Re: Dream Vehicle???

This message is from: CNielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Vanessa--What about a 1 ton Chevy Suburban--we have a 1/2 ton but we don't haul the trailer with it, it has LOTS of room and you can take out the third seat and put your dogs back there--it has it's own nob for heat and cooling. Randi in Wisc

Re: take it out back

This message is from: CNielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi--I have a mare and a gelding that are sort of pee potty trained--They will wait til they get outside to go about 90% of the time--it really helps save on shavings. It was purley accident to have them do this but one night before the mare came

Re: winter ice

This message is from: CNielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Bonnie, * I have been having the same problem with ice--except we have had it for 2 weeks now!! * We live on a ridge so our back pasture is down hill and our other one is really out in the north wind with a bit of a slant to it too--kind

Re: Corn Oil Residue

This message is from: CNielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] maybe you can use a clipper and shave them off--the hair and wiskers will grow back. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 4:55 PM Subject: Corn Oil Residue

Re: NO POOPY STALLS HERE

This message is from: CNielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ruthie, Here's a question--do we really know how cold weather get's in Norway to really expect Fjords to be able to tolerate our really cold climate Or should i put it --does it get as cold there as it does here in some places

Re: Wintec Bridle

This message is from: CNielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] How about browband measurment??? My mare has a pretty wide brow area and most bridles were too small. Finally found one by Keiffer that fit in a regular horse size. Randi in Wisc. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: fjordhorse

Re: MWFHC Winter Meeting

This message is from: CNielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, just a quick note--if anyone is interested-- the Super 8 has a pool also and it's about a block from the White house.I work across the street from the Super 8.It's not a big town but there is a Pizza Hut but everything usually shuts down fairly

Re: fjordhorse-digest V2002 #200

This message is from: CNielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Sheri, My Fjords seem to like to eat it also--it looks pretty bad but my vet assured me it wasn't as bad as it looks, onless there are extreme cases. My guys come in drooling buckets but otherwise they eat and munch their hay as normal

Re: Swollen eyes

This message is from: CNielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Mark, don't know what caused the swollen eyes-i would contact your vet-they may know.The swat comes in a white formula-goes on clear--so they just look like they have greasy spots. We have a OLD Tenessee Walker mare(33 yrs.) sometimes her eye's

Re: Evaluation Event

This message is from: CNielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Ann, what time does all the fun start 8a.m. thanks - Original Message - From: Green Valley Farm [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 11:43 AM Subject: Evaluation Event This message is from

Re: Not Drinking Cold Water

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Great reminder Curt, I'm a firm believer in warmer water for my guys too. twice a day I give my fjords a big bucket of pretty warm water--NOT HOT-- they all drink 3/4 of the bucket each-with relish. they all have heated stock tanks but really go

Re: sinus problems

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi - I know this may sound crazy but I had a yearling with a goopy nose last year--I put some Vicks balm in his nose and it seemed to clear him out in a couple days. I did it twice a day, just a finger full or so right inside his nose, it loosened

Re: crest

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] HI Marcy, was wondering what kind of magnesium and where did you find it?? thanks,Randi in Wisc. - Original Message - From: briar hill farm [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 8:08 AM Subject

Re: dna testing

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't think there is a problem with hurting you fjord--horses do ALOT more painful things to each other than pulling 50 hairs out! neither of my guy's even flinched--and one was barley a yearling-- what happens when you brush your guys mane out

Re: Dutch Keuring Results Included in Book-

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] why don't the owners of Fjord stallions who have Dutch keuring scores just have them evaluated here in this country with the American system--then it would be a more comparable score with the rest of the Fjords here??? randi in Wis

Re: Heavy Heart - long

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] so Steve, what are the possible causes,if any for colitis??? if any. thanks , randi - Original Message - From: Steve White [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 7:08 PM Subject: Re: Heavy

Re: Heavy Heart - long

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi jean-I guess you and I are the only ones up at this hour--it is really scarie all this stuff going on- I really think some of the symptoms sound unlike colic but Brenda did say she read that it might have been something like a twisted bowl

Re: fjordhorse-digest V2000 #256

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] hi Wanda- I know Alan Merrill has a really nice Mare for sale-I don't know the price but she rides and drives-his phone # is 608-935-9261- he is in dodgeville Wisc.- hope this helps give you a start. Randi in Wisc. - Original Message

Re: Blue Earth Evaluation

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] and-did I ask when it was??? its been too long and I don't remember what I e-mailed you- I'm getting to be a zombie in the a.m. got some baby guinea hens- they are smaller than chicks-don't look anything like the adults. weird!! its kind

Re: new foal

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] hi Julie, I was wondering about Grey dun foals- our mare (brown dun) was bred to Karibou (Grey dun), how likely is it for our foal to be a Grey? I believe she may have the eyebrow you are talking about. I am pretty sure the mare has no greys in her

Re: fjordhorse-digest V2000 #102

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] good question-I read that in the last month of preg. a mare should be fed a 30%-40% higher protein/ calcium feed than normal for this is when the colt is growing the most and a MATURE mare will take it from her own body reserves for the foal. So

Re: a question for the list

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anna- Question: Why own and promote Fjords if all you want to do is exactly opposite of what everyone else is trying to preserver. to try and get something that you have no idea what the outcome will be-aren't there enough unwanted horses

Re: a question for the list

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anna, I don't want to insult but I think this country has enough horses that are cross bred-for example - look at quarter horse crosses - they are a dime a dozen where I live and they aren't nice ones-they are any two horses thrown together just

Re: Comments about Dutch Keuring

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] I would like to know if an evaluation score shows up with NFHR? and if it does will the keuring??? thanks Randi in Wis. - Original Message - From: Mike May [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000

Re: head tossing

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] what about having her teeth checked-down at Green Valley Farm they had an equine dentist come in and work on check all the horses teeth-found different problems-teeth needing to be pulled-a few floated now Pat says it's like they are different

Re: 20 guage

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Peg, sorry to hear about your potential big critter problem. hope everyone stays safe. I just had to tell you ,you really cracked me up when you said maybe you should go up to the cat and give him/her a good kick- I could just imagine

Re: mules

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] jean, couldn't the real problem with these pure breds that you have see be in poor quality parents?? I realize sometimes it cant be helped-maybe misjudgment-or the parents just don't mix well!!randi - Original Message - From: Jean

Re: zebra and fjord together

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] did anyone see the picture of the stallion Illusion?(zebra) the one with the owner sitting on his back and her husband holding him-aren't those 2 fjords standing behind them - Original Message - From: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Blonken

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you go to the page with the picture of Blonken, then enter the index page, Leighla is about half way down.she looks to be a fjord but her mane is long. - Original Message - From: Meredith Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FjordHorse-L

Re: Blonken

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] yes, there is a fjord mare, 5 yrs. old for $2000. her name is Leighla. there is a picture also. I wonder where they got her from - Original Message - From: Mary Thurman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Sent: Monday

Re: Foal trimming, aussie, electric fence

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] but very funny-no??? - Original Message - From: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 11:16 PM Subject: Re: Foal trimming, aussie, electric fence This message is from: Jean Gayle

Re: not a list with only one topic.....been there, no thanks

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] I agree with you Lisa,I have lived with and worked with all kinds of critters all my life(horses, dogs, cats, steers, hogs-(up to 75 at one time), ostrich, penguin, swans ,cranes and now a llama, 4 dogs 3 cats and 6 horses- they always seem

Re: Miscellaneous advice needed!

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] hi Michele, I live in southern WI- in the winter, when its cold out we use a stock tank heater outside. when I bring the horses into their stalls at night I use very warm water in their buckets. you wouldn't believe how much water they all drink

Re: Natural Horsemanship--Why bother?

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry Everyone, I didn't mean to send my opinion to the digest,I'm still a computer idiot.I'm sure NH is a valid method,but it just seems like it's common sense and if you work with your horses you will get very similar results.I didn't mean Misha

Re: possible solution to canter/tripping problems

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] hey Pat, I just love the digest from misha nogha?? miss natural horse method.I don't know if she understood your bit about lunging. she always came up with off the wall ideas in the past. Allen called me today ---he forgot to look at your saddles

Re: hello

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] dear Griet, thanks for the pattern, looks really neat. Randi Nielsen Blue River,Wi. - Original Message - From: griet vandenbroucke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: fjord [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 12:13 PM Subject: hello

Re: fjordexample

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Griet, I would be interested in your picture for cross stitching thanks a bunch. Randi Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: griet vandenbroucke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: fjord [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 08

Re: Mystery Tandoms? Long mane? Winers*

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] hi list- I was at villa Louis, it was a great show. the mystery tandem was Susan keating with her older fjord geldings. the horse with the long mane was liesl Thomas with a mare that I heard was a full sister to kanada king.they both did a great

evaluaters

This message is from: cnielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi I just had to put in my two cents worth.not that I am trying to say that it would happen but doesn't anyone think that if we had someone who is a breeder of fjords out there evaluating every else's fjords even though they might have