Scratches
This message is from: Me Kint I would love to be able to leave my Fjords feathers long, but unfortunately, I live in dry So. Calif. We have foxtail weeds and hoarhound on our property as well as some kind of corkscrew sticker weed. If I don't clip fetlocks and Pasterns, the foxtails and corkscrews work their way up into the skin. The horses will chew their pasterns trying to get these stickers out if we didn't trim them. We had an Old English sheep dog years ago and had to have her body clipped every summer. The foxtail are brutal, piercing the skin. I do have to fly spray the horses legs real good so the flies don't bother the horses unprotected legs. The horses don't get any scratches but of course we don't get any rain in the summer. Mary 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 #125
This message is from: Hi Folks! This is my first post, hope I'm doing it right. I have a wonderful Fjord Filly, born here May 2009, my dream was to ride her Dam and raise her to drive. Sadly I have experienced some serious health issues in the past year and horses will no longer be part of my future. I have sold her Dam to a good friend but now am faced with finding her a home. and would appreciate any advice on how to sell her and how much to ask. I REALLY want her to go to a GREAT home. She is S sweet and has been handled since birth, great for Vet & farrier, hops right in the trailer. She will be on the tall side (as fjords go). I can see her riding or driving. Located in Colorado. Any advice REALLY appreciated. frostymead...@falconbroadband.net Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
Re: scratches
This message is from: Robin Churchill I never had any problems but try not to clip their legs close and except for the very old mare I have now, did not clip my other two fjords in the summer. In my experience, it seems that compared to other horses, fjords are less likely to get skin problems with their legs I assumed because of the thickness of the hair and skin. I don't know if anyone else has noticed but their skin is thicker than other horses which you can tell when you try to give them an injection. You really have to be committed to get the needle quickly through the skin of a fjord. Robin in very rainy SW florida --- On Tue, 8/10/10, bbd...@aol.com wrote: > > Has anyone ever dealt with scratches on a > clipped or hairy-fetlocked > Fjord? Any ideas for prevention until the hair grows back? > > Kind regards: > > Bonnie in Florida > > 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
Re: scratches
This message is from: "Kay Barnhart" Hi Bonnie, MTG works both well on scratches and rain rot. I have fjords and one gyspy so I really have to watch him for scratches. Happy Trails Jim & Kay Barnhart jb...@sleepyeyetel.net 507-843- - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 4:07 PM Subject: scratches This message is from: bbd...@aol.com Hello: I just learned something that was probably too obvious, but never dawned on me before today. I body-clipped my two boys a couple of days ago..still very hot and humid here in Florida. I must have been daydreaming and zipped up Thor's leg with the clippers...ok, one leg clean of hair and so the other three had to be fully clipped. He looked beautiful! They were out in the rain this morning and when I brought them in, I noticed Thor's pasterns had a bit of crudmild scratches for he first time in his life. When the farrier showed up to trim them this afternoon, he explained how the rain runs off the feathers behind the fetlockpreventing water from reaching the heels and sensitive skin behind the pasterns. In my days as a working student in England, we always left the hair on the legs for protectionmakes too much sense! I will never clip legs ever again! Thank you, Clint, as I spent the morning wondering what I did to cause my beloved horse's problem. I did use Desitin and I'm thankful that Fjord hair grows back so quickly! Isn't nature perfect? Has anyone ever dealt with scratches on a clipped or hairy-fetlocked Fjord? Any ideas for prevention until the hair grows back? Kind regards: Bonnie in Florida 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
scratches
This message is from: bbd...@aol.com Hello: I just learned something that was probably too obvious, but never dawned on me before today. I body-clipped my two boys a couple of days ago..still very hot and humid here in Florida. I must have been daydreaming and zipped up Thor's leg with the clippers...ok, one leg clean of hair and so the other three had to be fully clipped. He looked beautiful! They were out in the rain this morning and when I brought them in, I noticed Thor's pasterns had a bit of crudmild scratches for he first time in his life. When the farrier showed up to trim them this afternoon, he explained how the rain runs off the feathers behind the fetlockpreventing water from reaching the heels and sensitive skin behind the pasterns. In my days as a working student in England, we always left the hair on the legs for protectionmakes too much sense! I will never clip legs ever again! Thank you, Clint, as I spent the morning wondering what I did to cause my beloved horse's problem. I did use Desitin and I'm thankful that Fjord hair grows back so quickly! Isn't nature perfect? Has anyone ever dealt with scratches on a clipped or hairy-fetlocked Fjord? Any ideas for prevention until the hair grows back? Kind regards: Bonnie in Florida Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
