Re: [IceHorses] Anneliese / Annie Shields / Ann
Judy, I have 5 Icelandics, two are foals. I got Gloa a couple of years ago, almost exactly 10 years after the last of my old Icelandics died. Gloa is my primary riding horse. Then I got a really nice but unregistered pinto mare from Dawn Shaw named Netta. Last Spring I got a mare named Grima who was pregnant by Lanny Carroll's Kolskeggur. Gloa and Grima had two nice fillies named Kyppa and Lafa. All of these horses except Netta are chestnuts with flaxen manes and tails. I have a palomino QH gelding named Chigger who went of to work at a children's riding camp this past summer. He was paid in hay bales in lieu of money, which turned out to be a very good thing due to our drought and hay shortage. Come to think of it, we could change Chigger's name to Chiggur. Then he would fit in better with the Icelandics. I will send photos separately. Annie
Re: [IceHorses] Anneliese / Annie Shields / Ann
On 11/30/07 4:32 PM, Judy Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ann, did you enjoy Africa? how are the horses upon your return? Anneliese, are you still painting trim? Annie, how many horses do you have? I don't think we've seen any pictures, have we? PAINTING trim? No way! I am finishing the trim, piece by piece by first sanding, then applying three coats of Tung Oil with a sanding in-between. I love natural woodwork and will do just about everything to avoid paint. When we bought our old house in Evanston about 35 years ago someone had thought it was fashionable to paint woodwork and they had slathered three different colors on it. I stripped all of it and dug out very beautiful oak woodwork and refinished it with Tung Oil. It is still beautiful. It would be probably easier to just paint it and I am getting tired of the job - it is so much it is going on forever - but I am keeping at it (I am a Kraut, after all, hahaha). I just regret that I have no time to ride. But that too will pass and then we will live here in the country happily ever after and will have plenty of time for the horses. Anneliese
Re: [IceHorses] Anneliese / Annie Shields / Ann
On Nov 30, 2007 1:32 PM, Judy Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ann, did you enjoy Africa? how are the horses upon your return? Africa was great and I just sent some photos, the horses were fine. Stella my 24 yo Cushings mare had an abscess while I was gone but the vet dug it out and she is fine now. I have had her on LMF low carb since August with a bit of Triple Crown Safe Starch and her laminitis that lasted over 8 months is all better. I am keeping my fingers crossed. It is interesting, I thought her laminitis had cleared up but she was still lame and holding up one foot. The vet insisted I must keep her on banamine but when I stopped it another abscess burst and she was fine. Dr Kellon of the Cushings list suggested that the banamine would keep the abcess at bay and it was true. She developed the next one while I was gone and perhaps the manure got in the hole or something. I now have her in boots and she feels great. The others spent the time in a 30 acre pasture with two other Icelandics down the street, a quarter horse and a thoroughbred, they had a ball. Ann
[IceHorses] Anneliese / Annie Shields / Ann
Ann, did you enjoy Africa? how are the horses upon your return? Anneliese, are you still painting trim? Annie, how many horses do you have? I don't think we've seen any pictures, have we? Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
