Re: Ist Time

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello List, A big WELCOME to Carol and Dan!! Regards, Bernadine Karns in Michigan

Re: Blue Earth

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Steve, Well, I guess I did not meet all of the members which you listed!! Darn. It would have been nice if we could have stayed longer. Weather certainly was better than when we were there nine years ago!! Glad your Grandaughter did so well. ( They were

Re: Showing Fjords in dressage

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cynthia, Yes, I agree completely on the Fjord trimming!!! Please, please, NO hoof blackening. I absolutely hate that!! ALL we do, is squeeze the ears together and trim the long hairs off. We do not cut off anything else. We also use the clear hoof polish.

Re: dressage and bits

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] dtrupi and list, Agree with you completely on the Dressage Instructors-the one we used to have come here, couldn't say enough about them and stated that "someday she is going to have a barn full on which to give lessons". I think that says it all!! I fin

Re: Blue Earth, etc.

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cynthia, Love the button idea-but don't count on me to suggest a logo, as I am not good at that!! How about just a Fjord head and a heart, with person's name, and perhaps state they are from? I have found that teaching Fjords dressage is super for their b

Re: Fjords like children

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello list, Yes, Fjords certainly do like to tip over wheelbarrows, and generally make a nuiscance of themselves when the opportunity arises!! Just remember that the pawing foot and the inquisative noses are the ways they find out what things are. (They don

Re: Blue Earth

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cynthia, So glad you and I are to meet!! (As well as meet everyone else on the list!!). How about this genius making up name 'tags' and we pick them up at your stall!!! If there are camping hook-ups on the grounds, it looks like we will drive our pick-up wi

Re: Dairy Queen

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trip to Dairy Queen to be AT LEAST once a day!! Bernadine Karns

Re: fjordhorse-digest V98 #95

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Saskia, Fear not, your new horse will be and do just fine!! Just look into his eyes and have a 'conversation' about you and the other horses, your area and so on. He'll be one of the group in no time.(Oops, if it is a mare, SHE will be one of the group.)

Re:

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Anneli, Thanks for your 'respectful' comments!! I too have trained our horses from day one, (have talked to other Fjord owners that also state they are 'herd bound', so I am not the only one.), but perhaps it is more of a certain individuals (horse) 'prob

Re: Harness Wanted

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Betsy, Congrats to your daughter, the Fjord and you for the recent accomplishment!! It is hard to watch your 'kids' show-I went through that for years and still am!!! On the harness maker-here is the name of a fellow in WA state that has/is making harness

Re: This 'n That

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wow, at last, other folks that feed four times a day!!! I have taken so much ribbing in the last few years on feeding four times a day. Years ago, we had a neighbor that trained horses, that used to say "When I die, I want to go to Bernie's farm as a horse"

Re: saddles

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi list and "Duane" (Nancy) Trupiano, Well, one week since the intense week-end clinic and I finially got to ride the horse that went to the clinic, today! Our weather has not been fit for man nor beast here-very hot and humid day after day. Anyway, what

Re: We like to introduce us

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Welcome to Corinna and 'Andreas! Sounds like you have an interesting operation going there in the beautiful state of Montana! Keep in touch with us all. Regards, Bernadine Karns in Michigan-at last, we had rain last night!

This 'n That

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, I've been trying to get caught up on the list letters!! A big WELCOME to Anneli!1 Mike beat me to the answer on what to put in/on the nose! We have used Vicks for years. By the way, Mike, thank you for sending me the papers. A 'word to the wise' -

Re: Knee problems / Gluc / Chon.

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi everyone , Regarding the Glucosamin(splg.) . I have been taking the G. Sulfate for about 10 months now and knees and legs have quit aching!!I highly reccommend it. Our aged stallion and dog is on the horse G. regimin also. We also have had trouble fittin

Re: More new people!

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, A big welcome to Misty Meadows-you sound extremely busy!! Hope you enjoy the list. Regards, Bernadine Karns (Nottawa Crossing Fjords) and (Fjord Quest) in Michigan.

Re: we're new

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Ann & Mark, Welcome to the list from Bernadine in Michigan. Yes, Fjords are bossy!! But, like others have said "be firm". We have one that we just have to really get insistent with and then he'll sigh, and mumble "Okay, if I absalutely have to, I

Re: FJORDS/HIGHLANDS

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, Here in Michigan, the Halflingers are the biggest competitors, and from I hear, their disposition is not as nice as the Fjord. Bernadine Karns

Re: Tails

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, Aargh, don't you just hate the tail rubbing! Some of ours do and some don't. On the mares, be sure their bag area is clean between the teats. I've been told that the mouthwash Listerine is good for a tail wash-must kill any little mites? However, it d

Re: Various

This message is from: BKFJORDS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cinthia, Fjords and water-wow, they either like it or they DON'T. Anyway, after my recent mishap, we donned our barn boots and proceeded to go into the water and with some TTEAM (Linda Tellington Jones) work and convincing, they finia

Re: Selenium deficient soil

This message is from: BKFJORDS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Here in Michigan, our soils are selenium deficient also. We feed a Vitamin C/Selenium supplement year around. Also, a month before the mares are due to foal, they are given a Selenium shot. Bernadine Karns

Re: adultry/bored Fjord

This message is from: BKFJORDS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Allison, Regarding Fjord boredom. 1.-Feed 2.-Ride/Drive 3.-Feed 4. Plenty of company-horse or human 5.-Feed Repeat all the above!! Bernadine Karns

Re: Fjords vs Icelandics

This message is from: BKFJORDS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hannah Thanks for your explaination on the Icelandics! Bernadine Karns

Re: my adultry

This message is from: BKFJORDS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Saskia, I love this story ending also!! My other 'post' did not make it-perhaps it too went to Belgium!!! Anyway, what better way to do it than as a gift! I love your name-Saskia, if we had a filly, I wanted to name he

Re: fjordhorse-digest V98 #58

This message is from: BKFJORDS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Lisa, The Fjord chat was fun!!! Hope to see more participants in the future. Bernadine Karns

Re: my adultry

This message is from: BKFJORDS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Saskia, About your letter-ROFLOL!! Absolutely loved it!! We saw Icelandics at a Expo and our thought was, that they must really pull on the rider, as the riders were all adults!!! And they aren't nearly as 'pretty' as Fjords. Bernadine Karns

Re: newsletter response

This message is from: BKFJORDS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Nancy, Thanks for your email-so near, yet so far!! Silly isn't it? Glad your boy/s are riding!! Surprised about the bucking, we haven't had any do that, although have talked to others that have. My 'trusty' mare-Gret

Re: Dressage Training for Fjords

This message is from: BKFJORDS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I agree with Cinthia on the Dressage training! Up until the past three years, when our instructor decided to start raising a family, we had taken lessons from a dressage instructor. The horses benefit immensley, no matter what their age

Re: Gestation Times

This message is from: BKFJORDS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello, I too have been wondering about the different figuring of 'due' dates. I used to have a little book-perhaps it is the same on Lori has!! I mis- placed it and had been having a friend give me dates-but he lost his paper

Evaluations

This message is from: BKFJORDS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello people, Wow, I wanted to discuss Evaluations-guess I got in on the right time! Anyway, in 1990, I went to Norway, as a learner judge, with several judge prospects. Had a wonderful time and enjoyed seeing the Norwegian judging process

Re: fjord flies

This message is from: BKFJORDS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi all, I gave up on commercial mixes (fly sprays) and now mix my own-Avon Skin-so- Soft recipe. It seems to work quite well, its just a bother having to keep the bottles full. I can send the recipe if anyone wants it. Bernadine Karns

Re: Hello everyone near and far!

This message is from: BKFJORDS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello Meradith, Yes, please send me the threads on Evaluation. Sorry I was not in on the discussions. Bernadine Karns

Hello everyone near and far!

This message is from: BKFJORDS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello, Well, it seems as though I am finially on 'the list' . I was beginning to wonder if I was on a 'not wanted' list-just kidding. We are here in Michigan-USA; Karns, Bernadine and Gordon. We have had Fjords for fo

Re: Saskia's time-warp

This message is from: BKFJORDS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Steve, That is pretty funny!! About the Belgium holding my email-suppose it was for hostage? Anyway, what a membership, and thanks for the work. Bernadine Karns

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