Wildfires

This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> While I was enjoying this evening's Fjord Chat a thunderstorm came up and my power went off, so I left the chat room and shut down my computer briefly. I shortly rejoined, but little did I know that just down the road, the cause of the power o

Re: Bad puns

This message is from: Karen McCarthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ...all we have to put up with here (besides copious waterfalls and wild tides) are those nasty earwigs> Ouch, ouch :) Jean Gayle Aberdeen, WA Hey Jean,Whatta 'bout the huge slugs??? When I visited Anne A. in Olympia, I

Re: Bad puns

This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Okay Peg, you keep the summer AND the rattlers, scorpions, black widows, and other creepy stuff. all we have to put up with here (besides copious waterfalls and wild tides) are those nasty earwigs> Ouch, ouch :) Jean Gayle Aberdeen,

Re: Rattlesnakes, electric fence

This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Just a note, when using wire for your electric fencing, cut it in thirty to forty foot sections. Smaller if you want. Makes for lots of joinings but when a horse gets tangled in it they don't run off trailing a hundred or so feet of it. I u

Re: fjordhorse-digest V99 #75

This message is from: "B. Hendricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Jean: I'm glad that you wrote to say that your horse also has the singlefoot gait. >From my research it appears that the Fjord should have this gait, or maybe moreso in some families, just due to the area in which this horse originated.

Re: fjordhorse-digest V99 #75

This message is from: "B. Hendricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks, Gayle! That's a "singlefoot" or "amble." Four beats. On the Peruvian Paso, it is four evenly-spaced beats, but on most other horses it is what is called in different areas and at various speeds, amble, rack, stepping-pace, singlefoot

Re: Libby Nordicfest

This message is from: "Denise Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dear jean, try plugging in "nordic fest" on your search engine. i found the site toaday or you can call 1-800-785-6541. i have more info as to address if you want it. denise - Original Message - From: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTEC

Libby Nordicfest

This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Does anybody know if there is a web-site for the Libby Nordicfest, or for the town itself? Isn't someone on the list from Libby and involved in the Nordic-fest? Jean in Fairbanks, Alaska, where we had 91 degrees until a Thunderstorm dropped t

Rattlesnakes, electric fence

This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Knutsen Fjord Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > what about rattlesnakes. [...] I haven't been up in the hills > around our new place yet, but some of the trails harbor a significant > # of rattlers. Anyone have any suggestions abo

Re: Bad puns

This message is from: "Denise Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dear peg. i live in the sierra foothills and have'nt had a horse bitten by a rattlesnake, though, our 80# australian/ pit bull cross was nailed last summer out behide our garage. he had five sets of fang marks and immediatley started to

Re: to all the tall ones riding short ones

This message is from: "Denise Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dear nancy, i am new to fjordhorse and heard there is a sunday chat. do you know how i can find it? denise in northern california - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 199

Bad puns

This message is from: "Knutsen Fjord Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi list - Sounds like everyone else had to groan at Brian Jacobsen's bad puns too. After all the only good puns are those one makes oneself. Guess he just couldn't affjord to pass up the opportunity Let's hope that in the futur

to all the tall ones riding short ones

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi - this is Nancy - the only time I really feel like a midget is when I'm riding next to my friends that are on 16-17 plus hand beasties - have to say It does make me feel kinda short! Its the only time I really have to look way up to anyone! But when th

Re: Saddle training

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 6/13/99 7:21:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I saddled her rode her in my training ring and the next two days took her on trail rides, with never a flap. She even wanted to walk thru the wettest parts of the

Re: First ride

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 6/13/99 6:06:24 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Pookie (Gyllen Aften) just turned 3 and we just started riding her. >> Thanks for your nice message! And congrats on your first rides w/Pookie. It must be great t

Re: Trail riding Fjords

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If your snaffle bit pinches the sides of your horse's mouth, it is too small. No one believes it until they see it, but both of my geldings are in 6" snaffle bits that are about 16 mm or 18 mm in thickness. You should have a finger's width between your ho

doesn't like turning to the right

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Michelle, I wonder if his molar teeth need to be looked at? If the bit is pulling his cheeks against the edge of sharp teeth, that can be a reason a horse is reluctant to turn one direction or another. Brian Jacobsen, DVM Norwegian Fjordhest Ranch Salisbu

Re: fjordhorse-digest V99 #75

This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gayle are you having a "super" collected walk? Jean Jean Gayle Aberdeen, WA [Authoress of "The Colonel's Daughter" ] http://www.techline.com/~jgayle -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

brian...tsk, tsk, tsk

This message is from: Ingrid Ivic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > If there are three Fjords out in the field, and they > hear the dinner bell, the fastest one will pas-de-deux. > Hh..just to clarify a bit...grin... :o) pas de deux ( Fr. pädu doe'),

trail riding bit...

This message is from: Ingrid Ivic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi everyone, as I write this my husband is on his first overnight trail > ride with our new Fjord Gelding Ike.Here is my question to you all. > What kind of bit do you who trail ride, use on your fjords, I bought a ring > snaffle

Fjord mules

This message is from: misha nogha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Just out of curiousity, I wanted to get responses from people on the list about breeding Fjords to jacks. Now don't get me wrong, I am against outcrossing with other breeds, and I am not a person who cares to own or breed for mules. But I have

Re: fjordhorse-digest V99 #75

This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > S, he's figured that if I can count 4 >beats, that constitutes a WALK. He will lower his head and BOOK - still >counting 4 beats. It sounds like a machine gun the footfalls are so rapid >and it is extremely smooth. I am not sure wh

Saddle training

This message is from: "Philis Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello list, I read with interest Brigid's post on training Tommes. I raised Driva from day one. I imprinted her, worked with her regularly, ground drove her, hitched her to a cart and in a team without any problems and this spring she

Re: fjordhorse-digest V99 #75

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 6/13/99 2:59:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << From: "B. Hendricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Singlefoot, amblers, and trotters This message is from: "B. Hendricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I agree Karen

First ride

This message is from: "Jon A. Ofjord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Brigid, To me that is one of the greatest thrills of all. Pookie (Gyllen Aften) just turned 3 and we just started riding her. We imprinted her at the beginning and I could pick her up and carry her those first few days. Three years later sh