Re: bored Fjords : )
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 12/17/99 12:36:29 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << << Don't want to go too far and risk a "run for the barn" experience! >> Yours will run? >> Rafael will definitely run, and just try to stop him! Tommes will trot a little, then settle back into a walk. Brigid
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This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 12/15/99 3:19:30 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Don't want to go too far and risk a "run for the barn" experience! >> Yours will run?
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This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 12/13/99 6:44:18 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Take the "arena" stuff out onto the trail. Theres tons of stuff you can do out there: half halts, leg yields, spiraling and other "bending" exercises, walk over, back parallel to logs or fences >> Thanks Karen, I think I may try these exercises on the road close to home. Don't want to go too far and risk a "run for the barn" experience! brigid
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This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cynthia, You set me up perfectly to reply to two subjects at once: bored fjords and vet rescue. I think getting the mini donkey was the best thing we ever did for our horses. He is a great playmate to them all. Also, he was a rescue case. He was badly beaten up by another jack and he had a deep laceration into the fetlock joint. The owner had more donkeys than he needed and didn't want to pay to fix him up so I was glad to take him. He healed up nicely and has been a great pet since. I've recommended mini donkeys to several clients that live on a small acreage and want a companion for their horse but don't want to have another full size horse. They don't take up much space and the feed cost is minimal. All seem to be pleased with their donkeys. And if you thought fjords have personality, wait until you own one of these guys Other rescued animals include: 3 dogs, a cat, 2 ex-racehorses, some leghorn chickens, and at one time an opossum. Steve White Waterloo, Nebraska
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This message is from: Cynthia_Madden/OAA/UNO/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tish, I have the same problem with Tank. In the spring and summer, he has to spend most of his time in a dry lot (aka diet corral) with only 1 hr of pasture in the morning and 1 hr in the afternoon. He chewed insulation off the wall in the barn, stood on gates and got in to other trouble by being bored forcing Arlene to put electric wire around everything. He does not play with his ball but he will fetch it for food! Arlene will throw him a little straw to munch on when he is being particularly ansy in his dry lot. He gives us lots of mournful looks but we just try to find his ribs and it hardens our heart. The best relief for boredom I have seen is Steve & Amy White's minature donkey. Watching their Fjords and that donkey play together is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Maybe you could find a minature donkey to rescue? P.S. About vet's who resuce animals - ask Steve & Amy about their litte menagerie. Cynthia Madden email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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This message is from: "Karen McCarthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Bridgid: Take the "arena" stuff out onto the trail. Theres tons of stuff you can do out there: half halts, leg yields, spiraling and other "bending" exercises, walk over, back parallel to logs or fences,if YOU have an imagination,( and I am SURE you do!) there is no end to the exercises you can do out there. Half my ridden life I have spent riding where there was no arena, or the arena that was there was so awful, that I preferred to go out. Besides, it gets your horse thinking and listening with you, not dependant on the rail and barn area/buddies for support all the time. Again, I'm gonna make a shameless plug for Marty Marten's new book out by Western Horseman Pub., 'Problem Solving'. Great book, excellent, safe practical approach and very readable. Most of the work he does is "out" of the arena. Good luck! Karen __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi All- I have been practicing leg cues with my "boys," thanks to the help of fellow boarders who do reining (not competitively, but for fun). Tommes was really getting it, even though my signals were probably gross! So I go to practice yesterday, and Tommes seems to have forgotten it all! I have to admit, he was VERY light on the bit, which was nice, but he didn't have a clue about the neck-rein or the leg pressures. I wondered why. Later in the day, I went to practice my latest martial arts exercise, called Set 10. It's like "reining or dressage for people," an exercise involving steps, kicks, punches and blocks. Helps you have balance, know where your feet are, sound familiar? Well I'll be damned if I couldn't remember Set 10 to save my life, even though I did it perfectly a few days ago! So I guess I can't expect a horse to have a memory any better than mine... Which leads to the boredom issue. Tommes & Rafael are dead bored in the arena, wanting to quit after 5 minutes. However on the trail, they are so excited they want to go 40mph. How do I bridge this gap? I want to work on things before entering a stressful situation like the street, park, etc. Any suggestions appreciated. Brigid in CA, who finally bought a scanner and will soon have a web page of her Fjords : )
