Re: Frank's Legacy
This message is from: Karen McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cheryl, Frank was so well loved because he showed a supreme affection for horses and the their human counterparts. The man had opinions, but very well grounded ones, all based on solid horsemanship and common sense. In every sense of the word he was my driving guru. I was having a good reminiscence/cry with my friend Sandy yesterday.I met Sandy when she came to the first clinic I organised for Frank here in Nevada. She has become one of my closest friends. In late May, she, Frank and I took a nice long trail ride up into the hills of Red Rock, just north of Reno.(We both are 'between' driving vehicles..) It was something Frank had always wanted to do, so we did it, and he was a little sore after, but we still remember his face: he was in 7th heaven, this transplanted Austrian horse farmer going on a trail ride astride a big paint mare up into the sagebrush covered granite hills! He had to call and tell his wife Trudi that he would be late for dinner twice, he was having such a great time out on the trail. That was the last time that Sandy and I saw him, and we each think that it was a great parting memory of a lovely man. Before he left to head over the hill to a clinic in N. Calif. he gave Sandy and I each a signed copy of his book. It is a simple, self published' spiral bound book, but when I read it, I hear Frank's voice coming through, clearly. Perhaps you can inquire of Linda Palagi-Lynn if she has any books for sale? Linda hosted Frank at clinics at her farm driving center in California. You can email her at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good luck, Karen McCarthy Great Basin Fjords Carson City, NV _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Frank's Legacy
This message is from: Cheryl Beillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Karen .. I didn't know the man, but all reports are that he was a wonderful source of support and guidance for everyone who had the luck to know him and benefit from his experience. I have received emails from a number of other sources, in Cda, on his passing. Who published his book ? .. I'd be interested in getting a copy. Can't have too many books on driving! and this one written by someone who values fjords!
Senior horse feed
This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] dear jean, i hope your boy starts feeling better. i second or third all of the advice about the senior feed, beet pulp and oils. but if he really won't eat some of the stuff, add some molasses. they love it! what did the vet say about the added weight with the founder? what does she/he think the reason for the weight loss is? denise
Re: Transport
This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] listers, i was coming home from spokane, (went to deliver a u-haul load of stuff to daughter #1 away at college, she got her own appt) washington, yesterday and saw a couple of aluminum goosenecks with driving carts and equipment on the top of one of them, heading due south. it was between spokane and kennewick, i think. one of the drivers was a blond female. i didn't recognize her, but i think i got a glimpse of a fjord nose in the window of one of the trailers as my husband and i zoomed by. was it anyone on the list? like i say, we went by quickly, so i didn't get a good look. to attest to my husband's speedy driving.he ended the afternoon with a speeding ticket in northern nevada, in no-man's land on highway 395. this highway is similar to moonscape territoryno other trucks, cars or vechicals of any kind except us and a lone cop! well, gotta go and unpack. good to be home and good to see my ponies, denise
Blue Seal Vintage Senior horse feed
This message is from: Sue Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] What can I feed him to improve his weight yet not over burden his system? Would wheat germ oil help? Is bran to hot? Jean Dear Jean.My old mare, Duchess was also losing weight a few years back. The vet told me to feed her Blue Seal Vintage Senior as a complete diet. She was also given fine hay to chew on or alfalfa cubes softened in hot water (About a quart or so)tho this was just to give her something to do as the senior feed was a complete ration. She was an 850 pound P.O.A. standing 13.3 hh, and she was given 24 cups of the senior feed twice dailywith a bit of grass hay or softened alfalfa at noon or even some of her senior ration if the hay was too coarse. She put on weight in a matter of weeks...in fact when she passed away last February she was still a good weight. Make sure the senior feed you use is a complete ration though. I believe it was 16 % protein. Duchess's teeth were her problem. This feed could even be softened with water if need be, although she could eat this extruded pelleted dry food just fine the way it was. Just follow the instructions on the bag and be sure to start increasing the ration gradually till he is on it completely. Duchess ate a 50 pound bag of it in 5 to 7 days. I highly recommend the Blue Seal. It should be available in your area. Let me know how you make out. These older horses are so precious. Sue in N.B. (Desert Storm's mom)
Transport to Fingerlakes Show
This message is from: Lori Albrough [EMAIL PROTECTED] If anyone is going to the Fingerlakes show in Weedsport on July 21 from our area of Ontario who would have room to carry a cart, please let me know. Thanks! Lori Albrough Moorefield, Ont.
Looking for used AI Equipment
This message is from: Knutsen Fjord Farm [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all - Doug finally has found the perfect microscope for us in doing our own collecting. So now we are in the market for good used equipment at good, used prices. Such as: Colorado-style AV, 19 or 22 inch Sperm counter Heated stage or stage heater for scope Slide warmer Incubator [probably we will end up making our own] Miscellaneous stuff like pipettes, graduated cylinders, insemination tubes, disp. speculums, etc E-Z mixin BF Semen extender Syringes, gloves, and so on We can get all this through ARS, but I thought I'd ask here too. I'm looking forward to being able to collect [and inseminate] without having to use our quite wonderful vet. Erlend is quite smitten with Tushie, and we don't have to use a tease mare now. Yeah! Hope you all have a wonderful 4th! Bye, Peg Peg Knutsen - Ellensburg, WA http://www.eburg.com/~kffjord/
A Question?
This message is from: Frank Sally Higgins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello, all you lucky Fjord-owning Listers! This 'Newbie has been lurking
and reading with interest all the notes sent in to the list. How wonderful
everyone can share their knowledge and experiences with each other. Sure
wish something like this had been available years ago! {Or that I had known
about it}
I do have a question/request for you knowledgeable folks. Where can one get
a pattern for a stained glass Fjordhorse head? I have seen only one, and
the person who made it is no longer available and no one knows how to
contact her. My daughter is doing stained glass, and would like to make one
for us if only she could get a pattern. Thanks for any suggestions!
Once again, I am enjoying the List, thanks to Aimee Day!
Sally Higgins {ex-Fjord owner :-( } from southern Maine -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Drawing Date September 30, 2001
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, It is that time of year again. Hold Your Horses, Inc. A handicap riding program for children and adults in Oakdale, California are selling drawing tickets for a FJORD GELDING. This year the GELDING will be a YEARLING. He is valued at $3500.00. He is a son of Felicity's Ragnar. He will either be a gelding called Nestemann or one called Nordismann. Both are out of good mares. I have a client that currently owns Nestemann that want to upgrade to a stallion I own, so we are working out the details. Hold Your Horses, Inc. will be getting the yearling in a few weeks to start showing off. The yearling does come with an American Evaluation Fee paid for. And he will be Evaluated at theTurlock Evaluation. YOU GET ONE ticket per $5.00 donation to the Hold Your Horses, Inc. I have tickets available at our farm. Send a check made out to Hold Your Horses, Inc in care of me... at ... Catherine Lassesen Hestehaven - The Horse Garden 256 May Creek Road Days Creek, OR 97429 or send a check to HOLD YOUR HORSES, INC. in care of Olympia Francis, P.O. Box 606, Oakdale, CA 95361. Be sure to tell them what it is for and include your telephone number and a SASE if you want a receipt. Thank you for considering this organization for a donation. They service over 80 clients a week on a volunteer bases. There is only one staff member paid and that is the barn manager for the horses. Please do consider. Catherine Lassesen
Re: fjordhorse-digest V2001 #187
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is in reply to sterilizing bits. For my Fjords bots I use the dishwasher. It cleans all the grim and they come out very sterile, like a fork or a knife. Dishwasher is also good to shine up spurs or anything metal! Hope it helps. Thanks, Cait
