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Thanks so much everyone for your advice. I probably should have mentioned
that Patrick had colic surgery four years ago followed immediately by EPM.
He has come back from the EPM pretty well. For sev
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Sorry! Hit the wrong button! I was about to say that due to various
circumstances he was not worked this year and has lost weight/muscle in his
rear end and over his hips. He has a decent amount of flesh over his ribs
though. In general he is
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I need some advice on what kind of blanket I should buy for my Fjord,
Patrick. He is turned out 24/7 and so far has not needed a blanket at all and
may not need one this winter. I decided that because he is 19 now that I
should at least have a
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My Fjord, Patrick, also has what I call runny butt periodically. His
manure is fine but he apparently has excess liquid in his gut. Cleaning his
rear is not fun in the cold! I changed him from first to second cut hay
several years ago and that
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We just finished a very nice season of trail riding. Mostly we just walk,
but she is sound. My son in law was visiting from Australia and had her
cantering on the rails to trails pathway. He is a race horse trainer and
pronounced her stumpy, but sound.
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This has been an unbelievable year for my 15 year old Fjord Patrick (and
for me!).
Round 1. It all started in April when Patrick suddenly colicked. He has
never colicked before so this was totally out of the blue. We ended up
taking him on a
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It has been a long time since I have written on the list but, once again I
need some sage advice.
My Patrick, who is now 15 years old, had been on Accel vitamins for about
two years. The only way I could get him to eat the powder was to mix a
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Please can we get back to talking about happy things? I very rarely post
to this list but I always read it and I am tired of crying everyday
remembering my losses and reading about yours. The Kleenex bill is mounting!
We are having 80 degree
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Dianne, my Fjord Patrick is the strong but silent type too. I have owned
him for almost seven years and I could count on one hand the number of times I
have heard him whinny or nicker. My former horse would always nicker at me
when I arrived at the
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Has anyone had experience with Vitamin E supplements for their Fjords? My
vet has suggested that I give Patrick 2000 IUs a day because he is not on
grass most of the time and gets only a handful of grain. She is not including
Selenium at this time
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Does anyone know what the problem is with eScribe? I haven't been able to
get into the archives for a couple of weeks now.
Carol 'n a shedding Patrick in CT
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My question is: Has anyone whose Fjord suffers from runny stools
noticed a correlation between the heat and the extent of water in the
stool?
Genie, my horse Patrick had a similar problem. He didn't have loose stools
but he had very runny wet gas
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Patrick and I would like to weigh in on the shedding subject. Patrick is
shedding like crazy in spite of the fact that we are having the coldest
weather we have had so far. I left the barn today covered with hair in spite
of
the fact that Patrick
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Fred uses an exact amount of dark Karo syrup, one ounce for a fully grown
horse followed by three days of ProBios or some other good probiotic. The
directions are on the product. Have I stated that correctly Fred?
I have to admit that I did not
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Thank you all so much for your input on Patrick's problem. You have all
given me a lot to work on and I'll let you know how it all turns out. In the
meantime I'm the lady with a black bucket of warm water permanently attached
to
her arm!
Carol 'n
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Thanks to all of you have responded to my e-mail about Patrick's diarrhea
problem. All good things to try. Fred, the Karo syrup remedy is intriguing.
Have you all found that the problem was resolved after you stopped treatment
with probiotics?
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My Fjord has had a problem with diarrhea since the middle of the summer.
His manure looks normal but he has excess liquid which runs down his legs
usually when he passes gas. Everything else seems normal. He has a good
appetite
and acts normally.
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Does anyone know what's happening with the archives? They have been
inaccessible for the last few days.
Carol n' Patrick
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Check out the articles on Equine Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy (EPSM)on
the Rural Heritage website: http://www.ruralheritage.com/vet_clinic/index.htm
Jean, this is an interesting article. Has anyone out there had a problem
with EPSM in Fjords?
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What is the purpose of feeding corn oil? or for that matter any oil??
Horses don't have a gall bladder!! I hear they have a tough time with
it.I am not trying too be funny, but really wonder why?? Seems to me
that if the corn oil were to be
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Patrick gets corn oil in his feed every evening and over the winter he has
developed a whole muzzle full of black globs made up of corn oil and dirt! I
am so desperate I resorted to using sheath cleaner on the globs to no avail.
There has to be a
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I spent last weekend in Orlando, Fla (cold and rainy!) and visited the Norway
pavilion. I was amazed to find that there was absolutely no mention
anywhere, including the movie, of our favorite breed. When I got home I
e-mailed a
contact person (who
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I attended the Equine Affaire in Springfield, Ma today. I want to say how
impressed I was with the youth who rode in the breed demo. They were
wonderful! The riding, costumes and music really showed off the versatility of
the
Norwegian Fjord horse.
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Linda, what an interesting post about the Morgan breed. Thank you. I always
thought I would like to have an old style Morgan until I opened Horse
Illustrated one day and saw a photograph of a Fjord. Love at first sight!
Going to Equine Affaire and
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No, the horse we rode on vacation were just plain old, probably
crossbred, quarter horse types. Our own horses at the time were old
style Morgans.
Steve, what are the similarities between the old style Morgans and our
Fjords? I suspect that they
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A while ago everyone (or a lot of us anyway) admitted our ages on the Fjord
list. As I recall there were a bunch of us who are, let's say, a tad over
40. Have any of you used a back brace for riding? Are they worth the money?
Which kind is the best?
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I know exactly how you feel having lost my 31 year old mare last year. My
sincere sympathy to you. I cried reading your story about Nansy.
Carol 'n Patrick
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I was
talking to one professional trainer to see if she had room, (she had
been recommended). She was quite interested until she heard that they
were fjords, as
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Hi list,
Is anyone out there doing clicker training with their Fjords? I know Sue G.
and Ceacy H. use this method. I have just started doing this with Patrick
and I love it. It's so much fun for both of us. Patrick is catching on
unbelievably fast
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I have been reading with interest the controversy about the
registration requirements for Fjord stallions. It seems to have evoked
many strong feelings on the subject. I would just like to give my
opinion for what it is worth.
I have only been a horse
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Now I don't feel so crazy for buying a new Fjord at the age of 56! Glad to
see there are so many people on the list who are my age.
I am usually just a lurker on this list because my experience with Fjords is
very limited but I am learning so much
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In a message dated 12/14/00 4:57:15 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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. Last night before 9:30, we called our Vet. Bjorn-Knutson was down
with colic. Vet, came here. Getting him comfortable we trailored him to the
clinic. Bjorn
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In a message dated 12/8/00 11:24:54 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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You know how that goes, we hav eall had that
first horse. Anyway, she was down, and to make it short, to old to get
back up and fight out the winter. Well,
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In a message dated 11/16/00 6:54:51 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Just wanted to thank the ones who
took the time to make the show great for the fjord people, if no one
else.this fjord person was very pleased :)
I second
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In a message dated 11/6/00 4:06:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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Do any of you use pictures or videos to critique yourself?
I tried that just once when I owned my Morgan/QH cross. Someone took a video
of my riding lesson.
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In a message dated 11/4/00 1:26:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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I found that, when I wormed once a month with ivermectin, I didn't see
any big fat ticks (only little, dead ones) attached to them for about
3 weeks, then I'd
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In a message dated 11/3/00 12:50:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 15:39:31 -0600
From: Steve McIlree [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: List Archives Broken?
I have also been having trouble accessing this site for
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In a message dated 10/17/00 2:46:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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http://www.eburg.com/~kffjord/ [we're getting a
huge # of hits/day - yeah!]
Peg, your website is really great. The pictures are wonderful. What a super
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I finally got things right and got into the Fjord list archives. Wow! What
a wealth of information. I have already spent hours looking at old messages
and will probably spend lots more. I am discovering that Fjords are horses
of a different color
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I understand that you have all just exhausted the subject of saddles but
could someone please tell me how to access the old messages? I'm wondering
if I have to save up money for a new saddle and bridle as well as a new
Fjord!
Thanks,
Carol from Ct.
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Hello all,
I was wondering if anyone has had to deal with something called
white-line
fungus before?
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Hi Everyone,
I'm new to this digest and interested in buying a Fjord. I have owned a
Morgan/QH mare who died two months ago at the age of 31. Lady had a
wonderful temperament and took good care of me (I'm not a wonderful rider)
She was great on
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