Knutsen Fjord's Soren Homecoming
This message is from: "Michele Noonan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We finally got our new boy home. It took about 8 hours to get home today. (normally a 5 hr tops trip) Construction and 45mph and grandkids potty stops, and traffic, due to our new fire that was going crazy near the highway. Soren took it all in stride, never got antsy in the trailer, never called or kicked or anything, I think he slept the whole way. Thanks To Dan and Solvi Watanabe for putting up with the 5 of us (Myself, my youngest son Riley who is 11, and my daughter Mandy and her two kids Karlie and Clayton( my 20mth old grandson that had just learned the words, MINE and WHY?) When we got home, we called all our friends over to watch him prance around and guess what? HE DIDN'T. he looked at the herd, figured it looked just like the herd he left and just stood there getting his land legs back, HE finally did a one time trot around the round pen and some blowing of the nostrils, when he saw the ugliest fjord he had ever seen come up to the fence. It was our llama and he didn't know what to think for about 10 seconds. Right now he is in the pen right outside my bedroom window and he is quiet and calm. I think he needs another kiss and cookie, don't you? He is such a calm level headed guy!. Now we have work to do to get him bonded to us before we trek him back over the mountains to Moses Lake next week. We feel bad bringing him to our smoky home, It is so bad it looks like fog. It's getting as bad as 2000 but not quite yet. We are going to braid and bag his beautiful tail and tell him not to rub his eyes or forelock on anything! Anvil's Morgen had a busy time at our house, he bred 6 mares and he would have had 7 but Kare hasn't foaled yet, I think she wanted Soren See everyone at Moses Lake Michele Noonan Stevensville, Mt The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Re: heat and Fjords
This message is from: Emily Wigley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yes, the flipping of the lip and lack of appetite are definitely signs of colic. and a little more than electrolytes may be needed. If I may be so bold as to suggest you talk to your vet the next time this happens, as a dosing of paste or IV Banamine may be in order to make the horse comfortable. Regarding hosing off a horse, please remember to scrape off the water right away. The way the body uses water (and sweat) to cool is through evaporation, and only when the water (now heated from contact with the hot horse/coat) is removed from the horse with a sweat scraper of some kind. I am reminded of the wonderful progress made because of the sad results (extreme overheating) at the '92 Olympics at Barcelona, which resulted in the use of misting fans - the water evaporates immediately after cooling, and the horses are thus cooled. If the water is left on the horse, the horse will actually overheat more. For trailering in hot and/or humid weather I heard a wonderful technique: put down shavings in trailer, then a couple of bags of crushed ice, then some more shavings, and it will act like old fashioned ice boxes in cooling the trailer's interior, and therefore the hot horse(s). I had a mild heatstroke (me, not the horses) today while teaching and it's no fun. Fortunately I realized what was going on, and got it under control very quickly. No fun for humans or horses (or any creatures for that matter!)!! Keep cool Emily Emily Wigley Fish Bowl Farm Vashon Island, Washington http://www.fishbowlfarm.com • [EMAIL PROTECTED] • 206-463-5473 The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
RE: biothane harness
This message is from: "kate charboneau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have both leather and Zilco single harnesses. I love them both. I use the Zilco late spring-early fall, and especially love it when coming in all sweaty or muddy, I unhitch, then hose off the horse and Zilco harness together. 5 minutes to a happy horse and a "cleanish" harness. When it's showtime I dunk the harness in a bucket of sudsy water, then use a scrub brush on the harness and in very few minutes it's beautiful. No judge has ever mentioned that my show harness is not leather. I show in "Open Pleasure Driving" at local open shows and county fairs, and have actually had a judge once take the microphone & go over my harness and hitch as an example of what he likes to see! The downside to Zilco is that it's VERY stiff in the northern Minnesota winter, to the point of being impossible to use. So I use my lovely Samson harness late fall-early spring. I love my Samson harnesses! Cleaning that harness is therapy...I love the smell and feel of good harness leather. It's lovely to spend a couple hours in the barn on a rainy spring morning cleaning harness. So both types have their permanent place in my heart and in my barn. Messenger Café open for fun 24/7. Hot games, cool activities served daily. Visit now. The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Re: Lincoln Creek CDE
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wow!!! Congratulations Barb... Hope you continue to do as well in your next CDE! Amy Amy Evers Dun Lookin' Fjords 260 May Creek Rd Days Creek, OR 97429 541-825-3303 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Re: fjordhorse-digest V2007 #187
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 8/14/07 12:04:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > and > holding up smashingly to my tendency to scoop that last little bit of > manure > up onto the rake with my boot tip. > ooh, i am glad i am not the only one who does that. i have had mine since i first got a horse in about 2001 or 2002 and both pair are still in great shape. > In fact, these boots are so comfortable > that I find I am wearing them out and around everyplace I would normally > wear > my tennis shoes (although my daughter is objecting to the way they look > with > shorts!!). > good thing she wasn't at the evaluation last weekend in lacrosse. i, and several other fashion queens, wore them all weekend with shorts. too hot for anything that even resembled jeans. > And I've been out riding with them several times with great > performance in the stirrups as well. > > yup, i wear them until it gets really cold and then i switch to my insulated mountain horse paddocks happy trails laurie, who hasn't seen oz since last wednesday, but is going there tonight ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Nice deal on ladies boots
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FYI Ladies, Because of the favorable posts regarding Ariat Terrain boots, I ordered them and in the process of searching found a really good deal on some nice Roper boots. [53% off closeout at Sierra Trading Post, URL below.] They were comfortable right away. Linda _http://www.sierratradingpost.com/p/,68553_Roper-Chukka-Boots-Horseshoe-II-For -Women.html_ (http://www.sierratradingpost.com/p/,68553_Roper-Chukka-Boots-Horseshoe-II-For-Women.html) ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Re: heat and Fjords
This message is from: Robin Churchill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Obviously, with living in Florida, if our fjords are ever going to work, they have to do it in the heat but I try to be extremely careful with them. I only work them in the morning or evening, hose them before and after working and hydrate with some gatorade before and gatorade with summer games electrolytes added after work. I also give lots of breaks while working. With this approach, they have become quite fit and tolerate the work without difficulty. When my gelding first arrived from Nova Scotia, the heat really affected him but after spending 3 years in southwest Florida (in the summer otherwise known as hell), he does fine. That being said, Valerie's point is well-taken as our vet told me about a quarter horse last week that had to be euthanized after foundering from being worked excessively in the heat. I think a lot of horse trailers especially in the more northern areas lack sufficient ventilation for hot weather. My first horse trailer came from Indiana and was a great trailer except not enough ventilation for this climate which really restricted when I could trailer. I got rid of it and got one with as much ventilation as I could put in and an insulated roof and have no problems trailering even when it is quite hot. Robin in southwest hot, humid, unseasonably dry Florida --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: > http://tinyurl.com/rcepw > > > Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433 The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
