Re: Fw: REdford and the Kidship kids

[Tamara Rousso]

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Sheri - I would love to see the pics, but this list does not allow 
attachments.  Do you have a web site?


Tamara
owned by Harrison Fjord
Fallbrook Ca

On Thursday, December 9, 2004, at 06:54 PM, Sheri E. Kane wrote:


This message is from: "Sheri E. Kane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Hi friends,  thought you could use a cute Christmas picture.  I work 
with kids
who have severe emotional/mental illness issues in the school setting. 
 Our
kids work with Red my 7 year old fjord gelding each week.  Here are a 
few pics

with Santa.

sheri and red

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Fw: REdford and the Kidship kids

[Sheri E. Kane]

This message is from: "Sheri E. Kane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Hi friends,  thought you could use a cute Christmas picture.  I work with kids
who have severe emotional/mental illness issues in the school setting.  Our
kids work with Red my 7 year old fjord gelding each week.  Here are a few pics
with Santa.

sheri and red

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karo syrup and probiotics dosage

[Tanya Welsch]

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For those of you who have had success with karo syrup and probiotics for
runny stools, what is the dosage and frequency that you have used?

Thanks,

Tanya K. Welsch, MSW
MN LINC Administrator
952-472-2422
www.mnlinc.org

FW: It's a fjord!

[Linda Lottie]

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This was sent to me by a friendhow cool???  Linda Baker
LottieMinnesota

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Dole Horses

[Jean Ernest]

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There is an interesting article in this month's Rural Heritage magazine
about the Dole horse.  There are now 6 Norwegian Dole horses in the US and
can be seen at   httv://.dolehorseusa.com

Jean in Fairbanks, Alaska, -10 F with4 hours 4 mins. daylight

Re: Prayer

[Ruth Bushnell]

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Just wanted to ask those of you who would,  for prayer.  Our dear neighbor 
and
fjord owner, Dale Hinkle, had an serious accident this week.  He was 
caught in

a corn auger and is currently in Minneapolis in surgery.

Janne

OH JANNE!! that is so tragic..! ...we will certainly remember Dale and his 
family in prayer. Certainly does heighten our awareness of how insignificant 
other kinds of troubles are in comparison. Please let us all know how his 
recovery progresses!


hugs from Ruthie and Gene
nw mt 

Prayer

[Janne]

This message is from: "Janne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Just wanted to ask those of you who would,  for prayer.  Our dear neighbor and
fjord owner, Dale Hinkle, had an serious accident this week.  He was caught in
a corn auger and is currently in Minneapolis in surgery.  Dale is a great
horse man and any of you who know him, he is the best of best guys!!  He is
the owner of FSF Tor , the stallion we stand here at Myrdal Farms.

Auger accidents are a farmers nightmare, as some of you who farm may know.
Actually, farming is one of the most dangerous occupations, as often farmers
are out alone with huge dangerous machinery.

All prayers are appreciated!

Sincerely,

Janne Myrdal
ND

Re: From your horse

[Tamara Rousso]

This message is from: Tamara Rousso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Too funny!!  Thanks for sharing.

tamara
Fallbrook CA

On Thursday, December 9, 2004, at 05:00 AM, Mike May wrote:


This message is from: Mike May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

A letter from our horses...

When you are tense, let me teach you to relax.
When you are short tempered, let me teach you to be patient.
When you are short sighted, let me teach you to see.
When you are quick to  react, let me teach you to be calm.
When you are angry, let me teach you to be serene.
When you feel superior, let me teach you to  be respectful.
When you are self absorbed, let me teach you to think of greater 
things.

When you are arrogant, let me teach you humility.
When you are  lonely, let me be your companion.
When you are tired, let me carry the load.
When you need to learn, let me teach you.
After all, I am your horse.

And now, the REAL  DEAL.FROM YOUR HORSE!!
When you are tense, let me teach you that there are lions in them thar 
woods

and we need to leave. NOW!
When you are short tempered, let me teach you to slog around the 
pasture for

an hour before you can catch me.
When you are short sighted, let me teach you to figure out where, 
exactly,

in the 40 acres I am hiding.
When you are  quick to react, let me teach you that herbivores kick 
much

faster & harder than omnivores.
When you are angry, let me teach you how well I can stand on my hind 
feet

because I don't  feel like cantering on my right lead today.
When you are worried, let me entertain you with my mystery lameness.
When you feel superior, let me teach you that, mostly, you are the maid
service.
When you are self absorbed, let me teach you to PAY ATTENTION. 
Remember?

I told you about those lions in them thar woods?
When you are arrogant, let me teach you what 1200 lbs. Of "YAHOO LETS 
GO!" can

do when suitably inspired.
When you are lonely, let me be your companion. Let's do lunch..
Also, breakfast, snack and dinner.
When you are tired, don't forget the 600 lbs. of grain that needs to be
unloaded.
When you are  feeling financially secure, let me teach you the meaning 
of

"Veterinary  Services".
When you want to learn, hang around, bud. I'll learn ya.
AFTER ALL - YOU ARE MY PERSON
Sincerely,
Your  Horse

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Sorry,
Bert

Re: fjordhorse-digest V2004 #281

[Warren Stockwell]

This message is from: "Warren Stockwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Cecile got out last night!! so mom and baby are back together again no time
to fix fence in the dark. Trish is a bit cranky with her. She didn't seem to
be to interested in being with baby but it really pissed off Marsha ( eww)
and she pushed down some boards in the paddock trying to get to momma I
guess. No time to fix fence for a few days so they will have to be together
They were separate for 24 hrs.

Trish is worried about what happens if she gets out again and gets hurt. She
is worried about her liability while keeping her. I told her that it would
be fine but I can't give her anything more than that. Otherwise we will have
to take her here and again we have the liability factor. It is much more
dangerous here since we have so much construction traffic. These guys are
parking in my drive way!! I had to ask them to move so I could get my kids
to school. Too much large equipment I am concerned for my gang.

Hate to say it but sooner would be better if possible. I don't think the way
she is acting, or baby That a fast break for them would be best for them.
Any experience with doing a separation that way? Mom is seems pretty
uninterested in baby.

Bert


- Original Message - 
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 12:11 AM
Subject: Re: fjordhorse-digest V2004 #281


> This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Hello,
>
> We have had both a jennet and a molly on this farm, and while both had
> exceptionally fascinating personalities, I would also highly caution
having them
> near small animals, INCLUDING children.
>
> While our jennet only had issues with dogs and stray cats, the weanling
molly
> did not react well to any animal smaller than herself.  We firmly believe
she
> was responsible for a cria death a year ago, although it could have also
been
> stillborn.  We also witnessed her go "on alert" when children would
approach
> her pen or paddock unexpectedly.
>
> Obviously, children should never be unsupervised when around any equine.
> However, with donkeys and mules, especially ungelded males, this risk
becomes
> even greater from my research.  People have to realize the donkey is not
> necessarily a herd animal in the wild, especially the males.  They react
differently
> to distraction and new animals than most horses.  Furthermore, this
behavior
> cannot be completely trained out of a donkey or mule as it is part of
their very
> nature.
>
> Lynda
>
>
>
> In a message dated 12/9/2004 1:03:31 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Just be careful with your mule/burro and small animals.
>
>
> Thanks much, references are available.
>
> Lynda and Daniel
> Bailey's
> White Cloud, MI
> 231-689-9902
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://hometown.aol.com/baileysfjords/index.html

From your horse

[Mike May]

This message is from: Mike May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

A letter from our horses...

When you are tense, let me teach you to relax.
When you are short tempered, let me teach you to be patient.
When you are short sighted, let me teach you to see.
When you are quick to  react, let me teach you to be calm.
When you are angry, let me teach you to be serene.
When you feel superior, let me teach you to  be respectful.
When you are self absorbed, let me teach you to think of greater things.
When you are arrogant, let me teach you humility.
When you are  lonely, let me be your companion.
When you are tired, let me carry the load.
When you need to learn, let me teach you.
After all, I am your horse.

And now, the REAL  DEAL.FROM YOUR HORSE!!
When you are tense, let me teach you that there are lions in them thar woods
and we need to leave. NOW!
When you are short tempered, let me teach you to slog around the pasture for
an hour before you can catch me.
When you are short sighted, let me teach you to figure out where, exactly,
in the 40 acres I am hiding.
When you are  quick to react, let me teach you that herbivores kick much
faster & harder than omnivores.
When you are angry, let me teach you how well I can stand on my hind feet
because I don't  feel like cantering on my right lead today.
When you are worried, let me entertain you with my mystery lameness.
When you feel superior, let me teach you that, mostly, you are the maid
service.
When you are self absorbed, let me teach you to PAY ATTENTION. Remember?
I told you about those lions in them thar woods?
When you are arrogant, let me teach you what 1200 lbs. Of "YAHOO LETS GO!" can
do when suitably inspired.
When you are lonely, let me be your companion. Let's do lunch..
Also, breakfast, snack and dinner.
When you are tired, don't forget the 600 lbs. of grain that needs to be
unloaded.
When you are  feeling financially secure, let me teach you the meaning of
"Veterinary  Services".
When you want to learn, hang around, bud. I'll learn ya.
AFTER ALL - YOU ARE MY PERSON
Sincerely,
Your  Horse

Re: Dagrun in Norway is alive! Fjord farm adventures part 1

[Carol J. Makosky]

This message is from: "Carol J. Makosky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Dagrun Aarsten wrote:


This message is from: "Dagrun Aarsten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
OK, more later. This is just a very unstructured way of telling you what's
been happening with me since March. More later! I had big ambitions of
staying in touch regularly, but instead I disappeared off the face of the
earth. Well, I'm planning to be back now.


Hi,

I'm sorry to hear that it has not worked out, but sure sounded like a 
dream job and wondered what happen to you and how you were doing.  We 
look forward to having you back on the active list and in the country 
again.  You sure sound like you gave it your all and then some.


--
Built Fjord Tough
Carol M.
On Golden Pond
N. Wisconsin

BLUP in Denmark (long)

[Birgit Mortensen]

This message is from: "Birgit Mortensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Digest no 269, 272 and 273

For those of you interested in breeding, what follows is a little
about the 'all important' index-figures, i.e. the figures computed
from the success of a stallion or mare's progeny, and the evaluations
in the family. This figure gives a common standard throughout our
country to guide potential breeders and set standard to when a
stallions breeding license can be taken away and when a stallion and a
mare can be entered in our Elite-studbook.

Now that this years index-figures have arrived from 'the big computer'
we can see that out of the 52 licensed breeding stallions in 2004 only
one has lost his breeding license due to the index-figures. The
stallion in question is the last active Rei Halsnaes-son, Caesar
Halsnaes.

Caesar Halsnaes is 27 years old and has been semi-retired as a
breeding stallion for some years. But he will not be forgotten. We
have 63 evaluated son and daughters of his in our database and 154
grandchildren. He has also been licensed in Germany, so there will be
offspring of his there too.

13 years ago his index was 135. Today it is 118. Breeding is about
improving, and when that happens, the younger stallions rise up the
lists, and the older ones get pushed down.

Several of you have mentioned on the digest how much you thought of
Rei Halsnaes (born 1971), and he was the 'super-stallion' in his time,
today his index is 123. He is registered with 107 evaluated sons and
daughters and 521 grandchildren, and there is no doubt that the family
has kept his index up.

Number one on today's list is Knast Halsnaes (grandfather Caesar
Halsnaes), who was sold to Sweden about 12 years ago. His index is
142. I suppose you don't know many of the Danish stallions, but some
of you might have heard about number 5 on the list Kastanjegaardens
Fernando (grandfather Knast Halsnaes), who since 2001 has been
standing at Green Valley Farm in Illinois. His index is 137.

The index-figure is always mentioned in combination with another
figure, which indicates the certainty of the index. We actually
receive two stallion-lists, the abovementioned one for the older
stallions, where the certainty level starts with 0,70 and the other
for the younger stallions (where only a few if any offspring have been
evaluated) and where the certainty level starts at 0,56.

We receive lists every year with index-figures for the foals with
evaluated parents. A foal-index is meant to tell you of the breeding
potential of the individual, and is simply an average of the parents
index-figures, and the certainty-level is low. It is not always that a
young stallions with a good initial index-figures will get a
breeding-license or that he will keep it at his second or third
evaluation.

When the colt has attended his first evaluation the certainty-level
goes up to 0,56, but it is still to be remembered that he might have
inherited his good index and may not be able to pass the qualities on
to his offspring. So what really determines the certainty level (for
good or for bad) is the number of evaluated offspring and the results
of the evaluations.

And not to forget: we have also received the 2004 index-figures for
more than 3000 evaluated mares, 3 years and older.

Hope I haven't bored you.

If you were to ask me, if all our members are interested in BLUP, the
answer is 'no'. Many have fjordhorses because they like the life with
them, they enjoy the sight of them and the foals on the pasture and
they like to ride and drive. But another group studies the
index-figures and the evaluation-descriptions, because they want the
very best if possible.

Through the stallion-evaluations we try to secure a group of good
breeding stallions available for everybody (interested in BLUP or
not).

Should you be interested in having a look at this years breeding
stallions, you will find them on www.fjordhest.dk, click the Danish
flag in the middle, and then click the left-corner below stallion
Rosendalsborken (who by the way would now be over 100 years old,
having been born in Norway in 1863).

In less than a month next years stallion directory will be published,
and there is a lot of changes due to sales to abroad and various other
factors.

Best regards from Denmark
Birgit

Re: fjordhorse-digest V2004 #281

[BaileysFjords]

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Hello,

We have had both a jennet and a molly on this farm, and while both had 
exceptionally fascinating personalities, I would also highly caution having 
them 
near small animals, INCLUDING children.

While our jennet only had issues with dogs and stray cats, the weanling molly 
did not react well to any animal smaller than herself.  We firmly believe she 
was responsible for a cria death a year ago, although it could have also been 
stillborn.  We also witnessed her go "on alert" when children would approach 
her pen or paddock unexpectedly.  

Obviously, children should never be unsupervised when around any equine.  
However, with donkeys and mules, especially ungelded males, this risk becomes 
even greater from my research.  People have to realize the donkey is not 
necessarily a herd animal in the wild, especially the males.  They react 
differently 
to distraction and new animals than most horses.  Furthermore, this behavior 
cannot be completely trained out of a donkey or mule as it is part of their 
very 
nature.

Lynda



In a message dated 12/9/2004 1:03:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Just be careful with your mule/burro and small animals. 


Thanks much, references are available. 

Lynda and Daniel
Bailey's 
White Cloud, MI
231-689-9902
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://hometown.aol.com/baileysfjords/index.html

Re: fjordhorse-digest V2004 #281

[Quilter855]

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

In a message dated 12/8/04 11:58:29 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:


> Just be careful with your mule/burro and small animals.  While they may
> appear to get along fine, if put out in a pasture sometimes instinct takes 
> over
> and what starts as a game may become much more serious.  I have seen them 
> use
> a pack mentality when going after dogs/coyotes.
> 
>   Oh yes.I totally agree.  When I say slowly, We've had Lola for two
> years, she is still always on the 'other' side of the fence from our dogs.  
> I
> would never think of letting the dogs in the pasture with her...She is
> amazing, smart, social and willing to do fun and odd things, like following 
> me
> into the tack room of the barn.  She is however still a wild animal who
> learned these skills (fighting predators) because she had to to survive in 
> the
> desert mountains.   We love and respect her as she is.
> 

This is interesting. We adopted a pregnant 10 year old BLM jenny. When she 
first saw my son running (and yelling) down a hill in our pasture with the 
German Shepherd right behind him and the Black Lab following, she went nuts. 
Braying, rearing, pawing, etc. We had the kid run around for a while and sit 
with 
the dogs a few hundred feet away (outside her fenced area). She eventually just 
stood and watched them. I trained the dogs to not go into her area. We have 
had her for 2 1/2 years now and she couldn't care less about our dogs or cats, 
but will chase a stray dog away. Her gelded, year old son however, will chase 
dogs and cats if they are in his area, but not in the big pasture that we 
sometimes let the donkeys into. About a month ago, we took in a stray 10 month 
old 
St. Bernard puppy. Neither donkey reacted to it at all. I don't know if it is 
the dog's size, floppy movements, or build. They just totally ignore it.
We still have it set up, however, that the dogs can get out in many places, 
under or through fences or by wading through a small creek.
Patty in Yakima