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I bought one three years ago...the workmanship was terrible. Edges were not
finished right (just sorta glued down) and vulnerable to separation. It
was actually something to be ashamed of...and they had designed it that way.
Jean
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Cyathastomes/redwoms? Is this
the reason for this worming therapy Gail?
http://www.rvc.ac.uk/equinepractice/worms.htm
Great link Karen! Yes, I am doing the 5 day therapy. I did not know about
the blood test for tapeworms (though I bet Jean
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At 02:35 AM 12/20/2001 +, you wrote:
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C'mon Gail,
where's the Clicker training?! Just kidding ;~}
Hey...the Clicker training is to get the tube IN the mouth. That we got
beat. I
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Hi Folks,
We have just started the 5-day routine of double dose Panacur on two horses.
One hates wormer, and the other doesn't love it. (Fjord content
low...sorry...these are other breeds...the Fjords see it as extra calories!)
I have figured
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At 12:46 AM 12/19/2001 +, you wrote:
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Thanks for mentioning 'flare' Jean, as this is how the tree on my saddle was
modified before the leather was ever a part of the picture.. The bars
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I use aluminum wire designed for electric fencing. I presume it has even
lower resistance than steel. I use it because I believe it will break more
readily if a horse gets caught up in it.
After living with (and cussing out) a 6 V solar
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Hmm...I did not even think of that. This is for an area the horses would be
on rarely BUT, the gate is essentially a perfect clicker training target.
If the weight of a Fjord front end would open it I bet they would learn how
to do it almost
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Has anyone had any experience with this gate? It is designed using a
hydraulic push pad that you drive onto to open itso electricity is not
necessary. Also...no garage door opener type stuff. I don't particularly
need a fancy security
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I have considered those bits that are just worming dosers in disguise.
Figure the horse would just become bit shy AND you would never get near to
inject the wormer into them anyway.
One thing that has worked with us has been clicker training
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They love chewing on the treated fence posts. Yummy! Nice soft wood. They
literally chewed thru a 4 inch post we had in one of the pens. I now use
creosote if I really do not want them chewed. Or hot wire.
This spring new fencing
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Some of the sites Jean sent are really good and make sense about barefoot
horses. I also found some that discussed whether sole and frog should be
taken out ...generally the answer seems to be NO. I REALLY want to learn
how to recognize good
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At 08:29 PM 11/30/2001 -0800, you wrote:
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I know there are as many opinions as there are people. Any feedback? I
have heard a number of folks say that you train a Fjord differently than
other breeds
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Thank you all for your kind responses to my post. Karen...you may be
right...he might just be a tenderfoot. We will see. I was also concerned
about founder...see below.
I wanted to add something to what everyone has said about the sore feet
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At 02:11 PM 11/29/2001 -0600, you wrote:
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Gail Russel wrote:
...My bad fortune may be your good fortune.
Well folks, I do not know if this is really because my new farrier is not
doing a good job
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My bad fortune may be your good fortune. My farrier moved to Williams
Oregon. I am not exactly sure where that is, but I know that he said it is
near Grant's Pass and Cave Junction. The guy does good work, arrives on
time, and is someone you
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Also...it appears that, when you try to warn the sender, the e-mail address
has been modified. With an underscore _ at the beginning of the message.
At 08:03 PM 11/26/2001 -0900, you wrote:
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Today, alone, I received two attachments from people on the list I have
corresponded with. Both on the FjordHorse List. Both had headers of
outgoing mail messages I had sent. One was to the list, one was an
individually sent message. One
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I use Mirafi non-woven fabric. Rolls come 15 X 150...at $500. Expensive if
you can't use all of it. It is used for pothole control in road
construction, so you might find a road construction company that would sell
you a small amount
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Hi all,
I just realized that I have not gotten my Herald yetand I may not have
gotten one last summer. Has everyone else received theirs by now? I think
my inquiry about this was several weeks ago and people were just getting
theirs
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Has been that way the last two times I checked...probably a week.
At 07:24 AM 10/31/2001 -0900, you wrote:
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Hey, Mike May!
something is wrong with the NFHR website...all I get is the wall
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My vet and I have tried on 2 different occasions to glue on his Dalric B
therapeutic shoe , and have yet been able to have them stay on for more then
2 hrs.
Hmm...we used a glue one shoe and it worked great. Is there something oily
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Has everyone else already received their Herald. I ask because I think I
MAY not have received my summer Herald (though...with the struggles around
here with my Mom, it could still be in pile of unopened mail
somewhere...have yet to find time
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Hi All,
My farrier, who works with John Brazil, an 82 (+-) year old cutting/reining
horse trainer in Sonoma County, has arranged for Ray Hunt to add a local
clinic (Petaluma CA ...about an hour north of San Francisco) for October
20-23. Colt
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At 07:55 PM 10/9/2001 EDT, you wrote:
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Ida colicked yesterday morning. I called the vet immediately and she tubed
her with oil. I walked her 15 minutes every hour. Nothing helped and she
went down
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Hi all,
They changed mail servers on me last night. I have a sneaking suspicion
that messages from me are not getting thru to the list. I sent at least one
titled Ida/Riba that has not come back to me yet.
Gail Russell
Forestville CA
[EMAIL
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Hi All,
My farrier, who works with John Brazil, an 82 (+-) year old cutting/reining
horse trainer in Sonoma County, has arranged for Ray Hunt to add a local
clinic (Petaluma CA ...about an hour north of San Francisco) for October
20-23. Colt
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At 07:55 PM 10/9/2001 EDT, you wrote:
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Ida colicked yesterday morning. I called the vet immediately and she tubed
her with oil. I walked her 15 minutes every hour. Nothing helped and she
went down
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it's up to the MARE OWNER to have done their homework, know what is good
quality and what is not, and exercise the judgement to pay a little more to
breed to the quality animal. That may be when the marginal studs meet the
knife. But I agree
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Another item to consider is that I'm also personally aware of at least one
owner who wishes with all of her heart that she had waited to geld one colt,
as he turned out to be an excellent quality animal, but alas too late, he
was already gelded
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Hi All,
I am going to manage to get to the Libby Evaluation, but I am less than
superbly organized. So...
Does anyone know how well cell phones work in Libby. At the Venture Inn?
At the show grounds? I finally was able to spring Mom from
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Date? The 6th?
LOCATION: Venture Inn, Libby, MT
TIME: 7 PM
COST: $25 per person for dinner and presentation
RSVP: Anne Appleby (360) 866-0457 or [EMAIL PROTECTED],com
Please Email or call me to reserve a ticket as soon
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I am no expert, but do know that you can put weight on an old horse by
feeding oils. We used Costco corn oil...comes in 2.5 gallon containers.
You need to find a vehicle to carry it...one with the least amount of carbs
possible. We used
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How deep is the port? I am imagining it looks like this U , not
just a bar with a long curve in it from side to side...which is like the
Glory Butterfly? Is it a Glory Butterfly bit? See the Glory Butterfly
here: http://eagle1st.com
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Gunthar looks just slightly concerned about the vet, but is fine. Odin, the
two year old, crawls all over him and tries to help give shots to the
others after he has had his. Both FJords.
Gail
Gail Russell
Forestville CA
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Is this an arbitrary show presentation rule, or does it have a practical basis?
One note: a single ear headstall is meant
for use with a 'finished' bit - one with a curb mouth
of some kind and a shank on it - NOT for use with a
snaffle bit
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I agree with you except on one point. If that gelding is ever for sale, the
evaluation of that gelding, and his relatives would go a long way to
making a sale. Along with education, that is the best reason I can see for
bringing a lone
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WellI'm not out of town yet, so I can still nag. We have a few more
horses, but still need more. Anyone need an application.
As to bringing geldings. Yes, sorta, there is no reason to bring your lone
gelding except that you learn a lot
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Somewhere out there on the Internet is an orphan foal site...designed to
put together mares without foals and foals without Moms. Has anyone given
you the Url to the site?
Gail Russell
Forestville CA
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Get your evaluation apps to Mike May by the 14th of May. The Turlock Eval
still needs horses, or it will have to be cancelled. Just do it! (Please :))
I can e-mail an app to you if you need it. Or fax, or mail, or... However,
I go
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At 06:36 PM 5/6/2001 -0500, you wrote:
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Hi. I have cement stalls with mats and bedding.
Try Stall Skinsor, more economically by far, buy a roll of the fabric
they use to make Stall
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At 01:22 PM 4/27/2001 -0500, you wrote:
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You said it much better than I did!
Gail said: I misunderstood. You were saying...treat every time while you
are trying to
induce the behavior
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I misunderstood. You were saying...treat every time while you are trying to
induce the behavior and get it initially, then reduce to intermittantly to
maintain it. That makes sense.
I am off for Norway, so will have to continue discussion
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The CDC just reported a case in Texas, with human exposure. I believe my
vet told me it is not really uncommon.
Any vets on the list? I'd like to know what is the likelihood of a horse
contracting rabies. I remember from my time
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OK, you procrastinators out there...I have my pre-evaluation forms and fees
sent in. How about you?
We still need more horses to make our quota to avoid having to cancel the
evaluation.
If you need the forms e-mailed, let me know. I am
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treat every time for good
behavior, and intermittantly for great behavior).
Did you mean this the other way around?
Gail Russell
Forestville CA
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Loved the stuff about biting from Bryan Neubert...etc.
The horse is definitely thinking about the treat all right. But, with the
Bryan Neubert system, he is thinking about *avoiding+ whatever little
hassles you are delivering when he doesn't
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Hope this doesn't offend, but I cannot help but see the comparison to my
youthful experiences with 16-40 year old males. :) I wanted them to love me
for my mind. This was NOT what they were biologically designed for. :)
When I finally just
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So, here's how we train babies not to bite. -- We let them nuzzle us, and
if they try to be mouthy, we bop them fairly hard (depending on age)
underneath their chins. We do this with a closed fist. It's important to
bob them UNDERNEATH
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BUT I have never heard of a
horse getting rabies and at least in my area such a test is required only for
a wild animal. If a mammalian pet with no current rabies shots bites someone,
the animal is simply quarantined for 30 days
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The star of Alexandra Kurlanda's clicker training video is a horse that was
a terrible biter. They corrected it using clicker training...by starting
the training with the horse in its stall, safely behind a stall guard. I do
understand though
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Hi Barbara,
Sorry about that...copied the address into the subject line instead of the
return address.
Please let me know if you have further questions about me or information
about these guys.
Now I have to go talk to Jim about this one
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Hi Barbara,
I am just north of San Francisco and do have a place these horses would be
safe, warm and cared for. I have three Fjords right now...all geldings. We
feed grass hay three times a day and provide covered pens with good size
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At 09:10 AM 11/3/2000 -0900, you wrote:
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Well, considering all the pain and discomfort your horse is going through,
I think I would first try the Herbal route for sarcoids if possible, SNIP
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Clicker trainers use rewards to teach this. My successes with my stallion
are, shall we say, in the early stages. That is because of lack of time
due to serious problems with my demented Mom, not a failure of the technique.
HOwever, what I
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Remember I asked about Helgi Joensen...a Norwegian artist. Well, it turns
out you cannot always search the web and find sites that have an .no at
the end. I think the usual search engines must not look for them. So...we
finally found the web
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Peg,
If you see specific stuff on allergies to the extender they use with frozen
semen, I would love to read it. Was talking to a woman who runs a custom
breeding barn. She takes in mares for breeding and foaling...had palpated 21
mates
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This was originally from Jean Ernest.
NASCO has plastic tie boots, over the shoe plastic boots. Packed 50 per
box. in several thicknesses, from $7.20 to $12.00 per box, depending on
thickness (3 mil to 6 mil) also disposable coveralls
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Will you know before May 14? SEnd in your application to ensure that the
evaluation happens..Please?
She is bad. Fortunately, her horses are good. :)
Bad Jean g I got mine! Actually 2 sets. Now if I can just make it to
Turlock or Libby
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OKI am almost positive I saw Denise's name on an envelope that I mailed.
At 09:31 AM 4/11/2001 -0700, you wrote:
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gail, no app came my way. denise northern calif.
Gail Russell
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Well, it does sound like there is access. Great.
At 12:34 PM 4/11/2001 -0700, you wrote:
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I guess my nephews must travel with their own computers, notepads, as they
do say often where
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Gail I am no computer guru but my nephews travel a lot and use Hotmail.com I
believe it is to get their mail. Jean
If I can get online, I can pick up my e-mail off the Web. I just go into
the Pacific Online site, and look for my e-mail
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Can you take an e-mail app?
At 09:31 AM 4/11/2001 -0700, you wrote:
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gail, no app came my way. denise northern calif.
Gail Russell
Forestville CA
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Well, it looks like I should have printed up return addresses for the
envelopes I sent out. They would have been more clearly identified as from
Fjord people, instead of people wanting you to buy things that come in plain
brown envelopes
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Hi all,
I am just trying to make sure that the evaluation applications that I mailed
out were not hijacked from the post office or something. I mailed them
several weeks ago. I am not sure I received my own backwhich is
worrisome, but I
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We need more horses for the Turlock evaluation. Will post more
tomorrow...running out the door, but wanted to get this to the list.
We need more advance signups by May 15. If you did not get the form for the
Turlock Evaluation, or lost yours
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My other question for those familiar with Norway. A friend wants me to buy
a wedding present for her to give to my daughter (who marries just days
after I get back from Norway...but, hey...the show has to go on!). She
thought I might be able
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Hi Folks,
I am hoping like crazy that I will, in fact, be able to go to NOrway. Got
the tickets, the reservations, etc..now my family problems need to settle
down just a little. My stepfather slips in and out of kidney failure,
depending
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Odin's granddam produced one red dun, I believe. Odin is definitely grey.
Grey nose (well, sorta chocolatey) and the eyeliner/eyebrow markings, and
almost white body, BUT, his stripe is reddish brown (chocolate?). His mane
and tail have
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Peg or Catherine mentioned mare allergy to extenders. Does anyone know if
mares can be tested for allergy to the extenders? Seems like it might save
a lot of money in the long run if you could at least partially rule out
allergy
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possible. I know this poor mare was rectaled and ultrasounded often for
a couple of days. On the vet's behalf, of course this mare ovulated on
a weekend. Oh well, who really needs a day off?
I read somewhere that one way of improving
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At 06:54 PM 4/4/2001 -0700, you wrote:
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Oh, Pegyou have finally fulfilled my wildest fantasies! :)...Just like a
therapist to do that. And about sex, no less! I thought I would
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Well, so much for eating beef in Europe.
The Vermont sheep were to be dissolved in lye, if I remember right. Does
that work? I gather incineration doesn't either.
As to FM...I've wondered why they do not vaccinate in a circle around
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Can I see a picture?
At 08:49 PM 3/28/2001 -0600, you wrote:
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could you please send me some pictures and any other info. Thank You
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This message is from
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Exactly how long does the virus live away from its host animal? IN
nostrils? In some kind of suspended animation? Did he say why all
livestock? How on earth are the killing/funeral pyre crews in England
managing to avoid spreading
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You might make sure the fat is not rancid.
I bought a huge container of corn oil from a grocery store (plastic). It
smelled rancid from the first day I opened it. Olive oil does not go rancid
easily. A large container of corn oil will go
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Satin posted this to the CD-L. As a stickler for clear regulations...I see
a big lack of clarity. Does this mean that Fjords imported from the
Netherlands last month (last year, two years ago?) are also denied entrance.
The interesting
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The next issue is the horse. I suspect that both of us working with your 3
year old might overload her(?) brain. Maybe the other horse, if that is a
possibility. Can I do a weekend lease?
Thanks for reaching out to me. I am recovering from
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Yup! They like the flightier breeds because they can use the flight
response to their advantage.
It CAN be infuriating!
I am wondering is this a common attitude among protrainers, or did I
just run into a bad one?
Mary Ann Westad
LaGlace, AB
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At 03:11 PM 3/11/2001 -0600, you wrote:
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I have a
wonderful Fjord mare that came to me with an permanent, injured stifle.
. This was an injury caused by an overzealous trainer
Hi Debby,
I am
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Peg,
There is one for sale in my local paper in SAnta Rosa CA. Want me to send
you the phone # if it is still there? It appeared in the last day or so.
Well, time to finish ordering my new Bob Marshall treeless saddle.
Bye,
Peg Knutsen
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Educate me on how differences in conformation/halter class naming has an
effect on the breed. Please. :)
and no
yearling, weanling conformation. They have a separate conformation
class as part of the Versatility Horse competition.
Gail Russell
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Guess Jeans?
Good luck I
guess, or maybe just good Gjest Genes.
Regards, Carol
Gail Russell
Forestville CA
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It's a crap shoot folks!
We are trying to manipulate a very delicate phenomenon here.
Dr. Dean Edell was talking on the radio about AI in humans...he was
remarking on a study that found conception rates drastically improved when,
after
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This is truly bad news! I have not even got to the hubs...I'm working on
the bearing seals on the inside of the wheel!
Anyone have any sure-fire home mechanic tricks on how to get bearing seals
into metal cart wheels...without dinging
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A New thread: WellHow about packing cart wheel bearings?
Anyone have any sure-fire home mechanic tricks on how to get bearing seals
into metal cart wheels...without dinging them up?
We just picked up an Unrau Easy Entry cart...handoff
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I think it is a matter of differring standards. The vet certificate says
not parrot mouthedor something along those lines. The evaluation
probably said, not the greatest of bites, so we subtract points. The same
horse can be not parrot
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There is no FJord Stallion Owners Guide...just my suggestion for a
possibility. However someone would have to write it. Better watch out
...if you aren't careful, we're likely to draft you into the job...even
before you get your first Fjord
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Mike or Gail, What is the Fjord Stallion Owner's Guide vs. The Record Book?
(In regard to content.) Judy
Well, I can't say I know exactly what would be in it...given that I need the
education myself. The thing that came to me off the top
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Of the 40 stallions who do not have Vet Certificatesmaybe some of their
owners are like me...acquired (bred or bought) a stallion, without properly
investigating all the certifications required/possible. What about ANOTHER
educational
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It does happen Julie. My stallion, Romulus, did not have a certificate when
I bought him. At that time he had already sired several babies who had been
registered. (Nice ones, I might add. :)) I doubt I would have realized he
even needed
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Lauren,
I am learning that the length of shoulder determines the length of stride.
It is a form to function situation. (Of course correct me if I am
incorrect... you pros out there.)
I was present when my vet examined a very nicely colored
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Well...let me think out loud for a minute.
The registry is about educating the Fjord ownersbut (I believe...correct
me if I am wrong) the energy and funding to put together the evaluation
system comes largely from volunteers and from
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Well...it is true that I might have overstated the situationI am
exhausted (and just a bit crabby, I'm afraid) from the effort to get Mom
moved into assisted living despite the wishes of my stepsister and
stepfather. A HUGE load off my
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Maybe a compromise would beif your horse is evaluated by the NFHR, and
results shown in that Record Book, then results of other evaluations might
also be permitted in the book for that horse? Have not thought over all the
ramifications
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thor sometimes paws the ground, waiting for the hay to arrive. The
other day he was standing with his one foot stretched forward - he put
his other foot forward and did a cat-style stretch. Never saw a horse
do that before.
Gunthar does cat
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ok Mary...how did science figure this out? Did they disinterr (sp) Custer's
horse and test the hooves/bones ? Were there written accounts of the trek
saying, Gee, Old Dobbin's a little soft in the feet. ? Inquiring minds
want to know
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So sorry Linda. It might make you feel better to know that there was almost
certainly nothing you could have done to change this. Also, from the little
I have learned about horse pregnancies, one possibility for a cause may be
that she
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Lindaafter reading Karen's message, I realize you must have meant her
colt from last year, not her near-term pregnancy. Makes the loss much more
difficult if it was a colt you and loved and trained from birth.
So sorry.
Gail
Gail Russell
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Is this Wintec's latest version of a dressage saddle? Never heard of it.
Adjustable tree? Room for Fjord shoulders?
She had loaned me her Isabell wintec
saddle last week. It makes sitting correctly much easier. So she
brought it for me
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm 53...and a member of AARP.
I figure we should forget about advertising in WEstern Horseman...just do an
article for the Modern Maturity.
Gail Russell
Forestville CA
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