Re: I dorve my first pair! Correction!

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: I drove my first pair! Correction! Ooops, an important typo in the previous message: You CAN'T bully those big guys... > so they are handled with subltey and finesse and safety first, which is what

I drove my first pair!

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ooo! Ahh! even tho' they were not fjords... Yesterday I attended my first meeting of the Thumb Draft Horse Association... an educational clinic. The demo horses were Percherons, many many Percherons, all

Re: dogs & fjords

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Great story about Pooh! We were concerned about coyotes when Lida was born until we saw Mom Mira go after one of her barn cat buddies who wandered into the turnout they were in Teeth bared head down, thundering hoov

mosquitoes and bats and birds

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We have tons (flocks?) of bats... watch them circle at night when it's warm... maybe it's because we also have a lot of woods nearby and a nature preserve. They have been known to nest en masse in our equipment ba

Fjord Escort, PNH

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello all and Happy New Year! Had to laugh out loud about the chickens and PNH... Glad to hear you are happy with the PNH work since I am about to begin working with a new trainer who uses it and is working toward upper lev

Helmets and catching up

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have to agree with what's been said about helmets. Like getting in the car without a seat belt. We have Troxel Legacy Gold Helmets here... hunter green... very fashionable, with slots for air circulation. Wear them f

Re: teaching an older horse to drive, Rye grass

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Lynda, beautifully stated! Thank you for the questions and answers on ryegrass, as we were just discussing what to use for a fast reseed in our turnouts destroyed in the never frozen mud this winter. We need something to

Re: teaching an older horse to drive

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Lois, A few years ago, my next door neighbor had a big Leopard App gelding who was about 12 when she decided she wanted to learn to drive. This was a kind, quiet horse who had been trail, road ridden, and shown some in

Metamora CDE: Come on Fjords!

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Just a heads up and an invitation to any fjord CDE competitors: The Metamora Combined Driving Event will be held at Windrush Farm, Metamora, Michigan, June 14-17, 2002. Officials: President of the Jury: Bill Long; Ground

Not just Yahoo e-mail

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Steve? I sent this last night (Sunday) and it never appeared... any idea what is going on with the list for some of us? To: Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 8:40 PM Subject: Not just Yahoo e-mail Was there a fjord-hors

Not just Yahoo e-mail

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Was there a fjord-horse digest # 68? I never received one, and am not a Yahoo e-mail client either. Never received # 61 (March 13, I think). Noticed in e-mail properties that something looks different. They

Re: Midwest Fjord Horse Club Winter Meeting in Galena, IL,

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jer and I would like to echo Tyler and Dawn's appreciation to the wonderful folks who organized MWFHC meeting. We met so many wonderful people and learned so much, it would be impossible to note it all here. A huge th

RE: Glory Bits, new foal, and....

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Glory Bits can be reached at 1-603-744-5467 fax and office. (1-603-455-2064 might be cell #). He is redoing website, spoke to him and ordered one in December and I wish I could remember his name! Very interesting to spea

Descendants!

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Great job on the Descendants. This is abdolutely fabulous...seeing what horses have so much influence on our horses breeding! KING HARALD 101-A has a total of 1814 descendants. Now what is that percentange. Lori and S

Archives? Steve...

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Steve, The list archives are not updating. Last post showing is from 1/14/02 Jean Gayle's. Just to let you know, since once, I think, you said you would not otherwise be aware. BP Foxfire Farm [

Fjord goodies from Norway

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Someone named Kjartan F. Alnes sent me this web address for a site in Norway that has Fjords and Fjordie products for sale. http://home.online.no/~jakobgar/utsalg.htm It is in Norwegian, so maybe some of you will enjoy the

Re: We would like expert opinions

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello Brad, Welcome to you (and all the other newcomers) to the List. Not an expert, and have to agree with others about caution in looking for that first horse. Our first horses (4 or 5), non-fjords, were all purchased

Re: Song of Norway

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thank you for the tips on finding Song of Norway... At the Video Universe site Gail mentioned it is only $14.38... And the 13th Warrior just became available on tape there for only $6.69! Like we have nothing better to do

Re: Stallion S.O.S.

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Robyn, Give Dee a call at the number in the other message and ask her. She will want to know all about you and your setup and experienceBut all you can do is call and ask. She has no answering machine, so you cannot

Stallion S.O.S.

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello List! 1982 Stallion, ANVIL'S HAUGULL C-178 212-A (brown Dun, 14.2 h) out of FELRUN N-14159 C-126 by HAUGULL N-1821 is currently owned by about-to-turn-80 year old Dee Plummer in Granton, Wisconsin. This wonderfu

Happy Holidays!

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello to all! Just caught up with several weeks of Fjord Digest so this is a very belated Christmas wish from from Foxfire Farm! Happy Holidays to all and may everyone have a healthy New Year! This is how we spent Christmas

Yes! Finally!

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello List! After spending the year enjoying all the stories of everyone's progress, we finally are making some, too! Yippee! Since the recent arrival of our new (and gorgeous) Camptown harness, we have finally harne

Re: Rusten , web site

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Not knowing Chip Lamb, thank you for those stories about him and his horses. It is always nice for us newcomers to hear more history, even when it's sad. Have seen Rusten's name in so many pedigrees... To Chip and

Rusten

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Not knowing Chip Lamb, thank you for those stories about him and his horses. It is always nice for us newcomers to hear more history, even when it's sad. Have seen Rusten's name in so many pedigrees... To Chip and

Sinking...

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This message is from: "John & Eunice Bosomworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <> Hah Hah Ha! Very funny Eunice! :-) And you know what? We don't have any cee-ment out here! Besides, if she was s

Re: where is everyone?

This message is from: "Foxfire Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hmmm...where are we? I suspect others in Michigan may be recovering from wind? Rain? Leaves (Fall color) here lasted about 30 seconds. Wind and rain took everything down. We are waiting for contractors to come and insta