Re: thunderstorms, turn out, stalls, caution, etc.

This message is from: Heather Baskey cavy_l...@yahoo.com Amen!   here's one of my favourite quotes:   Horses don't need private stalls; they need other horses. - Temple Grandin   Heather who's Henry is out 24/7/365 ~~ From: Eric Kozowski

RE: thunderstorms, turn out, stalls, caution, etc.

This message is from: Karen McCarthy weeg...@hotmail.com Hobble train all your horses, even if you never intend to use them on the trail. Hey Eric, great thoughts! Ditto on hobbles from over here...just wondering though, how do you keep your Fjord from fluffing up if it is on permanent

Re: thunderstorms, turn out, stalls, caution, etc.

This message is from: Eric Kozowski e...@kozowski.com On 7/13/2010 6:17 AM, Karen McCarthy wrote: Hey Eric, great thoughts! Ditto on hobbles from over here...just wondering though, how do you keep your Fjord from fluffing up if it is on permanent turnout? Mine are out 5 hrs daily and they are

Re: fluffy fjords

This message is from: crystal...@aol.com In a message dated 7/13/10 10:17:05 AM, owner-fjordhorse-dig...@angus.mystery.com writes: just wondering though, how do you keep your Fjord from fluffing up if it is on permanent turnout? Mine are out 5 hrs daily and they are quite, um, fluffy..

Re: blue earth room

This message is from: crystal...@aol.com i also had a smoking, 2 queen bed room which i cancelled since i will be sharing a room with kim potter. just cancelled this morning, so it also might still be available. we girls with the BIG fjordies have to stick together. i am so looking forward

Re: thunderstorms, turn out, stalls, caution, etc.

This message is from: Heather Baskey cavy_l...@yahoo.com Also to add that short grass length due to over grazing can cause the grass to be stressed and sugar levels high.   My Henry will self regulate on 24/7 turn out as well.  Perhaps those that are out all the time are better self-regulators,

Re: thunderstorms, turn out, stalls, caution, etc.

This message is from: Kathleen Prince kathl...@pookiebros.com That's a wonderful quote! We just added 2 horses to our herd of 2 fjords. Friends moved in w/their QH's. It's been very interesting to see how my girls have reacted to having a real herd versus just me. I'll admit it broke my

The WORST thing?

This message is from: Lori Albrough l...@bluebirdlane.com In my opinion, stabling a horse is the worst thing you can do to them. The worst thing. Really? The worst? What about letting them eat so much that they become obese and their feet -- and any hope of an athletic future -- are

Re: donations

This message is from: Kay Barnhart jb...@sleepyeyetel.net Hi Patti have some free samples from platinum performance. there's power bar's for horses and supplemental pacets. Jim Kay Barnhart jb...@sleepyeyetel.net 507-843- - Original Message - From: Dave and Patti Walter

Re: The WORST thing?

This message is from: Melinda Schumacher melinda.schumac...@gmail.com My basic question that I meant to ask wasdo people worry about their horses getting struck by lightning if they are turned out during thunderstorms, with or without a run-in shelter? I wonder if I am being overly cautious

Re: The WORST thing?

This message is from: Lori Albrough l...@bluebirdlane.com Melinda Schumacher wrote: My basic question that I meant to ask wasdo people worry about their horses getting struck by lightning It depends. I do worry if the horse has shoes on, is in a big high open pasture with nothing

leaving out in thunderstorms

This message is from: Debby miss.am...@earthlink.net I don't leave mine out in any kind of rain or storms. But mine are stalled at night, I have one that doesn't like the skeeters. Mine are use to this, they have their regular routine/schedule. Out early a.m. (if weather permits) and in by

Yearling gelding

This message is from: Catherine fjo...@hughes.net Hello All - Like most I have an extra gelding hanging around. Sire: Johan Dam: Belle DOB:5-5-2009 Brown Dun GELDING. Contact me directly if you have any interest in this fellow. Catherine Lassesen Hestehaven -The Horse Garden

Horses and Thunderstorms, Turn-out 24/7

This message is from: Robin Churchill rbc...@yahoo.com I think the best routine depends on where you live, what you have available and are able to provide and the individual horse and how many horses someone has. In a perfect world, I think it would be best for most horses to stay outside

Re: fluffy fjords

This message is from: Melinda Schumacher melinda.schumac...@gmail.com Curiously I have found my fjords to be the most trim when they are out on not-so-lush pasture 12 hours per day (but I limit their time on spring grass). They move a LOT in a big pasture. I imagine horses, like people, have

Re: Horses and Thunderstorms, Turn-out 24/7

This message is from: Lori Albrough l...@bluebirdlane.com Robin Churchill wrote: There are definitely worse things than not being turned out 24/7 but I agree that as much turn out as possible should be a goal. Oh me too, I have 14 horses here and depending on their age, what training

Re: The WORST thing?

This message is from: Jane Brackett donj...@fairpoint.net Hi Melinda, My 4 are out 24-7 with run ins. I used to put them in during lightening storms until a friend told me that her barn had been struck by lightening and caught fire. Her animals would have died if they'd been in. So, unless

RE: thunderstorms, turn out, stalls, caution, etc.

This message is from: jern...@mosquitonet.com Define turnout! I consider my Fjords turned out 24/7 because the four are together in a very large dry paddock as I only have a small one acre pasture and a smaller paddock with a little grass. They wander around together in the dry paddock, head