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Fat Fjords...need more work !!
Hooray for working horses!! I totally agree, Yasmine, and couldn't
have said it better myself! I have two and board another, and both
my mare and gelding love their work, and get a little sullen when
fat Fjords makes me want to comment about the
fact that Fjord Horses really are work horses maybe more that any
other breed. The are genetically conditioned to work SEVERAL hours
every day - and to be happy they really need stimulation and a job.
The breeder from where I got my new guy (Stormy
not seem to help.
Thank you in advance.
Deb
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Subject: fat Fjords
Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 10:20:43 -0400
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Hi Teresa - sounds like you are getting a handle
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Hi Teresa - sounds like you are getting a handle on your big beasts. They
will be much happier they have come to you. I have luck with Purina's
Nature's Essentials (Mare Maintenance). It is supposed to be just the
minerals and vitamins they are missing (if
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...but I think that Fjords don't founder any easier than any other
breed...You really have to keep close tabs on Fjords eating too
much. They have an eating disorder so to say. They want to eat all the
time...
I can second that one! ;-)
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Joel,
The question was how to keep them from overeating
when they are out on
pasture. Any helpful suggestions?
Jean,
No, this isn't Joel -
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Joel,
The question was how to keep them from overeating when they are out on
pasture. Any helpful suggestions? I myself have very little pasture so
they only get 1 or 2 hours of pasture a day during the summer and I cut
down on their hay. My
This message is from: Joel Harman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Maybe this oversimplifying it but they are too fat then don't feed them
so much.
They only need 2% or so of body weight to maintain.
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There is a grazing muzzle made of nylon webbing with a rubber bottom
which has a hole in the middle which lets in a few blades of grass. I have
read (somewhere) that this is the best grazing muzzle to use. You can see
a picture of the muzzle
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Hi Listers!!
Re: chubby fjords and grazing muzzles -- I have used one with my Sven
and it works well to slow his eating down, however, it also causes a sore
from rubbing on his chin area so I don't use it anymore. Mine is the heavy
wire basket style
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I've heard of grazing muzzles where they can work hard and just get a little
bit of grass. If one had a break-away emergency thing, that might help and
let them keep themselves entertained.
Gail in Tucson
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Greetings from Sunny Central Oregon!
Sue in NB wrote:
..one can simply pull both feet out of the stirrups and set them on
the ground so that your mount can run right out from under you and thus
eliminate any falls altogether. LOL.
I'm a bit behind on my
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I had a pony like that once. Trouble was she was SO bad that you had to ride
without stirrups so you could get your feet down fast enough! It got tiring
holding your legs up the rest of the time. And jumping was really scary. If
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Judy.you must meanone short enough so if things get out of
control...one can simply pull both feet out of the stirrups and set them on
the ground so that your mount can run right out from under you
Sue in N.B.
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Sounds like what WE need is a short, fat, bomb-proof Fjord. One big enough
to carry us, but not tall enough to dump us! At least you have managed to
maintain your sense of humor in spite of the dumping. And you seem
determined enough to get
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