Re: saddle slipping
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 5/29/2004 11:14:05 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Has any one tried the anti-saddle slipping tie gismo that goes around the off side front leg then comes off via Velcro after you mount. I heard about them a long time ago. Yep, couldn't mount the round ones without it :-) www.hotstuff4horses.com / )_~ /L/L Brigid Wasson SF Bay Area, CA www.Brigid.Clickryder.com
[Norton AntiSpam] Re: caution and brains
This message is from: Jon A. Ofjord [EMAIL PROTECTED] With maturity comes brains!!! It's not caution it's brains !!! Roberta Floating in MN This must mean I'm getting a lot smarter, not older. Yeah, that's it! Jon Jon Mary Ofjord North Coast Fjords Grand Marais, MN 55604
Re: IT'S A BOY NAMED TOBIN
This message is from: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Great news, Sue! Pictures? gotta see pictures! I know that you were concerned after losing your other mare, and having to raise Keswick as an orphan. I am so glad this one was a success. Jean in sunny and warm Fairbanks, Alaska after a lovely short ride on Bjorken this morning. The PMU fjord mare, Tyne, that I adopted earlier this year gave birth to a dun colt this morning just after 9am. Jean Ernest Fairbanks, Alaska mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
IT'S A BOY NAMED TOBIN
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The PMU fjord mare, Tyne, that I adopted earlier this year gave birth to a dun colt this morning just after 9am. I really thought as she has only been here a few months that she would foal in the dark of night, but no, after eating a full breakfast she laid down and gave birth and immediately wanted lunch, that's a fjord for you not going to miss a meal for any reason. The vet has already checked him and all is well. I will now be able to go to Starfire next weekend and visit Beth and Sandy and see, the last foal born here, my 3 year old Keswick. Ain't life grand. Sue
Starfire Farm 5-29-04
This message is from: Susan Felix [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just want to take this opportunity to say congratulations Re: the birth of Bethany Star. Glad to hear all went well. Also to Thank Beth and Sandy for the GREAT job they have done in training my 4yr. old Fjord . He has wonderful training and a perfect gentleman. He makes riding fun especially with my arthritis. I CANT THANK THEM ENOUGH ! Susan Felix , [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: saddle slipping
This message is from: Warren Stockwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Ruth Bushnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've always loved the going-up part, but the coming-down is not so good! ...makes for awkward balance, and the chance of horsy accidents greater. (in these later years I dismount on steep descents. =))) My sense of caution has been been enlarged with maturity! Ruthie With maturity comes brains!!! It's not caution it's brains !!! Roberta Floating in MN
Horse camp weekend
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Two weekends ago, Chuck and I went to a weekend long Horse Camp for adults near Waupaca, Wisconsin. The camp was led by Jill Niederberger, a very good horse trainer and people teacher and our personal friend. Chuck rode gelding Finn (Samfinn), of Brian Ursula Jensen's stallion Samstein and our mare Sissel (also from the Jensen's.) I rode Mike (Mikkel), a 15 year old gelding we bought last October. He's a big, calm gelding with light hazel brown eyes. Mike was very overweight when we got him, but he's trimmed down a lot running with our crew. Even so, my hips complained as I tried to sit him properly! I'll be glad when he's not such a wide-bodied boy. We all had a ball at horse camp! The Finnster is a zippy guy to begin with and he was also pretty excited about being away from home. Even so, he behaved well under the circumstances. Chuck is a novice rider, but he said Finn never moved in a way that he (Chuck) could not handle -- just a small jumpy spook or two and an extreme eagerness to trot at the beginning of each day. By the end of the weekend, the two of them even cantered a short distance and I could see how much better Chuck was riding and handling Finn. I was very proud of them both. Mr. Mike was energized by all the excitement and newness too, but he expressed that mainly in wanting to trot-trot-trot. I had not ridden him much before this weekend, since I wanted someone else to supervise my first rides with him (we don't have a local trainer/teacher to help us). I found myself really enjoying his trot -- it is long, swinging, and easy to post to -- and his smooth energetic walk (once he calmed down!) Jill asked me on Saturday if Mike knew dressage, but I couldn't say for sure, not being trained myself in dressage and not knowing his history. She said he collected himself beautifully as if he had dressage training. She explained how to do a haunches in and asked me to try it to see if he knew how to do it. I tried it a couple of times, but, in retrospect, I think I cued him poorly and he did not respond correctly. On Sunday, Mike and I started to work together much better. I realized I needed to use a lot less rein and a lot more leg, and he told me he liked that much better by becoming lighter and more responsive. I tried to ask him for the haunches in thing the best I knew how ... and to my absolute surprise, he calmly did it! Boy, was I ever excited and pleased at his response to my beginner's request. I look forward to working more with him. Another special thing about this weekend is that five out of the seven horses at horse camp were Fjords -- four brown duns and one red dun. It was really neat to not be the only person on that cute little horse with the funny haircut. For once, the big brown horses were in the minority! DeeAnna Update on my young boy Draoi: The hard swelling in his neck appears to be a localized abscess caused by some small injury that became infected. The abscess is now open and draining freely (a good sign, but it's yucky to deal with!) He is responding very well to antibiotics and flushing of the abscess. He's regained weight and his normal bright-eyed, active attitude. My dad told me to check any areas in the barnyard or pasture where the horses like to rub against, and look for anything has deep splinters or cracks that can catch and pull hair. He explained when hairs are yanked out by the roots, the tiny wounds that result can sometimes become badly infected from bacteria that normally live in the environment. In short, it does not take a serious injury to cause an abscess. As muddy and dirty as the horses have been lately, I can see this as a likely cause.
Re: in answer to Catherine's question..
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Catherine, I agree with Beth, I would have to know the answer to the other questions first. Yes, if it were just based on the price..we have paid more than that for an AI breeding and don't find the price you stated as objectionable if I liked the stallion, his offspring, and other items were in order as well. Even with the top AI vets in the whole area (horses coming in from multiple states for his services) I still had a mare that even after five inseminations was not pregnant. My vet thought the motility was a problem but my other mare took after just one insemination from the same shipment..who knows. We are a small farm and even with hauling our mares to be bred I still find it is less expensive than AI.. (my husband thinks I may have paid for the new vet wing just with horsey ultrasounds!:)Thank goodness we have a few fabulous, evaluated stallions within driving distance or we wouldn't have the choice we do now. I like having options and AI certainly does that. One of the most important things I look for in a stallion for my mares is that the owner is using the stallion for riding and/or driving, and has taken the time to have him evaluated properly. I always visit the stallion in person as well, even if I have to fly to do so. I want to see offspring as well and definately would have thoroughly checked out the pedigree ahead of time. Dispostion is so important to me also and by visiting the stallion in person one can get an idea of how he behaves with his owner or handler and how he is in general around his own farm or at a show or eval. Those are just a few things I do when deciding on a stallion..there I have gone on..oh well, c'est la vie:) Kathy
