English saddle for sale
This message is from: Eileen Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I've decided that I want to sell me Ascot 19" black all purpose saddle with a "built Fjord wide" tree. Been used maybe 3 times, so in nearly new condition. Contact me off line for more details, thanks! Eileen in eastern WA
Re: breed presentation
This message is from: "Hope Carlson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This is a test. On Thurs 9/18 I sent an email about doing a breed presentation yesterday, Saturday, the 20th of Sept. Did anyone see that email? Didn't come up in my digest format. Everything went well, hurray for Fjords! Hope N IL
moldy tack
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OK, vinegar it is then, thank you very much. Valerie Pedersen Columbia, CT
Re: moldy tack
This message is from: "vz/bossmare" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Another tip to keep tack from getting moldy ...after it is cleaned...is a product I've used with great success called "Damp Rid" found in the supermarket or Home Depot household supplies aisle. It comes in refillable canisters that you set out where you need them. The refill granules come packaged in a milk carton type container. For a 10x12 tack room I use 2 canisters set on a counter and in very damp weather as we've had in New Jersey have only had to dump the water and refill the canisters twice. There is no mold at all on any of the tack. It's incredible how much water the granules extract from the air and it's a lot cheaper and safer than running a dehumidifier. I've also read in various horse jounal product reports that Leather Therapy retards mold. The vinegar therapy works for a brief while but the best solution I've found so far is the Damp Rid . You would need a tack room that can be completely closed however for it to be effective. Lois in NJ - Original Message - From: "shawna smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 12:20 AM Subject: Re: moldy tack > This message is from: "shawna smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Is there anything I can do to salvage this > leather? I use saddle soap and Lexol to clean it, a 2 step process. Is > there anything I can add to retard mold? > Thanks, > Valerie Pedersen > Columbia, CT > > > You might try scrubbing it with a mixture of vinegar and water, then a > gentle leather cleaner followed by a conditioner/preservative. I've used > this before and it seemed to work in our damp climate. > Shawna in OR
Re: dream of a lost Fjord
This message is from: "jgayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> That was beautiful Brigid, lots of tears here. So many lost loves as one grows older and wiser of course! Jean G Jean Walters Gayle Aberdeen, WA Author:The Colonel's Daughter Occupied Germany 1946-49 $20 PO Box 104 Montesano, WA 98563
Re: fjordhorse-digest V2003 #221
This message is from: "Shawna B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I bought a used harness this spring. I think it is a fairly good one, and will be for training at this point, not show. It seems sturdy. It wasn't very moldy but I cleaned it anyway, and it sat in a box in the living room all summer. When I looked at it a couple of weeks ago, it was real moldy. We don't have air conditioning, and it has been a wet summer, so I figured weather had caught up with it. I cleaned 2 pieces of it again, and now within a week these pieces are real moldy again. I think this means that in its past, it was left to get real moldy and is reverting to that state. Is there anything I can do to salvage this leather? I use saddle soap and Lexol to clean it, a 2 step process. Is there anything I can add to retard mold? Thanks, Valerie Pedersen Columbia, CT I agree with the value of 50/50 vinigar and water, then glycerin saddle soap. The finial step I've had suggested varies, I've been told to oil it, or beeswax. I tried oil on a piece of harness that had trouble with the damp summer New England had. The oil didn't cut it, this time I'll try wax. _ Frustrated with dial-up? Get high-speed for as low as $29.95/month (depending on the local service providers in your area). https://broadband.msn.com
Days Creek Evaluation
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 9/20/03 9:41:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Things that impressed me the most: > > Brian Jensen and Gayle Ware - you are both SO professional - (to the > fingertips, as we say in Norwegian), everything looks flawless and > fantastically well prepared. Many, many people did a great job of showing > their horses but you two really blew me away! I had already seen Gayle in > action but never in a "formal" setting, and this was my first time meeting > Brian (and Ursula). Very inspiring! > > Dagrun, thank you for the kind words. I 'feel the need' to respond, since > there has been a great deal of critical discussion lately on the Digest > regarding dress codes in the show ring. That old saying, 'When In Rome,' > indeed > does apply here. You hit the nail on the head when you said 'everything > looked > flawless and well prepared.' That's the way it should be. After all, when > you are in the ring for a show or an Evaluation, this is your 15 minutes of > fame. I wrote an article which appeared in the Herald a while back titled, > 'Components For Successfully Surviving an Evaluation.' Brian and Ursula have > included that article in handouts when they have done clinics. Here is a > brief excerpt: PROJECTING: Project a positive image. Showing your horse or doing an Evaluation is like being an actor in a movie. You and your horse are the STARS! This is your '15 minutes of fame.' You are here to put on an Academy Award Performance. Lift that chin and smile. This is what you've been working toward for so long.' In other words, look the part. That means you and your horse need to be well groomed and put together. That doesn't necessarily mean expensive. It means clean and appropriate attire. I happen to know that some folks do shop at Goodwill (as Jerry Friz attested to in an earlier Digest!) for their 'appropriate attire'. Nothing wrong with that. Yes, there are written guidelines for attire and there is a reason. Dagrun mentioned that she had seen me in action, but never in a 'formal' setting. Dagrun and Brigid had visited here at our ranch for a couple of days earlier this summer and both of them had lessons on Dusty. My informal barn attire is SWEATS. I am laughably known as the QUEEN OF SWEATS in my barn. Comfortable, loose, but not very attractive what with the baggy butt, etc.! Imagine, if you will, what kind of image that would project if I walked into the ring in sweats??!! Put together, appropriate - NOT! The first impression that would send to the judges/evaluators would be negative for sure. Now imagine an exhibitor entering the ring for Conformation, dressed in a CLEAN, crisp, white, plain, tuxedo shirt, accented with a Fjord brooch at the throat, clean, crisp, plain black pants accented by a black belt and Fjord belt buckle, clean, recently shaped, black western hat. That exhibitor is leading a clean, freshly trimmed, well behaved, fit Fjord that is sporting a clean, well fitting halter. Positive image projected to the judge - YOU BET! Did it cost a lot of money? No. Did it cost a lot of time invested to prepare properly - YOU BET! > > You western riders - Gayle and Sue - to see you ride through the utility > class making it look effortless, with one hand, was impressive. I mean, in > English riding, with two hands, you can do much more severe corrections and > "tell" the horse what to do even if they don't really want to. Don't get me > wrong, I don't say this is the way English riding should be, but in an > emergency it's handy. Riding one-handed, it seems like the corrections you > can make, if any at all, are very subtle, and the horse has to be obedient, > attentive and WANT to perform. Just to get a horse to navigate one-handed > through those trot cones - must take TONS of practise. Hat off to you! > > You hit that nail right on the head, Dagrun! I have often joked about > 'Western reining' being like doing Dressage at 90 miles an hour with only one > hand > on the reins for steering! Dusty gave Dagrun and Brigid a 'crash (not > literally! LOL!) course' on how much more difficult it is to finesse that > body > control with only one hand. It does, indeed, take a lot of practice, but the > practice does pay off. Sue and her gelding, Thomas, spent many hours > practicing with me and Majson, the stallion that I showed for Dan & Carol > Tripp of > Victor, MT. Those cones were definitely a challenge as was the jump! About > 4 > strides before the jump, Majson kept trying to tell me it would be easier to > go around! Convincing him that that was NOT an option for him, with only one > hand for steering, now that was a CHALLENGE! A LOT of leg and body language > convinced him that over was better than around. Not exactly in the middle, > for which he got dinged, but at least he complied. Jumping in a Western >
Re: dream of a lost Fjord
This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Darn it, Brigid! You made me cry. My eyes are still so blurry I can hardly see to type this. Jean in Fairbanks, Alaaska, still no snow, but cloudy and cool. >Hi Everyone- > >Had a moving dream last night and thought you could relate, especially those >who have also lost a beloved Fjord. Jean Ernest Fairbanks, Alaska mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
dream of a lost Fjord
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Everyone- Had a moving dream last night and thought you could relate, especially those who have also lost a beloved Fjord. I dreamed I was in the back yard of my Grandparents' home, where I grew up. It's a recurring dream I never quite understood till today. Each time I have this dream, the yard is bigger. Sometimes I see cats or other pets long dead, or toys or books long lost. This time, the yard was bigger than ever and foggy around the edges. I understood that there were bones buried there, a horse's. In the fog a tall yellow shape took form, then happily trotted towards me. It was Tommes. I was overjoyed and began to cry. When I did he looked unhappy and moved away. "No, come back!" I said, drying my eyes as much as possible. Back he came and I threw my arms around him. "Look at you, just growing your winter coat like the others!" I said. He looked in the dream as he would have at this time of year. He was soft and beautiful and sweet smelling. But alas, he had to go quickly. He trotted back to the edge of the yard and melted into the fog. I stood looking after him, touched by this vision from the garden of my memories. / )_~ /L/L Brigid Wasson SF Bay Area, CA www.Brigid.Clickryder.com
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Thanks
This message is from: "Knutsen Fjord Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dagrun, Sadie and Vilde thank you for the kudos. [I trust that you meant Sadie looked "like something from another world" in a good way] And thanks to you, Beth, for your excellent description of the Eval tests. I should get more folks interested in participating. Bye now, Peg Peg Knutsen - Ellensburg, WA http://www.elltel.net/kffjord/
