RE: fjordhorse-digest V2009 #83
This message is from: CATHI GREATOREX Sounds like someone got a real buy with Joel's, ponies. And hope Larry was able to find a home for Grayson. "Grayson" was a "no sale" at the SFJ Auction Life is about relationships, the rest is just details Cathi 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 V2005 #201
This message is from: "CATHI GREATOREX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Original Message - From: fjordhorse-digest<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] m> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 7:27 AM Subject: fjordhorse-digest V2005 #201 -- Congratulations Ursula and Brian! What an accomplishment for both of you! Fuzzy Fjords??!! I am noticing the summer hair being shed on all three of mine. (Do Fjords ever NOT shed?) I can just barely tell, but the new hair is longer and sort of messy looking. One mare's hair slightly flips up on her rump. The leaves on the trees are turning yellow, some are falling due to lack of rain. But for fuzzy, you would want to see our Welsh pony. He is getting down right shaggy! Not completely surprising, even though we are having weather in the high 60's and 70's, I read the thermometer @ 34' on the porch yesterday morning!What happened to summer? From Cathi Greatorex -- I think I am going crazy here. I moved my Fjord a week ago from a barn where he had a stall but was turned out daily to another barn where he on only pasture board. The nights have been cool here in Wisconsin (50's). I saw him today and noticed that he has a fuzzy coat on him! And I mean really fuzzy! It was in the 70's today and he was sweating like crazy! My other Fjord has been at the same barn for two months now. She had no fuzzy coat! Does anyone else notice their Fjords developing a winter coat? Or am I going crazy here:) , Spam detection software, running on the system "angus.mystery.com", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or block similar future email. If you have any questions, see [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. Content preview: - Original Message - From: fjordhorse-digest<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 7:27 AM Subject: fjordhorse-digest V2005 #201 [...] Content analysis details: (5.2 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description -- -- 1.6 FROM_NO_LOWER 'From' has no lower-case characters 1.6 HAIR_LOSS BODY: Cures Baldness 0.8 HTML_30_40 BODY: Message is 30% to 40% HTML 0.2 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message 0.9 MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER Message-Id was added by a relay 0.1 MISSING_OUTLOOK_NAME Message looks like Outlook, but isn't
Green Grass in Western Washington
This message is from: "CATHI GREATOREX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 12:57:08 -0700 From: "jgayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Subject: muzzle on a fjord This message is from: "jgayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Well, our grass is very thick and strong. I had been checking both horses re pulse and crest. Gunnar the fjord had never had trouble before but this is an exceptional grass year. Sure enough his crest was hardening and there was a pulse in the evening in the pasterns. So he was locked up in the grassless corral in front of the barn with access to his stall. He is on year old eastern Wash. grass hay in small quantities. Boy, I can relate with the tubbies not able to be on green pasture...We have 3 Fjords, a Morgan, Welsh, and Suffolk. NO ONE can stay on the pastures more than a couple of hours per day, after which they hang their heads over the paddock fences, looking sad. Of course the Fjords leeaan way over the fences just to get a, oops, did I brek that board? We are at Pe Ell, Washington, Jean. We had to go BUY hay last weekend, and we have 25 acres of pasturehow can one win this game?
Re: fjordhorse-digest V2005 #68
This message is from: "CATHI GREATOREX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Happy Easter All! A little story about horses liking 'their own kind" My sister had her Percheron team and I had my Suffolk team @ the same stable for the winter; our idea was to get some time under the cover of an arena on these teams during the rainy winter. The horses all seemed to enjoy the stabling, and of course getting out and working. They never had a problem with any of the other horses. My sis and I both were tickled to see how excited the ones in the barn would get when they would hear the clop, clop, clop of their big friends, as they traveled along the barn outside, or coming down the barn isle. They seemed to not even notice the comings and goings of the 'other' horses, but sure knew when their bi cousins were coming or going! Gotta love these guys! Cathi G finally getting the rain we needed all winter here in SW Washington - Original Message - From: fjordhorse-digest<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] m> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 1:40 PM Subject: fjordhorse-digest V2005 #68
Re: fjordhorse-digest V2005 #16
This message is from: "CATHI GREATOREX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This message is from: "Carol J. Makosky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > Is anyone's Fjord shedding yet? Oh my goodness...shedding, snow? Our SW Washington weather changed 'overnight' from freezing rain (and sticking) to temps of 62 degrees today! We are expecting much rain tomorrow, and for the rest of the week, possibly flooding in the region. Think mud, lots of it. So sad, no fluffy horses here in this weather. It is still dark when I go out to feed in the morning and dark when I arrive home from work and then out to the barn to feed in the evening. A very strange thing I noticed yesterday as I shone the flashlight on the white barn door in the am...freshly hatched bugs, very tiny with wings...these were 'stuck' to the damp door, from humidity I guess! And then tonight when I went out to feed, there was a bat flying about...I suppose happily eating the newly hatched bounty in January. When I finished my chores and went to leave the barn, there was that bat again, making lots of low swoops. I am not a big fan of low flying bats, so grabbed a couple plastic feed bags to swing around above my head.My boldest Fjord came to see what the fuss was about (yes! She left her food!) She didn't seem scared, so I guessed she had been 'sacked out' some other time...She did want to carefully inspect these bagsI'm thinking she smelled the fragrance of the former contents...alfalfa pellets. Its 11:25 pm, and 68 degrees in the house herehad just a small fire in the cookstove earlier. Cathi G SW Washington
Re: fjordhorse-digest V2005 #6
This message is from: "CATHI GREATOREX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Original Message - From: fjordhorse-digest<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] m> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 2:30 PM Subject: fjordhorse-digest V2005 #6 really be to have a personal coroner. Lisa Pedersen * cold, muddy Cedar City, UTAH -- Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 20:38:49 -0500 From: "Lisa Wiley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Subject: Re: sad, sad tale This message is from: "Lisa Wiley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Lisa, I really hope you feel better. I am home with my sixteen puppies. It is snowing and sleeting. You gave me the best laugh I have had all day. I know how you feel though about the teeth. Had most of my baby teeth pulled. Hang in there you will feel better tomorrow. Lisa Wiley Turnabout Portuguese Water Dogs Connecticut State Director Ponies With Purpose http://www.angelfire.com/ar3/ponieswithpurposeinc/<http://www.angelfire.com /ar3/ponieswithpurposeinc/> http://www.geocities.com/summerct/horses.html<http://www.geocities.com/summ erct/horses.html> http://www.geocities.com/summerct/Turnabout.html<http://www.geocities.com/s ummerct/Turnabout.html> -- Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 17:25:48 -0900 From: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Subject: Re: Sad, Sad Tale This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Too Funny! Made you forget about your mouth for awhile? I can just picture it! I wish I could send you some of this snow! 5 more inches and more to come, I have been snow blowing every day. Unusual warm temps for January, 25-30 degrees, it is usually MINUS 20-30F. Fjords are clean if covered with snow! Jean in Fairbanks, Alaska, with an "el-nino" winter -- Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 22:06:53 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: fjordhorse-digest V2005 #5 This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In a message dated 1/5/2005 12:01:16 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: In August 2004 I found a Fiord mare for sale on Dreamhorse.com. She was being offered by Rockin MK Performance Horses in Cornelius, Oregon, by Max and Katie Madsen. A web search only turned up this site, a guestbook signed by the Madsens in November. Seems they purchased a horse from the people running the web site. Maybe these people would know where to find them. _http://www.washingtonstatepainthorses.com/Guest%20Book.htm_ (http://www.washingtonstatepainthorses.com/Guest%20Book.htm<http://www.wash ingtonstatepainthorses.com/Guest%20Book.htm>) / )_~ /L/L Brigid Wasson SF Bay Area, CA _www.Brigid.Clickryder.com_ (http://www.brigid.clickryder.com/<http://www.brigid.clickryder.com/>) -- Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 18:31:12 -0800 From: "Jeanine Rachau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Subject: RE: Loki - saddle fit? This message is from: "Jeanine Rachau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> It's a frustrating place to be in - more power to you that you care so much and are taking positive steps to find a resolution! I think it's a very courageous stand in doing what is best for the animal - kudos! Jeanine BLUE MOUNTAIN DONKEY FARM AMJR Registered American Mammoth Jackstock La Grande, Oregon, USA http://www.OregonVOS.net/~jrachau/<http://www.oregonvos.net/~jrachau/> E-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 1:11 PM To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com<mailto:fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com> Subject: RE: Loki - saddle fit? This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Darn - that would have been an easy fix - good luck! Loki is lucky to have you!!" Yeah, that would have been a nice simple quick fix (grin), Jeanine - but nope, not it. ;-P I spent a few years on the Fjord list before getting my own - to learn about what I'd heard were the saddle fitting problems. The theory :-) was when I got my own, would be able not to make Common Mistake # 1. As it was, this is Loki's # 3 saddle just in this fall - when the other two were clear did not fit him, I moved on
Re: fjordhorse-digest V2005 #4
This message is from: "CATHI GREATOREX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ruthie Your Winter Snow Pony Party sounds like a wonderful time! Looking at your web page pictures I can only imagine. Howard Berge gets around doesn't he? I was lucky enough to take a horse (my Suffolk Punch mare) to the Mason County Fair, outside of Shelton, Washington last summer. Howard has been bringing his teams there for many years, and I felt privileged to share a few meals and barn laughs with he and Woody Hoops there. Cathi G SW Washington
Re: fjordhorse-digest V2004 #282
This message is from: "CATHI GREATOREX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This is interesting. We adopted a pregnant 10 year old BLM jenny. When she first saw my son running (and yelling) down a hill in our pasture with the German Shepherd right behind him and the Black Lab following, she went nuts. Braying, rearing, pawing, etc. We had the kid run around for a while and sit with the dogs a few hundred feet away (outside her fenced area). She eventually just stood and watched them. I trained the dogs to not go into her area. We have had her for 2 1/2 years now and she couldn't care less about our dogs or cats, but will chase a stray dog away. Her gelded, year old son however, will chase dogs and cats if they are in his area, but not in the big pasture that we sometimes let the donkeys into. About a month ago, we took in a stray 10 month old St. Bernard puppy. Neither donkey reacted to it at all. I don't know if it is the dog's size, floppy movements, or build. They just totally ignore it. We still have it set up, however, that the dogs can get out in many places, under or through fences or by wading through a small creek. Patty in Yakima Yes, Lola has learned so much since she has been here with people. Unfortunately I could not originally convince my neighbors to keep their dog away from her (their comment was "looks like the donkey will take care of herself". It took some education and intervention from the Humane Society to let them know what could go wrong in that scenario. Unfortunately that just reinforced Lola's 'survival instincts'. The dogs that we keep away from her are our Silky Terriers, who have NO concept of how small they are. While these are trained show dogs, I must say their instincts often take over when outside on the farm. Maybe I am protecting Lola from them!!
Mule pictures
This message is from: "CATHI GREATOREX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Just be careful with your mule/burro and small animals. While they may appear to get along fine, if put out in a pasture someimes instinct takes over and what starts as a game may become much more serious. I have seen them use a pack mentality when going after dogs/coyotes. Oh yes.I totally agree. When I say slowly, We've had Lola for two years, she is still always on the 'other' side of the fence from our dogs. I would never think of letting the dogs in the pasture with her...She is amazing, smart, social and willing to do fun and odd things, like following me into the tack room of the barn. She is however still a wild animal who learned these skills (fighting predators) because she had to to survive in the desert mountains. We love and respect her as she is. Cathi G
Mule photos
This message is from: "CATHI GREATOREX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The mule photos are really something, hanks for sharing. We have a Burro, adopted from the BLM. Lola does not tolerate small animals! We have worked with her to slowly introduce our 4 dos and the occasional barn cat. I am thankful we have cyclone fencing to keep the dogs on 'their' side of the fence, until Lola does learn they are friends. Many people keep burros with sheep or cows to protect the young from predatorsnow we know why!! Cathi G in SW Washington , its wet!
Hi, I'm new!
This message is from: "CATHI GREATOREX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello everybodymy name is Cathi, I am new to this list. I have already enjoyed readying the postings of the weekend! I live in Longview, Washington. We also have a farm in PeEll, Washington, well, five miles from PeEll, so weare pretty remote there. I already find a coincidence here this morning as I read. This weekend I attended a wedding @ the Tracey Castle in Wilkeson, Washington (well actually I don't think I was IN Wilkeson, but anyway, a beautiful setting and just a lovely area. I had never been there before, and I read then this morning Fred and Lois have Fjords at Wilkeson! Sorry I missed you I was surfing the net on Friday night looking @ Fjord sites, and for Fjord size harness, and found this so put my address up. I have 3 Fjords, 2 mares and a 4 month old filly. We brought the mares home on June 3, and baby was born June 7 Yes, that was cutting it close, so glad the mare know what she was doing! The former owners and their vet thought it would be 4-6 weeks! Baby was full term and perfect according to my vet! Mommy didn't lose the placenta, so we had the vet over to help and lots of poking and meds followed for the first couple of weeks. Bless her heart, she let me spend time with her and the baby even tho our first few days together we my administering shots and nasty tasting oral meds...also a good thing she is a chow hound, so much easier to give meds sprinkled into the feed than with a syringe. We have other horses, but are new to Fjords. For the last 7 years we have had draft horses. First Belgians, later purchasing a team of Suffolk Punch mares. When I lost one of my mares last winter I sadly realized how rare they are! We had trouble locating any for sale here in the west! I was spoiled by them as they were an awesome team who listened to my whispers...My daughter and I have always been enamored with Fjords, so decided to make the switch, which we have not regretted. The temperament is just what we wanted. These girls were trained to harness after we purchased them, then baby came so quickly...that was quite a lot for me to absorb!. she is our first baby.. When I finally got the girls out and put the harness on, it fit like a kids last year's pajamas (yes, brand new Biothane, purchased @ Sisters auction) it is too small. If any of you know of or have good harness that will fit 14 and 14.2 Fjords let me know ok? Hope to get to know you. I look forward to the opportunity to learn.... Sincerely, Cathi Greatorex
