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

2007-10-22 Thread Shawna B.
This message is from: Shawna B. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Jen. The no withers thing might not go away with conditioning. My Fjord Gelding is just mutton withers (as in doesn't really have any). That being said, I ride him in a Barefoot Treeless saddle. We both love the thing. Very

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

2007-10-22 Thread jen frame
This message is from: jen frame [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Shawna, I was riding my new Fjord in a Little Joe Saddle pad with stirrups, but yesterday I managed to get my Treeless saddle called Freewest by Freeform (Italian made treeless saddle that I love, with pad called Haf Pad made for it to give

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

2007-10-22 Thread Cherie Mascis
This message is from: Cherie Mascis [EMAIL PROTECTED] ride him in a Barefoot Treeless saddle. We both love the thing. Very comfortable, solidly built, not to horribly expensive, all useful qualities. While I don't use stirrups, the saddle does have easily accessible places to hang them.

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2007-10-22 Thread Lola Lahr
This message is from: Lola Lahr [EMAIL PROTECTED] I love my freeform saddle on my wide little norwegian fjord girls! On 10/22/07, jen frame [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This message is from: jen frame [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Shawna, I was riding my new Fjord in a Little Joe Saddle pad with

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

2007-10-22 Thread jen frame
This message is from: jen frame [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Cherie, I have a friend here in Texas who is a Sensation Treeless dealer, so I may ask her if I can take one on trial basis. But I am about to spend so much money on a driving harness and cart for my new Fjord, that I can't really justify

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2007-10-20 Thread Gail Russell
This message is from: Gail Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can quickly train her to take treats politely using clicker training. 3). She gets REALLY PUSHY when I give her treats, so I think I will stop giving them. But the question is: is this pushiness a Fjord/coldblood thing, or just her

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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 a cresty neck, nor any scary fat pads at her tail