Re: Jeff Peterson's sick sense of humor
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get him, Ursula!!! Linda in MN :)
training a fjord
This message is from: "loretta reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello everyone, After reading through the last few digests, I wanted to post something about the basic training of my fjord. He was started in his training by a woman who believes in Pony Boy's methods. As a result, he is willing to do whatever you ask of him and he does it well. The trainer that is working with him loves him to death, and has told me that she wishes every horse that she worked with were half the horse that Duncan is. Granted, there are good and bad in any breed, fjords included, but I think that if they are given a good foundation in their training, they are kind and willing and will accept things pretty quickly. Just my humble opinion. Loretta and Duncan in NJ (where we are in the middle of a major snowstorm)
RE: What is "horse brass"? Link to Pic here...
This message is from: "The Mercers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I bought one of these Fjords and the black harness strap to hold it. It's great! Taffy Mercer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Reena Giola Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 2:33 PM To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Subject: Re: What is "horse brass"? Link to Pic here... This message is from: "Reena Giola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> well you're not alone!! I saw this the other day and had and still have no idea what it is for either!!! Someone, Please enlighten us!! Reena > This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Here's a question pardon my horse tack ignorance! > > I saw this on eBay today here:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2710393985&cate gory =1048">eBay item 2710393985 (Ends Feb-19-03 > 10:10:41 PST ) - Horse Brass - NORWEGIAN FJORD !! (scroll down to picture) > > Sher
gelding for sale
This message is from: "Glenn Haggstrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi all again. I apologize for not mentioning that Rossi, the gelding we have for sale, can be seen on our website at the following address www.vikingfarm.com Just go to Viking Farm Horses and you will find him there. Got several responses right off! We will be responding to everyone- you are all great people, very supportive. Thanks again. Patty Haggstrom P.S. a heat wave here in Central Maine today or at least it felt that way the temp went up to 6 degrees this afternoon and the wind died down. Tomorrow is suppose to be close to 20! We will be sweating bullets if that is the case!
Re: What is "horse brass"? Link to Pic here...
This message is from: "Reena Giola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> well you're not alone!! I saw this the other day and had and still have no idea what it is for either!!! Someone, Please enlighten us!! Reena > This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Here's a question pardon my horse tack ignorance! > > I saw this on eBay today here:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2710393985&category =1048">eBay item 2710393985 (Ends Feb-19-03 > 10:10:41 PST ) - Horse Brass - NORWEGIAN FJORD !! (scroll down to picture) > > Sher
Re: What is "horse brass"? Link to Pic here...
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sher this is a new rosette that goes on the bridle by the ear of the horse. If they did not use the wrong word, "horse brass" then it is an ornament that goes on the harness of driving horses. The Fjord is a wonderful little horse good for all occasions and is from Norway, in case you are new to the list.. Jean Jean Walters Gayle Aberdeen, WA Author:The Colonel's Daughter $20 PO Box 104 Montesano, WA 98563
Fjord Ballcap Cartoon - tonight
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For the folks who were interested --- the "Talk to the Hoof" cartoon is now on a ballcap, in different colors, and can still have your fjord's name on it, too. Tonight is the first night this goes on eBay, if you'd like to take a peek: Feb.16th Sunday 6:30pm PST ... eBay # 2308392246 Or, you can have me email over a picture of it to you, if you like. :-) This Tues. 18th, I will be picking the winning caption in the free shirt offer -- will post here who the winner is, and private email that person for their shirt size, etc. Until then.. thanks to all the many folks who sent caption suggestions! Sher www.RockyMountainTrails.net (click on Pet Products and follow links to Fjords)
6 Mares in Need of Homes
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello everyone, Steve has kindly agreed to let me tell the list about 6 Fjord mares we are trying to place by March. These mares are from a PMU farm and are being pulled off the line as the rancher no longer wishes to have any purebreds, is concentrating solely on his crossbreeding program. These mares are as follows: Molly, #C-322, White dun. Born 1985. Heljo's Starna #C-295. Brown dun. Born 1984. Triangle E's Paula #C-341. Brown dun. Born 1985. Triangle E's Rosa, #C-340. Brown dun. Born 1985. Note, these mares, while registered, were never put in this farmer's name, so registration would have to be done by the buyer. The other two mares age from 7-8, and are out of one of the above girls and sired by: Oswald, #C-321, White Dun, Imported from Germany in 1984. Not sure what his birthdate was as the page is cut off. His breeder was Dr. Wilhelm Klee. Oswald is deceased. This farmer also stood a registered Fjord by the name of is Buck, #FS2743. This stallion was registered with the CFHA but this is a very old registration, so do not know exactly which Buck this one is. However, it is very doubtful this is the sire of the above mares as he died quite a few years ago. 3 of the mares are bred to one of the following stallion breeds, most of which are registered: Quarter Horse, Percheron, Belgian, Paint, Suffolk Punch, a purebred Fjord stallion out of one of the above mares and sired by Oswald, not registered, and a Fjord cross stallion sired by Oswald. All mares are trained to ride and are gentle and have kind dispositions. All are desperately in need of an adoptive home. One of the younger mares is blind in one eye due to an injury. If adopted in Canada, meaning no paperwork needed to cross the US border, the adoption fees would be $1603 plus transport. If brought into the states, the adoption fee would be $2000 plus transport from the holding facility either in WI or MI. Please email me privately if interested in either adopting or helping us to bring in these mares. Also, to avoid the discussion of volatile subjects on this list, remember we do have a Fjord list designated for this purpose. Thanks much, Lynda C. Welch [EMAIL PROTECTED] President, Equine Managed Foal and Breed Specific Division Norwegian Fjord Representative United Equine Foundation http://www.unitedequinefoundation.org/homepage.htm UEF Fjord rescue email group: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lynda and Daniel Bailey's Norwegian Fjords Quality Fjords--Equine Transportation--Hand-braided Tack & Accessories White Cloud, MI 231-689-9902 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hometown.aol.com/baileysfjords
What is "horse brass"? Link to Pic here...
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here's a question pardon my horse tack ignorance! I saw this on eBay today here:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2710393985&category=1048";>eBay item 2710393985 (Ends Feb-19-03 10:10:41 PST ) - Horse Brass - NORWEGIAN FJORD !! (scroll down to picture) I read the description, and couldn't figure out what the heck this item is used for. I'm geussing it's decorative on the tack some where? See what happens when a trail rider looks at "the fancy stuff" ? (grin) Would love to hear what this is used for ... very curious about it. Sher
Re: Why is this horse being sold?
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good comments, Carol... L Lottie/MN
Re: a lasting home
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reena - my QH is 20 years old - but I am only his 2nd owner - like your Welch he is very well trained and makes a fabulous "learning" horse. I could have sold him many times over throughout the past 10 years.still could!! He has my heart and will never be sold - he can teach my grandchildren someday:) Plus, he is STILL teaching ME:):):) Linda in MN
Re: a lasting home
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] How true, Valarie - some horses just have tough luck. Most people love their horses and want them to be happy and healthy and a friend for many years - for reasons a-plenty things do not always go as planned - such is life. There are horse owners, however, who seem to enjoy the process of buying and selling their horses. I have an acquaintance who does just that - she tires of a horse, sells it (with no care as to whom), buys another and it happens all over again..seems like she likes the attention of always having a new horse around the corner??? Sometimes "life is not kind" - look at mother nature??? Linda in MN - sunny and cold
Re: EXPOS and VHS Tapes
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Catherine, got a kick out of your "hug a fjord today" and that they would get a sticker for doing it. They will get more than that. Covered with shedding hair. Gunnar is leaving horse angels where ever he rolls. Jean Jean Walters Gayle Aberdeen, WA Author:The Colonel's Daughter $20 PO Box 104 Montesano, WA 98563
RE: Fjord at Hermiston
This message is from: "The Mercers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Barbara, Wish I'd known you were going to be there! We could have finally met. When I talked with the guy he told me the gelding had 60 days training! He also said they had a couple more Fjords but didn't bring them and said this gelding was from BC, Canada. I wonder what the real story is? Taffy Mercer Kennewick, WA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 6:32 PM To: Fjord list Subject: Fjord at Hermiston This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Taffy Mercer posted about the Fjord at the Hermiston sale. I was there today and watched him sell. He was unregistered and 3 years old. Seemed like a real sweety. He went "No Sale" at &1250.00. They rode him in the ring and he listened well even though you could tell he was green. My husband had talked to the man that had him there the night before and he was told the horse was not started yet. That is how I think of Fjords!! He just said "Okay, if this is what you want!". Barb Lynch Benton City, WA
Fjord Horse Chat Sunday Night
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Jeff Peterson's sick sense of humor
This message is from: "Ursula & Brian Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jeff is transporting my new carriage up from Utah to Oregon and decided to play a little joke on me.when I read Pat's message on the list I did as told and contacted his cell.no problem with the carriage but he couldn't resist the temptation to stress me outha ha..Now he will have to watch his back cause he will never know when the retaliation will come...never mess with a woman in menopause.;) It's raining buckets in B.C.. Ursula & Brian Jensen Trinity Fjords Box 1032 Lumby BC, V0E 2G0 Canada 250-547-6303 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://okjunc.junction.net/~ujensen/
EXPOS and VHS Tapes
This message is from: "Lassesen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello EVERYONE... "This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You should show the one from Starfire Farm, showing the Fjords at the Denver Stock Show! Spectacular!" We (the Oregon Fjord Club) will be showing this tape (It is EXCELLENT...) at the OREGON EXPO in March along with the tape from Gayle Ware and Anne Appleby doing "Anything you can do I can do Better..." a performance at Libby, MT a few years ago. The Fjords at the Oregon Expo will be demonstrating under English & Western Saddle, Pair Driving, Single Driving, Packing, and a Momma and Foal will be shown This year our theme is "A FJORD for ALL OCCASIONS". Our main give -a-way this year is heart shape stickers that say "I hugged a FJORD! Have YOU?" Everyone that comes and hugs one of our Fjords (great hands on... hint, hint...) will get a sticker placed on them... (The children go nuts over stickers...) Our way of hooking them early... (giggle) We invite anyone with sales lists to send them to me or AMY EVERS (the one incharge of this years Expo Coordination) with a donation of $25.00 to the Oregon Fjord Club. (EXTRA Funds this year are going towards the NFHR Evaluation that will be held in Southern Oregon on September 6 & 7, 2003. ) We will be glad to place these on our tables and pass them out for you. Send as many as you like... but we will not return any unused flyers. Catherine Lassesen Hestehaven - The Horse Garden 256 May Creek Road Days Creek, OR 97429 541-825-3027 - Pacific Coast Time
Re: Why is this horse being sold?
This message is from: "Arthur Rivoire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello from Carol Rivoire at Beaver Dam Farm in Nova Scotia - I thought I might be a good one to voice an opinion on this subject since over the last 24 years, we've sold over 300 horses, and many of them have been horses we've sold for other people. Many times, when we have a Consignment Horse to sell, potential buyers will ask why the horse is for sale. Sometimes, they're simply curious, but othertimes, they have a nagging suspicion that something's wrong with the horse. --- The latter, at least in the case of the horses we handle, is almost never true. I mean, we go to great lengths to be sure we don't get problem horses that someone just needs to get rid of. -- For several reasons which I'll try to list below, we only want to handle good quality horses, ones without problems. Those reasons are - * We don't want to get hurt trying to retrain problem horses * We've got a hard-earned reputation to maintain, and certainly don't want to sell a questionable horse, no matter how experienced the buyer may be, or how cheap the horse may be. * If it's not a good quality, attractive, pleasant horse, then there's just no way I can sell it as I can't fake it and drum up the necessary enthusiasm. In order for me to sell a horse, I REALLY have to like that horse. * If it's a problem or poor quality horse, then it's simply not worth while for the owner to send it here and pay board & training plus commission. * On the other hand, a really good horse without problems is very easy to sell in a timely manner which results in a good return for the owner, and a nice commission for us. And nobody gets hurt. * If it's a poor quality horse, then the sale price and resulting commission are just not worth the effort to us. We don't make any money. So, those are the horses we don't take. -- The ones we do accept are wonderful horses, and frankly, we often wonder ourselves, how the owner could part with such great animals . . . But, there are almost as many reasons as there are people buying and selling horses. We got a wonderful mare on consignment a few years ago. She was a Gjest daughter that we'd sold as a weanling, and now she was 6 years old and beautifully trained to ride and drive, and an absolute dream to handle. She was terrifically athletic, and absolutely dependable. She moved just like Gjest with reach and suspension and rhythm. We used her all season for the Nova Scotia Beginner Driving vacations. She was that dependable! Anyone could drive her, and those who did usually won our Thursaday ompetition. -- One of our vacation guests bought her, and she didn't sell cheaply. --And you know why this horse was for sale? At 13.3 hands, she was a little short for her owner. We sold a great 18 yr. old mare last summer. She went to a Therapeutic Riding Center, but had the athletic ability to have been a champion CDE horse. The reason this mare was for sale was that her owners were moving out of the country.-- And this was one of those Fjords that had had several owners. -- Beaver Dam Farm had originally imported her in utero, and sold her as a yearling to a woman in NH who kept her as a pasture ornament until age 3. We took her on consignment, trained her, and sold her to a MA woman who worked her in dressage. The mare had a couple of foals with this owner, who then for reasons I've forgotten decided to sell her, and we got her again on consignment, and this time sold her to a Therapeutic Ride/Drive place in NH where she worked successfully for several years, also having more foals. Then the Therapy Place folded, and again we sold this mare, this time to a family in ME, who kept her for many years with more foals, until recently they moved out of the country, and the mare came back to us to be sold to the Therapeutic Center in NJ where she's a beloved "Star" of the program. Then there was a beautiful 12 yr. old gelding who'd been really passed around, and not very successfully so I'd heard. When the current owner called me, I was very hesitant to take this horse as I'd heard "talk." In fact, I stalled for about 10 months. Finally, they sent me a video and I felt he was a decent, honest horse and decided to take the chance. -- When he arrived at our farm, we kept waiting for him to do something wrong, and he never ever did no matter what we faced him with. The only thing wrong with him was he was kind of slow, but otherwise, totally dependable. -- The owner who'd put him on consignment with us had fallen off him --- And I stress "fallen off" , not "thrown". I hate it when people say they've been "thrown", when mostly they've fallen off. -- Anyway, she'd gotten spooked, and I think had realized she just didn't want to ride, so that's how this wonderful guy came to us. -- Thank heaven he did because through plain old bad luck
Re: a lasting home
This message is from: "Reena Giola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My first horse, a beautiful Welsh mare who had been shown tons, won tons of ribbons for her division was sold over and over again, because she WAS so good but the children eventually outgrew her or what ever may be the case! I luckily got to buy her and am I ever so grateful that happened. I got her when she was 16 1/2 and I was her 9th owner!! This horse was my first and I learned all my horse stuff with her...I owe her so much! I had her until she passed away at 22. I swore I would never sell her and I never did. Reena - Original Message - > This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi Joanna - that is an interesting point about a horse having many homes, > or not. One assumes that a horse with many homes is a "bad" horse, but > this is not always the case.
a lasting home
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Joanna - that is an interesting point about a horse having many homes, or not. One assumes that a horse with many homes is a "bad" horse, but this is not always the case. The palomino Morgan I bought this summer was bought as a yearling with his mother and went from Montana to Colorado. He was a very handsome yearling and the man in CO was hoping he was stallion material. At 2 years of age, he decided the horse was not, and had him gelded. As a 3 year old the man's wife was having some health problems and he needed to cut down. He sold this gelding and his mother to a friend of mine in western PA. She knew I had lost my mare and liked palominos and decided she didn't need an unbroke 3 yr old, so she sold him to me. I sent him to a trainer for the remainder of the summer so at least he is green broke now and plan to work him myself if winter ever lets go. He is gentle, passably pretty, athletic, and should be a good horse. Through no fault of his own, he has been through 4 owners, and the registry 4 times, and he is not even 4 years old. So you never know. As they say on NBC, every horse has a story! Valerie Columbia, CT
Re: ref:fencing
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for the reply and information - sounds very similiar to what I was talking about. Linda in MN
