Re: Fjord Relo - Vacay to TX

2013-01-05 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: "Lois Berenyi" Dear Ms. Sexton: It appears that my wife belonged to your Fjord club in some manner. I'm not sure that you’re the right person to contact but perhaps you could notify your group that after a two year fight with cancer my loving wife of

Re: horses and "getting old"

2012-05-07 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: "Lois Berenyi" DebbieI mentioned in a previous post a location where I wish now I had moved. As previously mentioned I live on the southeastern coast of NC midway between Wilmington and Myrtle Beach. Before we moved we looked at Tryon NC mostly beca

Re: horses and "growing up"

2012-05-03 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: "Lois Berenyi" I can hope to answer this from the vantage point of being 72 years old with a second cancer diagnosis in 10 years that leaves an uncertain future just as my age itself does the same. We had horses for 30 years also. We sold our farm when

Re: Trimming posts

2009-04-22 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: "Lois Berenyi" Just a note from a neophyte. I tend to learn what I need to know for what I'm interested in on the computer, mostly using the internet. I don't know many of the fine points or even some of the essential functions of Windows. In time

Re: Collectors

2009-04-20 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: "Lois Berenyi" I have no farm, no prospects of such, am too old to start up again and I STILL check out all those horses for sale. Here's a suggestion but there would have to be some geographic relevance to make it work. A horse swap. I take yours, you

Re: barn door guards

2009-03-20 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: "Lois Berenyi" At the time I needed barn gates I rejected anything flexible or too far off the ground since I'd had horses who could scoot under anything like that and some of them were 16h. What I did for cost and convenience was install two 6' r

Re: not riding (kinda long)

2009-01-01 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: "Lois Berenyi" I agree with what Kate has said. I owned horses of various breeds and abilities for 30 years but mostly rode sporadically during the first 10. I realized that I much preferred them from the ground than from the saddle. Partly it was because I

Re: Paddock Footing

2008-12-26 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: "Lois Berenyi" When we put in riding rings in NJ our landscaper worked for Rutgers in grounds maintenance. He checked it out for us and the recommendation was 2 parts what we called stone dust but also called screenings and 1 part builder (coarse) sand.

Re: Checking floors & Other Life

2007-06-27 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: "Lois Berenyi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We learned from the perforated wash stall mats that mats with holes in them are easier to move so we drilled holes in the solid mats and used hay hooks to move them. Lois Berenyi who is mat-less in NC - Original Mes

Re: Medical advice - hoof

2007-05-14 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: "Lois Berenyi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I don't know if this will help but we had a QH who had recurrent abscesses. Our vet recommended an 8 to 10 week period of putting the horse on oral triple sulfa antibiotics. His theory was that in these cases the

Re: Another great You-tube videop

2007-04-22 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: "Lois Berenyi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I thought the bull must have had dressage training as well. My concern was for the horse. We saw a bullfight in Spain where the horses wore heavy leather padding. In this Portuguese video I thought the risk to the ho

tank heaters & fish poop

2007-03-21 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: "Lois Berenyi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have a question about the fish poop, once having had an aquarium I hated to clean. What happens to the fish waste products. Do the fish recycle that as well as the algae and dropped grain? I have a comment to make ab

Re: Evaluated Fjords Worth More Money

2006-02-07 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: "Lois Berenyi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> One of my observations over the years is that Miss America is not necessarily the most beautiful, most talented woman in the land. She just showed up for the competition. This applies to people, dogs, horses, artwork,

Re: Good trailering advising. Source: Budweiser

2005-11-07 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: "Lois Berenyi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This subject caught my interest because of a "problem" we are having now with my mare. Her first trip almost 4 years ago was from Nova Scotia to New Jersey. She had a cough for about a month after that. I was

Re: Many long manes...many thanks!

2005-10-26 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: "Lois Berenyi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ha ha ha. That's what I get for doing quick math in my head. She's 14.1 so that would be, according to my calculator, 57 inches off the ground. But, sometimes that feels like 16.1 hands anyway when the hips a

Many long manes...many thanks!

2005-10-26 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: "Lois Berenyi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks to all of you who sent or posted photos of long manes in all their glory. My Fjord mare is boarded in a hunter/jumper/event barn where most of her stablemates are 17 hand warmbloods. It turns out she is the favo

Fjords with long manes

2005-10-25 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: "Lois Berenyi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The fellow boarders at my barn are fascinated with my Fjord mare. For some reason they keep asking me what they look like with grown-out manes. I haven't seen too many photos myself and the ones I have seen have

Re: pen size

2005-10-11 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: "Lois Berenyi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Here's another suggestion re: pen size... If you don't already have a round pen or enclosed free-lunging area you may want to consider doing what I did. I attached an 80x80 square pen to a run-in shed that coul

turnout boots

2005-09-17 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: "Lois Berenyi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm wondering if any of you use boots for turnout for your Fjords. Presently my mare is turned out with two large warmblood mares and there is a certain amount of combat going on. My mare has already acquired seve

Re: Keratex

2005-08-03 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: "Lois Berenyi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Would Keratex be helpful for hooves that are already hard but tend to break off with growth of the hoof wall? Farriers have always complained that my mare's hooves are as hard as stone but as soon as she gets past

Caution feeding garlic to horses

2005-07-28 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: "Lois Berenyi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For those interested or already feeding garlic to horses for fly control you may want to read the article in Horse Journal, July issue, reporting on a study that links garlic to anemia. Horses that were fed 4.4 oz. fre

Fractured vertabrae in neck (off breed)

2005-04-17 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: "Lois Berenyi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm looking for advice, information and/or consolation. Five years ago I sold a Friesian mare to a woman who showed her successfully in dressage. The mare is now 12 years old. Approx. 2 weeks ago the mare appeared

shedding out with baby oil?

2005-03-27 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: Lois Berenyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In one of the latest horse magazines, Equus I think, there was a hint about hastening the shedding out process. First it mentioned that the summer coat starts coming in in January and eventually the new hair pushes out the old

Re: Aiken SC Pleasure Show

2005-02-04 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: Lois Berenyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Joanne Here's a voice from the past...from the '70's that is when we bought Ho Dynasty Mata Hari from you & Mel. I knew you were into Fjords when I bought a mare from Carol and bought her book and read a

Re: Laurie and Oz

2005-01-31 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: Lois Berenyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Well I'm 65 and haven't ridden in years but have greatly enjoyed my horses all that time. I did get on my Fjord mare at age 62 and was shocked to find that I had an incredibly hard time getting my leg over the cantle

Re: Re:winter blah

2005-01-12 Thread Lois Berenyi
This message is from: Lois Berenyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Not bad here in coastal North Carolina. We've had temps in the 70's for past two weeks with lots of sun. Have had some lovely beach walks. Anya, the Fjord mare, however does not particularly appreciate the balmy weather