Sarcoids in sheath?

2003-02-18 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all, I have to call the vet out, but thought you all might know something about this that migh (or might not) put my mind at ease.. I have an eight year old black TB/Perch mix who developed sarcoids when he was five or six. Several

Re: Expos

2003-02-18 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] They may not buy this month, or this year, but they will remember the Fjord they saw at the expo and buy one eventually. Took me eight years from the time I saw Helena's fjords at the Calgary stampede.

I want to hear about the mini-ox.

2003-02-17 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Admittedly off topicbut what kind of mini-ox was this. I am going to be forced to buy some farm animals in order to have livestock in Sonoma County...that will, in turn, qualify me for a permit to build a barn for the horses (see

Re: EXPOS and VHS Tapes and DVD

2003-02-17 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] What should really be done is to put several of these tapes on DVD and reproduce them and SELL them to people. It would require some copyright work to be done, with a royalty system of some kind...or some kind of agreement that there would

Re: founder, vaccinations

2003-01-31 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Steve, all The fjordlist has a broader reach than you might suspect. I just forwarded this to a friend who has recurrent uveitis...who is being asked, as a health care responder, to be vaccinated for small pox. Her family has a history

Re: Identifying the GOOD colts - or - To Geld or Not to Geld

2003-01-26 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Unlike European owners of stud colts, NA owners have no one to advise them to geld or not to geld. -- The evaluation system might help with getting bad/mediocre colts gelded (though it can still be awfully hard to see details

Dead sand

2003-01-17 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] dead sand. What is dead sand? Gail Russell Forestville CA

HOrse TV

2003-01-13 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is a tv channel that we get on Dish Network(satalite) called RFT-TV. They have shown some quarter horse show events and some Paso Fino shows. For all of you out there in digital TV landCan you help me figure out which TV service

Re: natural selection

2002-12-28 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hmmmgood dentition probably does come from not squeezing the teeth into too small a space...so that would argue for a form of natural selection. Not sure what exactly makes for a pretty headwidely spaced, big eyes, I think, a shorter

Re: Crossbreeding against Nature or natural?

2002-12-28 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Question about natural selection by humans: I have always noticed that the ranch horses in pictures from the old west have hammer heads, and...often, ewe necks. Now the ewe neck is made worse by bad riding/training...but a hammer head

Re: Pets and Vets chat

2002-12-23 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Fred, How did you evaluate the plug-in for safety. I always reject them. Nobody has shown up tonight. Many of you might be afraid of granting permission, and installing the plug in. It IS SAFE to do so. Gail Russell Forestville CA

Re: clicker training

2002-12-22 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Clicker training involves a (1) bridge signal, followed by 2) positive reinforcement. Clicker training really is not the proper word to describe the concept that people are really trying to get across when they speak about clicker training

Re: United Equine Foundation's New Policy for Rescuing Fjords

2002-12-20 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do you know if the prevalence of PMU foals has fallen since the demise of Premarin as the universally recommended forever feminine solution? I would think that the market for pregnant mare urine should have fallen off...which might have

RE: Fjord Colt Update

2002-12-20 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 05:24 PM 12/20/2002 -0600, you wrote: This message is from: Skeels, Mark A (MED) [EMAIL PROTECTED] I guess all I would have to say is be sure the local paper doesn't harm relationship between theese people and the slaughter house or paint

Re: Friska's issues...

2002-12-19 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] You have the right attitude, and you're going the right way. Seconded enthusiastically. Don't forget probiotics in her food -- this will help digestion immensely. Is it possible she has a chronic form of sand colic? The loose bowels

Re: like lambs to the slaughter...

2002-12-17 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are actually very few people in the world who are actually mean. Uninformed, weak, powerless, fearful, but not actually mean. My son gave me Fast Food Nation for Christmas...which...among other things...points out

Re: moonblindness

2002-12-07 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] I had a friend whose horse had moonblindness that was apparently related to lepto. They dealt with the lepto, and it never came back.At 08:31 PM 12/7/2002 -0600, you wrote: This message is from: Paula Steinmetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isn't moon

Re: moon blindness

2002-12-06 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] I do not know about uveitis websites, but can give you a teensy bit of insight into what unveitis must feel like from the horse's perspective. I have a girl friend who gets it regularly. She says she first starts feeling little twinges

Traviata

2002-12-04 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] It may help to know that I knew of a horse with a very similar injury that recovered just fine. In that case, too, they let the wound heal from the inside out. Fortunately, it drains easily due to the location. That horse had gone up

Re: turlock fjord

2002-11-21 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 06:15 PM 11/20/2002 EST, you wrote: This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] At the Turlock auction, the people (young men) taking the horses through were full of testosterone. This one in particular would haul on their mouths

Re: Ohio Auctions/Turlock Auction

2002-11-19 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was told that there was a very nice Fjord gelding at the Turlock in CA auction, but that he bucked off his rider and was not sold. Apparently the prices on all horses were extremely low. It sounded like all of the Fjords had been no-saled

Re: stock tank heaters

2002-11-16 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Like Trex decking? I'm thinking about that plastic wood this year? I'll have to try the rubber duckies too. Gail Russell Forestville CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: new address soon

2002-11-11 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] A whole new barn and set-up!!! This must be quite the move. Are Erlend's digs improved? At 01:36 PM 11/11/2002 -0800, you wrote: This message is from: Knutsen Fjord Farm [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi again - After Thanksgiving weekend, our new

Re: Backyard breeder

2002-11-11 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] but since I don't have all that, and own only two mares one of which I may breed in the future, does that make me unqualified to breed and raise a couple foals? Of course not! In musing about the pejorative use of backyard breederseems

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2002-11-06 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Really??? Very puzzling. Did you get the one from Jean Ernest that was forwarded from the list address...supposedly? I looked at mine and it appears not to be sending anything out. And the one that came from Jean appears not to be sending

Re: Japanese lass' sexy pictures

2002-11-06 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] U...jean...what is this? At 03:57 PM 11/6/2002 -0500, you wrote: This message is from: jernest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gail Russell Forestville CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Barns Pat's article

2002-11-06 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] I also have a coming 2 year old filly out of our Solar daughter. Her sire is Dusty. She is ultra feminine and athletic like her daddy. Actually, I had never thought of Dusty as feminine. :) Gail Russell Forestville CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Brag Alert

2002-11-06 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Guys, Have a look a the picture of Rom and Beth Beymer at the Buck Brannaman Clinic in Ft Lupton this summer. Beth is riding Rom with a string around his neck. :) http://www.eclectic-horseman.com/information/gallery/BB0602/aah Gail

Re: Get of sire/produce of dam

2002-11-04 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Food for thought---what do you do about a parent that has died recently? Does that automatically disqualify him/her from any awards about offspring? Yes...particularly as it is possible to use frozen semen from a deceased stallion. Gail

Re: dogpacks

2002-10-29 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] I knew someone who cured a neighbor's dog of chasing cars using this method. Has anyone ever tried vinegar or ammonia mixed with water as a spray for dogs? -- Built FJORD tough Carol M. On Golden Pond Northern Wisconsin Gail Russell

Re: Fjord test message

2002-10-22 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your messages looks much better now. At 05:09 PM 10/21/2002 EDT, you wrote: This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just checking to see if the server quit kicking me out, and if I am not sending garbled stuff. Wanted to post a note, I am

Re: western Fjord Saddles

2002-10-19 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a Western saddle, of unknown brand, that has a really wide tree, and, I think 16 inch seat. Bought it for a flat-backed Percheron/TB cross. VERY heavy. Sueded leather everywhere. If someone near Northern California is interested, I

Re: Just want to learn more!

2002-10-17 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] I know Chandler. My accountant...Arab fanatic lives there. There was a Fjord in your immediate area.. owned by Cameron Pedribeautiful white Anvil's Solomon. She leased him out because her work left her no time with him. I think he

Olaf Nyby Clinic in Wilton CA...and another coming home from Starfire

2002-10-15 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] The weekend that I went to Starfire to pick up my horses Beth and Sandy had a Fjord Fun Day. Hi all, I am sneaking in a little bit of advertisingbut Fjord related, of courseabout Olaf Nyby coming from Norway to do a driving clinic

Fjord gelding, 4 years, at Turlock Auction

2002-10-15 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is a 4 year old, 14.3 hand Fjord gelding in the sale brochure for the Turlock Draft Auction (CA) in Turlock. Trained to drive, some lower level dressage training. Anyone know what horse this is. Gail Gail Russell Forestville CA

Re: The Einstein of fjords?

2002-10-07 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] the ex-stud currently in training out of state, bolting Gunther, sweet mare Adeline, and... Odin. I have to work today, so not much time to reply. Finally getting caught up on things after being overwhelmed for years, but still a few days

Re: lunging

2002-10-02 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] And it works for teaching the canter. We have been working Gunthar in the round pen. He is so naturally unbalanced that he scares himself when he tries to canter. Scientific Disclaimer: It IS possible that Gunthar's improvement

Re: lunging

2002-10-02 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] CLICKER TRAINING! And it works for teaching the canter. We have been working Gunthar in the round pen. He is so naturally unbalanced that he scares himself when he tries to canter. The clicker work has made him MUCH more willing to try

Re: Fjords lunging

2002-10-02 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Another little promo...Olaf Nyby is coming to Northern California (Wilton, near Sacramento) to do a clinic at Clay Station Horse Park. Nice big covered arena. November 29-Dec 1. Contact me or Cheryl for more info. If you want to bring

Re: A WinXP patch from Brigid?

2002-10-01 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] I copied this entire return address and message. What you do not see is the install .exe file that Norton stripped from it after warning me it was doing so. It looks like this came from the list? Is this possible? From: Epona1971 [EMAIL

Olaf Nyby Clinic Northern California

2002-09-30 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all, It looks like Cheryl Beilleaurd has found a good site at the Clay Station HOrse Park in Wilton CA for an Olaf Nyby Clinic November 29 thru Dec 1. That is during the Thanksgiving school vacation. I am trying to assess how much serious

Re: Problem horse

2002-09-28 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope I have not unwittingly portrayed natural horsemanship types as old softies or some such thingmovies like the Horse Whisperer and the talk of some of the NH gurus does get a little woo woo alrightbut NH is not about letting horses

Re: problem horse again

2002-09-26 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] After all, we each have different ways of dealing with issues, and when someone posts a problem they want to hear them all. I have a horse on whom Lori's method did not work. I had him in training for months with a dressage trainer who

Re: Questions from a wannabe

2002-08-22 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gunthar does not have a pony strideI think because of his shoulder angle. I rode one pony (non-Fjord) that had that short stride. HOrrible! When he stopped it felt like I was going to go straight over his head. Gail Russell Forestville

Re: Questions from a wannabe

2002-08-22 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] My Gunthar is a drafty US version. His trot is incredibly smooth. His canter is terrible. He has a very nicely laid back shoulder and a long back, and a weak back end. The people I purchased him from had relatives in Germany. They said

Re: Herd dispersal

2002-08-21 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am curious as to the name of the horse. MVF Ramstad N2024 appears to have only one intact son in the US...WS Romulus. Actually 2 - MVF Ravel is also a son of Ramstad. Ah, yes...I skimmed too quickly over the database results

Re: Herd dispersal

2002-08-21 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 07:39 PM 8/20/2002 -0400, you wrote: This message is from: Julie Will [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello all ~ No, not my herd! A friend with health problems has 2 mares, both sired by Solar, and two stallions, one by Ramstad I am curious

Re: Piping up on helmets

2002-08-19 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re OOPs...forgot to erase the prior message. Apologies! Gail Russell Forestville CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Piping up on helmets

2002-08-19 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re the question about long distance fitting of helmetsI recommend dealing with the people who sell the helmet shades (I posted the url a few days ago). I ordered helmets...and they e-mailed me to make sure I was getting the right size. I

Re: Piping up on helmets

2002-08-16 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] My Troxel Dakota is a considerable improvement on the usual helmets. It is well ventilated and has a fitting mechanism that stops them from wobbling around on your head. I like it MUCH better than my old Lidlocker. Not cheap though

Re: To wear a helmet or not?

2002-08-15 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have an eventers vest that I have not worn much, but it is stupid not to, as it is really not uncomfortable. It is mesh netting, over the padding, so there is quite a bit of ventilation. It has several articulating pads that also make

Helmet sunshade.

2002-08-14 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wellafter the last post I did five more searches...and finally came up with this for helmet sunshades. http://www.SaddleUpTack.com/exclusive.htm I ordered one to try it out. Anyone else ever tried these. Notethis site also has

Re: To wear a helmet or not?

2002-08-14 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] My biggest problem with wearing a helmet is that I am essentially choosing between dying slowly and terribly of melanoma, or dying slowly and terribly of a head injury. You can't really get any shade in them. And...I personally am not all

Re: Fjords for Kids

2002-08-11 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is from: Oscar and Shirley Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fjords for kids? . I realize that not every Fjord makes a safe and dependable mount for a child, but the temperament of this breed does lend itself well to use

Oregon Fire...someone in Cave Junction needing help.

2002-07-31 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] PERMISSION TO CROSS POSTBR ===Is anyone on this list in the SW Oregon area?I have moved to CaveBR Junction and we appear to be in the line of FIRE.I have 1 horse, 1 mule,BR 1BR donkey, 6 Dexter cows, 20 Shetland and Jacob sheep

Fjord over 13.3 wanted.

2002-07-29 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] The following came to the Recreational Equine Driving List driving list. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft

Re:Wintec saddles - one for sale too!

2002-07-29 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also, anyone ride in an Albion w/ an xtra wide tree? Karen, You will know Judy Herman. She had an Albion...and had problems with the seat. If I see her I will ask, but I THINK it was related to sliding around in the seat... not being able

Re: Update from San Jose, CA, and fjords girls off to Norway (yes this is long)

2002-07-24 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] we're trimming hooves with dremel tools, AHEM...does it work? Gail Russell Forestville CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Dogs\Flies and Foals - Good title for a message to the list,no?

2002-07-22 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] That wasn't positive reinforsement but it worked. You MIGHT be able to duplicate this more safely if you could administer an electric fence sized shock that the dog would think had come from the horse. I do not have experience with shock

Re: Dogs

2002-07-22 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Peter, Your dog problem will not be easily solved. The dog is of a herding breed that has been bred to nip at the heels of animals. On top of that, the dog has developed a habit of doing this already. However, I do think you may be able

Re: Hello From Dog Pound

2002-07-18 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Helena, I think YOU may be the reason I have a Fjord. Were you at the Calgary Stampede with your horses about ten or more years agowith at least one grayinside the covered show building. The person I am thinking of was running

Re: AI SURVEY...YES!

2002-06-26 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do the stallion reports ACTUALLY CONTAIN information on attempts at AI that were unsuccessful? ..As in...is compliance by stallion owners likely to be that good? Quite a bit. I would have to go back look at each every Stallion Breeding

Re: AI SURVEY...YES!

2002-06-25 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Further to this...I thought the list might be interested to know that my plan for Romulus is AI-only...even on my own mares living on the same facility, so I have a great interest in knowing more about AI in FJords. Gail Russell Forestville CA

AI SURVEY...YES!

2002-06-25 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] The anecdotal evidence I have heard is that AI does not work well in Fjords. It certainly would be nice to see a survey (or do one on the listas I bet people who have AI are also highly computer literate.) Alternatively, I suppose we

Re: Sports Pony Studbook

2002-06-16 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Upon rereading this, I realized that crossbreeding is probably an assumption that goes behind this studbook, which would not do for NFHR registered Fjords for sure. But it would be nice to have Fjord stallions whose athletic ability

Sports Pony Studbook, Romulus/Starfire Farm/Brian Jensen Brag Alert, Lisa Pedersen, Pilates and Riding (REALLY REALLY LONG)

2002-06-16 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all, Hope this gets through. The latest issues of blank messages from the list reminds me of how I look forward to list news. While wondering what has gone amiss, I have been Contemplating NOT HAVING a Fjordlist at all. NOT A FUN IDEA

Re:

2002-06-15 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
I am repeatedly getting blank messages from [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail is a reply to the blank message. At 10:57 AM 6/15/2002 -0700, you wrote: Gail Russell Forestville CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Popped Splints/What To Consider When Selling Fjords/Websites

2002-06-10 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] but I have been told that he cannot be shown in any classes that concern confirmation because his splints have popped.. I think it was due to training at too young of an age. As far as I know, you can show him in confirmation classes

Re: fjord in magazine ad

2002-05-26 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] And my Costco ad magazine has a drawing of a FJord horse that is related to the author who wrote Clan of the Cave Bear. The mane is not correct (brown and sticks up sort of sloppily, even though not overlong), but the brown dun face and white

Re: Driving Arena

2002-05-26 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marsha, We should have known you would know these things. And what about the size for polo? :) Maybe play polo too? I can attest that 60' x 130' is too small for anything but a mini or small pony. Unless, of course, you're going

Re: Driving Arena

2002-05-25 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] And, how about a good, hardy grass that can survive in fine sandy loam soils? We just cut down a bunch of fruit trees (sob!) today to FINALLY put one in. At least initially, we are going to try to do it in grass. Maybe play polo too

Re: Hoof trimming stand

2002-05-21 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] I looked at the stand. From what I can tell, it is just a lightweight version of the stand my farrier useswhich does not help for using a knife to trim the bottoms of the feet, only is useful for working on the upper edges of the hoof? So

Re: Hoof trimming stand

2002-05-20 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please post this to the list! I would be interested in knowing the name of the stand and where it is available for purchase. Thanks in advance. Gail Russell Forestville CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Founder rare in Fjords?

2002-05-17 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] My vet told me that one of the (probably) two other Fjords in Sonoma County foundered and had to be put down. She had been on pasture for years, but I think the El Nino winter caused LOTS of founders in the spring...just really lush, hot grass

RE: Contracted Tendons

2002-05-14 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Odin's problem may have been different. Perhaps an early, correctable, club foot which may be a completely different kind of contraction than the ones we have been discussing? I now remember someone pointing out that he could end up

Re: Contracted Tendons

2002-05-14 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a question about contracted tendons. Odin was huge, when born to a young, maiden mare. (Vet said of the mare, If she can birth this guy as a maiden mare, she can give birth to a Jeep!) We noticed nothing odd when he was born (though

Things you can learn on this list.

2002-05-10 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] I joined this list to learn all I can about this breed and their training, what works and what doesn't. What tack fits their wide backs and wide brows. If you have not learned everything you wanted to know about Fjords, I invite you to stick

Re: compiled data on Fjords in Viking period

2002-05-08 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] The similar build and coloration are a result of evolving (or being created, however you see it) to thrive in a harsh cold climate. Hi Brigid, Can you, or anyone else, elaborate on this. I can think of reasons climate might result

Re: My leg is so swollen I can't get into my cowboy boots

2002-05-03 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] How far into your foot does the swelling go? My guess is, all the way into the instep? I sympathize! I have naturally wide feet and a high instep, and only in the last few years have I actually been able to buy shoes that fit. Sadly my

RE: WHen to geld

2002-04-30 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Having left Odin until he was one year, I think it would have been better to geld him earlier(or not at all...he is turning out to be a very nicely put together grey gelding with a rock-solid unflappable Fjord disposition). My reasoning

Straw huts for fly parasites

2002-04-23 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] I know this problem well. I may actually have posted about this before, but will do so again...since I cannot remember ANYTHING with my baby boomer brain as they call it! It used to frustrate me that, by cleaning up regularly, aI

Re: Round bales

2002-04-04 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] There may be some confusion between dry round bales and round haylage bales? My understanding is that the botulism danger comes only with the haylage bales. Right? I think most of the people who have replied are referring to the dry round

Re: rye grass

2002-03-29 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have in the past fed ryegrass hay; my equines loved it! When I've planted annual ryegrass (to overseed bare spots), they graze down those areas, first. Makes em fat! They do love it. I figure it must be fairly hi carb...always assumed

Re: Flies and wasps

2002-02-28 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 10:29 AM 2/28/2002 -0800, you wrote: This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gail my information on the wasps said not to scatter them until they begin hatching in the tube. Right...and escaping all over the living room

Re: Flies and wasps

2002-02-28 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is no question in my mind that they work. I get mine from the Source, which claims to have a better mix of wasps (at least for California) than the competition. Farriers notice the difference. The trick is in the hatching. I have

Re: new pictures

2002-02-24 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 01:55 AM 2/24/2002 -0800, you wrote: This message is from: Knutsen Fjord Farm [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all ~ I think they remember each other. I reunited two horses (brothers) who had been apart for a year, but otherwise together for life

Re: West Nile Vaccine

2002-02-22 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] clean out water troughs at least once a week, Or put mosquito fish in them. In a pinch, feeder goldfish work, sorta, though they sometimes cannot keep up. Gail Russell Forestville CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Hoof nippers for wimps

2002-02-15 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Why, Oh Why is there not some easily controllable thing that will grind down hooves. Some sort of jig you fit over the hoof (for safety and accuracy) that sands them off perfectly level...or adjusts the level perfectly, both side to side

Re: lice

2002-02-14 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, Odin did have lice. I have been putting powder on his back every few days, though think I may have to go to something more long acting as my time is limited right now. Thanks for the reminder about the sleeping places! Gail Russell

Re: cold weather babies....

2002-02-11 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rice straw works...if you can get it, of course. Are chips/shavings safe? I thought I remembered something about not using them at foaling? I ended up using chips to bed her stall with, a nice thick layer. Her foal was due the first

Re: AI

2002-01-23 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] HmmnI can offer a little to corroborate this. I was given a Free horse by my accountant. Long story...sentimental stuff regarding my demented mother...so I ended up trying to breed a tea-cup muzzled Arabian filly (of all things!). Little

Re: Lice, Diagnosis, Treatment

2002-01-21 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ivermectin can kill sucking lice I think..When did you last worm with Ivermectin? Within the last few weeks. I saw something on one website on Ivermectin killing lice, but not on any others. I wondered if they were correct. If he has lice

Re: paddock feeder

2002-01-21 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] How about bolting it to something they have to stand on to push the feeder over, like a large heavy rubber mat, possibly backed by plywood or 2 X 4 for stiffness? I have two questions.First,I have a large Rohn galvanized paddock feeder

Lice, Diagnosis, Treatment

2002-01-21 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all, I am looking for confirmation of my medical opinion before ordering about $30 worth of Tuttles Brute Insecticide from Valley Vet. I think Odin has lice. He has clearly been biting at his flanksthe hair is worn off...in patterns

Arena base

2002-01-16 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just out of curiousity, what are the size and other specs on your gravel (assuming you keep this little bit of trivia around). My current bathroom reading is an article in The Horse on arena construction! We use the crumb rubber with a base

Re: Fjord cross PMU foals

2002-01-08 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 11:10 AM 1/8/2002 -0700, you wrote: Hmmmthis brings up an observation I have made...admittedly not based on a lot of instances...but an observation nonetheless. In the effort to get Fjords with athletic ability, the breed (in some

re:Song of Norway

2002-01-08 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or here it is on a site that Karen McCarthy recommended a while ago. The total price, including shipping, on this site is 19.38. This includes first class shipping and a new video. Sobe careful how high you bid up the one(s) on E-bay

Re: bit pulling, saddles, Randys illness and broken ankle

2002-01-04 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have VERY wide feet and am unused to having my feet squished into too small shoes. I can get my feet into cowboy boots...but then can think of nothing else but getting them off!! The best-fitting riding boots I have found are Blundstone

Re: trailering horses

2001-12-23 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] I trailered a young Arab from Oregon to CA...about nine hours total. I am not quite sure what happened to him, but he certainly looked like he might eventually go down in the trailer. He was sweated up and the muscles on top of his butt were

Re: Covered in wormer paste

2001-12-20 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5-Day Panacur...Day # 2 Report Well, the suggestions helped! This time I set the wormer tube to deliver no more than 1/4 the total dose each time...and dosed four times. This process was helped by dipping the entire end of the tube

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