Re: new Fjord owner

2001-08-27 Thread OLSENELAIN
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I live in southern Ca. and blanket my Fjords throughout the winter once they have been clipped. They are worked 5 days a week and if I left their thick, winter coats on and worked them hard in often 80 temperatures, they would not only be miserable, but

Re:pole barn

2001-08-27 Thread GailDorine
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 8/27/2001 7:17:15 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks for any comments on this type of horse care! Linda in Minnesota -- I always kept mine this way, but NM was pretty different from Minnesota. My

Re: new Fjord owner

2001-08-27 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 8/27/01 5:12:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: but I think Fjords are like potato chips, you can't have just one). Since I have a very bad case of horse-fever, I love anything to do with horses. I am brand

re: new Fjord owner

2001-08-27 Thread Jean Ernest
This message is from: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone have any thoughts on blanketing in the winter. Here in southern california, ours are very mild. Is a blanket necessary? Hi Sharon! Welcome to the world of Fjords! About blanketing...It just astounds me that folks in

Robert Sons Carriages

2001-08-27 Thread Walker
This message is from: Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone on the Fjord list have any experience with this Quebec based carriage company (just east of Montreal) also known as Voitures Robert Fils? I rode in a nice wagonette recently (holds 12 or more driven by a mule team) and would like to

re: new Fjord owner

2001-08-27 Thread sobrien
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, I saw my first Fjord 3 weks ago. I bought my first Fjord less than 2 weeks ago. Buddy is a 10 year old gelding. He's beautiful, but then, aren't they all? I'm still excited. My name is Sharon, I live in Southern California. My oldest

pole barn

2001-08-27 Thread Nancy Newport
This message is from: Nancy Newport [EMAIL PROTECTED] When I get my pole barn shelter I will have it open on 2 or 3 sides so that I can run the tractor with a drag on it straight through or use the bucket on the tractor inside the shelter or have the horses drag it. Here in Florida just a north

Re: Advice, please!!

2001-08-27 Thread ruth bushnell
This message is from: ruth bushnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] We never use straw for bedding... every now and then you'll find an extra hungry Fjord, (well yes, they're all hungry, but some are voracious) and such a one might consume the straw which could cause compaction. Ruthie, nw mt This message

Carriage and harness for sale etc.

2001-08-27 Thread Vivian Creigh
This message is from: Vivian Creigh [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am selling my antique Ladies Wicker Parasol Phaeton. Completely restored several years ago and does not have a nick on it. Fully cut under with wicker dickey seat with shafts (shaves) and pole. Shown at major Pleasure shows. Midnight blue

Re: Advice, please!!

2001-08-27 Thread John Martie Bolinski
This message is from: John Martie Bolinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Linda, WE are useing 2 types of pole structure here, with the horses having free access to them. The 'main barn' has concrete and rubber mats. Just shovel/sweep/spray. No bedding in the summer; straw in winter if needed. We

Re: newborn

2001-08-27 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Congratulations Brian and Mary on the new boy. Sounds like he will be taking over soon. Enjoy Jean Jean Walters Gayle [Authoress of The Colonel's Daughter Occupied Germany 1946 To 1949 ] http://users.techline.com/jgayle Send $20 PO Box

Re: Proud cut?

2001-08-27 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anke, my big gelding always greets new horses, horses he may not have contact with for three or four days with the grunting, snorting and striking of the front feet. He sounds like a stallion but I was there when they gelded him at 11 months so

Re: 1st Parade

2001-08-27 Thread Hope Carlson
This message is from: Hope Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Listers, Jon drove Bjorne in our first parade, in our new cart, very exciting to us and a great time with our local riding club. Dick backed us up as groom in the back step of the cart, he has had loads of driving experience, this was Jon's

Re: newborn

2001-08-27 Thread Brian Thompson
This message is from: Brian Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi All, In the early morning hours of August 16, our mare Gjert gave birth to a healthy full of himself colt. The papa is Flotren. As this is our first Fjord born here we wanted a name that began with A and chose Alrune (wizard). Mange Takk

Advice, please!!

2001-08-27 Thread HorseLotti
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Everyone; I'm moving horses from stalls to living outside with a polebarn for shelter. Those of you who keep your horses outside with shelter -- what footing works best in the polebarn?? Do you bed the polebarn with shavings/straw/anything??