Re: Best Friends Grazing Muzzle

This message is from: MARY SERGEANT mkserge...@gmail.com Heather, I recently purchased Best Friends grazing muzzles for both my Fjord mares. Check the measurements on the website. I thought I would need the large horse size for my draft mare, but I measured and then ordered the regular horse

RE: Fjord Rescue Subject

This message is from: Mary Sergeant mkserge...@gmail.com This message is from: Robin Churchill rbc...@yahoo.com There is a an organization in California that is sponsoring a low-cost euthanasia clinic. They evaluate the horses and if they are suitable for adoption, they are rescued

RE: foot problems

This message is from: Mary Sergeant mkserge...@gmail.com When my mare (Ingrid) was examined by the vet for her sore front feet, I asked about Cushing's. I am very familiar with it because there was a 32 year old mare in our barn that had Cushing's, and I had a Peruvian Paso gelding with DSLD

RE: knee and foot problems

This message is from: Mary Sergeant mkserge...@gmail.com I also had the same problem with my mare. In late November, early December, she became quite sore on both front feet. She still liked to frolic in the pasture, but in her stall and run she was tender and frequently weight shifted on her

RE: Things to do when you can't ride

This message is from: Mary Sergeant mkserge...@gmail.com We have used the turn away trick with all of our horses. An owner taught it to her gelding so he wouldn't intimidate my granddaughter after a riding injury. All of the horse at our barn understand how to ask for treats. We swear

RE: fjord eating wood

This message is from: Mary Sergeant [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is a relief to hear that my girls aren't the only ones up to tricks. One of the mares loves to play in the watersticks her whole head in. The heaters aren't hooked up yet; I'm hoping she will leave them alone. We keep gold fish

Re: fjordhorse-digest V2008 #200

This message is from: MARY SERGEANT [EMAIL PROTECTED] Perhaps. Although they transported very quietly, and never seem too upset about anything. But this could be their quiet way of adjusting. I'm checking out the nutrition angle, too. They are demolishing their mineralized salt block! On Fri

RE: wood chewing

This message is from: Mary Sergeant [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am looking into the nutritional aspect. They are devouring their mineral salt block! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 5:16 AM

RE: keeping Fjords busy

This message is from: Mary Sergeant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emily, I am very interested in the nutritional aspect. I will join that group. I just lost a Peruvian Paso to DSLD, and the nutritional suggestions (low sugar) are similar to Cushings. We have a 32-year-old Appaloosa mare in our barn

RE: Keeping Fjords busy

This message is from: Mary Sergeant [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am happy to get all of these responses, and to know my Fjord girls are not the only termites. Our barn owner suggested maybe it goes back to their history in the mountains of Norway, and an instinctive preparation for winter. We

RE: Keeping Fjords busy

This message is from: Mary Sergeant [EMAIL PROTECTED] That is a great story! If we put up hotwire, we'll get out the video camera. We used to have a grade quarter horse mare that would listen to the electric fence to see if it was turned on. If yes, she backed away, if no, she put her head

Keeping Fjords busy

This message is from: Mary Sergeant [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am new to the list...just bought two wonderful Fjord mares a month ago. Even though we work with them several times a week, they become bored during the day. They are together in a large paddock with metal fencing which has a wooden

RE: Keeping Fjords buxy

This message is from: Mary Sergeant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lisa, Thanks. I've had the hot wire idea from several people, and will probably implement it. I've been reminded they aren't truly cribbing, just munching, but it still needs to stop. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Keeping Fjords busy

This message is from: Mary Sergeant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Gail. They do have a salt/mineral block, but I'm always interested in nutrition. I just had to have my Peruvian Paso gelding put down because of DSLD, and my research on that subject has made me even more interested in equine

RE: Keeping Fjords busy

This message is from: Mary Sergeant [EMAIL PROTECTED] I like the tree stump idea! We'll probably have to go to the electric tape. There is an electrical outlet right next to their paddock. I also love the street sweeper brushes for scratching! One of the mares sticks her next into the narrow

RE: Keeping Fjords busy

This message is from: Mary Sergeant [EMAIL PROTECTED] I wish I'd known about the Aspen trees last year. The barn owners cut down a whole grove!l I will look in to the flax seed. Thanks for the information. Mary in Castle Rock, Colorado 79 degrees today! -Original Message- From