Re: Goodbye FjordHorse List

2015-12-21 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah Steve McIlree wrote: All good things must come to an end. Some of us have been here since March 29, 1998 and a few have arrived only recently. However I have come to the conclusion that the traffic on the list has dwindled to the point that it no

re: Fjord Minds

2015-01-22 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah "me.kint" wrote: can Our Fjords read our minds? That's one of those things that is hard to prove (or disprove), but can generate a heated discussion! I know that, in one of Lynn Miller's books, he advances the idea---he had had s

Fjordhorse age

2015-01-20 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah The question has come up as to how old the FJORDHORSE list is. Being an "electronic packrat", I rummaged around in my stored email. There I found a message from Steve, dated 30 March 1998, inviting me to join his newly-formed list. I did, and

[WARNING - NOT VIRUS SCANNED] Re: bring it back

2015-01-19 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah Steve McIlree wrote: I certainly wish we could "bring back" the List. Whenever I have to renew the mail server or the URL I wonder if I should just pull the plug, but then it seems we always have a flurry of activity like we are now experi

Re: Bring it back

2015-01-19 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah Count me among those who "don't do" Facebook, et.al! I continue to read FJORDHORSE, just don't have a lot to say. My only remaining Fjord, my gelding Sleepy, is thoroughly retired---he will be 29 this summer. He has Cushings and i

Re: Fjord Crossbreeding

2012-10-05 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah Amy Evers wrote: Yes, there have been a VERY few cases of mare mules having foals. Something like a 1 in 100,000 chance, or there-about. I have always heard that if this does happen, the resulting foal would be genetically pure either horse or donkey

Re: Fjord Smarts

2012-05-30 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah Steve McIlree wrote ...Tank whinnied pitifully, "Please come and save me!" I went to where he was standing to find he had managed to stick his hoof through one of the lower openings in the field fencing which surrounds the pasture. He had bee

Re: postings

2012-02-09 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah Steve McIlree wrote: Then we need to isolate the bad receiver. If anyone not using a flavor of Outlook is seeing the bad characters, please pipe up. My computer speaks Linux; my email reading program is RMAIL, which is part of the EMACS text editor

Roundup'ing

2011-02-09 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah jeanne.mil...@pnc.com wrote: I wanted to ask how long do you keep your horses off pasture after spraying Roundup?? It depends Roundup seems to be quite "tasty"---if given a chance, my equines (a donkey and Fjords) will seek out areas

Re: Electric horse fencing

2011-01-21 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah Kelly Trirogoff wrote: Winter has been relatively mild this year in Qualicum, BC, Canada... [...] I come to you all with a question regarding electric fencing...We have had our fence in place for 3 years, and I have never been satisfied with it...Where

Re: Responses to starting under saddle

2010-06-03 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah > Kathleen Prince wrote: > > You all agree I need to wait and let my girl mature > physically and mentally. My gut had been telling me that but I felt a > bit of pressure from outside sources. Since I'm so new in the horse > world

Re: oz does a clinic

2010-02-03 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah crystal...@aol.com wrote: i realized, after it was all done, that i have now been riding for almost 9 years. i guess it's time i stop thinking of myself as a rank beginning and accept that i do know something about what i am doing. now i just ne

Re: magazine cover & hock question

2009-12-05 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah Interesting---I got an error message, "Sender IP address not resolving" on the version of this message that I sent earlier today. So, let's try my other mailer. Apologies if this comes thru twice sandra church wrote: while in Tract

Re: rideability

2009-12-04 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah > Gail Russell wrote: > > I believe there are some lines of the sweet, draft Fjords that are > "born to bolt." I have no idea why, but I think it may be true. I > saw a video recently of a Fjord for sale. The horse had a look in

Re: rideability

2009-12-04 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah > Anthea Thacker wrote: > > I'm new to the list and Fjords and was wondering how they ride? > I've had some horse people tell me that Fjords ride like a pony - > very jarring. It's an individual thing. My old Nansy mare

Re: rubbing off his halter

2009-08-27 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah > crystal...@aol.com wrote: > > does anyone have a solution for this? oz can remove any halter and/or > grazing muzzle. [...] most times i find them at the base of a tree > where he rubs them off, but he's often seen with one ear out

Re: those special fjord gaits . . .

2009-06-02 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah > "safreivald" wrote: > > the grass is really really high along the fields where I can ride/drive and > which I have to navigate to get to the woods. Mr. Venn has perfected the > grazing walk and the grazing trot--not hard when th

Re: perennial wildflower seeds for horse pastures??

2009-04-30 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah > "Debby" wrote: > > Anyone know a great source of wildflower seeds, for horse specific > pastures. I'd found one, but thought I'd see if anyone on the list > had a reputable catalog/company they purchased from. An

Re: Feeding fjords

2009-04-30 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah > spiek...@isu.edu wrote: > > Use a bathroom scale if you don't have anything else.� get on the scale, > weight yourself.� get off and pick up your� hay ration and get back on.� The > weight of the hay, within about a half pound, is th

Re: Feeding fjords

2009-04-29 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah > Barbara wrote: > > on this weighing of hay. What do you all use for a scale I'm > guessing some sort of a hanging scale but would love more detail on > how you do it. Barb Midddleage Spread Eagle Creek OR I have done it a coup

Re: Hay ... Quantity?

2009-04-28 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah > Heather Baskey wrote: > > Henry [...] is now at a farm which feeds square bales [...] The > Barn Manager asked me how much to feed him.� She currently feeds > horses in that paddock, 1 bale of hay per day per horse. [...] > feedba

Re: hog panels

2009-04-03 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah > "Willows Edge Farm" wrote: > > Anyone have experience using hog panels for fencing??? > > Corinne Logan I've not used "hog" panels as such, although I have used a couple types of "cattle" panels (older

Re: Senior Feed Question

2008-12-06 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I need to start my 29-year-old stallion, Ivan, on Senior Feed by > Purina. While he eats moistened hay cubes and pelleted grain well, > he is starting to have some problems eating hay.

Re: mangers

2008-11-18 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Claudia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am tired of my horses wasting hay, and I'm tempted to have some > old-fashioned mangers built in, to keep some of the hay off the floor. I am > th

Re: Names

2008-11-15 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "M. Denmark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can someone please help me figure out what the reference or name "Purdy" > comes from as relating to fjords? As you look up in the NFHR registra

Calendar photos

2008-11-12 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Our driving club's order of the Mischka Press driving calendar arrived today. "Mr December" is Phil Odden, with a big photo of his "pair" to a bobsled in a light snowstorm, and a smaller photo of the s

Re: Ballot for new logo

2008-10-26 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] quoted/wrote: > > > ballot for the new logo that was supposed to be with > > the BOD ballot. > > I don't think they were sent. I sure didn't get one either Check the NFHR

Re: Grabb / Sverre

2008-10-26 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Willows Edge Farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Having quite a bit of Grabb in our background, I am curious to know about > Sverre ... one of his great-grandsons. We have two mares that are daughter

Re: Nibblenets

2008-10-17 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Eileen Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Too bad they don't come in pasture size :) (My horses rub the BestFriends > off on the irrigation uprights, etc). An acquaintance of mine used to

Re: Why aren't Fjords as spooky

2008-07-25 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Reading "Natural Horsemanship Explained" by Dr. Robert Miller, and thought > this really applied in many ways to our Fjords - at least to mine. This > section was tal

On-trail fan clubs

2008-06-24 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "jen frame" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > when you ride [...] out on trails, does just about > everyone you encounter stop and exclaim "ooH! How cute!" ? > I have become great f

Re: Questions from the Newbie

2008-06-20 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Heather Baskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1.� How do you inoffensively (i.e., he is "sensitive") get a Fjord out of > your personal space?� My arms are getting tired from the "chicken dance&

Re: mowing pastures

2008-06-05 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Count me in the "don't mow" crowd. This time of year, I forbid my husband and his tractor-mounted brushhog to come anywhere near my horse pastures, no matter how tall and "ragged" they look. The problem i

Re: Saddle fit

2008-06-02 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Kimberly Kinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thought I had the right saddle for both my very drafty mare > and I, but now I'm not sure.� We went on a two day (very easy) trail ride and > finally she g

Re: Keeping a senior fjord

2008-05-12 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Kelly Trirogoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [... our new fjord [...] is deffinetly a senior citizen (deffinetly over 20). > [...] I don't know much about keeping the oldies...He is having a > hard ti

Re: round pens

2008-04-05 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "william M. Coli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We have had a 50 foot powder-coated metal pen with gate [...] > Ours has rounded corners to each panel, and some > folks have suggested that this is

Re: shafts how wide

2008-03-01 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Janet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How wide do the shafts need to be for a 14-14.2 hand fjord? measuring at > the narrow end. > > How should the shafts fit? i.e. how much space between

Re: Stay At Home Fjords

2008-02-26 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Do any of you just like to stay home with your Fjords? [...] > I like to ride around our farm and trails, but the effort of > trailering rarely seems worth it I've pretty much

Re: fjordhorse-digest V2008 #29

2008-02-03 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have tried both tennis balls and some yellow T post toppers and my horses > play with them, chew on them, rub on them, etc. until the tops are off and on > > the ground. Ye

Re: Very quiet Fjord

2008-01-02 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Reena Giola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > He has become more verbal this last year, and nickers at me at lot more. I found that how "talkative" our Fjords were has changed over the years.

Re: Discerning Tastebuds

2007-12-13 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "jen frame" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am curious as to why your Donkey needs Magnesium? Is it > for the ability of Magnesium to manage Insulin Resistence? Or is it > the calming effect?

Re: Discerning Tastebuds

2007-12-12 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have decided to put the ponies on a weight management supplement > (Quiessence). It comes in a powder, and they get one little scoop. Interesting---I didn't realize that Quie

Re: to Fjord Drivers: any advice on hitching posts?

2007-12-11 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "jen frame" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ideas about the best hitching situation that will allow me to harness, > put-to, and drive off by myself without needing help from a Header (my > husband

Re: ASK 113-A

2007-12-06 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Steve/Meredith Sessoms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ask (Grabb X Mette by Vitol) is a stallion you see in many pedigrees but I > don't > know anything about him. [...] His thirty-fiv

Re: Do any of you reccomend supplementing?

2007-12-01 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "jen frame" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was wondering if you add supplements to your Fjord's feed? [...] > Since Fjords manage to pull calories out of thin air, do they also > pulls nutr

Re: fjords & fence

2007-11-19 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "jen frame" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Has anyone successfully kept a Fjord on a tie line? Or are they strong > enough to pull their way out of that when their insatiable stomach > demands a for

Re: fjords & fence

2007-11-19 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "jen frame" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Do you have to "school" a horse to an electric fence (and if so, how > would you do that?) or do they teach themselves through trial and > shoc

Re: Are you Fjords Houdinis?!

2007-11-19 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "jen frame" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I camped this past weekend with my Fjord, and [...] > brought portable panels to make a small paddock for my Fjord mare. I > reinforced the pannels wi

Re: social behavior in Fjords

2007-11-19 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "jen frame" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My Fjord doesn't ever seem to meet a horse that she doesn't like. She > seems to like all equines. Again, I am wondering if this is a Fjord &g

Re: has anyone fed Magnesium to their Fjord?

2007-11-02 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "jen frame" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I recently bought an adorable Fjord mare who is over weight and wears > a grazing muzzle. > I was wondering whether any of you have experience controling

Re: recycling

2007-10-29 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I hope you don't mean you're dumping those black walnuts in the REAL DUMP but > just dumping into something else to sell or give away. Aren't they the good > ones to ea

Re: recycling

2007-10-29 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Corinne Logan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been wondering what to do with all that twine hanging around :-) > No seriously, what does everyone do with their grain bags & twine? My grain sacks (t

Re: I just bought my first Fjord! Many questions:

2007-10-20 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "jen frame" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2). She is overweight and the wonderful woman I bought her from kept a > grazing muzzle on her during the day, and dry lot at night. She does > not have

Re: NFHR Board of Directors election

2007-10-15 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Frederick J Pack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > NFHR BOD ballots must be mailed by November 1st. Oh, really? The letter that came with my ballot said, "must be postmarked by November 15th 20

Re: ... healing in the PNFPG

2007-09-05 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The first thing that comes to my mind is, "Deja vu, all over again." And, "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." In the beginning, there was the Norwegian Fjord Association (NFA). Dis

Re: Steel Toed Shoes

2007-07-20 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Big Horn Forge Daniel Nauman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've had the small toe on my right foot broken three times by being > stepped on. After a while, I learned to keep my feet out from

Re: Quest Dewormer

2007-07-20 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sarah Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I also use a Strongid/Ivermectin rotation. Some years ago, a fecal > check revealed the presence of tapeworm and so we use a double dose > of Strongid once a year.

Re: MARES

2007-07-20 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > It appears that you have either experienced or been told about mares > acting badly when in heat. Since we got into the Fjord breed over 15 > years ago now, this issue has basically bee

Re: "Other Life"

2007-06-26 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > And it's true what all my retired friends told me...this retirement gig > is OK!! Now that I'm into it, I really don't know how I found the time to > hold down a full

Dragging the arena

2007-06-23 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I would like to know if anyone uses their fjords to drag their arenas? I have in the past used my old Fjord mare to pull a light home-built harrow (known as a planker) around in our "ar

Re: low thyroid

2007-06-08 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Onna Kulaja" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I searched the archives on Fjords and low thyroid. There seems to be a > difference of opinion on whether Fjords have lower thyroid levels than other > h

Re: backing out of trailer, and stumbling fjord

2007-06-03 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I teach my horses to back out and use the word "step" when they come to the > end of the trailer floor. One acquaintance would take hold of her Morgan mare's tail, and move it such that the tailbone "po

Re: Reserved fjord personality--need advice

2007-05-30 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I currently have a very talented seventeen year old gelding who is a Gjest > son on a thirty day trial. [...] > My primary concern is his aloofness. He is nothing like my two year

Re: overweight fjords

2007-05-25 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Lola Lahr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > re: the grazing muzzle and I have heard really good > things about this method. It keeps them doing what horses naturally do > (grazing) so reduces stress

Re: overweight fjords

2007-05-25 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know that other people have had over weight fjords and would like more > information on a safe way to get the weight off. We recently acquired several > fjords who were ju

Re: fjordhorse-digest fencing

2007-05-04 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Kelly Trirogoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We have recently purchased an acre and > a bit for my 5 year old fjord, Skovy. We will be moving to the house on the > property sometime in th

Re: got shedding?

2007-03-13 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > last wednesday evening after i rode, my instructor's daughter (age 10) and i > each took a brush to a side of oz.20 minutes later there was enough fur > on > the floo

Fjord PR and care

2007-02-14 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I get the impression that Fjords might be falling victim to some of the publicity that they get. They are often touted as "perfect for beginners" and "easy keepers". Well, yes, and no Adult Fjords in li

Re: gelding for sale

2007-01-29 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > an old rancher [...] now wants to sell the other gelding [...] > You can look up his sire Andre 221-B and his dam Heidis 2096-B on the NFHR > website. > > He is asking $2500 US I know nothing about this horse

Re: bits

2007-01-07 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CHERYL GARNICA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > After asking and reading the same bit Q&A's over time, my philosophy > ( flawed??) was if the horse was more comfortable with his bit, I > (hoped) would h

Re: 'Bye to Sven

2006-12-19 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Karen McCarthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > After all this time, it's finally over. On Sunday Dec. 11th Sven made his > way up the rainbow, trotting, swinging his tail...�He was 28 years >

Re: Carrot Storage

2006-12-16 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Jill E. Fishinger CPA P.C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm looking for advice on the storage of carrots. I picked up a 25lb bag > of carrots at the grocery store yesterday. My intention is

Re: spare parts kits

2006-12-14 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Frederick J Pack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am aware of a spare parts kit for sale at: >http://www.summitview.on.ca/lamps.htm . > > What would you add to this kit, or what is not nece

Re: Pjoska; Brave Pony #1

2006-11-27 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "kate charboneau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >�My family�agreed to go on a trail ride with another couple, had agreed upon > "trail ride rules" since I was worried about the man's ide

Re: Bottom Line

2006-11-25 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "John & Eunice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've often wondered if fjords took on the personality or > attitude of the owner as revealed in some of these emails. > > Our fjords [..

Stories....

2006-11-25 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 'You are never gonna believe what happened!' Yup, my PRETEND > story came true. They had been riding a new trail and came to THAT bridge. > His > Fjord told him twi

Re: The bottom line

2006-11-25 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Robin Churchill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I will not be purchasing from or recommending any of the people that I > perceive to be rude or nasty on this list. So whether you realize it > or not, your

Re: slobber question

2006-11-06 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Dave and Patti Walter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I got a horse(fjord sad to say) in for training that has the STRANGEST bad > habit, at least I think it's a bad habit. She SLOBBERS all the ti

Re: H-U-N-G-R-Y

2006-10-07 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Woody the Wide and Toby the Tub are HUNGRY. We live in So. California, > where our choices are alfalfa, Timothy ($21.00 a bale!), Orchard, Bermuda > and > straw. Bermuda sen

Re: reaction to vaccines - could it be inherited?

2006-09-05 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Carol Rivoire at Beaver Dam Farm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Last year we had a mare experience a serious reaction to her spring shots. > The single injection contained - flu, tet., E & W Enceph. -- The

Re: Team Hitch "observation"

2006-08-31 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Ron & Sherrie Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just reading threw the Herald, and noticed something kind of strange on page > 42. Here is a pair hitched to what looks like a Roberts carri

Re: hay storage

2006-08-18 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Carol Makosky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I will be storing my small sqs. of winter hay in a very dry shed with a > cement floor. There has never been a moisture problem or water issue in > this buildin

Draft horse rules

2006-06-23 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I've got a question for those of you that show (or have shown) draft horses. I have been "volunteered" to set up a driven "obstacle course" at a show/demo that our local club (Umpqua Harness Driving Club) i

Re: Feeding Fjords, again

2006-06-03 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Has anyone on the list fed out bluegrass straw? I'm wondering where to > get it, and if I can feed it just like hay? Don't know about the straw, but around here, we c

Re: FH-L Archives

2006-05-31 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Steve McIlree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's been a couple months ago that I promised archives were coming > for the list. I'm pleased to tell you the service is working well > enough that I t

Re: protective ponies

2006-05-25 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CHERYL GARNICA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My fjord has it backwards... easy going guy, non aggressive. The > other horses take advantage and pick on him (esp. the POA!!) [...] > I was wondering if othe

Re: saddle

2006-05-18 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Beth Pulsifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm a newcomer to the Fjord world and I think I'm getting hooked...:) Funny how that happens! > I need some information on saddle fit.. I have

Re: Teddy in exile!

2006-05-14 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Cynthia Madden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Teddy, 2-3/4 years old, had to go to a friend yesterday for a temporary > stay. We had 60 mph winds here Wed. night and it ripped down several of my &

Re: Feeding and Time

2006-05-13 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Reena Giola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] We measure the horses flake of hay > by weight [...] each horse is different, so > each needs a bit different feeding regime, and adjusts say

Re: In your face

2006-04-26 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Cynthia Madden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Loved this discussion! I have 2-1/2 yr old Teddy-in-your-face! He helps the > plumber unload his truck, the farrier as he trims the other horses,

Re: Best Friends Grazing Muzzles

2006-04-24 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Linda Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I want to try a Best Friends grazing muzzle on Boombah and would like advice > as to size, Cob or Horse? It's going to depend on the individual animal

Re: Heart rate for Fjords

2006-03-30 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "jgayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Who knows what the heart rate average is for Fjords? Vet was checking Gunnar > and could not get over the 30 rate. I suspect that it varies individually.

Re: Estimating your horses weight

2006-03-20 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Cynthia Madden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A few weeks ago I mentioned a Texas A&M method of determining your horses > weight that is supposed to be accurate within 50 lbs. I found the web sit

Re: Monthly Measurements

2006-02-27 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > sharon knipe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm wondering if anyone else is using a monthly measurement of their Fjords to > keep track of their weight? We measure once a month using a tape measure >

Re: Harness Bag

2006-02-23 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "themercers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just spent a lot of time cleaning my leather harness and want to find a > bag to store it in so it won't collect dust between uses. Anyone have any

Re: 6" Kimberwick

2006-02-14 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "themercers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I need a couple of 6" low port Kimberwick bits. Do any of you have > particular companies you have dealt with that you would recommend? There >

Re: Gotta love them Fjords!

2005-12-21 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Catherine lassesen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We were working with the farrier today. Doing 20 + horses is an all day > adventure. [...] I haltered [pregnant mare] one while the other just &

Re: Ultra Lite Driving Whip

2005-12-20 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Taffy Mercer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anyone know who it is that makes the ultra-lite driving whip out of a > fishing pole blank and adds a lash to the top? A friend is looking for one > and I can&

Re: Itchy Udder

2005-12-06 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Don Brackett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My Fjord mare, Osa, has an itchy udder. She'll see any family member > coming and meet us at the gate, nickering and stretching out for us to > scratch.

Re: Question on clippers

2005-11-30 Thread Marsha Jo Hannah
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Barbara Sollner-Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > be sure to clip only a dust/dirt-free horse, though, or the blades > wear out real fast. since washing a fuzzy guy, and keeping him from > rolling until dry

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