Re: To shoe or not to shoe

1999-07-12 Thread B. Hendricks
This message is from: "B. Hendricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi: Do the Fjords normally have good, tough feet? It seems like they would, considering their origins, etc. They look like really tough animals. Bonnie Please visit my web sites: Commissioned Horse Portraits, Oil Paintings, Prints, Books ht

Re: To shoe or not to shoe

1999-07-12 Thread B. Hendricks
This message is from: "B. Hendricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Cathey: Wow, Little Thor is awesome! Really nice web site. I bookmarked it so I can go back and ponder it all. Just got back into town after being gone three days - I had to go down to Redding, CA to see my grandson get married. Wow, it

Re: harness and cart

1999-07-12 Thread Heyvaert
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Laurie, Thanks for telling me about the 2 strap now offered. I'm going to check into it to see if I can get mine switched or order that new piece. Susan

swimming Fjords

1999-07-12 Thread Heyvaert
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My daughter had a blast yesterday swimming with Major in a deep creek behind the show grounds. He wasn't too excited about it at first but when all the other horses went in, he couldn't resist! He pawed and splashed and kept sticking his whole face in t

Re: harness and cart

1999-07-12 Thread Laurie Pittman
This message is from: "Laurie Pittman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Susan, > The only thing I don't like about the Zilco is that it only > has one strap over the back to hold the breeching (I hope I get the names > right). I think it would lie nicer on the hip with the two "Y" ing out like > I've

Re: harness and cart

1999-07-12 Thread Heyvaert
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jane, We have a Zilco harness because I like low maintenance. It is stronger than leather I am told and is easy to clean. We just get the hose out and squirt it down after every drive. We don't show much so I don't need a fancy looking harness. The on

Re: grain?

1999-07-12 Thread Heyvaert
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Candace, I have no idea what is the "right" answer to that question but I can tell you what has worked for me. I feed Major mostly grass hay - 2 flakes in the AM, 1 flake at noon, and 2 at night. He is in a dry lot paddock with an Arab who is 27 who ge

Re: Weight Carrying Abilities of Fjords

1999-07-12 Thread Heithingi
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Denise, everyone, I found the comments made, i.e. "fat rider" and "weighting" to be very offensive. I am also a little confusedit would seem to me that any beginning rider might have problems with "balance, coordination, and quick reflexes".

Re: To shoe or not to shoe

1999-07-12 Thread Heyvaert
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I, too, was in a quandry on whether to shoe or not to shoe. I drive on ag lime/fine gravel roads, in the parks which is mostly hard packed dirt and grass, and the road occasionally (blacktop). Because the roads wore away his hoof so quickly, I opted for

Re: Mike...

1999-07-12 Thread Denise Delgado
This message is from: "Denise Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dear mike, me too. i am waiting to get two sets of registration papers on my two boys. how long does it take? who do i check with (besides the sellers) to see if it has been transfered etc. thanks, denise delgado - Original Messag

Re: KATRINA

1999-07-12 Thread Denise Delgado
This message is from: "Denise Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dear sue, i have a registered gelding named knut. he is eight years old. what was your horse's sire's registered full name? (that's a mouthful!) let me know if it was my knut before he was gelded. denise, in no. calif. - Original M

Re: Things you can learn from your dog/horse ..

1999-07-12 Thread Denise Delgado
This message is from: "Denise Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dear cheryl. i loved your dog mottos. i printed it out and hung it on the frig for the whole family to read often. thanks, denise in 105 degrees, mokleumne hill, calif. - Original Message - From: Cheryl Beillard <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: clapping hands...

1999-07-12 Thread Heyvaert
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just have to put my 2 cents in on the clapping hands comment. I chuckle when I read this because if I even walk anywhere near Major's paddock, he trots right over for a scratch and hug. If I'm in a hurry somewhere and don't stop, he puts his hoof thro

Re: Weight Carrying Abilities of Fjords

1999-07-12 Thread Denise Delgado
This message is from: "Denise Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dear alex, about the fat rider. i would not let her ride at my place until she lost some weight! the liability is just too much to handle. overweight people don't have the balance, coordination and quick relflexes riders need. it is tr

Mike...

1999-07-12 Thread WhipsNSpur
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike, I tried to reply just to your email but couldn't get it to work, it kept bouncing. I may have screwed it up. I want to do 2 things; join NFHR and transfer Baldur into my name. If I do both transactions at the same time will I be able to pay the

KATRINA

1999-07-12 Thread SorgerJ
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is from Sue Clark-Sorger to Mike May and anyone else who might have experienced a similar problem. I own a fjord mare who is registered with the Fjordhorse Breeders of America. I would like very much to register her with NFHR. Her sire was Ole

Wildlands /Endurance

1999-07-12 Thread fjords
This message is from: "fjords" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This message is from Lauren Sellars at Snowy Mtn Fjords [EMAIL PROTECTED] I call it the wildlands because of the frequent visitors we have ie.bear, cougars, coquotees,& rattlesnakes Also because of the wild things we get into usually involving f

Re: Things you can learn from your dog/horse ..

1999-07-12 Thread Mike May
This message is from: Mike May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 07:11 PM 7/12/99 -0500, you wrote: My apologies in advance .. but I thought there must be almost as many dog lovers on the list, as horsey people (forgive the phrase) .. And Rufus, my Australian shepherd, said I should send it because much of

motels

1999-07-12 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Who knows a good, clean, motel hopefully with dining facilities near the Libby show? Jean Gayle Aberdeen, WA [Authoress of "The Colonel's Daughter" ] http://www.techline.com/~jgayle

Email Trouble from Betsy

1999-07-12 Thread Betsy Bauer
This message is from: "Betsy Bauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello Group, I wanted to let everyone know who may have tried to contact me that some of my email / Internet servers got "Spammed" and are down. Please don't think that I have disappeared (in this heat 107* CA). To reach me in the time of

Re: Things you can learn from your dog/horse ..

1999-07-12 Thread Cheryl Beillard
This message is from: "Cheryl Beillard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My apologies in advance .. but I thought there must be almost as many dog lovers on the list, as horsey people (forgive the phrase) .. And Rufus, my Australian shepherd, said I should send it because much of it applies to horses too.. So

Re: fjordhorse-digest V99 #109

1999-07-12 Thread GailDorine
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Slow-Low Rules: It's similar to Polo, only because it's only with fjords, it's played slow and low and played with Nerf balls. People who are very, very competitive can jump off their horses and push. (my young mare plants all fours when she's confus

subscription

1999-07-12 Thread James A. Rohde
I have not been receiving the Fjord horse mailing list for the past months. I have attempted to resubscribe, after a brief vacation but have been unsuccessful. Help! Thanks, Barbara Rohde

Re: Interest in West Coast Clicker Clinic?

1999-07-12 Thread Tehoward9
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would be most interested in a west coast clicker training clinic. Keep me posted. Tami

Re: Clicker training?

1999-07-12 Thread Tehoward9
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The vet's name is Kaufman. He is in Santa Rosa. Hope it all goes well. :-}

Re: Clicker training?

1999-07-12 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tami - what is the name of the vet? Just curious. Re clicker - go to this site and look around. http://www.crisny.org/users/kurlanda/sample%20chapter.html#anchor469064 >Tami > >Tomorrow is the tell all big day! Soroya gets her vet check. H

Re: Clicker training?

1999-07-12 Thread Tehoward9
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello! I have never heard of clicker training before, but would love to get some information on it. If there are any videos that are good or books that I should read I would love to get some titles. I am in the process of purchasing a yearling Fjord an

Re: clicker training at Libby/Turlock

1999-07-12 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OK, OK, you guys. I'm looking into things. :) I just finished catering a friend's wedding and told myself and the "spiritual powers that be" that I would NEVER take on a project like this again without adequate consideration of my available

Clicker training

1999-07-12 Thread Catherine Lassesen
This message is from: "Catherine Lassesen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There are two items for sale on clicker training. #1 BOOK: Clicker Training for your Horse by Alex Kurland Comes with Clicker, 206 pages sells for $24.95 #2 VIDEO: You can Train Your Horse to do Anything, Clicker training & Beyond Shaw

clicker training at Libby

1999-07-12 Thread Bushnell's
This message is from: "Bushnell's" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I contacted Sherrie Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> who is in charge of scheduling for the Libby show and asked if a clicker training session would be a possibility this year. She said there might be an opening on Friday so if anyone feels so incl

cart and harness, shoes, Blue Earth

1999-07-12 Thread Cynthia_Madden/OAA/UNO/UNEBR
This message is from: Cynthia_Madden/OAA/UNO/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tank and I are doing some good hilly miles in my road cart with 46" wheels. The large wheels ride much more smoothly than the small diameter tires on training carts. A large wheel cart that is well balanced on the horse will ride ver

Re: DNA Testing

1999-07-12 Thread Mike May, Registrar NFHR
This message is from: "Mike May, Registrar NFHR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 08:53 AM 7/12/99 -0400, you wrote: This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'll be getting a few hairs here and there and sending them off asap! Yeah I wish the instructions were better than they are. We have the kits

Re: DNA testing

1999-07-12 Thread Mike May, Registrar NFHR
This message is from: "Mike May, Registrar NFHR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 08:48 AM 7/12/99 -0400, you wrote: This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike, the info in the Fjord Herald says DNA testing is not required of Geldings. If we are registering our under 6 month old colt and we are pretty

repeating the same message

1999-07-12 Thread brassringranch
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boy lots of reading on the list. Unfortunately it was the SAME original message posted over & over & over & over & over. It's summertime & hot. Guess it is getting to our collective brains. Jeri brought an interesting point I had never considered. I don

Re: Barn contruction

1999-07-12 Thread FJORDFUN
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, there! This is from Alex Wind in Shawsville, VA. We just built a barn with a one bedroom deluxe apartment above, two giant stalls (12x14) and a tackroom downstairs. I would not consider concrete flooring for horses, although it seems so h

Re: DNA Testing

1999-07-12 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 7/12/99 3:47:26 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Don't make it harder than it has to be. >> No, won't do that . Very glad to be on this list. The instructions on the kit were clear as mud and sounded brutal, and da

DNA testing

1999-07-12 Thread SSlotness
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike, the info in the Fjord Herald says DNA testing is not required of Geldings. If we are registering our under 6 month old colt and we are pretty sure he will be gelded in the future, should we then not have him DNA tested? Thanks, Suzan

Re: Cart question ???

1999-07-12 Thread HorseLotti
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Karen!! Sounds like improvising is in order :) The mention of "must have" tools is also a good idea - I have them in my trailer but should get a set to take on the drive. Appreciate the help - have a good day!! Linda in Minnesota where anothe

Re: DNA Testing

1999-07-12 Thread Mike May, Registrar NFHR
This message is from: "Mike May, Registrar NFHR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 10:43 AM 7/10/99 -0400, you wrote: This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 7/9/99 21:00:38 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << If you did all 50 at once, the horse might never speak to

Re: Guide to NH, Dressage and Endurance Competitors

1999-07-12 Thread Mike May
This message is from: Mike May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 05:55 PM 7/9/99 -0800, you wrote: This message is from: Kari Ann Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dear Mike, Great humor -- absolutely hysterical. Glad you liked it.

Re: DNA Testing

1999-07-12 Thread Mike May, Registrar NFHR
This message is from: "Mike May, Registrar NFHR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 08:48 PM 7/9/99 -0400, you wrote: This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just got my DNA test kit in the mail. What I thought would be an easy job looks a little more daunting than I expected. Silly me. I thought I'd