Classified Ads Info
This message is from: "Steve McIlree" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Let me start here by thanking everyone for all the feedback I have finally received about the classified ads on the FH-L website. I guess once again we have an example of the similarity between Fjord horses and their owners. You have to ask several times before they are convinced you REALLY DO want them to move. But once you folks move you do so in a big way. Since my plea yesterday, many of you have responded. It appears that the overwhelming majority of you like not only the idea but what you see so far. Some of you have come up with specific suggestions and questions about what to expect. First, I'll address some of those questions and suggestions. Finally, since I'm now pretty well convinced that going ahead with the actual installation of this software is a go, I'd like to outline what the future will hold. Sue Freivald liked the ads but had a suggestion - "I would recommend somehow adding the url to each edition of the digest, because if folks are like me, they'll forget!" I thought Sue had a great idea, so if you check the bottom of this message or digest you'll see it's already happened. Curtis Pierce said, "The site looks good! Can you make web addresses and/or emails hot?" OK, now this is going to be a look at what's to come. When the full version of the software is installed, you will no longer have to include your contact information in the body of your ad. Instead, there will be a button at the bottom, that will send you an email when an potential buyer clicks it. There will be another button that the viewer can use to send a copy of your ad to a friend who might be interested. This arrangement will keep your email hidden from being harvested by would-be spammers. Right now I think this shouldn't be a big problem since only list subscribers know about the ads, and since the ad pages are built on the fly they should be safe from robot harvesters. Martie Bolinski likes the concept but asks, "Are you thinking of adding and other 'horse related' sections? I sell equine art...". That's another category I will definitely add when I upgrade. Some kind of catch-all for art, books, model horses, etc. I am wide open to more suggestions for additional categories. By the way Martie, I notice there is an ad for a Fjord calendar under Miscellaneous Equipment, you might want to put something there for the time being. People seem to like having a single categorized destination to look for their wants. I like the fact that the ads expire in a relatively short time. That means if you see a mare you really like advertised, there is a pretty good chance she's still available, as opposed to finding one in the list archives that was sold eight months ago. For advertisers, you should be aware that you will receive an email notice 5 days before your ad expires and you will be able to renew it up to five times. I will be putting a "State/Province" field on all ads. There is nothing I hate worse than finding a great horse in an ad only to figure out from the telephone area code that its 1200 miles away. So each ad will contain a field for the state from which the horse/harness/cart ships. And this field will be searchable. I spent some time on the phone today with the Chief Cook and Bottle Washer at Noah's, the software company which designed the classified system, discussing their future update plans. As I believe I have mentioned, although the ads will be browsable by the whole world, posting privileges will be limited to FjordHorse List subscribers. I will be waiting until the next revision is released which will allow registration to post ads to be coordinated with a subscriber database. In the mean time, feel free to continue to use the Evaluation version which is now running. I will let everyone who has an ad posted at the time I do upgrade so you won't lose your posting. Here are a couple goodies you can look forward to. You will be able to have an email sent when a new ad is posted in some category in which you have a particular interest. You will be able to build a "Favorites List" of ads you want to go back to for a second look. That's about all I can think of for now. If you have any specific questions, don't hesitate to ask. If you have any suggestions, please let me hear them. Especially, give me ideas for additional categories you think I should add. I'm glad there seems to be nearly unanimous approval of what you've seen so far. I have wanted to do this for quite some time, but this software is the first I've found that is as usable while at the same time being inexpensive. -- Steve McIlree Owner/Administrator FjordHorse List Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
Classifieds - Again...
This message is from: "Shawna B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yes, I think these are a very good thing. Hopefully I won't have a reason to use the horse section, but a good place to look for horses or used tack that I have a good chance of being Fjord-usable is a great idea. Shawna Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
OK, List! Let's drop everything and go visit Brian and Ursula!
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well...maybe not all at once. I just got back from a GREAT stay at their
beautiful place in BC...the western-most point in a cross-continent odyssey
that started with Blue Earth (where, once again, I had so much fun!) and ended
back home in MI this last Friday.
I finally got the chance to be a student at Brian's "driving weekend"
and it was just the best! I was introduced to pairs driving which, as it
turns
out, is very addictive. He has 2 different pairs that students can drive
who are both very confidence-building ponies and, at the same time, very
different from each other. In addition to arena work you also get to go for
gorgeous pleasure drives though lovely forests and meadows along about a
gazillion
miles of logging roads at the end of both the AM and PM sessions. There are
also great dinners involved and the chance to meet lots of really nice
people. You get to stay in this wonderful cottage, and the views from your
front
porch alone are worth the trip!
Anyhow, I'm going to write up my adventures in the hope that one of our
publications may be interested. On the last day I even got to drive the
four-in-hand! OK...not very far and not very fast (and Brian was there to
prevent disasters) but it was SO exciting.
Laugh if you will, but I have pictures!
Kay Van Natta
and Bogie ("She made me do a barrel race then left me with a tall, bearded
gentleman for a good-buggy- pony refresher course! I tried
to get out of as much work as possible but he figured out all my
tricks and even put me on a diet!")
and Braveheart ("She left me AT HOME!!! But my trainer helped me with my
canter and a herd
of little girls taught me good-bareback-pony skills.)
**It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel
deal here.
(http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv000547)
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Virginia Fjord Evaluation and Ironwood Farm
This message is from: Paula Chmura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I just returned home from the Virginia Fjord Evaluation and Festival and had a great time. The fjords were absolutely wonderful and I met a lot of great people :) I should have the pictures from the show done by the end of the week. I took a ton of pictures :) After the evaluation I had the great pleasure of going back to Ironwood Farm with Margaret Bogie and Tom Schneider and spent the day taking pictures of their wonderful fjords. What a treat! I have to say there aren't too many stallions I would be comfortable shooting with in a pasture by myself but Blitzen is such a sweetheart he is definitely one of them! Here is a link to some of the pictures I took at the farm that day - http://web6.sendtoprint.net/proofbook/ironwood/base.asp?ig1=ig&ww=958&lw=958&; js=1 you may need to enter the password ironwood to see the images. To see the different galleries just look under Categories at the top of the page. I had to be physically restrained from stealing Madellin's new colt and taking him home with me - what a cutie ;). Paula with Frodo and Galiana Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
Re: My Apologies on the Classified Ads
This message is from: Genie Dethloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I think the ads are a great idea. People then can post on the list that they have posted an ad. I find it very time consuming to try to find ads posted on the list especially if I can't remember who posted it. I like the idea of having one central place for ads. The only addition that would be nice would be to be able to search on location. Also if old ads could be archived in some ways as 21 days is not a very long time to have an ad listed. This message is from: "Steve McIlree" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Genie Dethloff and Pjoska Killingworth, Connecticut Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
fjord dressage in a blog
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] somehow, i think from wandering around fugly horse, i came across with a blogger who had a very nice write up about seeing anne appleby and nell doing a dressage test in the seattle area. very nicely done. http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/horsebytes/archives/146534.asp laurie, and oz ** It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv000547) Instructions to manage subscriptions are found at: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e The FjordHorse List archives are found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
RE: Classified Ads
This message is from: Karen Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Steve: I'm late replying but I really like having one place to go to see Fjords for sale. I regularly cruise through Dreamhorse, Horsetopia, AgDirect, etc., but have to wade through their selection process each time. (BLECH!) I'm sure I'll continue with those sales websites since not every Fjord seller is on this List, but having the addition of the Fjords-only adverts is great. And I've been really entertained with the start-up. Every time I've looked at your classifieds, there's been something new added. I realize if/when this classified is well established it won't be quite so dynamic, but in the meantime, it's a little like Christmas every time I get online (well, maybe more like the UPS man at the door with a package).:^) Thanks for the addition. Cheers! Karen _ Win a Nokia E51 with mobile Hotmail SMS alerts http://www.livelife.ninemsn.com.au/compIntro.aspx?compId=4589 Instructions to manage subscriptions are found at: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e The FjordHorse List archives are found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
RE: fjordhorse-digest V2008 #177
This message is from: "Frederick J Pack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You must have missed how to get to the classifieds, click on: http://fjordhorselist.com/classifieds/ then click on the individual categories. No question is dumb if you don't know the answer... It is only dumb NOT to ask. Fred All Mail is scanned in AND out by Norton Anti-virus. Fred and Lois Pack Pack's Peak Stables Wilkeson, Washington 98396 [EMAIL PROTECTED] dumb question..how do i access the classified ads? laurie, it's the heat, not the humidity, fried the brain Instructions to manage subscriptions are found at: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e The FjordHorse List archives are found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Aurora is here from Norway
This message is from: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello, Last night / this morning, Aurora from Norway arrived. By the time we were on the farm it was 2 AM. She is sleeping in after two days of travel. She took a bus from Nordfjordeid to Oslo and then flew Oslo to Newark, Newark to Seattle and Seattle to Medford. She said she only slept on the plane from Newark. Now, Aurora is on our 127 acre farm in Days Creek. She is very interested in horses and working with them and is an accomplished rider and driver. She participated and placed in the Norwegian Championships this year. She will be with us until after Christmas. We hope many of you on the west coast will get a chance to meet her. She will be going to the Libby Evaluation and show. (I think she will go with Amtrak to Libby. Thank you for the suggestion, Gayle.) If anyone is having clinics or going to a show on the west coast and you need horse help, please give me a ring. If Aurora has the time free, she is interested in seeing other fjords / horses. Thanks, Catherine Lassesen Hestehaven - "The Horse Garden" & Hundehaven - "The Dog Heaven" www.hestehaven.com / [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1-541-825-3027 / toll free: 866-484-5141 Southern Oregon Instructions to manage subscriptions are found at: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e The FjordHorse List archives are found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Re: fjordhorse-digest V2008 #177
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] dumb question..how do i access the classified ads? laurie, it's the heat, not the humidity, fried the brain ** It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv000547) Instructions to manage subscriptions are found at: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e The FjordHorse List archives are found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Fjords driving in the neighborhood
This message is from: "M. Denmark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Well a while back you (someone on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list) asked what folks were doing with their pairs...well we have been having so much fun driving around the neighborhood lately. It had been so hot this summer we just didn't want to punish our ponies or ourselves by going out in the 100+ temps. But the rain has come to south Texas and it is glorious and so much cooler. Of course we never know when the showers are going to pop up but we aren't letting that stop us. The ponies think we're crazy to go out in the rain but off we go anyway. These fjord geldings are a relatively new pairing with one guy that is just learning about being a pair mate and we have found that puddles and garbage day are not his favorite things...which is why pairs is such a wonderful invention. Well in the pouring rain we took them down the road which was covered in sheets of water and over the lake bridge and he soon decided it wasn't so bad. Now the hissing of the car tires and the flinging of water onto them was a bit disconcerting but no big deal. We decided to go off road and through the woods on a sandy trail. Well that was an awesome training opportunity as there were many large areas of water ponding that were about a foot deep and 15-20 feet across. I was so proud (and surprised) as the boys just plowed right through it each time. We rarely have the opportunity to go through water like that so it was quite useful. Oh and I almost forgot the young lady on her bicycle that came up from behind to pass us. Bikes can be bad enough, but this was in the rain and she was carrying a big umbrella. Ponies didn't hardly even take a look. Last Saturday our new friend Shari came up from near the Gulf Coast and she gatored for the boys...I think it was her first gatoring and pairs experience. She was very good at it. She is in the process of training her new driving pony (sigh, unfortunately not a fjord...I tried to tell her she need another one. :-) Her hubby would like a fjord though. We have also been bringing along a young fjord mare that is new to driving and soon to be a pair partner. The other day we had our queen of all she surveys mare hitched and ponying the newby behind on the streets. We had one of the ultimate spook potentials and it was a non-starter. Evidently some dogs had gone through the area and torn up all the trash bags that were set out. Well one must have had something quite appealing to buzzards in it. We look up the road and there must be 30 buzzards feasting on the trash scattered on the road. Also there are those handle type grocery plastic bags rolling down the road in the breeze all over. I was afraid all the buzzards would raise up at once and fly but no they just hopped to the side of the road and stood around flappiing their wings while the girls had to wind their way through buzzards, trashbags and blowing plastic. Those mares were so good just looked and never got worried. So we are trying to make learning opportunities for the ponies where we can. We hope we can get our gelding pair fit and ready for a charity trail ride/drive in October for our daughter's therapeutic riding and driving center. So we have a fitness goal...keep your fingers crossed we manage it. Hope everyone else is having fun with their fjordies. Milli Ann Magnolia, TX Instructions to manage subscriptions are found at: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e The FjordHorse List archives are found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
[Fwd: Lee Smith - October 4,5,6]
This message is from: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm passing on this information about a riding clinic in the upper Midwest by Lee Smith on October 4-6. The clinic location is the KCB Equine Center, near Dassel, Minnesota, west of Minneapolis-St Paul. Contact the organizer Colette Bolster directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 320.275.2075. Her website is http://www.kcbequine.com/ Lee Smith has a website as well -- http://www.leesmithdiamonds.com/ Original Message Subject: Lee Smith - October 4,5,6 From: Colette Bolster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Everybody We have Lee Smith scheduled to come back on October 4-6, 2008. We originally planned to have another Video Clinic. It was such a great success last year. Everybody said it was the most they had ever learned about helping things go better while riding their horse. One quote: "This was the best money I've EVER spent on a clinic with my horse." The format for this clinic is about 10 riders. Same riders all day. She video tapes everybody to start the clinicwith no instruction. Then we all go in and watch the video. Then back out to ride, making changes based on what you have seen. Then she starts doing some coaching. There is not an exact amount of times she videos everybody and goes back and forth, but I know that there is videoing done at the end to compare to what was going on in the beginning. The feedback I've heard from others who have done this have been extremely positive. It is a great learning tool and really helps each rider see what needs to be done differently for better communication between horse and rider. The thing with the Video Format clinic is that it is a smaller number of riders, therefore a larger rider fee. This format is $625/person - 3 days/all day. If you have any interest at all in riding with Lee, or know of someone who is, please respond ASAP and let me know. If you need more questions answered, let me know that, too. Thanks, Colette Instructions to manage subscriptions are found at: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e The FjordHorse List archives are found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
