Re: Running W's

1999-01-12 Thread Pedfjords
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi List Its late and just wanted to say one thing about a question regarding a trainer wanting to teach his pupils using a " Running W " If anyone used a " training " method like that on one of my horses, or on anyone elses horse in my presence

coughs

1999-01-12 Thread Doug Knutsen
This message is from: Doug Knutsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This message is from Peg: To Kristine Werner, re: how to treat your horse's cough. I'm sure that Dr. Brian Jacobsen will respond with the definitive excellent information to help you. Even so, I thought I'd share our experience with coughi

Re: The Big Chill

1999-01-12 Thread Jean Ernest
This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Only about one more month, until about the middle of >February, and we will start gaining some warmth from the sun. It should >warm up here in a few days. Rumor has it by Thursday it will be in the >30's. Can you beat that, Jean? > >Mary O.

Re: FJORDS

1999-01-12 Thread Arthur Rivoire
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arthur Rivoire) Hello All - from Carol Rivoire at Beaver Dam Farm in Nova Scotia A few thoughts on recent discussions. Leaving Fjordhorses out in frigid weather with wind chills to - 25 or worse bothers me. While this may possibly be OK in parts of

Re: Aussies

1999-01-12 Thread nlllapp
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, "Dave McWethy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Speaking of Australian shepherds, I'll mention that one of us in the Fjord >world, Frank Baylis of VA, has the dog which was the top Aussie in the >country a couple of years ago. Here's an

Re: shedding

1999-01-12 Thread jean gayle
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jean gayle) Suzan my new boy, Fjord pony, came from northern Calif. and is hairier than any of mine. He doesnt have just thick mat he has long four inch outer hair and flags from his knees down. No sheding here and we are 48 deg today. He does sweat. Je

Re: Hay amounts

1999-01-12 Thread jean gayle
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jean gayle) To take weight off a Fjord you need counselling. after all you are about to deny the one thing they love to such cute loveable critters. A friend of mine was so proud of his pet fjord and glowed when people remarked how "big" he was. Then this

shedding

1999-01-12 Thread SSlotness
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I thought I was seeing things when I noticed my horse shedding. I worried she was sick or something. It's good to hear Mary O's horses are too. We live down the highway from them about 150 miles (on the same big lake). It's true, we are having colder weather

The Big Chill

1999-01-12 Thread Jon A. Ofjord
This message is from: "Jon A. Ofjord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jean E. Says:"And it's "warm" out, +12 this morning! I betcha we're a lot warmer than you folks in the upper midwest states! LOL" Yes Jean, it's still below zero! Pt! I've been chipping ice balls out from the horses feet. They are w

re: Envirohorse

1999-01-12 Thread Teressa Kandianis
This message is from: "Teressa Kandianis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> As a target for the environmental industry in our fisheries, I can testify that they love "voodoo science". Studies showing negative effects of bottom trawling in coral reef habitat are used to call for shutting off bottom trawling eve

Re: coughing

1999-01-12 Thread Steven A White
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steven A White) Kristine, >From the info you have given, it doesn't sound like antibiotics have been given long enough. Generally they need to be given at the very least for one week. Penicillin is a good one to start with, but if that doesn't work there

Re: Saddles, bits, halters @ Running-W's

1999-01-12 Thread Information Architecture
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Information Architecture) Hi! I'm with Jean Gayle on this one! I have five Fjords, including a stallion. The stallion and one mare with a large head take a "medium sized horse halter," and the others all take a regular/small halter. Bits range from 5 "

Re: The moose are back!

1999-01-12 Thread Jean Ernest
This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 11:37 AM 1/12/99 +, you wrote: >This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Jean, > I do hope you noticed the "smiley face" I sent with my message. > I have a college roommate in Anchorage, and I understand that Alaska >is a

Re: The moose are back!

1999-01-12 Thread wcoli
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jean, I do hope you noticed the "smiley face" I sent with my message. I have a college roommate in Anchorage, and I understand that Alaska is a great place for many reasons. Re: winter temps, I agree about the midwest US, but here in

Re: Horses in cold

1999-01-12 Thread wcoli
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have been lurking through the discussion about fjords and cold, but thought I'd describe the situation here. We have always tried to provide a 3-sided shelter for the mini-herds (like most people I assume, we keep our animals in different

Re: Hay amounts

1999-01-12 Thread Cheryl Olson
This message is from: Cheryl Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We are going to be purchasing a Fjord filly soon and we are wondering if you have to be careful with them over eating on grass. Do Fjords founder out on pasture? I have seen many that I felt were carrying too much fat... is that had to control

Re: The moose are back!

1999-01-12 Thread Jean Ernest
This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 10:14 AM 1/12/99 +, you wrote: >This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Jean, > Moose in the barn, polar bears in the streets, below zero temps, >black flies and mosquitoes as big as sparrows, interminable >darkness, etc. >

those wild, amazing fjords

1999-01-12 Thread Mary Ellen Thomas
This message is from: "Mary Ellen Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This message is from Mel Thomas > the horses race around dodging the > large stumps that I left (to keep the slope from eroding too much) I > sometimes worry that they will not be able to stop when they are racing > around, but I see

Re: Hay amounts

1999-01-12 Thread .
This message is from: "." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ingrid wrote: "...approx. how much "extra hay" is being fed to those horses needing to stay warm in the colder climates? Do you stick with plain grass hay, or go with a mix of alfalfa?..." I feed the same hay regardless of weather. This year we have a

Re: The moose are back!

1999-01-12 Thread wcoli
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jean, Moose in the barn, polar bears in the streets, below zero temps, black flies and mosquitoes as big as sparrows, interminable darkness, etc. Now why is it that people live in Alaska? (:o]

Re: Clinic at Our Farm

1999-01-12 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 1/12/99 6:22:58 Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Richard Shrake will be doing a Clinic at our Farm on July 24 & 25, 1999. You all are invited to participate! We are in Southern Oregon. Between Grants Pass and Rosebu

Envirohorse (fwd)

1999-01-12 Thread JoAnn
This message is from: JoAnn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi all, this looked interesting -- thought I'd pass it along since we don't always see horsey news in the paper...until it's bad news, anyway ;-) JoAnn in Japan Subject: Horse Keeping/Research Studies Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 08:36:

Re: coughing

1999-01-12 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 1/12/99 1:29:29 Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Has anyone else had a similar experience - or know how coughing is handled most effectively ? >> Our quarter horse filly started coughing almost the minute she was wea

Clinic at Our Farm

1999-01-12 Thread Catherine Lassesen
This message is from: "Catherine Lassesen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Richard Shrake will be doing a Clinic at our Farm on July 24 & 25, 1999. You all are invited to participate! We are in Southern Oregon. Between Grants Pass and Roseburg. 10 miles from the Canyonville Exit. There is a great Indian C

OSU livestock web site

1999-01-12 Thread JoAnn
This message is from: JoAnn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gail, thanks for pointing out that they lack a picture -- maybe I'll clean him up and get out the trusty camera again :-) Do you think they'd get mad if I "fix" his mane? LOL! It's all scraggly from sticking his head through the fence when turned

Aussies

1999-01-12 Thread Dave McWethy
This message is from: "Dave McWethy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Speaking of Australian shepherds, I'll mention that one of us in the Fjord world, Frank Baylis of VA, has the dog which was the top Aussie in the country a couple of years ago. He was the breeder and trainer, with a hyper financed co-owner.

new horses

1999-01-12 Thread Dave McWethy
This message is from: "Dave McWethy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Congratulations Jon and Hope Carlson! I'm sure you'll have a wonderful time with those horses.

coughing

1999-01-12 Thread Werner, Kristine
This message is from: "Werner, Kristine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> First it was Monty, now it`s Kai: they both starting coughing about two weeks ago. Monty was given antibiotics from a can - Kai was administered two shots of penicillin and since then emptied a can of stuff that is supposed to help him