Re: Aloof Fjord and attachments between traces and tree

2001-11-30 Thread Mariposa Farm
This message is from: Mariposa Farm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Don Brackett wrote:

>
> We are looking for some sort of clips to attach the trace extenders to
> the tree.  We've tried several methods of attaching the chain to the
> tree and feel there must be some piece of hardware out there that would
> work better and quicker. Anyone have suggestions?
>
>

I use carabiners.  They are the aluminum climbing d ring clips.  I also use
them on my gates because they don't freeze up and the horses can't open them.
About 7.00 each

Mark

Mariposa Farm




Re: Aloof Fjord and attachments between traces and tree

2001-11-29 Thread Don Brackett

This message is from: Don Brackett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Hi Karen,
I think any horse takes time to adjust to a new home and new people.  My 
mare was a cuddlebug from day one but our gelding took several months to 
settle in and it was close to a year before he was affectionate and 
welcomed lots of attention.


We've been having a blast hauling our firewood in from the woods.  Osa 
loves to pull!  Her attitude is so much more positive when doing draft 
stuff than when riding! A partridge came up practically under her nose 
the other day and she just twitched her ears.  She'll stand all day 
waiting for us to finish loading just looking around the woods.  What a 
great girl.


We are looking for some sort of clips to attach the trace extenders to 
the tree.  We've tried several methods of attaching the chain to the 
tree and feel there must be some piece of hardware out there that would 
work better and quicker. Anyone have suggestions? Osa's pulling a sled 
(old snowmobile runners with a box built on top to hold split and cut up 
fire wood),  we put two bales of hay in it for seats for people when 
it's not in use for wood.  

Jane, in Maine where it snowed today and now is raining.  Many people's 
wells have gone dry in the last few months and we're all a little 
nervous that it'll freeze hard before we get enough rain to refill them


Karen Keith wrote:


This message is from: "Karen Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Now, here's my theory.  I bought this guy at auction.  The lady 
selling him said she'd had him since Feb and only picked him up to 
resell.  I know he was bred in NM.  I figure I'm either his third or 
fourth owner in his four years.  (I bought him, coincidentally, on his 
fourth birthday.)  So, maybe he is just reserved about bonding with 
humans?  Waddayathink?