Re: [IceHorses] Foxes
--- Nancy Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I went out for a climbing conditioning ride with grandson Gabriel this morning and we saw two different foxes. << I caught a glimps of a fox the other day, myself. Only the second one in 7 years here I have seen. They are pretty shy around here. These are some kind of small desert fox, don't know exactly what they are called. Susan in NV Nevermore Ranch http://users.oasisol.com/nevermore/ Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469
[IceHorses] Foxes
I went out for a climbing conditioning ride with grandson Gabriel this morning and we saw two different foxes. They were not particularly wary and just moved off the trail a few feet then looked back over their shoulders at us. The fox population seems to be on the upswing. Nancy
Re: [IceHorses] Microchip Implants
Oh great - and I had my much-loved young dog microchipped. Nancy
Re: [IceHorses] Gaited Appy / IL
On 9/8/07, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A boy named Sioux: > > http://crosswindseqresq.org/sioux.html > > What gait: http://crosswindseqresq.org/photos/sioux/siouxhires.wmv Wow! Hard to believe that he's a "rescue"! Nice little horse. I'd say a stepping pace, not a RW. With a better rider, the canter would be nicer, and the back up would come more quickly. Robyn S
[IceHorses] Microchip Implants
http://www.inteldaily.com/?c=120 Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
[IceHorses] Sugarcreek Sales Report
By Tiffany: Sugarcreek Sale Report... We arrived at 9:45AM to begin evaling horses and the barn aready had quite a few horses. There were lots of really VERY nice horses, so it made our task that much harder. I was surprised to see lots of drafts for this time of year. Mostly Belgian and Perchies and a few draft crosses. Lots of gaited horses, including a 2yo double registered TWH/SSH mare. She was very cute and was advertised as started. Super quite, poor baby. A few TBs and some Stbs. There were even some Mustangs - arugh, they were titled. Lots of palomino's, quite a few paints and quarter horses. Nine camp horses. There was an abundance of appys and POAs. And sadly, quite a few weanlings, yearlings, and long yearlings. We had our yes column, and once the (supposed to be) one (ended up being two) that was coming home with us was bought, we left so we didn't stay for the whole auction. Here's a summary price list (we missed some of them)... Number - horse, shape $$$ 327 - palomino, fit 185 328 - long ears, fit 150 329 - bay, fat 375 330 - 200 331 - 260 332 - maybe 10ish grey w/ blanket app mare, fit, skiddish but nicely put together 350 333 - young stunning leopard app gelding, built like a TB, had a slight unknown swelling on hind, lanky/thin, 125 335 - red roan QH?, 275 340 - 8 yo stocky chocolate dapple pony - Rocky Mountain Horse? Needs farrier work, EASY keeper 345 - knee issues, Stb 347 - leg issues, Stb 348 - nice POA mare w/ liver spots, stocky but had a cough $? 349 - nice short stocky 6yo paint mare, built like a tank, 450 350 - lovely little cremello-ish POA 384 - we called this belgian House - BIG BOY - 550 383 - 375 385 - 450 386 - 410 387 - lame, 350 389 - 400 373 - wounded Belgian, 275 375 - 5yo gelding QH?, fat 377 - WOWZA App mare, clean legs, tall, red roan/varnish markings, built like a TB, super fit 390 - 9yo white faced QH/Paint? mare, sound 393 - thin baby stallion 401 - sorrel gelding, fat 450 402 - black gelding TB?, thin, 60 403 - riding horse, 560 404 - 6yo morgan cross gelding, fit 330 405 - 10yo grey TB broodmare - stunning and alert, clean legs, baby last year, didn't retake on breeding, araby head, fit 406 - 425 407 - 410 408 - 10yo nice spotted draft (painty), clean legs, fat, 510 409 - TB, lanky, 250 410 - TB, lanky but tall gelding, 325 411 - TB, lanky, 275 413 - 435 414 - 360 416 - stud, thin, 60 417 - 2yo double registered TWH/SSH mare, eyes were blue/grey and she may have had corneal ulcers or juvenile cataracts, started, sound, papers included, 185 419 - TWH 422 - 7yo sorrel QH mare with papers, fit 650 423 - 14yo sweet sorrel QH gelding 424 - 12-14yo bay TWH mare, super fat, 450 426 - 4yo young sorrel paint mare, riden, fat 427 - 14yo paint mare 428 - 5yo bay roan gelding, fit, 375 429 - 14yo grey fleabitten QH gelding, fat, sound, riden 430 - 14yo mare riden, fit, 225 431 - 20+ Stb gelding, 230 432 - 7yo Stb gelding ride/drive, thin 433 - Stb sweet mare, lame, thin 434 - 14yo sorrel gelding, tad aggressive 435 - 8yo gaited mare, cute, cute, laminitis rings, sore on her fronts, but not in founder stance and not 'off' 436 - cute black gaited 3yo mare, not friendly, told she kicks, but she never attempted to with me, thin, 210 438 - friendly 17yo papered QH stud, bloodlines out the wazoo, thin, 110 439 - QH colt, 60 440 - 7yo sorrel gelding, 235 441 - youngish belgian or belgian cross, thin, 100 442 - 425 443 - 385 444 - 7yo blk/wht paint mare, riden, 300 445 - 260 446 - 485 447 - lame? 15yo paint gelding, 160 448 - 185 449 - 7yo gelding, broke, chews wood, 275 451 - black mare w/ lots of chrome white face,1 blue eye, JR brand, sound w/ papers, 585 452 - 200 459 - looked Andalusian, flighty/scared/sensitive, didn't get a good eval of her, found out she was a titled mustang, 225 460 - mustang, fat, 210 461 - 2yo broke to ride, fit 250 465 - 12yo palomino gelding, broke, sound, 585 467 - lame (but oh so sweet) Stb, thin 469 - 14 - 18 month sorrel, 60 478 - 8yo reg 1/2 arab sorrel cross, big stocky mare, injured hind left, effects hock 484 - 5yo reg QH with papers, 335 497 - camp horse, 275 498 - camp horse, 310 481 - baby, 80 518 - 5yo paint gelding, sound, fit, no saled at $600 519 - 9yo mare, fit, 460 520 - 3yo buckskin mare, told she was broke, sound, cute, 150 521 - 8yo mare sound, riden, 450 522 - 2yo paint mare 524 - long yearling, big baby, sorrel colt, 20 525 - 10yo grey mare TBx, sound, sweet, 100 526 - lame sorrel 539 - stocky palomino gelding, was stallion until last year, unknown age, fat 933 - sweet jenny, nice, fat There were many more lined up to run through, but we had two and couldn't take any more. Lots of donkeys and minis (donks and horse) too. An exhausting day, but at lea
Re: [IceHorses] The coyote enters the Majan Empire
> I would've thought that coyotes wouldn't bother dogs -- aren't they > similar lineage somewhere down the line? Yes, but they will definitely pick off a dog or cat, no problem. I wouldn't even let a bigger dog out, but then, both of ours stay in a yard and come in at night mostly b/c I've had problems w/ neighbor dogs bothering my animals, and I don't want mine to be a nuisance too. But I won't take the chance on coyotes. I once watched a coyote (a very hungry female, apparently) go after the neighbor's dogs, at about 4:30 in the afternoon in the summer. The people were gone, left their dogs out loose--2 med sized and 2 small ones. The coyote would chase the dogs up to the house, where the dogs were more comfortable, at which point they would turn and chase the coyote away to the edge of their safely zone. Then THEY would turn around and run back towards the house, w/ the coyote chasing THEM. This went on for about 45 min., and the coyote almost caught one of the little ones a couple times. Robyn S
Re: [IceHorses] Anniversaries
On 9/4/07 12:41 PM, "Judy Ryder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Congratulations for everyone with an upcoming anniversary! > > Thirty-two years is wonderful! > > We've had seven years of marital bliss seven out of 30 is not bad! > > Just kidding! > > We're at thirty years... that's a long time! For us it will be 41 years on September 24. I cannot believe it's been that long and where did all the time go? Looking back, I can say that just about all of it was good! Anneliese
Re: [IceHorses] Gaited Appy / IL
What a sweet horse. I really hate it when horses start bouncing like that. Too bad he's so far away. Our adult daughter would love to have a pony-sized mount. She's quite small and prefers ponies. I have to get her up on Tosca. She's going to love her. Nancy
[IceHorses] Gaited Appy / IL
A boy named Sioux: http://crosswindseqresq.org/sioux.html What gait: http://crosswindseqresq.org/photos/sioux/siouxhires.wmv Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
Re: [IceHorses] Riding Styles
> Yes, there are lots of riding styles, but the majority of US riding style > is western. By Joan: I showed western pleasure for two years after many years of dressage. It taught me to hold myself up; and let the horse hold their frame by themselves. This helped me become a better rider. Many people are seen holding onto the horse's mouth to hold themselves on the horse. The horse is relying on the rider to hold up their front end. Joan
RE: [IceHorses] a sad thing happened to my old gelding (a bit off topic)
THANKS EVERYONE for the positive thoughts. I would be a little more optimistic if he was younger but... well... I am going to think positively!!! Thunder was 24 when he had his horrible spider bite and he came out unscathed. It was a miracle. Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.9/994 - Release Date: 9/7/2007 4:40 PM
Re: [IceHorses] a sad thing happened to my old gelding (a bit off topic)
> > Oh, Bia, I'm so sorry! I hope he's better soon. Do you remember the > horrible wound that our Arab had back in 2004? > > > Karen Thomas Thanks Karen... yep, I remember that. I will keep my thoughts positive so that maybe I will at least be able to get on him for an hour in the flat pasture for some exercize. he is a real trooper... Bia
Re: [IceHorses] a sad thing happened to my old gelding (a bit off topic)
> Poor baby...the hopeful thing is, large muscle wounds, even when deep > often heal pretty well. Let's hope that happens with your gelding. > > Cherie Cherie... I am noticing today that he is walking a bit better. he was almost unable to walk 2 days ago. I gave him some bute that night to ease his pain...The vet doesn't want me to give him any bute because he wants me to be able to see the improvement so so far that's the only night I've given it to him... The wound looks terrible but it's draining and that's what I want...so... hopefully enough of the muscle is left to, like you say, heal properly. he lost alot of it! Amazing yes, what they can do and leave no trace or clues of what might have happened.
Re: [IceHorses] a sad thing happened to my old gelding (a bit off topic)
> Think positive, Bia! > > We will all visualize that he is walking good, feels good, heals properly, > and loves to be ridden. > Judy THANKS EVERYONE for the positive thoughts. I would be a little more optimistic if he was younger but... well... I am going to think positively!!!
Re: [IceHorses] The coyote enters the Majan Empire
On 08/09/2007, Robyn Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But when we lived in Edmonton I am pretty sure we lost a > little dog to coyotes, can't be certain but that is what we think happened. > In our case it wasn't that they came very close to the house, it was when > the dogs were out in pastures beyond that was more of a problem. Yes, Jenni was definitely out of the range of the yard when we heard the trouble yesterday. There was one time last year I was out feeding in the half darkness and I heard coyotes barking and yipping up near the house. Marty was with me, and he hesitated and then looked back at me and decided to stay with me. I know they were right near the house because the sensor light came on. They were probably checking Marty's dish for food. When we got back to the house there were tracks everywhere, but they had managed to slip away without me every seeing them. Wanda
RE: [IceHorses] The coyote enters the Majan Empire
Hi Karen >>>Oh no, I was trying to be nonchalant about this, but you guys are giving me chills I would just be sure to watch, especially your little dogs, we have lots of coyotes around here and while two of our dogs, Shadow and Shawnee who I think you met, used to actually play with the coyotes. I saw it when we were riding. But when we lived in Edmonton I am pretty sure we lost a little dog to coyotes, can't be certain but that is what we think happened. In our case it wasn't that they came very close to the house, it was when the dogs were out in pastures beyond that was more of a problem. Robyn Icelandic Horse Farm Robyn Hood & Phil Pretty Vernon BC Canada www.icefarm.com !
[IceHorses] Belly Lift with CT
>From the ClickRyder list, one of the gals is combining CT and the belly lift to see if she can get the horse on cue to tighten her own abs. http://youtube.com/watch?v=8l3CYr7UOOg Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
Re: [IceHorses] Differences -- Janice
I'm staying out of this, having experienced only the one TWH, but here's Hunter's grandsire: http://www.walkerswest.com/Champs/PridesGenerator.htm Oregon endurance types who ride TWH's like ranch-bred horses from Canada amd Montana for trail horses and suggest staying away from the show-bred horses. Hunter is not spooky at all, but has enough energy for several horses his size. He's just sort of a goofy horse who keeps me swinging between annoyance and appreciation. I drive up the road a mile at 5:00 am to give him a supplemental morning feed. This morning he was just zooming around his pen in the dark, eyes wide. He'll be out at pasture when I go back to ride him later - pray he has settled down. Nancy
Re: [IceHorses] Differences -- Janice
there are breed generalities, but just in my relatively tiny herd each horse, even of the same breeds, are so incredibly different one to the other. In my large rides tho I have developed generalizations over the years, but any time I mention them on these lists so many come swarming out with "but i had one of those and it was the calmest horse on earth!" but generally, paso finos and peruvians to me ACT so hot it would make me nervous personally to ride one. The ones I have seen that were well trained were hot, squirrelly, exactly like arabians I think! I personally believe, and have seen, and it has been my experience, that "modern" bloodline walking horses are not good trail horses, they are too hot and goey for me. Old foundation walking horses are the best. Some people think by old I mean ebony masterpiece but I mean old OLD like handshaker, mack K, Dement, mcCurdy. Gosh I only have two icelandics and they are as different as nite from day, but one isnt under saddle and it has also been my experience that you NEVER know from the ground how a horse is gonna turn out under saddle he can be a lazy potatoe on the ground and a hot wire under saddle... janice-- yipie tie yie yo
[IceHorses] a sad thing happened to my gelding
Hang in there Bia. A similar thing happened to my first prize pregnant mare soon after I bought here. I went out to the pasture to check on the horses and she came up with a huge puncture wound in her chest. Luckily it went down toward the shoulder instead of through the thoracic cavity. It did chip the bone in her shoulder. She was lame with a gaping hole for awhile. She is fine now. Renee ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
Re: [IceHorses] The coyote enters the Majan Empire
We've always had a mix of dogs from big to tiny and coyotes very close to the house and have not lost a dog. However, there are certainly anecdotal tales of coyotes picking off small household pets. We know for sure that no one in our area is able to keep cats outdoors. They all disappear. We have two cats that have never set foot out a door. I know they are missing a lot of cat fun, but they are both alive. Nancy
Re: [IceHorses] The coyote enters the Majan Empire
On 9/8/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > He's so gregarious, he'd probably > just want to make friends with the coyote... I would've thought that coyotes wouldn't bother dogs -- aren't they similar lineage somewhere down the line? V
Re: [IceHorses] Hawaii foals
They have such sweet faces. Nancy
RE: [IceHorses] The coyote enters the Majan Empire
>>> I'm glad you only let them out when you're out with them. I don't know if coyotes have learned to pack-hunt back your way, but they do it here. One will lure a dog away, and then the others circle back around and close in on the dog. Our neighbor in SW Colorado almost lost their dog to a coyote pack, and their dog was about 50#, so not a small dog. Oh no, I was trying to be nonchalant about this, but you guys are giving me chills! I think I'm going to have to buy that bumper sticker I saw last month, "My house is dog-broken." I was making good progress potty training Frank, but now I'm getting terrified to let him out. He's so gregarious, he'd probably just want to make friends with the coyote... Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.9/994 - Release Date: 9/7/2007 4:40 PM
Re: [IceHorses] hay
--- Bia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > renee where are you in NC... I'm near durham and would buy 50 bales > from you > if you're close by... > Bia Wow! 50 bales would cost $1,500 here.we get the tripled compressed short bales over here, plus we get timothy pellets as well, but its from california.. Skye Fire Island Farms Breeding Quality Icelandic Trail Horses Certified Farrier Services 'Natural Balance' Shoeing and Trimming. Founder, Navicular options for your horse. 808-640-6080
