Re: Please don't lump Fjords in categories -- What every Fjord is.

2007-01-23 Thread MorrisShadowMT
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This will be so fun!!! Lets see how big we can make this list. Only one rule no negatives 1. Their love of food 2. Very large puppy dog eyes with big baty eyelashes 3. Love treats 4. carrots 5. experts on locating treats that don't

Re: Perfect saddle....

2007-01-23 Thread Melinda Schumacher
This message is from: "Melinda Schumacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I recently purchased a western pleasure/trail saddle from Montana Mountain Horse for my fjord. It has a draft size flex tree that fits Mirakel nicely (a similarly styled TexTan extra wide tree was too tight just behind the shoulders).

Re: OCD

2007-01-23 Thread Patti Harrington
This message is from: "Patti Harrington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I foaled out a beautiful quarter horse stud colt with outstanding conformation, at about 6 months I noticed he wasn't playing like he should or running in the pasture, at 7 months his knee's where bigger than a grapefruits. I took h

Re: contracts / Quiz

2007-01-23 Thread MorrisShadowMT
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions to quiz mare owner 1. Primary goal is to have a live healthy foal. 2. Yes a breeding contract does make or break.Breeding options such as being able to breed a different mare if the one choosen for what ever reason can not become p

RE: Please don't lump Fjords in categories -- each one is different.

2007-01-23 Thread Curtis Pierce
This message is from: "Curtis Pierce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi, If each Fjord is different, then what makes them a Fjord Horse? Every horse in a breed has characteristics that categorize them as part of the breed. Some generalized characteristics are good and some are bad. Some generalized charac

Perfect saddle....

2007-01-23 Thread Jeanne Zuker
This message is from: "Jeanne Zuker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Silja, I think you have to try some out to see what actually fits your horse and you, but I LOVE my Wintec Isbell Dressage with the Cair system. It fit Olaf and now it fits my Monty. It is comfortable for me and I like the 'suede' seat. I

RE: does the perfect saddle exist?

2007-01-23 Thread kelly MacDonald
This message is from: "kelly MacDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I also have a Wintec Pro with CAIR panels. It fits my Fjord really well (I bought it specifically for him), but also fits a couple others in my barn. My saddle doesn't squeak at all. I have my Fjord using the wide tree but it's rea

Re: does the perfect saddle exist?

2007-01-23 Thread coyote
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Schleese Saddlery will be giving a presentation and individual saddle-fit evaluations at the Midwest Fjord Horse Club's winter meeting the last weekend in February. The meeting will be at the Wahl Equestrian Center in northern Illinois. See http://mwfhc.

Re: fjordhorse-digest V2007 #20

2007-01-23 Thread CrystalZak
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 1/23/07 6:26:28 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I have tried a couple of different Duett saddles and they slid all over her > back > wow, sorry they didn't work for you. that's what i just got for me and oz..in a 19 in 36. h

Re: fjordhorse-digest V2007 #20

2007-01-23 Thread CrystalZak
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 1/23/07 6:26:28 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > www.juliegoodnight.com > catherine, is there one of hers that you are specifically speaking about when you are telling us about the balanced seat? it sounds like a great resource, but

Re: does the perfect saddle exist?

2007-01-23 Thread debora seely
This message is from: debora seely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Try contacting Schleese Saddlery. It's expensive but if you want a saddle that will really fit. www.schleese.com I think they are coming to some fjord meeting in Minnesota. Deb S. Silja Knoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This mess

gayles' question...

2007-01-23 Thread fjords
This message is from: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Has anyone ever devised a good system for letting a rider know when s/he is balancing on the reins? Maybe a piece of yard that takes up a loop in the rein, that would break with too much pressure? Or some kind of bell on a piece of elastic that would war

Starfire response...

2007-01-23 Thread fjords
This message is from: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Finally someone that has read the "masters" in horsemanship. Hate to break it to you all... There is NOTHING NEW in Horsemanship... However, us Americans are great at Marketing old concepts. (One horseman married an American marketing Expert...) The bes

Re: does the perfect saddle exist?

2007-01-23 Thread wendee berman
This message is from: wendee berman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I second the Sensation. I have a western styled Harmony Sensation (looks very much like Sensation hybrid but with western fenders) and not only does it fit like a dream, its very comfortable to me. I also have used a Wintec with the extr

FJORD RESCUES

2007-01-23 Thread LYN NEWMAN
This message is from: "LYN NEWMAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Fjord Owners, My name is Lyn and I live in Southern California with about 45 rescued animals.  When they come to my house it is for life!  I have all kinds of animals.  I normally find the abused, unwanted or they find me, but now I'm thin

Fwd: does the perfect saddle exist?

2007-01-23 Thread SSlotness
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 1/23/2007 4:43:59 P.M. Central Standard Time, SSlotness writes: I use a Steuben VSD, 17" seat. It works for us. That is, Steuben Seigfried VSD The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in un

RE: does the perfect saddle exist?

2007-01-23 Thread Teressa Kandianis
This message is from: "Teressa Kandianis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I use a Wintec Pro Dressage with the Cair Panels and the wintec girth. It has fit all of my fjords. I have noticed (and been told by judges when I was a scribe) that many Wintecs squeak horribly and that it is a distraction from the t

Re: does the perfect saddle exist?

2007-01-23 Thread SSlotness
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I use a Steuben VSD, 17" seat. It works for us. The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle. - Anais Nin The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw

Re: does the perfect saddle exist?

2007-01-23 Thread Lola Lahr
This message is from: "Lola Lahr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I love my Freeform SB saddle with a Haf pad - and so do both of my Fjords, my 2 mustangs and my 3 Arabs. Same saddle! After I had ridden in it for awhiIe, I found that I needed a longer seat than the one I originally ordered, and was able to

RE: does the perfect saddle exist?

2007-01-23 Thread karl & Jerrie Froelch
This message is from: "karl & Jerrie Froelch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We use a Wintec wide all purpose and love it but we are using it with a neoprene girth instead of the wintec that came with it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Silja Knoll

Re: Grabb

2007-01-23 Thread Sixthdayvet
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a grabb grandson by eggeprins emily dr emily williamson work 317.422.5255 cell 317.372.6693 fax 317.422.5959 The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw

Re: does the perfect saddle exist?

2007-01-23 Thread Cherie Mascis
This message is from: "Cherie Mascis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Silja, Try the Sensation treeless saddle . http://kaarenjordan.comIt actually has a spine channel and is well padded. They have an all purpose, dressage and hybrid models. The hybrid is like a cross between Western and English.

contracts / Quiz

2007-01-23 Thread Pedfjords
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi List ! Everyone bored ? Cabin fever ? Here ya go ! Thanks to those who have sent me copys of the breeding contracts they use for their stallions. Interesting to see the different wording, and what some include and others do not. All have been very he

does the perfect saddle exist?

2007-01-23 Thread Silja Knoll
This message is from: Silja Knoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Group, I am starting to get frustrated about finding a saddle that will work for my 5 year old Fjord and me. Although I like to do everything from dressage to low jumps, to riding in the mountains, I am leaning towards a dressage or an

OCD

2007-01-23 Thread Linda Lehnert
This message is from: "Linda Lehnert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We bought a beautiful yearling Morgan colt in 1986.  Six months later he became lame and was diagnosed with OCD.  Our took x-rays and sent them to Tufts to consult with the drs there.  They did not recommend surgery as this disease is progr

balanced seat etc - sort of long

2007-01-23 Thread ulli
This message is from: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> snip< Subject: RE: PARELLI,,, and many others This message is from: "Gail Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have been spending bedtimes reading Sylvia Loch's The Classical Seat, and it pretty much says the same thing. Has anyone ever devised a good system

Re: Grabb

2007-01-23 Thread sherefjord
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello; When Grabb was alive the number of mares in the U.S was very limited. Jim Sherette -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Sent: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 1:13 PM Subject: Re Grabb This message is from: "C

Please don't lump Fjords in categories -- each one is different.

2007-01-23 Thread Beaver Dam Farm
This message is from: "Beaver Dam Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello from Carol Naveta Rivoire at Beaver Dam Farm in Nova Scotia - Recently, we got an email from a girl in Holland who wants to intern with us this summer. She was telling us about her horse experience and mentioned interning at a sta

RE: Glory bits

2007-01-23 Thread Faeo, Victoria
This message is from: "Faeo, Victoria" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks, Jerry. This is an awesome summary about the purpose and use of a bit with respect to my question, and how the Glory bit fits in. I'll go to the archives and read more. Thanks! Vic and Einar -Original Message- From: [EMAI