Re: Colic advice

[Reena Giola]

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I am sorry to hear about Della but glad that it got sorted out and she is 
home doing better


Reena and Gus

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On Monday, Della Ree started to colic (our temps shot up to the 100's and
apparently she stopped drinking water).  > Kate
with Joe and very thankfully, with Della


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Re: Colic advice

[MorrisShadowMT]

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Hello Kate
 
  I feed very wet beet pulp year round.  It is a great way to  make sure that 
your horse gets more liquids in either hot or cold weather when  they are 
more likely to drink less.   Since I have done this for many  years now.  I 
have 
not had any colic's related to not drinking.And yes they love it.   If the 
horse is too fat use it to replace the  hay that they would normally eat.   
If too thin add more and they will  gain easily.  If they eat grain too fast 
use it to mix with it.  As it  does slow them down.   I have not had any horses 
inhale  it.   Most take more time and try to chew it.   It really is  a very 
good feed choice for many different horses.   The amount of  water it absorbs 
is enormous .
 
 
Bonnie Morris



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Colic advice

[KateSeidel]

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What a month for the best ponies ever!  Joe's lameness at the start of  May 
turned out to be a severe abscess, which eventually blew out of his coronary  
band.  Looks like he is going to be lame for a few months while he grows  some 
new hoof wall.
 
On Monday, Della Ree started to colic (our temps shot up to the 100's and  
apparently she stopped drinking water).  She had a very hard large colon  
impaction and did not respond to oil, water and walking, so off we went to the  
equine hospital.  Three days and many, many liters of IV fluids later, she  is 
home and resting comfortably - although she says she is very very hungry and  
is 
not really satisfied with the tiny amounts of hay and grass she is allowed to  
eat.  I was horrified and amazed at just how much fecal material she had  
managed to pack into her colon.  She basically went almost 4 days without  
eating, and once things started breaking up, there were buckets.
 
This is my first experience with this severe colic, and don't ever  want to 
go through this again.  I may add a bit of oil to their daily  feed.  
 
She has a week of reduced rations - but I neglected to ask the vet how long  
I should wait before starting to exercise her again?  
 
Kate
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Birthday

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We had a beautiful colt born this morning !

Bloodlines up the wazo, and hes a dishy headed, strong, straight legs 
HUGE eye'd brown dun boy. Friendly. and already into moms hay pile
 ( eating ) with her.  He snuck into life during the brief hour after 5: 00 
AM when I finally went to bed after watching the OTHER mare all night, and when 
my friend got here at 6:30 to feed breakfast to the herd for me.; /

Sire : Knutsen Fjord's Soren  / owned by Michele Noonan
 
( Flotren X **OH Sadie ) 
 ** MVF Erlend

Dam : Anvil's Linnea

( Leidjo X Lena )

..name pending, and one more ( waxed up and dripping milk since last 
Thurs. ) to go.   

Zzzz   Lisa


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re: Old Farmer Trick

[Melinda Schumacher]

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Hi,

Sorta funny update about my new (pasture) electric fence and the
fence-checker.

My Nigerian dwarf goat wether, Gunner, jumped the paddock fence earlier this
week.  This caused me to wonder if the electric fence, now including the new
pasture fence, was charged or not, given that Gunner has never jumped the
paddock fence since it was electrified last fall.  I hadn't gotten a
fence-checker yet, so I decided to give the Old Farmer Trick a try.  I
wetted a wide blade of grass and tentatively approached the wire, waiting
for those pulses of electricity to flow up my arm.  I never felt a thing.  I
was still not going to touch the wire with my bare hand, so off I went to
TSC for my fence-checker.  It has multiple lights to gradate the voltage, up
to 5500 volts plus.  All of them lit up when I tested the wire at a couple
of locations.  Guess I have enough juice.

Melinda in Marengo
muggy and hot, but change is in the air

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Personal Empowerment through Creative Expression and Equine Experiential
Learning

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already around your neck." ~Jalal-Uddin Rumi

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hand, and up from the mouth that held the steel came an innermost word, half
thought, half feel."~paraphrased, John Masefield

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Re: The Fjord show and tell

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Bonnie, that was great and you were great.  That boy has found out there are 
good people around him. Yes no rain in western Washington even some sun 
coming.  Aren't we blessed?  Jean Gayle, whose old Gunnar is miffed because 
everyone comes to see the minis in the field.





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'The Colonel's Daughter"
Occupied Germany 1946 to 1949
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7403 Blaine Rd
Aberdeen, WA 98520 


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The Fjord show and tell

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This is such a cute story that I have to tell it.
 
I have a young boy 7th grader that looks more like a 2nd  or 3rd grader 
very small.   He showed up one day last year and went on  and on about how much 
he loved horses and wanted to know what work he could do  for lessons.  I get 
this a lot, so it becomes hard to figure out a way to  tell them that I have 
enough help and not to spoil their  enthusiasm.His mom came by one day and 
purchase a set of  lessons for him.  He was so excited, that I don't think 
that he stopped  talking long enough for me to get  even one word in. :0)He 
proceeded to tell me all about his family and brothers and sisters and how he  
was a foster child and that he finally got adopted and that his mother was on 
 some really bad drugs when she had him and that was why he was so small and  
blind in one eye.   He comes by on a regular basis wanting to help and  
always brings some sort of treat and a very happy smile.   He loves  the Fjords 
and 
last week he wanted to know if I could bring one to his school,  because he 
was doing a report on them.  Well today was his big day he  called and left me 
2 messages yesterday and 3 more before I even woke up this  morning to remind 
me.  He also wanted to know if I could bring the music  that I play when  I 
work her (Now I need to install a stereo system on the  cart so we can play our 
theme music)!   So I go and hitch up Yolina  and off we head to his school 
which by horse, and carriage is about 15 min  away.   We pull in the driveway 
and 
of course every kid runs to the  windows of their class waving.I wait a 
couple of minutes and  he comes out with his class.  This is his presentation 
and he is supposed  to give it and explain about Fjords.   In his excitement he 
completely  forgets what is supposed to say:0)   So I ask the kids if they 
have  any questions.   Well every hand went up!   From how do I  dye the mane 
to 
look like that to what do they eat!   
 I thought back to when I was his age and it would  have been a dream 
come true to have someone do what I just did.   What  a great day.  
 
 
We then zipped home thur the woods.   Much much nicer than the  city streets.
 
 
Bonnie Morris
 
Finally stopped raining in Western Washington



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KHP - "Stars of the Park"

[Jeanne]

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http://www.kyhorsepark.com/stars.php?pageid=12
 §ionid=1

 

Check out this link.  It's cute, but too bad there's not a picture that goes
with it.  When you go to this link, scroll down the page to "Dukke" and her
write-up.

 

Jeanne

 - Berthoud, CO ~ the wind is still blowing  

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Lovely article on driving competiton with Fjord

[Vanessa N. Weber]

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Hi All,

 

Click on this for a lovely article on a Fjord driving competitor.

 

Vanessa

 

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19742131
 &BRD=1630&PAG=461&dept_id=

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Fjord long rider

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Thought folks might be interested:
http://www.endeofthetrail.com/

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