Re: Graphic, be forewarned
This message is from: Reena Giola [EMAIL PROTECTED] oh wow.. very graphic so sad. All young horses... I hope the surviving horses can find good homes. Reena - Original Message - This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Here are a couple of links to information about the accident. There are comments from the public including 2 people who were at the scene. _http://www.topix.com/forum/city/wadsworth-il/TIRQLG84A3TC8ACNK_ (http://www.topix.com/forum/city/wadsworth-il/TIRQLG84A3TC8ACNK) _http://www.bristolwisconsin.com/Horse%20semi-trailer%20Accident%20Photos.htm_ (http://www.bristolwisconsin.com/Horse%20semi-trailer%20Accident%20Photos.htm) Very sad photos ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
staying in a fire
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] When we were in Australia last summer, I picked up a brochure put out by the government on how to stay by your house and farm to protect it from a fire. As you might know, fires in Australia are quite prevalent, but I think they are different than ours, in one way because the trees are mostly types of gum trees, which burn very rapidly and easily due to their oils, but they also recover. Big trees can loose their outer bark and you can see in areas where fire went through 2 or 3 years ago, all the big trees are living. As to the brochure, it was full of tips like filling your gutters with water, removing all curtains from windows, always having a clearing around the house. One of the things I noticed in Australia, there are no roofs that are not ceramic or metal. And I also think one of the major differences in the countries, is that there is a lot of bush area in Australia where there will be no help. There is just too much area to cover for the manpower. So you are on your own. It did say to get your family out ahead of time if possible. My Fjords are real glad they live in CT where most natural disasters come in the form of snow! Valerie Columbia, CT The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
RE: fjordhorse-digest V2007 #248
This message is from: LINDA Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] First of all, I would like to thank Lisa P. for keeping everyone posted and Jeff for the brave work he is doing fighting the fires. I would like to comment on castrating horses in a clinic. It is, in my opinion much safer to have the vet do it at your farm. I got talked into having my stallion put under at the clinic because they said it would be easier as he was older (5 years old). When I went to pick him up, I saw a person I knew at the clinic and asked her why she had her colt there. She said to have him gelded because it was easier on a young horse. My horse had severe swelling for 7 days in which I was told to exercise him more, then when that didn't work to hot pack it. He went into shock on the 7th day and died on the 8th day after surgery because he slipped a stitch inside and he could not be saved. He died from internal bleeding. Not saying not to give anethestic, but vets have gelded horses a long time the same way so don't rush to be kind and be talked into a procedure that is twice as expensive and I think, more dangerous. I definately agree about the poor little goat boy. Not to give them anything seems cruel. Linda Lewis The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
RE: grass bombing
This message is from: Corinne Logan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To help with this problem, I used to fix a grass rein on his horse. It is basically a loop of hay twine or rope that runs from one bit ring, around the horn of the saddle, and back to the other bit ring. I've been wondering what to do with all that twine hanging around :-) No seriously, what does everyone do with their grain bags twine?Thanks,Corinne LoganWillows Edge FarmBothell, WA 425-402-6781www.willowsedgefarm.com The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
RE: fjordhorse-digest V2007 #246/blankets
This message is from: Rose or Murph [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emily, I agree 100%, as we share the same climate. Rosemary in Roy WA The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Re: recycling
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah [EMAIL PROTECTED] Corinne Logan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been wondering what to do with all that twine hanging around :-) No seriously, what does everyone do with their grain bags twine? My grain sacks (the woven plastic kind) and baling twine (also plastic) eventually end up in the landfill, although much of it has a second career before getting there. I use baling twine in the garden for my green beans to climb, to support young tomato starts within their cages, to restrain the asperagus ferns within their fences, etc. Of course, it gets used in all manner of places around the ranch, to temporarily patch this, close that, and hold the other up, down, in, out, etc. Baling twine, plus a good pocket knife, can also qualify as the minimalist spares kit for carriage driving. ;-) Grain sacks (well, alfalfa pellets, as my fat Fjords and donkey don't get any grain) are actually in short supply around here. I had to beg some from a neighbor, for my next project---cleaning up under our black walnut tree. The woven plastic sacks are strong enough, but not too big---when filled with walnuts, they're still movable from ground to pickup to dump. And, of course, they get tied closed with baling twine However, talk to your local recycling center. Ours recently said they'd take any kind of plastic, but I haven't checked to see if that includes twine and bags. Marsha Jo HannahMurphy must have been a horseman-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] anything that can go wrong, will! 15 mi SW of Roseburg, Oregon The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Re: fjordhorse-digest V2007 #248
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 10/29/07 12:04:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here are a couple of links to information about the accident. un-f$%(*$#(%ing believeable. it said they were on their way to an auction near minneapolis. i think they should end the driver here anyhow so we can draw and quarter him...there are no words angry enough for this. laurie ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
RE: recycling
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marsha Jo, I hope you don't mean you're dumping those black walnuts in the REAL DUMP but just dumping into something else to sell or give away. Aren't they the good ones to eat?Cheryl G. Beck Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:05:17 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Subject: Re: recycling CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah [EMAIL PROTECTED] Corinne Logan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been wondering what to do with all that twine hanging around :-) No seriously, what does everyone do with their grain bags twine? My grain sacks (the woven plastic kind) and baling twine (also plastic) eventually end up in the landfill, although much of it has a second career before getting there. I use baling twine in the garden for my green beans to climb, to support young tomato starts within their cages, to restrain the asperagus ferns within their fences, etc. Of course, it gets used in all manner of places around the ranch, to temporarily patch this, close that, and hold the other up, down, in, out, etc. Baling twine, plus a good pocket knife, can also qualify as the minimalist spares kit for carriage driving. ;-) Grain sacks (well, alfalfa pellets, as my fat Fjords and donkey don't get any grain) are actually in short supply around here. I had to beg some from a neighbor, for my next project---cleaning up under our black walnut tree. The woven plastic sacks are strong enough, but not too big---when filled with walnuts, they're still movable from ground to pickup to dump. And, of course, they get tied closed with baling twine However, talk to your local recycling center. Ours recently said they'd take any kind of plastic, but I haven't checked to see if that includes twine and bags. Marsha Jo Hannah Murphy must have been a horseman-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] anything that can go wrong, will! 15 mi SW of Roseburg, Oregon The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
home again
This message is from: Sarah Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am congenitally incapable of writing a short post, but since many of you may not want all the details suffice to say we are all home (including dogs, cats and horses). For more details you may go to the website: http://www.freewebs.com/sarahmagdalenclarke/fireblog.htm Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
RE: grass bombing/grass rein
This message is from: Karen McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] For safety's sake, please set this 'grass rein' up like a side check rein: go from bit (or halter ring@ at lower side), thru an attached ring at the intersection of the cheekpiece/browband, then to a fixed point on the saddle (to stirrup bars on an english saddle or to a breastplate attachmant or up thru the gullet on a western saddle). I have used this set up for little kids quite a bit, but only until they learn how to control the problem better on their own. By not inserting the ring at the headstall, the string/twine/cord could easily hook onto a limb or object, or the horse could step thru it, which could possibly be a set up for a nice wreck. Re. recycling grain bags, there is a person here in central Oregon who has cans placed at many of the feed stores. They make nice carry bags out of them. No website, but you can contact them at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personally we don't buy black plastic bags, we just use the leftover feed sacks, like in the shop and barn...if they are paper, we burn them w/ the burnable garbage in them. Karen McCarthy Great Basin Fjords :: Madras, Oregon http://www.picturetrail.com/weegees The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Mare for SALE... Apologies
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A couple of weeks ago I put a note on the list regarding a mare that I am selling. I'd like to extend my apologies to those people that wrote me thinking I was giving her away because I said I really couldn't afford to keep her when I don't use her much. I am indeed offering this mare FOR SALE. I'm truly sorry for any confusion... If anyone is interested in BUYING a 13 year old mare that rides and drives and is in foal for March 2008, please contact me at the Email below (not on this list) for price, photos, details, etc. Thanks for your understanding, Amy Amy Evers Dun Lookin' Fjords 260 May Creek Rd Days Creek, OR 97429 541-825-3303 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
ozzie does dressagie
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] i entered our first schooling show in dressage yesterday at our barn, something oz has done before, but i haven't. i was pretty nervous before the show, and a little unnverved by everyone trying to practice in the same place, however, once we got in the ring, i just thought of it as another lesson and felt better. we did Intro A, which was pretty much a lost cause. our circles had corners, and at one point the judge marked our sheet as a little sluggish. (he was being generous LOL). in others words, oz was his relaxed old self. for intro B, i got out a whip. most times i don't even need to use it, but if he knows it's there he's a lot more responsive to commands, and our scores reflected our improvement. he can move out if asked, which he did, though we still lost some curve on our circles, but did get some 7s. so i was pleased and we enjoyed ourselves. it gave us a chance to see where we need to improve and things to work on over the winter. laurie, and oz, who entered at A, laughing LOL ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Re: no rest for the wicked
This message is from: jgayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hooray, Lisa and thanks for helping us keep up to date and the ideas about what to do. So glad hubby is coming home and if those handcuffs don't work I can tell you about some knots that stay tied Jean Gayle Author of: '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
Re: CA fires, saying no to the vet
This message is from: jgayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linda, I hesitate to say anything about why people set fires, with out knowledge of who set, who looked and who told. As to cure, certainly does not always work as anything else but I do not hear of repeaters but I do not see such problems. Maybe some of the other therapists can give you an answer. It is dreadful. What has amazed me recently, is going out in Gunnar's field, (the remote Gunnar) and being nibbled, urged to pet and followed about everything I did. Rewiring electric fence. So I decided I was not paying enough attention and that he might be jealous of the three minis in the big field. They are super friendly!! So, now I go in with Gunnar as often as possible and enjoy the relationship I have waited for for seven years! Best wishes for your Kitty, they mean so much. Jean Gayle Author of: '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
recycling
This message is from: Carol Makosky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hey! My saying for twine is Don't leave home without it I always carry a plastic bag of it in my truck and it has come in handy more than once. I have to confess that I do toss most of it when the twine hook gets too full. -- Built Fjord Tough Carol M. On Golden Pond N. Wisconsin The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Re: recycling
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope you don't mean you're dumping those black walnuts in the REAL DUMP but just dumping into something else to sell or give away. Aren't they the good ones to eat? Cheryl G. Beck Nope---English walnuts are the good ones. Black walnuts come in a shell so tough that, by the time you've whacked it hard enough to crack the shell, you've pulverized the nutmeat. When we were building our house, numerous loaded concrete transit mixers ran over nuts on the driveway, and all they did was push the whole nuts down into the packed gravel. We call them organic rocks! If we dump them somewhere else on the property, we get fat digger squirrels (don't need to encourage them!) and/or black walnut tree sprouts (ditto). Plus, black walnuts come in a thick wrapper that quickly rots into a disgusting, staining goo, so I want them gone out of my yard, ASAP. The gleaners for the local food pantry won't touch them. In the summer, it's a huge, lovely shade tree, or it would have been long-gone Marsha Jo HannahMurphy must have been a horseman-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] anything that can go wrong, will! 15 mi SW of Roseburg, Oregon The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
black walnut
This message is from: Carol Makosky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hey!! Don't knock the black walnut tree. That is the only wood my husband will use to make gun stocks out of. The feathering and patterns in the grain from the root area or crotch where a branch was can be breath taking once finished. Plus it costs plenty when finished. Someone once gave me a small bag of cleaned black walnut meat and I still can't find a use for it. Perhaps it is time to feed it to the squirrels. OK to keep this Fjord related, I spent about 3 hrs. driving Heidi today and she said that was long enough. -- Built Fjord Tough Carol M. On Golden Pond N. Wisconsin The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Re: fjordhorse-digest V2007 #248
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RE: STRING OF SLEIGH BELLS FOR SALE
This message is from: Theresa Christiansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you please send me pictures? Thank you. Theresa Christiansen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jerrell friz Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 3:59 PM To: CD-L automatic digest system Cc: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: STRING OF SLEIGH BELLS FOR SALE This message is from: jerrell friz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi List, String of graduated bells 29 bells, [size1 thru 15] black leather 1 1/4 by 87 inches long. Amish made, very good condition, I can't see any cracks in the bronze bells. $125 each plus shipping. I have 2 strings, buy both, for $225. Call or email for more info, pictures ,etc. 530-347-1900 Jerry Friz, Anderson, CA. Ride and Drive your horses barrel to get the correct timing For your security this Message has been checked for Viruses as a courtesy of Com-Pair Services! The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Re: black walnut
This message is from: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hey, Black walnut meats are great in a cake: look in your recipe books for Black Walnut cake, or make fudge with black walnuts in it1 Delicious. Worth the effort (imo) to crack and pick out the nut meat. When I was a kid in Ohio, we had black walnut trees and we gathered every nut we could: let the lay a while for the husks to rot away than went after the nut meat. We had Hickory nuts also, almost as much work as the black walnuts, but delicious! Jean in Alaska, where the only kind of nuts we have are the the human kind! Someone once gave me a small bag of cleaned black walnut meat and I still can't find a use for it. The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
