Re: another question for you all
This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] thank you all for your thoughts and comments on trying to get my two boys to lighten up with their separation anxiety. i will start to separate them a little bit on a daily basis and see what happens. we took them down to an arena in town last night and it was almost impossible to ride them both at the same time because they insisted on being side by side attached at the hip. from now on, one goes and one stays home.denise in starting to get hot againd no. calif. - Original Message - From: Jenn Hammon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 2:56 PM Subject: Re: another question for you all This message is from: Jenn Hammon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well some horses will do that. Some times there is nothing to do about it. So just let them do what they do. Take one out at a time every day is you can. It might help them get over it a little more. Welcome Kay. --- Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] hello everyone on the list, i have a question about fjords in particular. are they more herd bound than other horses? i have two geldings. one, knute, we got first from lisa p. he is 8. then we got the fever and decided knute needed a partner in crime. so about 6 weeks ago quinn arrived from canada and bo-fjords. he is just 2. immediately they took to one another and if they could, they would hug eachother. they epitomize the word, PALS.when we take one out to ride or to work on some part of their training, patterns, wash, whatever, the other one goes bonkers! knute does this more than quinny, but both of them really put up quite a fuss. i've not seen regular horses make such a big deal over being separated. these two guys whinny back and forth for 30 minutes or more! we still take them out together too and they are both gentlemen. but i refuse to take both of them out together if i am riding alone, as ponying the second one would be a real hassle. anyone have similar stories about this breed? denise delgado and the boys, knute and quinn. - Original Message - From: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 1:53 PM Subject: Re: A mystery This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] dear meredith, those sound like puffballs. they show up here in the moister weather of fall and spring. they are a sort of fungus, like mushrooms and poisonous. that's probably why your horse won't eat them. when they dry out a bit you can pick them up and squeeze them and they send out a puff of spores, it looks like smoke. when my brother and i were little we used to play with those silly things and after awhile they can really get your hand filthy!! denise delgado, northern calif. - Original Message - From: Meredith Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 25, 1999 5:51 AM Subject: Re: A mystery This message is from: Meredith Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] Laurie in NW Washington wrote ... I have a mystery here folks, maybe some of you can help. Tor has been coming in from the pasture lately with his nose covered in something black and tacky feeling. It is also on the guard hairs under his jaw (looks like the hair has been coated with mascara). I'm also seeing it on the hair above his hooves and his feet look like they have hoof black on them. With a little work it will wash off. I've walked the field looking for something that might have been thrown into the pasture, but found nothing. Here in Tennessee we have huge gooey round, brown mushrooms that are full of yucky stuff that can get on a horse, a dog or a persons shoe. A couple of times Aagot got into one and her whole muzzle and feet turned ruddy brown. She doesn't eat them, but they break apart as she grazes and knocks into them. Could it be something similar? Meredith Sessoms Soddy-Daisy TN USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Dorina NFR Aagot ~ _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: another question for you all
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Denise, I don't think that it is a breed thing... but a specific horse thing. My Fjord is only with one paddock mate and has been for the last 2 years. He barely notices when we leave with the Arab and he has no problem leaving with us on the cart for a stroll around the neighborhood, although he does trot faster home than away! Ha! We used to have a QH mare who would whinny til the cows came home. . . or rather her buddy came home. Drove the neighbors bonkers!! Even if I left her a flake of hay, she wouldn't touch it until we got back. Each horse is different with regard to leaving their buddies but I don't think it is worse with Fjords from my experience. Susan in MN
Re: another question for you all
This message is from: Jenn Hammon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well some horses will do that. Some times there is nothing to do about it. So just let them do what they do. Take one out at a time every day is you can. It might help them get over it a little more. Welcome Kay. --- Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] hello everyone on the list, i have a question about fjords in particular. are they more herd bound than other horses? i have two geldings. one, knute, we got first from lisa p. he is 8. then we got the fever and decided knute needed a partner in crime. so about 6 weeks ago quinn arrived from canada and bo-fjords. he is just 2. immediately they took to one another and if they could, they would hug eachother. they epitomize the word, PALS.when we take one out to ride or to work on some part of their training, patterns, wash, whatever, the other one goes bonkers! knute does this more than quinny, but both of them really put up quite a fuss. i've not seen regular horses make such a big deal over being separated. these two guys whinny back and forth for 30 minutes or more! we still take them out together too and they are both gentlemen. but i refuse to take both of them out together if i am riding alone, as ponying the second one would be a real hassle. anyone have similar stories about this breed? denise delgado and the boys, knute and quinn. - Original Message - From: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 1:53 PM Subject: Re: A mystery This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED] dear meredith, those sound like puffballs. they show up here in the moister weather of fall and spring. they are a sort of fungus, like mushrooms and poisonous. that's probably why your horse won't eat them. when they dry out a bit you can pick them up and squeeze them and they send out a puff of spores, it looks like smoke. when my brother and i were little we used to play with those silly things and after awhile they can really get your hand filthy!! denise delgado, northern calif. - Original Message - From: Meredith Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 25, 1999 5:51 AM Subject: Re: A mystery This message is from: Meredith Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] Laurie in NW Washington wrote ... I have a mystery here folks, maybe some of you can help. Tor has been coming in from the pasture lately with his nose covered in something black and tacky feeling. It is also on the guard hairs under his jaw (looks like the hair has been coated with mascara). I'm also seeing it on the hair above his hooves and his feet look like they have hoof black on them. With a little work it will wash off. I've walked the field looking for something that might have been thrown into the pasture, but found nothing. Here in Tennessee we have huge gooey round, brown mushrooms that are full of yucky stuff that can get on a horse, a dog or a persons shoe. A couple of times Aagot got into one and her whole muzzle and feet turned ruddy brown. She doesn't eat them, but they break apart as she grazes and knocks into them. Could it be something similar? Meredith Sessoms Soddy-Daisy TN USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Dorina NFR Aagot ~ _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: another question for you all
This message is from: Don Jane Brackett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Denise, Our two Fjords are real buddies too (a 5 yr. old mare, Osa and 6 yr. old gelding, Geilo). But, as they became more familiar with home (we just got Geilo about 6 weeks ago too), they became more relaxed with being left at home when we work with the other one. So just persist and work one at a time and give it time. It'll work, they KNOW that their buddy will return. Now, they just whinny hello when they return from a ride or drive. Jane
