Re: fjordhorse-digest V2007 #52
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 3/3/07 5:41:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And we live in northern Minnesota, where we get 20-40 below zero temps for months every year, too. kate, i have probably asked this before, but since i am indeed 60(!!!) now, i can't remember. where in minnesota are you? are you going to the minnesota horse expo in april? there is another 15 hand, drafty fjord loverboy who is going to be there..OZ. and he would love to meet you. this is the first year i have taken him down, and we get to ride in the huge arena of the coliseum, and talk fjord for 3 straight days.. laurie, and oz, who got a couple of days off from riding this week, since i was basically snowed in ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Re: National Drive
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Tiffany! I'm planning to go to the National Drive at the Horse Park in October and I'm really excited about it. I'm not sure how to sign up for stalls though...do you know with whom we should speak on that subject? On which website did you see the reservation info? I'm hoping to take both my Fjords (and my brother too - it'll be a really different kind of weekend for him!). I've never been to the park but everyone says it's beautiful, that the Museum of the Horse is not to be missed and that the seminars and workshops are great! I hope we can both get it arranged. If you bring your Fjord, maybe we can stage pony races to the carrot bar! Kay Van Natta @ Yellow Pony Farm in SE MI and Braveheart, who says, Oh boy! New trails! and Bogie, who says,Trailer ride? Why? I like the old trails. The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Re: ugly stages
This message is from: kate charboneau [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Linda, I agree, time will improve things. Fredlet was looking better, well, less bad anyway, this morning, so I measured him. He's only downhill by 1 now, so this just has to be about growthiness. I found a zillion internet pictures of an old Blue Earth show on Living in Oz. Of course I went immediately to the group titled, 2 3 yr old geldings and saw quite clearly what a good fit my Fred would have been with that group. Then I checked out the 4 5 yr old geldings and lo and behold that group of boys had pulled their bodies together. You are right, I just have to get the expectations out of my head that he should mature like Other Breeds. Seeing that picture group of 2 3 year old geldings really did me alot of good. As well as so many of you telling me to just hold on, he'll get around to maturing in his own time. Thanks, all. I've settled my brain down on it. It's like he's a year slower than I expected. I can deal with that. Kate This message is from: Linda Lottie User [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kate.give your boy time. Winter is the worst time of the year for looksfjords mature slowly. If you are used to the other breeds, well, just give him time. About this time of year I have to trim the goat hairs as I am just tired of looking at the yak look :) Linda Laurie Oz, I'm so sure that we must be nearly neighbors... I'm in Bemidji. Where are you? I will be going to Expo, just hubby me; Fred will stay home. We're planning on taking in the fun, and especially on hanging with the Fjords their people. I'm eager to meet you Oz there! I'd love to try my hand at hugging and smooching on a 15H, drafty Fjord loverboy! Since I'm a retired show mom, I am much better at supporting the do-er than on being the do-er; and I'm eager to lend a hand to all you do-ers at Expo. :) Also, I've been wondering if the Heike you write about is the same woman that I've heard has a Fjord stallion that is a certified Posse horse? If so, I think she may have a mare, Lily, that's from Bemidji. :) Kate Fred laurie, who has been working from home because minnesota is in the midst of a 3 day blizzard kate, i have probably asked this before, but since i am indeed 60(!!!) now, i can't remember. where in minnesota are you? are you going to the minnesota horse expo in april? there is another 15 hand, drafty fjord loverboy who is going to be there..OZ. and he would love to meet you. this is the first year i have taken him down, and we get to ride in the huge arena of the coliseum, and talk fjord for 3 straight days.. laurie, and oz, who got a couple of days off from riding this week, since i was basically snowed in The average US Credit Score is 675. The cost to see yours: $0 by Experian. Spam detection software, running on the system angus.mystery.com, has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or block similar future email. If you have any questions, see [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. Content preview: Hi Linda, I agree, time will improve things. Fredlet was looking better, well, less bad anyway, this morning, so I measured him. He's only downhill by 1 now, so this just has to be about growthiness. I found a zillion internet pictures of an old Blue Earth show on Living in Oz. Of course I went immediately to the group titled, 2 3 yr old geldings and saw quite clearly what a good fit my Fred would have been with that group. Then I checked out the 4 5 yr old geldings and lo and behold that group of boys had pulled their bodies together. You are right, I just have to get the expectations out of my head that he should mature like Other Breeds. Seeing that picture group of 2 3 year old geldings really did me alot of good. As well as so many of you telling me to just hold on, he'll get around to maturing in his own time. Thanks, all. I've settled my brain down on it. It's like he's a year slower than I expected. I can deal with that. Kate [...] Content analysis details: (5.1 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description -- -- 1.0 FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS From: ends in numbers 0.6 WORK_AT_HOME BODY: Information on how to work at home (1) 0.7 HTML_20_30 BODY: Message is 20% to 30% HTML 0.7 MIME_HTML_ONLY BODY: Message only has text/html MIME parts 0.2 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message 1.1 MIME_HTML_NO_CHARSET RAW: Message text in HTML without charset 0.9 MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER Message-Id was added by a relay The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
RE: choosing low-maintenance Fjord
This message is from: kate charboneau [EMAIL PROTECTED] My aged Welsh/Paint has soft, white feet. He has lovely shaped feet, but they sure are soft, and he's gimpy on anything but sugar-sand or grass. Therefore he's shod spring through fall. Those white feet are topped with flashy high white socks that have soft, thin skin which is continually getting scratches (a fungal infection). This lovely boy also has a wide blaze that touches his pretty blue eyes. This means that the glare of the sun off the snow is very painful for him. In winter I smudge black horse make-up (the stuff my daughter used to use to blacken her bay's muzzle for showing) around his eyes to help lessen the glare. In the summer I am constantly putting sun screen around his eyes, and I still can't entirely keep him from burning and peeling. His silky soft forlock, mane touch-the-ground tail are constantly in dredlocks, even though I brush them out almost daily. These are some of the factors involved in my choosing a Fjord to be the horse to take over as my Welsh/Paint retires. I am eager for those rock hard, nicely cupped hooves to take us down the roads trails! I love that no-nonsense brown dun with dark brown eyes that just take care of themselves! I love his thick winter coat and pokey-uppy mane. I love that tail that never gets dredlocks! My husband teases me that I've never really outgrown Barbies, because I so love brushing, braiding, and dressing my horses. He's right, I absolutely love the tending and fussing; but I chose the Fjord for my next horse because its a choice to do all that for him, not a necessity like it is for my retiring horse. Mortgage rates as low as 4.625% - Refinance $150,000 loan for $579 a month. Intro*Terms Spam detection software, running on the system angus.mystery.com, has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or block similar future email. If you have any questions, see [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. Content preview: My aged Welsh/Paint has soft, white feet. He has lovely shaped feet, but they sure are soft, and he's gimpy on anything but sugar-sand or grass. Therefore he's shod spring through fall. Those white feet are topped with flashy high white socks that have soft, thin skin which is continually getting scratches (a fungal infection). This lovely boy also has a wide blaze that touches his pretty blue eyes. This means that the glare of the sun off the snow is very painful for him. In winter I smudge black horse make-up (the stuff my daughter used to use to blacken her bay's muzzle for showing) around his eyes to help lessen the glare. In the summer I am constantly putting sun screen around his eyes, and I still can't entirely keep him from burning and peeling. His silky soft forlock, mane touch-the-ground tail are constantly in dredlocks, even though I brush them out almost daily. [...] Content analysis details: (5.4 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description -- -- 1.0 FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS From: ends in numbers 1.0 MORTGAGE_PITCH BODY: Looks like mortgage pitch 0.6 MORTGAGE_RATES BODY: Information on mortgage rates 0.7 MIME_HTML_ONLY BODY: Message only has text/html MIME parts 0.2 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message 1.1 MIME_HTML_NO_CHARSET RAW: Message text in HTML without charset 0.9 MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER Message-Id was added by a relay The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Safer Driving
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/26/2007 10:37:33 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I saw the fury and power of a runaway team. It reminds me of a quote from one of Connecticut's oldest residents visited by a reporter at her nursing home. She was asked how she had lived so long and she said, My Dad long ago told me to watch out for mad dogs and runaway horses. Valerie in snowy Connecticut Thanks for the post and good reminder Valerie. I also missed Ruth's post about the wreck in the Tueson Rodeo Parade, which sadly resulted in a childs death. * This next, copied with permission from a Pony List,is another sad but timely reminder of what can and will go wrong in the dangerous sport of carriage driving. * * We have a Shetland pony I have been ground driving for years. Finally, last year I bit the bullet and bought a cart and decide I'm going to learn to drive. I found several good groups through yahoo, and started reading in search for knowledge (I'm always searching for knowledge and sometimes that gets in the way of things I already know). I made a few post in hopes of finding some more pony friends. To make a long story short, I met someone fairly local and went and drove with her a few times. I enjoyed it and respected the fact she had been driving for several years and seems like she has had extensive training. I felt greateful for the opportunity to drive with her. She came out a time or 2 and watched my pony ground drive and such. I did months of ground work with pony and the cart, and I was anxious to hook my pony for the 1st time. I thought with her experience and help I would be more confident. When the day came and we decided to hook him, my confidence was chipped away as I followed the guidence I was given. I was told it is best to be in a open area to do the first hitch - I wanted to do it in the small fenced area I had available -not ideal but it would have kept the pony from running into the road, etc. I thought someone should hold a saftey line to help turn him in a circle if he bolted. I asked and was told it wasn't needed. My mentor's son even said Shouldn't we take it? and again, We won't need it. was the reply. I tried to take all the precautions I could - I even took the pony's barn buddy to the field at the end of the farm lane he was going to be driven down, thinking he would be calmed by the sight of his buddy once we got to the end of the lane. A truck at the other end of the lane complicated things. As we were trying to hook him, he kept wanting to turn and watch that truck, so I was told to let him stand facing the truck(and road) while we hitched. OK, now we're hitched. I say we need to turn him around - I'm told to ask him to step up and then we'll turn him. Well, Dummy me did!! All my instincts told me not to do what I was doing but I did! He bolted and I dragged behind as long as I could and had to release him. It wasn't a fun learning experience. Since this is getting long enough I'll just say I was extremely lucky no one was hurt and pony was ok. I'm totally to blame for not trusting my own gut instinct and 37 yrs of horse sense! I Blame NO ONE for what transpired that day but myself!! But I have read something that makes me feel as though I need to defend myself, family, and pony! We have been a QH family with extensive Rodeo, Horsemanship, halter and pleasure training experience. Driving was new to my family and I was seeking knowledge from where ever I could find it. My Mother never tried to step in and say anything about my driving and or training, because she was not familiar with the driving world. Mom was in the house with my kids when we hooked the pony and never had any part in the hitching of the pony. She was in the house until she saw the pony running down the road. To my knowledge my mother never, ever stepped in and said anything until after that day! Now, as I ran frantically down the road after the pony, I have no idea what my mother could have said as things unfolded. I know we were all very distdraught over this event. I have never heard her say anything negative about my mentor. She just told me what I already knew - I should've have known better -than to do anything new to a horse that wasn't in a controlled enviroment. It was never a matter of listening to my mother over the mentor. Mom kept her mouth shut and let me figure it out. My mother had absolutely nothing to do with the meltdown!! This pony would be driving today If I had had the confidence to rehook him that day- in a controlled enviroment. If that pony would have been contained in the first place, he wouldn't have ran into traffic and unfamiliar territory. That freaked him out even more than the cart chasing him. He didn't know where he was once he headed west of my
Re: choosing low-maintenance Fjord
This message is from: jgayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whoops!!! Fjords do not get dread Locks?,,Gunnar must not be a pure bred!!! His voluminous tail is in one hundred plus dread locks. It is easy to get them out with that cowboy sheen so I do not worry about him in the muddy long winter. Jean Author 'The Colonel's Daughter Occupied Germany 1946 to 1949 Send: $20 to Three Horse's Press 7403 Blaine Rd Aberdeen, WA 98520 The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
National Drive
This message is from: mom [EMAIL PROTECTED] In response to the post below, as of this date, there will be at least three fjords at the National Drive--MVF Venn (my pony) and Curt Pierce and Marsha Korose' pair, LLF Ulend and HOG Solvar. Will be with a friend who drives a mule, so we will surely stand out! I know Olaf Nyby was there last year and imagine he will be there again this year. I am SO looking forward to it! Sue Freivald I was just wondering if anyone from the list has gone to or is planning on going to the National Drive at the Kentucky Horse Park? It sounds like great fun to be able to drive all over the Park, participate in the clinics (I hear they have a dressage and cones ring set up) and socialize with other driving people. It's so early in the year that I don't know for sure if I'll be able to go (or if either of the 2 possible driving horses - Fjord or Friesian - will be ready!) My Friesian mare might have to go evaluations this fall and of course, that isn't scheduled yet, but I did see on the website that you can make reservations, and if you cancel 90 days before you get 100% refund. The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Expo
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 3/3/2007 4:41:23 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just got back from five days in Harrisburg PA at the Expo with Curt Pierce and Marsha Korose of Deep Creek Farm. It was an exhilirating time--the breed demos were colorful and fun to say the least. Joe Glick was there with his stallion Sivert and gelding Halnes, Curt and Marsha brought HOG Solvar and LLF Ulend. Joe's son Ivan at 14, showed Sivert in hand, and Joe showed him under saddle. Ulend was also shown under saddle and driving in the pair with Solvar, Halness demonstrated draft work with the stone boat. With three of the 5 colors there it was a nice showing (brown, grey, white). Congratulations guys for another great Expo ! Having done a few myself, I must say that they are not easy, but your hard work is sure good for the breed. I like how you take not only beautiful Fjords, but Stallions as well ! Great representitives of our breed. I do not like to hear from people after events like these about fractous acting Fjords out in public. Of course, keeping your animal in-hand and under control is always important but leave the ones at home that bite or need heavy handleing IMHO. Anyway too cool ! You guys always pull off a class act ! Lisa ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
my .2 on hoofs
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 3/3/2007 1:55:06 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Stop shoeing and let the horse go barefoot - the hoof starts regaining its original shape, and eventually will get back to it's natural shape if you leave the shoes off long enough. It takes a good year for the new healthy hoof to grow out from the coronal band. It needs to be appropriately trimmed during this time. Hoof boots can be put on if the horse has tenderness issues, such as when going on gravel and rocks, or maybe dealing with an old abcess that is growing out. I would love to stop shoeing. With 18 here, my monthly farrier bill is often 200.00. All winter, as usual everyone was barefoot, with every 6-8 week trims. Now that its warming up and we have started riding ( and soon driving ) the ones heading out on the sand, rocks and gravel of Southern UT. need shoes. Not practicle for easy boots, I do however have a set in my Search and Rescue pack.for thrown shoes. We tend to drive the shoes here into flat blades with the miles put on for CDE's. Just what works here...Lisa ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Belated Thank You to MWFHC Members - Some What Long
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, Please accept my apologizes for the lateness of this message. In trying to finish up the final details of the meeting/seminars and getting my house back in order after dumping every thing at the front door last Sunday night, the time slipped away from me. I would like to say THANK YOU, THANK YOU to everyone who battled the weather to get to the Midwest Fjord Horse Club Winter Meeting. You all stuck with us and were so easy to please. We had a great turnout in spite of the weather, out of the 60 people who signed up, 45-48 were able to make it. Some came on Friday night, but then had to turn around and go home on Saturday due to the possibility of not being able to get back into their driveways and care for their animals. We missed each and everyone of you. The get together on Friday night was wonderful, the food was good and everyone sat around and visited. Saturday morning we started a little late with our English Saddle fitting lecture give by LuAnne Reaumes from the Schleese Saddle Company. LuAnne covered a lot of information on the structure of the horse, the importance of having a good fitting saddle and the issues that can come up if your saddle does not fit. The feedback from everyone I spoke to or who privately e-mailed me was excellent and they appreciated the time she took to answer everyone's questions. LuAnne even saved the day when the Western Saddle Fitting lady was unable to make it due to the weather. She went off with those people who had questions and worked with them. I did not know at the time but Schleese Saddle Company also makes Western Saddles. Thank you to Sophie Fiedler, Pat Holland and Phil Odden for participating in the English portion and to Kay Jim Barnhart for providing the horse for the Western portion of the lecture. Then after lunch Rich Hotovy and Bob Gudknecht gave a harness fitting lecture for both Breast Collar and Draft harness. First, Rich went through some of the terminology for harness, then they fit the Breast Collar harness to the horse, then the horse/harness to a cart and then provided a short driving demo. Next came fitting a team with Draft harness and demonstrating how to hitch a team to a wagon and then took the team for a short drive around the arena. Thank you to Jeff and Lisa Lovett for providing the horses used in demos. Also thank you to Mike Sadlon, Tyler Schlickman and Phil Odden for their assistance out in the arena proving help where ever needed. People then went back to the hotel to relax while some of us stayed back to get the smaller arena prepared for the Dinner/Meeting/Auction and Dance. The caterers did a fantastic job with the food, the dessert was to die for. Congratulations to all who won the Fjord center pieces, it paid to sit in the right chair :) Syl and Anne Weyker put the Auction together this year and did a wonderful job, they helped to raise $2,748 dollars for the club. THANKS for a job well done!! There were many great items to bid on and no one went home a loser. Rich Hotovy did a fine job as the Auctioneer. Our President, Chuck Kelly led the meeting, took care of business and then we got on to more fun. The band did a great job and some of us hung on and danced until 11:30 pm. Therine and Bob Gudknecht sure can cut a rug! By the time we left the arena the weather was a bit better and the roads were not as icy. Sunday morning started a little slow, Ben Eyster, our Clinician for the day called at 6:00 am and canceled, but by 9:00 am called back and said the roads were not as bad and did we still want him to come. We hurried around and asked people if they were still interested and the answer was YES!!! So when he arrived we got things started. Ben's clinics are for starting the young horse, working with problem horses and helping people work with their horse, first on the ground and then in the saddle. I consider what he does magic, but it is much more than that. Ben put on a great clinic and provided us with a lot of info to process. Many of the people there are interested in getting together and working with Ben at another time. It was then time to say goodbye until July when the Club will hold it's annual horse show in Blue Earth, Minnesota. Pat Holland, Show Chairperson, promises another great show I for one am looking forward to this years show as I have final worked up enough nerve to try and show. I have been a horse show mom most of my life and as a little girl have always dreamed of showing, but did not have the nerve. This show and the great people who come to this show have given me the courage to try. I have observed the last few years of coming that everyone is encouraging and supportive to anyone who is showing. I have seen people running around at the last minute to get someone
Wireless PA Systems
This message is from: fjords [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am currently researching wireless PA systems with headset or lapel microphones for hands free use. I need 2 systems since we will have 2 clinicians working at a time in an indoor arena - one at each end of the arena. The speakers will be set in front of the grandstand so people in the respective clinic can hear what the clinician is saying that is in front of them and not the other clinician at the other end of the arena. Does that make sense? I've found a lot of them on the internet but would prefer to hear from people with experience using them. If anyone has a recommendation I'd love to hear about it! You can email me privately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks in advance! Taffy Mercer Kennewick, WA The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
