RE: Latest Update Rescue Lars
This message is from: Linda Lottie horselo...@hotmail.com such good news for Lars...and yea for you Ellen :) Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 19:33:40 +0100 From: ethba...@yahoo.ie Subject: Latest Update Rescue Lars To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com; fjordiss...@yahoogroups.com This message is from: Ellen Barry ethba...@yahoo.ie OK So we got back from the vet. Lots of people gave Lars lots of attention. One person asked me if this was a Zorse because Lars has such beautiful and abundant striping on his legs. One other person, a farrier, wanted to buy him for his 13 year old. I might have considered it if he hadn't looked like someone who cooks Meth in his spare time. hee hee So his physical was OK. Too skinny but we knew that one. Conformationally correct, nice topline, nice big cannon bones, good feet etc. Vet was very happy with him. He's supposed to be dewormed again in 10 days for the last time. After that, just fecal egg counts and only deworm when necessary. He had a good sheath cleaning. His teeth were floated; no wolf-teeth present. He was tested for Lyme's; results in 3-4 days. Coggins done: results in a week. He got his Fluvac-EWT, his Pinnacle I.N., Fluvac EHV4/1 and his West Nile Vax. He behaved like a good boy. Very docile, very cooperative. Trailered like a charm. His registration with the NFHR is being taken care of. He still had the old registration with the Fjordhorse Breeders of America. He's a Leif (NFR-T-005-S) /Iduna (GB-P-036-M) son from 1995, registration # with the FBA: FBA 1150, bred by James W Sutton in PA. That's all folks. He's enjoying the grass again. Ellen in TN Kari who says that Lars is gorgeous enough to immediately come into heat for. Sam who says: HIS TAIL IS NOT NICER THAN MINE. Lars: Groceries, groceries and more groceries; keep them coming. 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
Driving clinic
This message is from: Phillip Odden n...@norskwoodworks.com Hello Folks from Phillip Odden in Northwestern Wisconsin where we are experiencing our first thunder storm of the season. I can hear Thor and his powerful chariot banging away in the heavens as I write. Last weekend our Northwoods driving club hosted the second Suzy Stafford driving clinic. We have a wonderful driving club composed of members with diverse interests in the driving world. And there is every kind of horse pony or mini imaginable but not too many highly bred animals. Our club members come from Northern Wisconsin and Northern Minnesota. We are used to making do, improvising and getting along. But our members do very well in ADS CDE and Pleasure Driving competitions in the Midwest and in other regions when we travel. Our Northwood harness club members have proven we can play with the best of 'em. And now we are inviting First Class driving instructors to our area. There were three and one half days of lessons booked. Suzy Stafford was able to speak to each and every driver and horse on a level they could understand so as to make improvements for their individual goals. The problems were often the same. If the horse was not able to relax it was often a problem with the bit or rough or busy hands with the driver. Many horses were afraid of bit contact and drivers were challenged to understand proper contact. Often the horses had problems coming round without relaxation and proper contact. For many they needed better rhythm in their gaits. After that there were horses that were not bending well, mostly because the drivers did not know how to help their horses bend. There was a lot of inside- outside rein instruction. Not easy if you haven't been exposed to it. After that there were some horses that were not engaging their rear ends so they lacked impulsion. I brought my 6 year old Red Dun gelding Frode sired by my stallion Smedsmo and out of a mare I used to own Woods Karina. I called her Raude since she was red. Smedsmo's mother was red. Now I have a full sister to Raude named Eirose and she is red as well and she scored an 81 in conformation. I have two full red dun brothers from Eirose and by Smedsmo and they look just like Frode with darker red coats and very light colored mane and full white tails. Frode is very striking because of his well muscled body and his contrasting coat color. And Frode is very athletic. He is fit and trim even in his winter coat. Frode is shorter in his body frame, more compact and stands about 14 HH. He brings lots of comments because of his presence and athletic ability. It is easy to see. I have been training Frode for about 16 month single and in pairs. I drove him single for Suzy this past weekend. I can say that all my pair horses drive single and none of them have any problem driving single since I school them as singles and I switch them back and forth from one side to the other in several different pair combinations. Currently I have 7 or 8 horses that I can take to ADS driving shows that drive single and in pairs. Frode is a very calm horse and it takes a lot to get him rattled. Suzy's first comment as I drove him into the ring was that he could walk. He has a big natural over-stride at the walk. He had good rhythm in his gaits, he could bend well both ways and he had the proper flexion in his neck and head and he could easily come round. He held his gaits well. She liked his steady working trot. Frode was soft in the mouth and responsive. After a few minutes she stopped the lesson to say that she didn't often see Fjords that could move like Frode. Since all the basics were in place she asked what I wanted to work on. I asked her to show me how she works to get lengthening at the trot. She drove as I watched her chase him from a working trot to the lengthened trot by building impulsion from the rear with more energy and holding him the front end closed. When she drove she kept his face on the vertical so he reached up under with the hind legs and shot the front legs forward. I think she was schooling a more advanced lengthening than I was was looking for, but Frode seemed to be capable, if only for 2 to 5 strides. When I drove him for her I let him lengthen his body a bit as well since this is what most judges have suggested should happen at Prelim level. In the past I had been asking for lengthening from a more collected trot or I had chased a horse on an open road into rounding up and lengthening. But I have had trouble in Dressage tests in getting a solid quick transition across the diagonal which is what seems to be required. So now I will school in a different way. But it sure helps if you have a horse with the conformation and natural ability to do this stuff. I have been holding interviews with my well trained driving horses this past month.
