Re: Mares code of horror
This message is from: "Douglas Knutsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Misha - Thos girls are s clever I can hardly wait to see the first Soren babies! Grandma Peg - Original Message - From: "Misha & Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 1:35 PM Subject: Re: Mares code of horror This message is from: "Misha & Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PEG SHHH you are so so bad. I am about to have two foals here and I know this drill all too well. You say okay these mares are due to foal out at least a month apart. Oh no way--one goes on the latest edge of safe and the other on the earliest edge of safe and they pop out nearly simultaneously. OR the ultrasound game. This mare is def NOT pg. Okay you breed her again one month later. However, as the due date comes for when the first breeding takes place you re like--hmmm. She looks rather large. Oh SURE she was pg after all and as you are casually going out to feed you see a baby on the ground. Quite Large and boistersous and OBVIOUSLY not early. Actually in my case this foal was as large as the ones that were already two weeks old and I thought--OMG such and such the foal can't walk he is staggering all over the place but wait a second--that's a newborn. Love it hate it I gotta quit someday! Misha of Shota Fjords expecting foals from Maia and Jovan and Evy and Soren. The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Re: Mares code of horror
This message is from: "Misha & Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PEG SHHH you are so so bad. I am about to have two foals here and I know this drill all too well. You say okay these mares are due to foal out at least a month apart. Oh no way--one goes on the latest edge of safe and the other on the earliest edge of safe and they pop out nearly simultaneously. OR the ultrasound game. This mare is def NOT pg. Okay you breed her again one month later. However, as the due date comes for when the first breeding takes place you re like--hmmm. She looks rather large. Oh SURE she was pg after all and as you are casually going out to feed you see a baby on the ground. Quite Large and boistersous and OBVIOUSLY not early. Actually in my case this foal was as large as the ones that were already two weeks old and I thought--OMG such and such the foal can't walk he is staggering all over the place but wait a second--that's a newborn. Love it hate it I gotta quit someday! Misha of Shota Fjords expecting foals from Maia and Jovan and Evy and Soren. The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
Re: horror
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/2/00 1:01:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Hmm, It is really sad. It may be a fact of life, but. We once adopted a kitten from our next door neighbors. The father had gone to a Chinese business associates (?) house, and seen these four bedraggled kittens. He had asked about them, and they said they were going to eat them. Well, the neighbor rescued them. Unfortunately, the poor kitten was full of worms and beyond anti-social, so as we could not treat him for fear of personal injuries (we're talking a face attacker, here) and he was so sick, we had to put him down. It is so sad what happens to some animals. Still, the other three were okay, and went to a farm where they lived happily ever after. Fjord related note: Silly stubborn Fj won't bow anymore! Oh well, he just has a selective memory. Back to square one! (however, he is really cute when he shakes his head for no, and is doing great on yawn on command) >> Or else the "Chinese" guy just figures out a great way to palm-off a bunch of unwanted kittens on someone who would not have taken them otherwise... Merek
Re: horror
This message is from: Alison Barr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hmm, It is really sad. It may be a fact of life, but. We once adopted a kitten from our next door neighbors. The father had gone to a Chinese business associates (?) house, and seen these four bedraggled kittens. He had asked about them, and they said they were going to eat them. Well, the neighbor rescued them. Unfortunately, the poor kitten was full of worms and beyond anti-social, so as we could not treat him for fear of personal injuries (we're talking a face attacker, here) and he was so sick, we had to put him down. It is so sad what happens to some animals. Still, the other three were okay, and went to a farm where they lived happily ever after. Fjord related note: Silly stubborn Fj won't bow anymore! Oh well, he just has a selective memory. Back to square one! (however, he is really cute when he shakes his head for no, and is doing great on yawn on command)
horror
This message is from: "saskia schoofs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi all, My farrier, who is a Fjord-breeder, had an accident a week ago and this Sunday I went to help his wife moving two Fjord-mares from a pasture about 15 miles (20 kilometers) away from them to a pasture next to the wife's job, which would make her life easier. We could only move one Fjord at once because of the small trailer, and because Nadine (the farriers wife) was afraid the horse that had to stay behind would panic, I stayed with this horse, "Kelly", while Nadine and a man from their village, who is a horse-seller (he buys horses anywhere and sells them anywhere) brought "Karin" to the new place. Kelly and I had a great time, becoming friends, but then the trailer came back and the man came to me and said: "Nadine told me you have a Fjord stallion, won't you sell him to me?". I said no, and that I was going to geld him at the end of this month, as soon as the weather allows it. Then he said it was very bad to geld a horse in the spring and that it was better to wait for the fall. I said that was impossible, because of my mare I didn't want to get pregnant again after foaling. But the man had the solution ready: well, until fall your stallion can stay at my place! I asked why and he said that that way he could breed him to his two (Fjord-)mares. Naively, I said that Sybren is not registered as a breeding stallion, but that was no problem, as he just breeds his mares to eat the foals after six months! When I was firm about not bringing Sybren to him, he was very sad, because he could use a different (non-Fjord)-stallion for the purpose, but out of experience he knew that a 100% Fjord-foal was best for meat. I know we Europeans all eat horses (except for the English :-)), but still, I was shocked and sad, especially when I heard the two mares were pregnant now of two "meat-foals" (full Fjords). I wanted to buy them immediately but shall have to win the national lotery tomorrow first. O!!! I really can't imagine how someone can do this! Saskia, who sometimes feels as if she would eat Sybren and Zeno too, but just because I love them so much and they are so sweet
Re: horror stories
This message is from: Alison Barr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm becoming confused. Carol told about a trainer who had a runaway with > arabs, trained the right way ie 100 behind the horse? You tell about your > grandfather and his reliable horse. It sounds to me that training isn't the > only answer. Perhaps, accidents just happen. I would like to think that this isn't true. I would like to relate this back to eventing, somewhat similar in danger levels. I was despairing this summer that eventing was so dangerous. My rally coach disagreed. I asked her if she could name one person that had not gotten hurt ever doing eventing. She listed herself, and she has evented to prelim. Naturally, riding and driving are dangerous sports, but they don't have to be truly hazardous. Slow and steady is a definite preference. While many of my friends have shot ahead and tackle the really big jumps and the higher level eventing, I still sit at 3 foot 3. It's not that I will never do the things they do, its just that I would like to take Fj slowly. And the time shows when you look at injury tolls. My friend doing 4-5 feet has been warned that if she gets one more concussion, she will have to stop riding. I have never gotten one. Accidents happen for a few main reasons. You could be doing work above your or your horses level, You could have a freak accident, or you could have chosen performance over safety in your horse. Any animal has good and bad traits. Fj will never jump more than 4 is feet, but will keep me safe. If you choose a powerful thoroughbred instead, you might make the big time, but you are a little more prone to accidents. So don't give up on any event because of horror stories. Just make sure you and your horse are ready, you have a nice safe horse, and remember that just because your horse drives now, a horse is never completely trained and will never be perfect, and then have fun.
