[IceHorses] New to the group
Hi everyone, I am new to this group. I have a 3 year old icelandic called Ofeig. She is being clicker trained. I have been trying to figure out the gaits and getting confused. She is unbacked of course at her young age but lifts her feet really well, loads into a trailer, stands tied or untied and I have even longlined her in figure of 8 before the rain came down and made everything muddy. She leads well on the road and isn't bothered by traffic or birds, cows, sheep or dogs. She also comes when called. She leads without anything in paddock or yard and stable. I know she trots and does something like a fast walk (looks like someone trying to walk quickly in high heals and a tight skirt) it sounds 4 beat. She is supposed to be 5 gaited out of skygnir fra stutterie sonne. She is amazingly calm and very forgiving. She is my first horse along with a 22 year old grey who is partially sighted due to REU. She is an extremely safe riding horse but not for jumping due to tendon surgery. She has a lovely trot and canter. I will be getting a riding arena in the next couple of months, planning permission awaited. I'm not sure about the surface so any advice will be welcome on that matter. I'm hoping to learn about the gaits. I have 'Dream Team' and Lee Zeiglers book so I understand some of it. Maybe the rest will come with practice and video. I like the 'what gait is this horse doing?' videos but where do I find the answers? Sue, Lincolnshire, UK
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On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:18:03 -, you wrote: Sue, Lincolnshire, UK HI Sue Nice to see someone else on here from the UK! - I enjoyed your clicker video of Ofeig. Was she born here or did you import her? Mic, Pembrokeshire Mic (Michelle) Rushen --- Solva Icelandic Horses and DeMeulenkamp Sweet Itch Rugs: www.solva-icelandics.co.uk --- Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes
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I have a 3 year old icelandic called Ofeig. She is being clicker trained. I have been trying to figure out the gaits and getting confused. She is unbacked of course at her young age Hi Susan, if you can get some video of her moving, we can check out what she's doing. know she trots and does something like a fast walk (looks like someone trying to walk quickly in high heals and a tight skirt) it sounds 4 beat. It may be a flat walk. A video will be helpful. I'm hoping to learn about the gaits. I have 'Dream Team' and Lee Zeiglers book so I understand some of it. Maybe the rest will come with practice and video. I like the 'what gait is this horse doing?' videos but where do I find the answers? The answers are not written down anywhere specifically. We generally discuss them both here and on the gaitedhorse list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gaitedhorse Is there any particular video that you are interested in? Judy http://iceryder.net http://clickryder.com
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I'm hoping to learn about the gaits. I have 'Dream Team' and Lee Ziegler's book so I understand some of it. Maybe the rest will come with practice and video. Welcome to the list, Susan! I'd love to see pics of your girl - she sounds lovely, really sweet. I have that Dream Team book, as well as the Lee Ziegler book. I love Lee's book, but try as I may, the gait circles in the Dream Team book never made much sense to me. And yes, time and practice helps - thank goodness we don't have to learn it all overnight! Karen Thomas, NC
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Hi Sue...welcome to the list! We're in Wisconsin, USA. Raven Lucy Molly, the Girl Doggies Huginn Dixie Chick, the Back Behind the Barn Ponies Maggie Rose, the cat who makes me sneeze http://www.myspace.com/iceponygoddess Respect ALL Earthlings. We are all animals of this planet. We are all creatures.
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On 3/4/07, Raven [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: haha! i remember having to make copies on this roller machine. you smeared ink on the big roller, and put the papers in a tray, turned the roller and ...out came the copies. boy..i'm old. raven I was addicted to the smell of that blue ink. Janice-- yipie tie yie yo
[IceHorses] New to the Group
Just sending this it the list. ;] I think Nancy meant for it to land there as well. Raven ~:] Hi Rachel. I. too. am new to the group. I have an off-track Standardbred that I drive, a 14.3 Tennessee Walker gelding that I use for endurance and two Icelandicss that we just purchased in January. I've been riding since 1963, usually Thoroughbreds in those days. I was a hunter/jumper/dressage person who relaxed the horses by riding in the same mountains I now use to condition my endurance horse. I also owned some Welsh ponies and a Welsh cob in my too old to ride period. I did not particularly like the temperments of the Welsh ponies we had, although they were very fancy. The Icelandics are the most amazing horses we've ever owned. They were purchased from the dispersal sale of a 90+ year old breeder who concentrated on breeding sensible useful animals. From our experience, he was a huge success. They are calm intelligent, willing and absolutely tuned to anything I might ask for. These two , at least, are the most trainable horses/ponies I've handled in 44 years. Nancy Sturm, not too old to ride after all Raven Lucy Molly, the Girl Doggies Huginn, the American Ice Pony Dixie Chic, the Barn Goddess
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Thanks, Raven - I do seem to have trouble with fumbling fingers on the keyboard. You must remember, we've come a long way since I first worked in an office and used something called carbon paper rolled into a manual typewriter. Nancy
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we've come a long way since I first worked in an office and used something called carbon paper rolled into a manual typewriter haha! i remember having to make copies on this roller machine. you smeared ink on the big roller, and put the papers in a tray, turned the roller and ...out came the copies. boy..i'm old. raven
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On 3/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You must remember, we've come a long way since I first worked in an office and used something called carbon paper rolled into a manual typewriter. Oh yeah, I remember that--what a hassle when I made a typo! V
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Ohmigosh! Weren't those awful! Nancy
