This message is from: "Philis B. Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"laurie, and oz the getting fuzzy, but not nearly as fuzzy as phyllis
anderson's are. thanks for a fun time, phyllis"<<
Laurie, My Fjords are really starting to look like winter now. I brought my
new gelding home two days ago
This message is from: "Frederick J. Pack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
As to stumbling ponies: We have one mare that used to stumble. It was
cured by the ferrier who put on a "bent" shoe I.E. more of the bottom of
the hoof at the toe was trimmed off making the hoof slightly rounded at the
bottom (toe
This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The shape of the myler makes it act like a larger bit as it conforms to the
shape of the mouth. And my Fjords are pretty big, especially my big
gelding, Bjorken. 15-2 and his head is fairly large.
Another, brand of bit which is shaped sim
This message is from: CHERYL GARNICA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I bought the Myler Bit video off ebay...learned quite a bit (ok, bad pun!). It
even wooed me to buy a Myler but I MUST have sized the fjord wrong, he decided
the measuring tape tasted pretty good. A 5 1/2" was too big unless these bits
This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
One of the best books on bits is "Horse Control and the Bit" by Tom
Roberts.He goes into detail on the action of the various kinds of
bits. Myler also has a good little book; "A whole bit Better" available
most places you buy Myler bi
This message is from: "Linda Bain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I would just like to say a BIG thank you to everyone who e-mailed the list
and privately regarding my mare. It has put my mind at rest.
My mare completed her last course of penicillin yesterday and the vet does
not think that she has abo
This message is from: "Pat Holland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
What does
> this show about fjord behavior? Well, she didn't panic having taken a
fall
> and she was able to think fast enough to figure out how to turn the fall
> into an opportunity to graze.
Many years ago when I worked at Green Valley
This message is from: "Catherine lassesen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hello Everyone,
We now have the price firm and the cards at the printers and we are excited
to offer to you as a FULL BENEFIT to Savannah Hardekopf (seriously injured
in a car accident but is alive, home and will be able to walk agai
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yes, gaming horses are very specialized. My daughter is in Pony club and
does eventing and games. It is a lot of fun and a lot of work. Both of her
horses/ponies are too much for me to ride, so that is why I am looking for
something for myself. I c
This message is from: "Lisa Wiley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Carole,
Could you please explain the following statement? Why would line breeding
or inbreeding cause these problems anymore than outcross breeding? If the
problem is in a line it is there doesn't matter how you use it.
The worth of
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
That's the great thing about a lease, you can see if you can work
him through things or not before you buy him. A gaming pony is a very
specialized animal, I know from watching the Pony Club Nationals one
year. There is a lot of excitement, an about-
This message is from: "Pasqual, Patricia A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I read with interest the post on bits. I have been (once again - does this
ever end?) reviewing the bit I use on Elph. I use a full cheek snaffle when I
ride, and don't seem to have too much problem with that - I try very hard to
This message is from: "Carol Riviore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hello from Carol Rivoire at Beaver Dam Farm in Nova Scotia --
We have one more week of Nova Scotia Beginner Driving Vacations, and then
we're free until next June. --- While we enjoy the heck out of the
summer, our driving vacation
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> "Vanessa N Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On a related note, what is the lifespan of Fjords, generally speaking?
My old Nansy mare was 17 when I bought her. I got 2 good years out of
her trail riding in the steeply mountainous a
This message is from: CHERYL GARNICA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gail and all:
I read another forum and by coincidence this article came up...Dr. Deb Bennet.
You may have to scroll through to get to the meat of her explanation:
http://www.equinestudies.org/knowledge_base/ranger.html
Kind of an eye ope
This message is from: "Vanessa N Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
All very good to know. I'm excited by the clicker training possibilities. I
ve done that for years with my Cavaliers (it doesn't work as well with the
English Toys as they aren't terribly treat motivated).
Vanessa
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This message is from: "Gail Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
You do not need to have a sense of humor about your size.
As to the horse, there are some very good arguments for not having anyone
ride a horse until it is considerably older. I do not have the link, but Deb
Bennett has a complete explanat
This message is from: "Catherine lassesen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Ingrid and all... Café Press talk...
Yes, I do agree that white Tee shirts is all they have but it is more than
tee shirts that I look at.
Right now we offer a good variety of bumper stickers. (Quality of these are
great) We could no
This message is from: "Gail Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I free-leased a horse to someone in Texas. The horse got out on the road
and was hit by a car load of farmworkers, totaling their 1976 pick-up truck.
No one was hurt as far as I know. About one month later I got a FORM letter
from a lawyer
This message is from: "Vanessa N Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
By the way, just so you know that I have a sense of humour about my size, I
recently joined the following e-list:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Vanessa
---Original Message---
From: Vanessa N Weber
Date: 09/23/05 10:41:40
To: fjordhorse
This message is from: "Vanessa N Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi,
My new Fjord Dixie is 3 and will be 4 in the Spring. I'm thinking of getting
her started by someone else and then gradually training her myself. I'm
about 220 pounds and short - about 5 1".
My current instructor thinks I have the s
This message is from: "Mike May, Registrar NFHR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
At 01:43 AM 9/23/2005, you wrote:
This message is from: "Janet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Yes, that is what I meant, and why I recommend buyers always examine the
papers before buying the horse so the buyer can make sure everything
This message is from: "The Mercers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Here is a link to a website showing pictures of one of my driving club gals
with her team of Fjords competing at Happ's here in Washington State. Her
Gator is also a club member who currently has no driving horse or cart but
is working with
This message is from: "Janet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Mike May wrote:
As to the new owner having a legal claim to the papers - I guess you are
assuming that the papers were in her name & she actually had the right to
sell the horse. If the papers were not in her name then she was actually
selling st
This message is from: "Janet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I am not a vet, so my comments are nothing more than observations mostly
based on thousands of pregnant sheep but
abortions almost always are accompanied with a brownish tinge to the blood,
i.e. the blood is not fresh. The one exception was w
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