Re: Dog stuff. off topic

2001-02-25 Thread carol j makosky
This message is from: carol j makosky [EMAIL PROTECTED] linda hickam wrote: This message is from: linda hickam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Try putting vitamin C into his food -- Hi Linda, Should I put the vitamin on all the dogs food? How much? I have 2 small dogs and 2 large ones. Will

Re: Proper Presentation Greenie Driving Tips

2001-02-25 Thread Karen McCarthy
This message is from: Karen McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh yea. Have fun G And DONT run over the judge. Lisa Pederson Ooooh,Lisa ! Great post... but you may also want to add: When they ask you to cross on the diagonal at the ring stewards direction,

Re:free feeding

2001-02-25 Thread GailDorine
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I really do not want them getting fat. I was so proud, and so was my vet last spring when they looked great. By the way right now we only have two Fjords. If you're not careful, they could founder. I wouldn't let my Fjords free feed. Gail Dorine Las

Re: Round Bales

2001-02-25 Thread whitedvm
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Steve, what about botulism and the round bales?? I thought this was a no no with horses?! Jean Jean, Good point. Thanks for bringing that up. I forget about botulism sometimes because we don't have a problem with it in this area. But if you

Re: Dont spend alot

2001-02-25 Thread whitedvm
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lisa PS Jeff gets ALL his driving outfits at the Goodwill stores. Wool suits, short ties and driving caps, all for 12.00. Amy and I did the same thing. She got a couple of nice outfits including some hats all for about $20. I got two nice

Re: Rider size

2001-02-25 Thread Storme Lee
This message is from: Storme Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jon Mary Ofjord wrote: This message is from: Jon Mary Ofjord [EMAIL PROTECTED] Another method that doesn't require as much math that I've heard of is that the horse shouldn't carry more than 20% - 25% of their body weight. So, if your

Re: Winter Fun???

2001-02-25 Thread Patryjak
This message is from: Patryjak [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is from: carol j makosky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Carol M... ...Where does one run when the roof starts to go? Outside to the barn!...then to your insurance agent's! Our insurance Co. is redecorating a large part of this ol' farmhouse...

Dont spend alot

2001-02-25 Thread Pedfjords
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/25/01 8:33:25 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks, Lisa, for your very informative and very funny post : ) I am printing it now for reference. I can hardly wait to go clothes shopping : / The

Re: Round Bales

2001-02-25 Thread Alison Bakken
This message is from: Alison Bakken [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Jennifer, I feed round bales, but I stand the bales up on end, usually with a pin, a rope and the ATV. I then fork the hay off the bales into the trailer behind the ATV and take it to the horses. I could probably get away with putting a

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2001-02-25 Thread Storme Lee
This message is from: Storme Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sue Harrison wrote: This message is from: Sue Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Values near 75 are great, below 75 even better. Values from 75-80 are acceptable. Values over 80 indicate weaker legs and a need to train carefully, especially

Re: Round Bales

2001-02-25 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Steve, what about botulism and the round bales?? I thought this was a no no with horses?! Jean Jean Gayle Aberdeen, WA [Authoress of The Colonel's Daughter Occupied Germany 1946 TO 1949 ] http://www.techline.com/~jgayle Barnes Noble

Re: Round Bales

2001-02-25 Thread whitedvm
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jennifer and/or Michael The good thing about round bales is that they unroll like a roll of toilet paper. So you don't have to set the whole thing in the pen with them. Just pull some of it off and feed it like you would a square bale. In the past I

MWFHC WINTER MEETING/CLINIC

2001-02-25 Thread Dave Walter
This message is from: Dave Walter [EMAIL PROTECTED] I wanted to write about the MWFHC winter's meeting/clinic that was held this last weekend in Galena IL. We just got home, got the horse settled in and everything else unpacked as well. I had to write and since I am going in for knee surgery

Re: Dog stuff. off topic

2001-02-25 Thread linda hickam
This message is from: linda hickam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Try putting vitamin C into his food -- From: carol j makosky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Subject: Re: Dog stuff. off topic Date: Sun, Feb 25, 2001, 8:56 PM This message is from: carol j makosky [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Proper Presentation LONG warning

2001-02-25 Thread Epona1971
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Lisa, for your very informative and very funny post : ) I am printing it now for reference. I can hardly wait to go clothes shopping : / Brigid Wasson San Francisco Bay Area, CA A HREF=http://members.nbci.com/mrgnpetsit/fjord1;Our Fjords/A

Re: farriers discipline

2001-02-25 Thread Karen McCarthy
This message is from: Karen McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gail Dorine wrote: ...My old farrier whacked Ida in the side hard with his fist once and that was fine, she deserved it and understood it and has behaved beautifully ever since. If he had kicked her, we would be talking dead farrier.

Re: Dog stuff. off topic

2001-02-25 Thread carol j makosky
This message is from: carol j makosky [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/25/01 6:01:12 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But the Corgi did Hi List, On a serious note about dog stuff. Our old black

Round Bales

2001-02-25 Thread michael johansson
This message is from: michael johansson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Looking for opinions on round bales. Due to poor quality of local hay this year (weather conditions created dusty hay) we have purchased several round bales to try out. When I inquired to several people on how they liked the round bales

Proper Presentation LONG warning

2001-02-25 Thread Pedfjords
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/25/01 6:01:12 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For you other drivers ... what is appropriate driving attire? I will be entering for the first time in Turlock as a maiden (does that mean I should wear a

Re: Dog stuff. off topic

2001-02-25 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lisa haven't you seen the commercial where the six corgis are running in the Iditarod race and with the help of a snow compactor for their short legs, they take the whole thing quite seriously and cross the line as winners. Naturally they had

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2001-02-25 Thread Sue Harrison
This message is from: Sue Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Values near 75 are great, below 75 even better. Values from 75-80 are acceptable. Values over 80 indicate weaker legs and a need to train carefully, especially downhill. Values over 85 suggest you need a horse with more substance-(or a

no brainer

2001-02-25 Thread Pedfjords
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/25/01 6:01:12 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I believe the star referred to meant outstanding individual. Ie, he normally produced good horses of average ability, and once in a while produced a way above

Ride and Drive

2001-02-25 Thread Pedfjords
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/25/01 6:01:12 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't ride my girls heavily either, because I feel I'm too heavy and keep thinking I'll lose weight. Maybe I should just swap them for Percherons and a

Dog stuff. off topic

2001-02-25 Thread Pedfjords
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/25/01 6:01:12 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But the Corgi did win the best of herding and certainly you have seen the Corgi team winning the Iditarod? :) Jean Say Jean about the Iditarod ? You

A Blond ( Nordic ? ) YOKE

2001-02-25 Thread Pedfjords
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi List ! Heres a BLOND JOKE, but horse related * Dont read if you cant take a YOKE ! A blonde decides to try horseback riding, even though she has had no lessons or prior experience. She mounts the horse unassisted and the horse immediately

Re: Winter Fun???

2001-02-25 Thread SorgerJ
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/25/01 12:27:26 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Are you anywhere near the hippotherapy barn, Skyline? They're right about there. Besides Juniper, they are the best thing that happened to us when we lived in

Breed Abuse

2001-02-25 Thread katy/liz/bill/cha/afa/eda
This message is from: katy/liz/bill/cha/afa/eda [EMAIL PROTECTED] One time, at the Devon horse show, we were walking by the warm up ring and saw some Hackneys warming up with chains around their legs. Another had rubber rings around each foot, and the legs were connected somehow. It was horrible!

Rider size

2001-02-25 Thread Jon Mary Ofjord
This message is from: Jon Mary Ofjord [EMAIL PROTECTED] Another method that doesn't require as much math that I've heard of is that the horse shouldn't carry more than 20% - 25% of their body weight. So, if your horse weights 1100 lbs and you use 23% for total rider tack weight that comes to

Re: Winter Fun???

2001-02-25 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/24/01 2:48:30 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That depends on which part of New Mexico you want, Sandia Park has had 54 Are you anywhere near the hippotherapy barn, Skyline? They're right about there.

Re: rider size

2001-02-25 Thread Don Jane Brackett
This message is from: Don Jane Brackett [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the summer 2000 issue of Gated horses they have a wonderful article about heavier riders and horses and what they can carry. Wow, I know my math is not my strong point, but it seems as if that's not much weight. Our gelding is a

Re: Improving Fjords/Changing Fjords

2001-02-25 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ruthie re the artist joining two different horses together. In my humble opinion, that would not improve the breed but would indeed kill the breed! I will go for this cloning business but I do not think the surgical procedure of joining a horse

FJORD CHAT SUNDAY NIGHT

2001-02-25 Thread PETSnVETS
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PETS AND VETS http://www.petsandvets.com FJORD CHAT EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT 9 to10pm (Eastern Time) Hosted by: PAV Fjords and PAV Aussie Fjord chat is held in Horse Room 1 A HREF=http://chat.petsandvets.com; CHAT ROOMS/A http://chat.petsandvets.com Don't

Re: Short fat Fjords

2001-02-25 Thread John and Martie Bolinski
This message is from: John and Martie Bolinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] I had a pony like that once. Trouble was she was SO bad that you had to ride without stirrups so you could get your feet down fast enough! It got tiring holding your legs up the rest of the time. And jumping was really scary. If

Re: climate/farriers

2001-02-25 Thread GailDorine
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] We've had an inch of snow all year in southern NM and I've worn a coat maybe three times. Before you move here, NM is 49th in income for the states and it's not cheap living. And that stepping-out fjord was in snow. You should see the difference

Re: going on

2001-02-25 Thread GailDorine
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi I am 11 going on 12 in june, wat do you mean you cant find the 13th warier? I'm 55, going on 56, and I probably can't see it on the shelf (LOL). Gail Dorine Las Cruces, NM

Fluffy Horses and Fluffy Riders

2001-02-25 Thread BugEwhip
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] What got me into Fjords? I was told I was too large for my (driving) Arab. Judges were marking me down for a displeasing visual balance but afraid to put it in writing in most cases so I got dinged for my hat being too informal. People shook their

Re: Star Light, Star Bright.....

2001-02-25 Thread Mike May, Registrar NFHR
This message is from: Mike May, Registrar NFHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 03:14 PM 2/24/01 -0500, you wrote: This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/24/01 10:07:19 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: He said Astrix's value lies in the fact that he ALWAYS

Re: The Maine Train

2001-02-25 Thread Mike May, Registrar NFHR
This message is from: Mike May, Registrar NFHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 03:17 PM 2/24/01 -0500, you wrote: This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/24/01 10:07:19 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anyone know of any Fjord trainers in Maine, New

Fwd: Cyberfoal update.

2001-02-25 Thread Mike May, Registrar NFHR
This message is from: Mike May, Registrar NFHR [EMAIL PROTECTED] I received this email thought some of you may want to check this site out. Mike = From: Terry Peter Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cyberfoal update. Date: Sat,

Re: Improving Fjords/Changing Fjords

2001-02-25 Thread Ruth Bushnell
This message is from: Ruth Bushnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arthur Rivoire) Hello from Carol Rivoire at Beaver Dam Farm in Nova Scotia - Anyone interested in this subject might go to the various Fjord sites and look for the drawing of the stallion,