Re: fjordhorse-digest V99 #124
This message is from: Steven A White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Fri, 23 Jul 1999 07:59:17 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >QUESTION: >This has me baffled a good week ago, I opened up some more >pasture, after >the hay was taken off it, to my 2 geldingswithin a few days time I > >noticed they both were DROOLING... They'll be standing there and then > >gusher! It's very much like water...but greener. They aren't sick. >They've >been eating, drinking, playing, pooping, all fine But it's really >gross! > The new pasture has a couple of Fur, pine and cedar trees, that I've >seen >them eating from Could this be caused by the pitch or something >they are >eating in the pasture? Any ideas?I've checked inside their mouths >(boy >did I get a bath) I can't find any foreign objects in there. Other >then >making a real mess of themselves and the tackthey seem happy! > >Thanks, >Aimee >In Maine Do you have any clover in the pasture? Excessive slobbering is often caused by the horses eating clover with a certain mold on it. It doesn't harm the horse in any way except making them drool a lot. Have your veterinarian do a thorough oral exam just to be sure. An easy test is to take them back off the pasture, and in a day or two the slobbering should stop. If you then put them back out on the pasture the drooling returns. Steve White, Waterloo, Nebraska
Re: fjordhorse-digest V99 #124
This message is from: "Mike May, Registrar NFHR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 09:25 AM 7/23/99 -0400, you wrote: This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Our committee has recently completed updating the Eval. Handbook. I submitted the changes to Mike May a short time ago, but I have not looked to see whether he has yet made the changes officially. Nope they haven't been done yet. Been real busy with other things and since there hasn't been any evals scheduled I didn't see it as a real priority. === Norwegian Fjord Horse Registry Mike May, Registrar Voice 716-872-4114 FAX 716-787-0497 http://www.nfhr.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fjordhorse-digest V99 #124
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gayle, I loved your comments on Arabs. We have a 27 yr. old Arab which my daughter shows in all the game events at our local shows. He is awesome!!! Even though he is totally on Senior Feed and alfalfa cubes (soaked in water) and a supplement because his teeth are shot, he is still fast when he gets in the ring!! He conserves energy by snoozing between classes, literally!! People that walk by can't believe he actually runs. He's the one sweating and breathing the least on a long trail ride and has never been shod in the last 3 yrs. we've owned him! I've heard stories about him when he was young and he put several riders in the hospital. Thank God, the extra energy is gone and he saves it for the few barrels and pole runs she puts him through. We figure we'll retire him from the show arena at 30, if he's still with us. He's the horse my daughter treasures the most even though he is gray on his aging face and has huge pockets over his eyes. What an amazing breed! Susan
Re: fjordhorse-digest V99 #124
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 7/23/99 2:57:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I was just looking at the Evaluation rules on the NFHR Web site. I'm curious, are these adopted rules or are they a work in process? Who are the Reqional Co-ordinators for Evaluations? What are the regions that the co-ordinators represent? Who is the Evaluation Technical Delegate? I don't see any rule that Evaluations may not be held at private farms, what is the determination on that? We've had a year without any Evaluations this year, what's in store for the future of the process? >> Steve, I have been on the Eval. Committee since it's inception and participated in creating this program. I designed the Western tests. I am presently the Chairperson. This program will likely always be a work in progress as we refine and improve it as is needed. Our committee has recently completed updating the Eval. Handbook. I submitted the changes to Mike May a short time ago, but I have not looked to see whether he has yet made the changes officially. The Regional Coordinator is the person that takes charge of putting on an Eval. I was the regional Coordinator for the last Eval. held last summer here in OR. Anyone interested in putting one on makes a request to the Eval. Committee, which then approves the dates, site, etc. It then goes before the BOD for final approval. The Technical Delegate is the person who records all of the results during the Eval. and verifies identity by scanning microchips. That person is chosen by the coordinator. Usually that has ended up being Mike May. He is the one ultimately responsible for recording the official results, so always made sense to me to have him do the record keeping at the Eval. itself. That way I believe is easier on him rather than getting a third party involved and Mike having to decipher someone else's stuff. Originally, Evals. were not allowed on private farms. However, the Eval. committee changed that rule in the recent update of the Handbook. Evals. are permitted on private farms provided the facility meets requirements and is open to the public. In other words, no PRIVATE Evals. for just the owner's stock. Please email me privately if you have any other questions. Gayle Ware Field of Dreams Eugene, OR
Re: fjordhorse-digest V99 #124
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 7/23/99 2:57:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << But I feel arabs often get bad press, and undeservedly so. I never appreciated arabs so much as watching them do endurance racing. They are the undisputed masters of the sport. After 100 miles they can still look fresh. The endurance arabs I know are models of quiet good behavior. I think much of the problem is that they have abundant energy that needs to be put to work. Arabs that stand and vegetate do not thrive on that program, and can be difficult. The ones that work are exquisite. Not my kind of horse, but one worthy of enormous respect and admiration. >> Just had to respond to this,Dave. I'm chuckling as I write this. I've trained quite a few Arabs so have some history to draw from. I've had good ones and bad ones that are exactly as you describe. However, the reason that Arabs still look fresh after 100 miles is that it took the first 75 miles just to get the edge off of them so they could start thinking and go to work! LOL! I've often joked about raising my training fee for Arabs because they took more of my time. Gayle Ware Field of Dreams Eugene, OR
Re: fjordhorse-digest V99 #124
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi List, TEETH: I haven't noticed any problems with my geldings teeth, but decided with all the talk of wolf teeth that I should give him a look. He just turned 5 yrs. and I've owned him since he was a weanling. He has NO wolf teethI think that's just great, asked him to keep it that way :) Can they come in at any age or if they aren't there at 3 or 4, they probably wont show up??? (Every horse I've ever owned has always had them removed before I've gotten them so I have no idea) SOMETHING TO DO: My two horse LOVE to see me come to their pasture with Halter and lead rope in handThey always enjoy going for a ride. I think like people, they probably get sick of the same 4 walls, so to speak, as we do. QUESTION: This has me baffled a good week ago, I opened up some more pasture, after the hay was taken off it, to my 2 geldingswithin a few days time I noticed they both were DROOLING... They'll be standing there and then gusher! It's very much like water...but greener. They aren't sick. They've been eating, drinking, playing, pooping, all fine But it's really gross! The new pasture has a couple of Fur, pine and cedar trees, that I've seen them eating from Could this be caused by the pitch or something they are eating in the pasture? Any ideas?I've checked inside their mouths (boy did I get a bath) I can't find any foreign objects in there. Other then making a real mess of themselves and the tackthey seem happy! Thanks, Aimee In Maine
