Re: Bolting and belligerence

2013-06-19 Thread Me Kint
This message is from: Me Kint I have to share a similar experience... A few years ago when I was concentrating on Willem's training, I had a friend riding Tunix. She was heavy on the spurs & whip. I finally told her she couldn't wear spurs for she was using them to punish rather than as a

Re: Bolting and belligerence

2013-06-19 Thread Jo Wilgus
This message is from: "Jo Wilgus" Subject: Bolting and belligerence **. And fake spooking. ** ~~~ I have had REGN for almost 11-12 yrs. She has started seeing things on trail or she thinks she does. I cannot imagine that she would make this up due to alpha/belligerence stuff. Is this real

Two Fjords for sale

2013-06-19 Thread Les D. Hoagland
This message is from: "Les D. Hoagland" Due to my health I need to sell two of my sweet fjords, that we raised. It is a very hard choice but at this time we can make no other. I need to go into the hospital and I don't want to leave my wife to have to take care of the horses. The gelding is

Re: Bolting and belligerence

2013-06-19 Thread Rovena Kessinger
This message is from: Rovena Kessinger I guess that is a common thing with fjords.  A friend of mine (Saskia, I think she is on this list) also has one that was trained too harshly and started bolting away when she came back.  Maybe they just can't handle rough training like other horses. --- O

Re: Bolting and belligerence

2013-06-19 Thread Lola Lahr
This message is from: Lola Lahr The gentle, trusting relationship you have with your horse is what it's all about. When I read that your horse had had experience with a tough, experienced trainer, I thought, 'Uh, oh, I'll BET that didn't work." I had some similar experiences with my first. She w

Re: Bolting and belligerence

2013-06-19 Thread Rovena Kessinger
This message is from: Rovena Kessinger Lol Bam-Bam doesn't do all that bad stuff yet!  Maybe I'll get lucky.  He's gotten so sweet.  I can totally see what a calm nice good horse he is going to be in a few years. --- On Wed, 6/19/13, Tonja Acker-Richards wrote: From: Tonja Acker-Richards Su

Bolting and belligerence

2013-06-19 Thread Tonja Acker-Richards
This message is from: Tonja Acker-Richards I was happy to see someone struggle with a rescue fjord here. Rest assured even non rescues have issues with belligerence. And bolting. And fake spooking. And anticipation. And genius devil thinking. And relentless attempts to remain alpha. And layin

Saddles

2013-06-19 Thread Tonja Acker-Richards
This message is from: Tonja Acker-Richards We have liked our used orthoflex saddles and we went used eBay etc because we could try different ones on our different sized butts and babies. All our Luton and Eitan fjordies do run drafty. Tonja Acker-Richards Pond House Farm Important FjordHors