Re: fjords...mule-like??

2000-06-15 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A couple of weeks ago I was watching either The Outdoor Channel or Animal Planet and they had a condensed version of her Training Mules show. It was pretty good. I DID object to her use of drawreins, and I believe I saw flash nosebands in the dressage p

Re: fjords...mule-like??

2000-06-15 Thread linda hickam
orough and lots of pics of world class mules!{Oh I want oneno linda you're concentrating on Fjords!} I sold my last mule last month.linda in Idaho "if you can train a mule you can train a Fjord!" -- >From: "Mary Thurman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To

Re: fjords...mule-like??

2000-06-15 Thread Mary Thurman
This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Denise Delgado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This message is from: "Denise Delgado" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > dear mary, > then, what i have been doing routinely with my > horses before the loose round > pen work IS halter training.!

Re: fjords...mule-like??

2000-06-13 Thread Denise Delgado
This message is from: "Denise Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dear mary, then, what i have been doing routinely with my horses before the loose round pen work IS halter training.!. i bring them into the round pen and do maybe 5-10 minutes of flexing and bending and giving exercises, both si

Re: fjords...mule-like??

2000-06-13 Thread Mary Thurman
This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Denise Delgado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This message is from: "Denise Delgado" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > so, mary, that means if a fjord crowds you, you > have to have a halter on > him at that moment to teach him that crowding is n

Re: fjords...mule-like??

2000-06-12 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Denise, I have had no problem with any breed re fearing the "nail holder" They know when they are crowding, watch what happens in the herd, and they know that good behavior is painless. Jean Jean Gayle Aberdeen, WA [Authoress of "The Colo

RE: fjords...mule-like??

2000-06-12 Thread Turcotte, Dianne
ordhorse@angus.mystery.com Sent: 6/12/00 5:12 PM Subject: Re: fjords...mule-like?? This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Jean Gayle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This message is from: "Jean Gayle" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I do not kn

Re: fjords...mule-like??

2000-06-12 Thread Denise Delgado
From: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 10:36 AM Subject: Re: fjords...mule-like?? > This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > --- Denise Delgado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This message is from: "Denise De

Re: fjords...mule-like??

2000-06-12 Thread Denise Delgado
This message is from: "Denise Delgado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> so, mary, that means if a fjord crowds you, you have to have a halter on him at that moment to teach him that crowding is not cool. if you have to go and get the halter and put it on, he will not put the two incidents together in his m

Re: fjords...mule-like??

2000-06-12 Thread Mary Thurman
This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Jean Gayle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This message is from: "Jean Gayle" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I do not know if this is the "mule" method but if a > horse starts getting > pushy and crowding me I carry a small block of wood > with

Re: fjords...mule-like??

2000-06-12 Thread Jean Gayle
This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I do not know if this is the "mule" method but if a horse starts getting pushy and crowding me I carry a small block of wood with a nail protruding about an inch, good sized so it does not pierce the skin, and press it against the horse. They

Re: fjords...mule-like??

2000-06-12 Thread carol j makosky
This message is from: carol j makosky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GAIL RUSSELL wrote: > This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Another thing that Fjords do which > >is 'mule-like' is LEAN on you/try to push you around > >with their shoulder. If you use commonly accepted > >'mule m

Re: fjords...mule-like??

2000-06-11 Thread Mary Thurman
This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- GAIL RUSSELL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Another thing that Fjords do which > >is 'mule-like' is LEAN on you/try to push you > around > >with their shoulder. If you use comm

Re: fjords...mule-like??

2000-06-11 Thread GAIL RUSSELL
This message is from: GAIL RUSSELL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Another thing that Fjords do which >is 'mule-like' is LEAN on you/try to push you around >with their shoulder. If you use commonly accepted >'mule methods' to conteract this, it works like a >charm. I know, I've tried it. And what would th

Re: fjords...mule-like??

2000-06-11 Thread Mary Thurman
This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Denise Delgado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This message is from: "Denise Delgado" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> while at the horse expo > the other day in > sacramento, i ran into a trainer. we got to talking > and he said he had > worked wit

Re: fjords...mule-like??

2000-06-11 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 6/11/00 7:35:41 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << he said his perception of them is that they have a mule-like temperment. he said they are very stubborn and implied they are basically harder to deal with than a r

Re: fjords...mule-like??

2000-06-11 Thread linda hickam
This message is from: "linda hickam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I think mules are more self-preservation oriented than horses and definitely less forgiving{they remember every bad experience and then some} I've had a few mules and have had a few Fjords.in my experience Fjords are definitely easier to