Posted for Jen Frame
This message is from: Frederick J Pack friendlyf...@hughes.net Hello Fred, it's Jen Frame here, hoping to prevail upon your generosity! yesterday evening I had the extreme good fortune of meeting Bernice Ende, the Lady Long Rider, as she journeyed from Wimberly Texas towards Llano Texas. You may remember that a few years ago she got a lame Fjord named Essie Pearl, to be her pack horse on her Long Riding journeys. Bernice healed the abscesses in Essie's feet, and Essie has become a much beloved (and totally sound!) companion to Bernice. In a tragic accident a few weeks ago, Bernice's riding horse Honor was killed. Now Bernice is making the journey from Texas to Minnesota and then on to Montana with only one horse: her Fjord Essie Pearl. This makes the going sow, and Bernice ends up having to walk most of the way. She is very much wanting another Fjord. Her wish is to be given a tall gelding by some generous Fjord breeder who realizes the wonderful potential for publicity both about the Fjord breed in general, and that breeder's particular breeding business also. Everywhere Bernice and Essie Pearl go, people stop and are amazed by Essie. They want to know what kind she is, where Bernice got her, etc. Bernice prefers riding smoother horses like her beloved Honor who just died, but realizes the WOW factor that a pair of Fjords would give all the people who she meets. I feel incredibly blessed to have met Bernice. She inspires people to give. When I knew where she would be, I took great joy in packing up our truck full of horse food, hay, food for her dog, food for her, and equipment to camp along the road with her for just an evening to bask in her delightful inspirational personality. Bernice is a Fjord carried ambassador of love and integrity. I hope that as a group, the Fjord owners of America can gather their energy and good will to find Bernice the second Fjord that she wants. Ideally, this Fjord would be in Texas, or close to Texas, so we can somehow haul him to her easily. But I'm sure that we could find a way to haul a Fjord from far away too. We could all donate money towards this. She will be in Llano for 2 days. She has no cell phone, but can check e-mail at the library. And if we can pull this together quickly, I can drive on out to Llano and meet with her at the Fair Grounds where she will be camped, and help make arrangements with her. Please post this e-mail Fred, to your group and to the other Fjord group. I would be so grateful. If anybody needs to call me, I can be reached on my cell phone (415) 637-5157. Lets keep her inspirational journey going! She hopes to be given a Fjord that is trained to ride and drive, but will accept one that isn't. She plans to take time to train him to the ways of the road and long riding, before hitting the road with him. She is an incredible woman, and any Fjord would be lucky to join her odyssey. I fell madly in love with her Fjord Essie Pearl who is so sweet and gorgeous, and happy! Thanks so much, Jen Frame All Mail is scanned in AND out by Norton Anti-virus. Fred and Lois Pack Pack's Peak Stables Wilkeson, Washington 98396 Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
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This message is from: Dave and Patti Walter dwal...@tm.net Guess I will have to make a mental note , never to email/write with specifics after flying back home and getting home after midnight. When I spoke about the MWFHC'S winter meeting I forgot to mention Deeanna Weed gave a GREAT talk on leather work/repair. Many of you might know that Deeanna and Chuck have a business called Classic Bells and they have beauitful bells, but if you didnt' know Deeanna is GREAT with leather, she does super work. I have a custom halter that is lovely. She can make, I bet, just about anything! Really, if you are in the market for a halter, bridle, bitless bridle, etc etc, see Deanna! It was standing room only for her talk Friday night at our Winter Meeting. She is ALWAYS very informative, super knowledgeable and a great speaker. AND...I missed Robin Holland on Sunday she had an update on the white markings with the Fjord Horse. I chuckle, because this time around, I was able to stay with her for about 10 - 15 minutes, last year when she gave the first talk, hmmm ya I was lost after about 2 minutes! She is VERY smart. So...wanted to add this , that it was just an oversight on my part, can I say old age and lack of sleep is my excuse. :-) Also , the pricings on the DVD, if interested, check out the website, www.mwfhc.org to get the correct pricing on our DVD's. You can also check out our new line of designs and clothing. Boy, sure how I got it all right this time, 3rd time the charm! What a week. Patti Jo Walter www.franciscreekfjords.com Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
RE: fjordhorse-digest V2010 #39
This message is from: Jacquelyn Leuener j...@wealth-counselors.com This impressive link by Robert is for Courtney who is still in a coma... I figured everyone in the equestrian world already knew of our Olympian's tragic accident... http://doversworld.com/blog/2010/03/ Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
RE: Parelli video Buck Brannaman in CO
This message is from: Tori Seavey natrlho...@hotmail.com I have the worst time posting to this list, sorry guys. Buck Brannaman is coming to LuAnne Goodyear's place in Wellington (North Ft Collins) CO in May, off Owl Canyon Rd. She is a friend and has indoor and outdoor arenas to accomidate changing weather. It is always interesting to audit if a person wasn't sure about riding in it. His approach would be much different and direct than the Parelli approach, following the teachings of Ray Hunt and Tom Dorrance. I would say that the horse in the Linda Parelli video is doing only exactly what she has asked him to do. What makes it most sad to me is that he already has a built in foundation of being hand-fed and pushy and so when he is uncomfortable (you could say scared or stressed) he looks for comfort right in the lap of the handler where he has always been rewarded and praised in the past. This is why the horse is trying to climb into her lap at the start rather than running away from the assault, most horses that weren't conditioned to seek comfort on top of a person would have been in the next county rather than put up with that. This is a very tolerant horse in the video in that he did not digress to rearing, striking or kicking in defense and evasion. Unfortunately I have seen as much digress rapidly with other Parelli certified trainers treating horses the same way. I would like to know why Pat PArelli has been so quiet on this matter, perhaps he realizes that Linda's response digs a deeper hole than none at all. This is interesting to watch this landslide because any horse person could be in this same position, taken out of context or not. I would hope that this video with its thousands of views inspires horse people to at least stop and ask someone what are you doing? if they don't understand or see a horse being mishandled in the warm up arena. There is no place for poor feel and timing in good horsemanship, sure people are always learning but this stuff is being taught to hundreds and what kind of example is that for future horse enthusiasts? This may not be a case of acting out of frustration, but it is certinaly a case of make the wrong thing difficult, and more difficult and more difficult. How about make the right thing easy and make it obvious? Here is a little video that my mentor put together of a different approach based mostly on the teachings of Bill Dorrance, that I think stands in stark contrast. If a horse can operate this way then why would a person need to flail the rope around and use so much pressure? A horse can feel a fly land and twitch one muscle to shoo the fly away, how much noise to we need to make to get the message across. Here is something to try at home to get a feel for the difference. Have a friend hold one end of your lead rope and tap it lightly with one finger, then have the person snake the rope back and forth and compare the difference. See what *leftrightleftrightleftright* feels like to the horse and what part of that clearly gives a direction? You can also have a person give the lead rope a firm unexpected jerk while you hold the other end tightly and note how you respond, you will tense up, bracing against the pressure, hold your breath and even pull back away from the jerking rope, just as a horse would respond. See just how much unneccesarry noise people make with their equipment without thinking and how that translates to the horse on the other end of the line. I think all this pummeling the senses really dulls horses down and that can create a dangerous horse because you never know when that bottled up energy is going to make it to the surface. Wouldn't it be nice to have clear communication where you could pick up the lead rope or a rein and it had meaning every time? This is not a trained demo horse, this is just any horse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nqzj1fFYT0 The sound on this makes a very good point as well. Tori Seavey http://www.snowyridgeranch.com _ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID27925::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL :en-US:WM_HMP:032010_2 Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
Re: Inspiration
This message is from: Heather Baskey cavy_l...@yahoo.com Meredith - here's one in return: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TT87Bj6Kycfeature=player_embedded Heather Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
RE: Lisa Cricket
This message is from: Heather Baskey cavy_l...@yahoo.com I remember this video when it was a featured audition! inspiring :-) I played with Henry today at Liberty and it definitely is the most rewarding time I spend with him. It's been raining all day here in Ontario and he was frisky and exhuberant - we had loads of fun :-) Thanks Meredith for sharing the link - it was a great audition! I'm hoping to submit my L3/4 Liberty audition this Spring, early Summer. Heather --- On Thu, 3/11/10, Steve Sessoms ssess...@charter.net wrote: Well, this is my last bit on Parelli for a while, sorry if I come across harsh in my earlier post but sometimes I feel I must defend my friends. This is one of the friends I speak of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYxUslXd7YQ Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
Re: request by Jen for fjord posted by Fred
This message is from: friendlyf...@hughes.net Debby, I had to send it three times to get it posted ONCE. Sometimes my address: Hughes.net gets on the bad boy list and my messages end up in Steve's spam folder. Steve probably just got around to checking the spam folder and realeased ALL my messages... Fred Fred and Lois Pack Pack's Peak Stables Wilkeson, Washington On Mar 12, 2010, Debby miss.am...@earthlink.net wrote: This message is from: Debby miss.am...@earthlink.net Seems this email keeps getting repeated on the list. Is it being reposted everyday? Just wondered. Debby Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
