Re: Trace clipping and Athletic Fjords
This message is from: Mike May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 08:57 AM 10/8/99 -0800, you wrote: This message is from: misha nogha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I like Carol Rivoires idea of putting some of the super athletes on the NFHR page. Whaddya say Mike? I think we should use NA horses as these guys are the ones we are most likely to see around. We have to include geldings too or we would miss out on Wez. I don't have a problem with that at all. All I need is the pictures. I do have one of Laurie's sliding stop pictures of Dusty on the site. One of the pages I love to send people to, other than Laurie Pittman's photo page, is Mike May's personal page with Malla flying over that log jump! What a horse! Not to mention the great rider. I guess I should put that one on the NFHR site too. It is a cool picture. The resolution of it isn't great because it was taken at quite a distance and blown up during the scanning of it. Mike
Re: Trace clipping and Athletic Fjords
This message is from: "Karen McCarthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You don't tape the whole horse, silly! You can re-site the tape to get it even, and it also provides a good edge, or guide, for the clippers, sort of a template. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: Re: Trace clipping and Athletic Fjords
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello out there, I am currently riding two fjords year round here in the Pacific Northwest, Wez and Misha. I clip both of them for the same reasons that others have stated ie they get hot and wet from work and then stand around and risk getting chilled. Once clipped I am 100% obligated to provide them the warmth and dryness that their coat would otherwise provide. Different blankets fit different horses but I like ones that have a nylon interior and a good comfortable fit to avoid chafing. I also look for materials that dry well on the horse to avoid fungus growth from damp material against the skin. We in this wet climate have to worry about that. Rambo rigs work well if they fit your horse (Wez always got his legs caught up in the straps). Get a weight appropriate to your climate so they are not too hot on a typical day. Wez already got a complete body clip in Sept. in preparation for the Championships and has now grown another almost complete coat. He and Misha will get a reverse blanket clip at the end of the month. Keep those blades sharp for those thick coats!! Anne A.
Re: Trace clipping and Athletic Fjords
This message is from: John and Martie Bolinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> re: trace clipping and tape We draw the clip line on Kilar with those washable pens before we clip. This works pretty well as you can get an idea where to clip and how it will look. The thought of taping the whole horse is a little daunting. Martie
Trace clipping and Athletic Fjords
This message is from: misha nogha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks Martie and Karen for your comments on trace clipping. Gues I'll take the plunge. I like the masking tape idea, or my horse would be naked as I tried to even it out. Ha. My friend Alex is going to do her dressage Fjord too so I am going to wait until she does it and then she can tell me what not to do. Right Alex--ha. I like Carol Rivoires idea of putting some of the super athletes on the NFHR page. Whaddya say Mike? I think we should use NA horses as these guys are the ones we are most likely to see around. We have to include geldings too or we would miss out on Wez. I have to say people act shocked when I tell them a Fjord has got a Prix St. Georges, but then when they see Ingmar move it out and perform some of the more difficult moves, they can see it. I just have to catch up with Ingmar. I want to say also I want to see some of the draft discipline Fjords too. I love the draft capabilities of Fjords!! One of the pages I love to send people to, other than Laurie Pittman's photo page, is Mike May's personal page with Malla flying over that log jump! What a horse! Not to mention the great rider. On foals and tape. I have had a lot of success with the wide white tape with foals. They can see it well and usually put their noses out slowly to touch it. In fact, most of my mares encourage the kids to do it on the first outing, standing back as soon as the foal gets near it. When I used the regular sized tape, I found the foals pushed through it but for some reason, I think the visual barier one, they don't seem to do that to the wide white tape. Okay, thanks a lot for your response! Misha from Shota Fjords
