Relocating
This message is from: Dean / Mel Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I just wanted to let folks know that we're relocating to Indianapolis from Seattle. We will be transporting our three fjord mares, and two dogs and three cats. Husband will stay here to sell the house, and finish school, and then move himself in August. We will miss the northwest, and all our fjord friends, however, I hope we will make new ones in the mid west. We will be off digest for a while, while we get settled, and then pick up again. I'm so glad the lost horses were found. It's so frightening to think of our domesticated animals at the mercy of the wild ones. Time to go hug mine. Mel & Dean Thomas Snohomish, WA
Re:Rock & Roll Earthquake
This message is from: Dean / Mel Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm a Program Director for a Therapeutic Riding Center. We had a class going on and I was in my office I share with the Executive Director (who lived in Japan for 14 years.) He hollered 'Earthquake'. I bolted out of the office, leaped over the railing and ran to the arena to support my instructor. the very old arena roof was swaying, shaking, rattling. She was helping one girl of her horse, I told the others to get the horses & riders out of the arena. The therapy fjord mare was in the arena. She wasn't quakeproof, but she only 'shyed' about 1 step to her right with her hind legs. There were three 'girls' riding at the time. The two most cognitively involved riders were crying because the horses were upset, and they didn't get to finish class. The most physically involved rider, no cognitive deficits at all, didn't feel a thing. Her horse was quakeproof, and she said she saw the building moving, but didn't feel a thing on top of the horse. One of our little arab mares spooked the most. She turned 90 degrees to stare at the plastic coated windows shaking, bucking, and whipping in the quake. She didn't settle down for the rest of the day. However, the other two horses were saying, Hey, we get to stop classes early, Yeah, Yeah. More time to eat. No apparent damage to any building. Just nerves. My husband & my fjord mares were out in the pasture, and didn't notice a thing. The birds in the arena however, got quiet & left the arena before the quake. The volunteers noticed that. Immediately afte the initial quake, they flew back in, and started jabbering, jabbering, jabbering. Probably gossiping about what happened. Mel Thomas 25 miles North & east of Seattle.
Dosing syringes
This message is from: Dean / Mel Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This is Mel Thomas (Program Director Hat on) I'm a Program Director with a Therapeutic Riding Program. We have several young, sound healthy horses, but we also have much more mature, gimpy horses with 'occasional' lamenesses and problems. To solve the dosing syringe problem, we keep ALL the wormer syringes. (with the tip 'button'-for lack of a better word- left on) The large syringes (Panacur) are perfect for the disolving of the sulfa drugs, and I also disolve Bute, when I'm required to give it. You can add warm molasses water to it, and the pills disolve within 30-40 seconds. With the tip on, you don't have to hold the end closed and wait. We can also make up the next batch. We either give by mouth like paste wormer, or add to the feed and mix. How we dose it depends on the cooperativeness of the horse. Will they eat by feed or need by mouth. The syringes are tough, and when they do get battered, they are tossed and another one is used. BTW, we take the label off and relabel dosing syringe - Bute, or SMZ's or Salt, which we add for water intake. I might as well join the 'survey'. Both my husband Dean & I are --agast-- 43. Boy that sounds older than we both feel. We have 3 cats - Mate, Mugsy and Boo Boo, two dogs Amy & Archie. All of us, except the Fjords, are non denominational (i.e. we are truly melting pot American) We currently have 3 fjords, two mares Kisse & Celebrity, and one 9 month old filly thats for sale. Mel Thomas Snohomish, Washington [EMAIL PROTECTED] ""My vet told me to cut the ends off plastic syringes, pull the plungers out to the full extent, stand them upright in a glass or other holder and put the pills in. Add water, let set a few minutes and you have a paste to administer. Of course it took three 12 ml syringes with 3.3 pills each (actually 3 1/2 in two and 3 in the third) to give Bjorken his 10 pills. a larger syringe might work but would be harder to sneak into his mouth. He didn't seem to mind the taste, but then he IS a Fjord. LOL I gave him a bit of grain afterward. Mixing with his grain was out as I wasn't giving him very much grain.""
two weanlings for sale
This message is from: Dean / Mel Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DMT Farms (really a house in town) is announcing two lovely weanlings for sale. DMT Rex - born 8-16-2000, currently being weaned and is charming, respectful, has very nice conformation, and extremely easy to work with and be around. He has a beautiful head and lovely kind eye, clean throatlatch and neck comes into his shoulder very nicely. He is correct in all his legs, and currently is being trimmed monthly, and handled daily. He leads extremely well, and stands tied quietly. No unsafe or bad habits have we found. (Gayle Ware taught us well) He is by Snowy's Mohawk (Heljo's Cruiser & Valea's Nicolena) and out of Paradise's Celebrity (Rorik's Gunner & Olof's Ebba). Celebrity has two highly evaluated offspring, Dustin's Snickerdoodle & Dustin's Celebrielle (both by Woodland's Dustin - Gayle Ware's Dusty) Another Celebrity offspring, Dustin's Ely is making great progress and strides in the Western Arena's, both open shows, and at Turlock. If Rex keeps Celebrity's personality and size, he will be a very kind, respectful, large (14.2 or 15hds) gelding, and will be easy to train. We do plan to geld him in the next two months. There will be a different price if he finds the right home prior to gelding. He could make a nice stallion, but would make an excellent gelding. DMT Honey - born 5-16-2000 is a nice large friendly weanling. She placed 5th at Libby in the LARGE weanling filly class. At Libby she was the youngest filly and largest in the class. She is also by Snowy's Mohawk and out of Kisse (Andre & Brita). Kisse has the most beautiful head and eye I've seen yet on a mare, and Honey is very like Kisse. When her winter hair falls out we expect a stunning yearling. Honey also ties, is trimmed monthly and loves humans and attention. She is slightly friendlier than Rex, and loves going for walks and meeting new situations. She should also be large (14.2 or more) and has the possiblity of being slightly finer (as all mares should be) than Rex. We purchased both mares in foal. Were hoping to have time to work with the foals as well as the mares, but reality has hit. Both foals have the best of the mares in them, will make awesome mature fjords, we just don't have the time, or the place, now to keep them. Rex is so respectful, and Honey is so eager to please, we'd love to see how they'd mature. BUT, we want to do what's best for everyone. So they are regretfully for sale. Please contact us if you are interested Mel & Dean Thomas (360)862-9427 - Snohomish, Washington
Anti-Chew
This message is from: "Dean / Mel Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm sorry to report Anti-Chew doesn't work well with everyone. Several years ago, our two origional fjords and one appy were living in a pasture with a shelter. They kept eating the wood of the shelter walls. We tried everything recommended from the vets, to the feed stores to 'old cowboys' to stop them from chewing up the walls. The day I brough home some Anti-Chew and started spraying the walls, with the three guys watching over my shoulder, and my mare then started licking the Anti-Chew from the wall, and then put her mouth over the bottle 'requesting to be sprayed directly into her mouth.'!!! I gave up on all sprays, and then hotwired all the walls of the shelter so they couldn't and wouldn't touch them. I got zapped plenty while feeding them, but that was the only way I could get them off of the wood. (I think the kids started laughing everytime I got zapped. LOOK AT THAT FUNNY HUMAN. She can't learn a thing about hot wires. We know enough to stay away. Funny she can't seem to!) Soap, cyan pepper, chili peppers, soap and bitter apple, Anti-chew, chew stop, and $40.00 of other stuff to get them to leave the shelter alone. Didn't work, hot wire did. Good Luck Mel Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anti-Chew
<< Made him think twice before indicriminately grabbing something in his mouth. He eventually outgrew this - or got tired of never knowing if it would taste bad or not - and stopped the behaviour. This was a horse that would grab anything he could reach, chew his manger, and virtually 'ate' lead ropes!>> I'm sorry to report Anti-Chew doesn't work well with everyone. Several years ago, our two origional fjords and one appy were living in a pasture with a shelter. They kept eating the wood of the shelter walls. We tried everything recommended from the vets, to the feed stores to 'old cowboys' to stop them from chewing up the walls. The day I brough home some Anti-Chew and started spraying the walls, with the three guys watching over my shoulder, and my mare then started licking the Anti-Chew from the wall, and then put her mouth over the bottle 'requesting to be sprayed directly into her mouth.'!!! I gave up on all sprays, and then hotwired all the walls of the shelter so they couldn't and wouldn't touch them. I got zapped plenty while feeding them, but that was the only way I could get them off of the wood. (I think the kids started laughing everytime I got zapped. LOOK AT THAT FUNNY HUMAN. She can't learn a thing about hot wires. We know enough to stay away. Funny she can't seem to!) Soap, cyan pepper, chili peppers, soap and bitter apple, Anti-chew, chew stop, and $40.00 of other stuff to get them to leave the shelter alone. Didn't work, hot wire did.Good Luck Mel Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
