'opinionated' be a better term? The old mares certainly do get opinionated; in fact, we have affectionately referred to Nansy as "you opinionated old bat" for years! When I got her, Nansy didn't seem to have a clue about carrots or apples. I'd offer one (whole, or a cut up piece) to her; she'd politely take it, then hold it in her mouth like she wasn't sure what to do with it. Sometimes she'd try to eat it, then decline further pieces; other times, she'd discretely drop it---like she didn't want to hurt my feelings! My donkey, of course, was more than happy to demonstrate how to eat such things, and to clean up Nansy's rejects. Nansy eventually decided that such things were edible, although she's still not as enthusiastic as the others. As I've mentioned previously, I use Equine Senior as a "condiment" to encourage Nansy to eat her supplements. One time, the feed store was out of ES, but told me that Alegra Senior was "just as good; some horses even like it better". Nansy begged to differ, and "inquired" as to "the meaning of this outrage". As soon as the next shipment of ES came in, I switched her back; the rest of my equines were happy to use up the Alegra. Of course, Nansy's food preferences gave us some problems when we moved to Oregon last year. I had brought along some of the timothy hay that the youngsters (2 Fjord geldings, one donkey) were eating, and a couple bags of Nansy's oat hay pellets, then procured more Equine Senior and alfalfa hay locally, along with the local ryegrass hay pellets and pasture grass hay. Nansy was sufficiently stressed by the move that she wouldn't eat any of her normal rations. At first, she would only graze, then gradually started picking at ES or leafy alfalfa, and eventually returned to eating normally. Funny old beast ;-) Marsha Jo HannahMurphy must have been a horseman-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] anything that can go wrong, will! 15 mi SW of Roseburg, Oregon
Re: Gunnar
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Mary, what wild days. Besides sick horses my friends have been going down rapidly two in the hospital and two with bad diagnosis. Taking one to the doctor today. I do not think this was stable cough with Charley as there was snot with it, green. However, I would like to try that cough med. Will be stopping at Cenex this afternoon and will get some. Thanks Jean 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: Feeding grain and supplements
This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Jean Gayle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This message is from: "Jean Gayle" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Mary I was trying the Brer Rabbit molasses and this > is not a fjord but > Charley. Gee, don't think I ever ran across a horse - of any breed - that didn't like molasses! But, then, I never met a horse that didn't like alfalfa hay either - until I met Line! She'll eat SOME of it, but mostly just pushes it around in her manger, throws it out on the floor, generally wastes most of it. So if I need to feed her some alfalfa I use the pellets or cubes, which she thinks of as "grain". Aren't horses weird - or would 'opinionated' be a better term? Mary = Mary Thurman Raintree Farms [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: Gunnar
This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Jean Gayle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I sent in a long letter detailing the > little guys trip back to > health. Jean, Glad he is feeling better, although being irritable isn't fun. They do seem to blame us for the shots though. I have the vet do Line's shots, as she always blames me for weeks if I give them to her. all > seems well except my big boy > is now coughing again with that darn cough that has > been going around. Have you tried a product called Cough Free? It's made by Sure Nutrition. I noticed that Cenex had a couple tubs of it last time I was out there. I used it on both my boys a couple of years ago when they developed "stable cough" for some unknown reason. "Stable Cough" is REALLY annoying, hangs on for weeks, even when they stop coughing all the time they still cough if you use them - hence they can't go anywhere. This Cough Free stuff really worked for them - in about 5 days they were through coughing. It's herbs and minerals(smells a little bit like camphor) and just helps heal a throat that is irritated from coughing, which is why some horses continue to cough long after the infection is gone. My boys had been through two rounds of SMZ and were still coughing, so I got some from Valley Vet Supply and tried it. I think maybe there is still some left in the tub - I'll look when I go out to the barn. You are welcome to try it if you'd like. It certainly won't hurt him, as there are no drugs or other chemicals in it. Mary = Mary Thurman Raintree Farms [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
