Charm looks like she's doing really well. That's basically how we
started training Gusti with ground driving, we just took him walking
like that everywhere.
With Charm, she squealed, jumped and turned, and stomped the ground. I was
set to take a picture of them greeting each other, and in
I saw some full chaps on eBay for a great price but I'm not sure how
they're supposed to fit--would I want them loose on my upper thigh or
tight?
Thanks,
V
On 2/5/07, Judy Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://iceryder.net/charmgrounddrive.html
Looks like she's saying 'stop nibbling my grass'.
V
On 2/5/07, Lorraine Voog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I finally took some new pictures of Scooter. Lorraine
What a doll!!!
V
as stress can cause ulcers in the horse and also can be
responsible for some bad behaviors.
I'm confused, I know there's a lot of anecdotal evidence of this but I
thought it has been proven that stomach ulcers are caused by a virus
or bacteria - is the virus/bacteria stress induced?
--
Laree
Karen Thomas wrote:
Starri has rubbed a quarter-size area about 1/2 below his eye.
Can you try putting a fly mask on it until it starts healing? It won't stop
a windburn if that's what it is, but it will make it harder for him to rub
the skin off - it can break the cycle.
I woke up in
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok, now has anyone ever heard of a PINK dun? There's one on this
page, near
the bottom, Drift Frá Ytra-Dalsgerði :
http://www.valhallaicelandic.com/sales_sold_horses.html
I think Buck is a pink dun. Hehehe. Now I
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, pippa258 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Starri has rubbed a quarter-size area about 1/2 below his eye. He
has
rubbed all the hair off and the lower half is raw. I've been
putting
antibiotic cream over it and diaper rash cream on top of that to try
and
keep
SHERREL LEININGER wrote:
I thought of 2 things. One was rescue remedy creme. The other is
Preparation H. This will calm down the raw part but I am worried about
it so close to his eye. Will the numbing agent harm the eyeball? With
it below the eye if it runs down at least it will not run in
Karen Thomas wrote:
Ok, now has anyone ever heard of a PINK dun? There's one on this page, near
the bottom, Drift Frá Ytra-Dalsgerði :
http://www.valhallaicelandic.com/sales_sold_horses.html
I think Buck is a pink dun. Hehehe. Now I know he's going to kick me the
next time I see him. Pink
On 2/6/07, pippa258 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I woke up in the middle of the night last night worrying about what is
the freezing point of Desitin and antibiotic cream! I did try a fly
mask on him but within a few minutes there was cream on the mask and I
thought it might get in his eye
I have sorta lost my confidence with Stonewall! I hate to admit it
but Lord who cares, its to be expected I guess! I havent been able to
ride since because of various problems but I could have ridden this
weekend and didnt. I accomplished lots of groundwork with him and all
my other horses but
http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=8878
Raven, thanks for keeping us updated on these types of articles. It is
appreciated!
i read that the quaratines in fla have been lifted and no more outbreaks...
Janice--
yipie tie yie yo
On 2/6/07, Laree Shulman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
as stress can cause ulcers in the horse and also can be
responsible for some bad behaviors.
I'm confused, I know there's a lot of anecdotal evidence of this but I
thought it has been proven that stomach ulcers are caused by a virus
or
a man in our area just had a horse put down that no one could find
anything wrong with, not the vet, no one. He just got thinner and
thinner and kept colicking and biting his sides. So the owner felt he
suffered and had him put down. My farrier told me about it the other
day and I asked if it
or maybe they have the bacteria always there and it gets flared up by stress??
Janice--
yipie tie yie yo
On 2/6/07, Virginia Tupper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I saw some full chaps on eBay for a great price but I'm not sure how
they're supposed to fit--would I want them loose on my upper thigh or
tight?
Very snug at first, they will stretch some.
Be sure to measure over all the layers you'd
Gunnar was scoped and found to have ulcers in December. He had a rating of 2
out of 4 being mild. He was on gastroguard for a month and then a maintenance
treatment for a month. Guess what, he is now colicing almost every other day.
I have an appointment on Thursday to get re -scoped and
On 2/5/07, Lorraine Voog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I finally took some new pictures of Scooter. Lorraine
Happy Trails
Lorraine, what color is scooter? Is he palomino?? I am noticing a
lot of icelandic palominos are very very light, what is sometimes
called Isabella. I wonder if that is
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kind of a violent reaction to company isn't it? Maybe there is
a reason she's living alone.
I'd tend to think the opposite - that she reacts so strongly because
she lives alone. A lot of mares (at least
On 2/5/07, pippa258 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Starri has rubbed a quarter-size area about 1/2 below his eye. He has
rubbed all the hair off and the lower half is raw. I've been putting
antibiotic cream over it and diaper rash cream on top of that to try and
keep the dirt out and protect the
I'm confused, I know there's a lot of anecdotal evidence of this but I
thought it has been proven that stomach ulcers are caused by a virus or
bacteria - is the virus/bacteria stress induced?
In humans, yes, but in the horse research I've seen, there's a huge link to
stress. I don't know which
Hi
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok, now has anyone ever heard of a PINK dun? There's one on this
page, near
the bottom, Drift Frá Ytra-Dalsgerði :
http://www.valhallaicelandic.com/sales_sold_horses.html
The term pink is generally used with horses
From the clickryder list:
Just a little observation I made recently that might be of interest to
others. I've recently been having some dressage lessons with an
instructor, who is not a CT trainer. She rode Elmo to demonstrate to me
the sort of muscle release she was looking for in the horse.
On this page, there is someone who does bird trials with their Icelandic
http://www.valhallaicelandic.com/testimonials.html#willy
(about 1/2 way down).
Trish
The dog in her lap is the right kind of bird dog, maybe I will see her someday!
janice
--
yipie tie yie yo
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, Janice McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I have sorta lost my confidence with Stonewall! I hate to admit it
but Lord who cares, its to be expected I guess! I havent been able
to
ride since because of various problems but I could have ridden this
weekend
On 2/6/07, Janice McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have sorta lost my confidence with Stonewall! I hate to admit it
but Lord who cares, its to be expected I guess!
That's how I was getting with Orri with his bolting--now that I'm
doing groundwork with him (PNH) I feel we're building a
On 2/6/07, kim morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think sometimes this is ok. I became afraid of all horses at one
point and didn't want to be anywhere around any horses but my own.
Sounds sort of what I'm going through--even with Orri bolting with me,
I prefer riding him or Gat rather than
Virginia Tupper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I saw some full chaps on eBay for a great price but I'm not sure how
they're supposed to fit--would I want them loose on my upper thigh or
tight?
Virginia,
As tight as possible. They will stretch and the snugger the better--almost to
the
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, Judy Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1764567/posts
That's pretty cute!
Kim
Very snug at first, they will stretch some.
Steph, you just proved that you are very young. It's a well-known fact that
NOTHING that encompasses the thighs ever stretches - it will only shrink. I
have a closet full of jeans that prove that point. ::(
Karen Thomas
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hubby is gonna be upset--I've got a Burr pad on order for my
Sensation, and I just now won a Saddleright pad on eBay (item
#250079468804).
I've always been curious about the Saddleright pad so I thought I'd
see if I could get one on eBay, mostly to use with the school horses
(my currently
Charm looks like she's doing really well. That's basically how we
started training Gusti with ground driving, we just took him walking
like that everywhere.
It's fun to shape the young horse and expose them to different things.
She's funny, as she likes to go out, and then does a few stops
Sounds sort of what I'm going through--even with Orri bolting with me,
I prefer riding him or Gat rather than the school horses. The school horses
never gave me any reason for not feeling secure with them other than they're
not mine.
Virginia, when you're ready to start back riding Orri, here's
Any ideas would help for trying to figure this out.
Wow, Renee, how frustrating! Unfortunately, I don't have any
insights, but I wish you luck
--
Laree
SE Study, 2004:
The objectives of the present study were to quantify the importance of
systematic environmental and genetic influences on the prevalence and
severity of summer eczema in Icelandic horses. In the context of this study,
490 Icelandic horses from 24 stud farms located in Lower
. In horses imported from Iceland, the inbreeding coefficient
significantly influenced the prevalence of summer eczema.
Wow - does that mean that it was more common in inbred horses? That
wouldn't surprise me, but I'd never thought of that. I just don't like the
idea of inbreeding, even if you
maintenance treatment for a month. Guess what, he is now colicing
almost every other day. I have an appointment on Thursday to get
re -scoped and check out more.
Do you know where, within the stomach, the original ulcer is? I think the
duodenal ulcers may be worse.
i wonder if
The term pink is generally used with horses that are actually what we would
call a yellow dun - actually they really look more orangey than yellow but
some do have a pinkish tinge so in Iceland they just call them pink. Funny
I haven't heard it for quite a while but since Steinar is Diddi's
Hi Karen,
Can you find a really easy-going, low-key and confident rider to get on
him first, and just do a very ho-hum ride around the ring for a few
minutes?
This is a great suggestion. Very often if a rider has had a bad experience
we hold the picture of it in our mind. If we can see
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, Virginia Tupper [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
He said he'd work Orri for me but I'm holding off on that--the last
time he sat Orri was when he wanted Orri to back up his way, not the
way we had been doing it, and he insisted until Orri reared. My
instructor
instructor calls Orri a dominant bully who needs to be taught a lesson
about who's the boss.
I think that's why we have this list to get away from that type of
thinking.
It's a very old paradigm and very unfair to the horse.
Even the wording is wrong: taught a lesson.
To teach a
The one I think of first is my daughter, Alex. She's ridden Orri,
trotted with him too. I haven't let her since the bolting started
though--my fears, not hers.
One of the most humiliating moments of our horse-owning lives (and there
have been many!) was when we leased Mac for a month before we
karen, that horse is absolutely no different whatsoever in color than
your horse Lucy Recardo fra Cuba Libre!
Lucy-Runa Ricardo fra Cuba Libre is a little darker I think.
Karen Thomas
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 2/6/07, Judy Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Maybe that's a possible ulcer-producing situation in the making.
Yeah--for the horse and me!
V
Lorraine, what color is scooter? Is he palomino?? I am noticing a lot
of icelandic palominos are very very light, what is sometimes called
Isabella. I wonder if that is because the hair is so long and dense and
underneath it is darker? just curious. Scooter is very beautiful.
I'm not
Hi Janice,
I'm a bit late in chiming in on this. I sure can understand how you must feel!
I rode a very HOT ...HOT horse for many years. Riding Wizard was like
riding a firecracker, not knowing when it would explode.
I loved that horse so much. But..now looking back, I should have
retired him a
Raven [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Janice, I guess what I am trying to say
is this. You need to figure
out why Stonewall is doing what is he doing. Is it fear? Or is he
being defiant...a bully?
Yes! My problems and loss of confidence with Raven and Whisper were from
these 2 things. Raven
From an equine dermitology lecture:Culicoides Hypersensitivity:
p 10
2 yrs is
usually age of onset
sometimes yearlings, usually some time in first two
years of life. or within two years of moving into an area
dorsal
feeders - mane and tail involvement
ventral feeders - ventral midline
On 2/6/07, Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Lorraine, what color is scooter? Is he palomino?? I am noticing a lot
of icelandic palominos are very very light, what is sometimes called
Isabella. I wonder if that is because the hair is so long and dense and
underneath it is darker? just
I have noticed this and wondered if the longer hair and denser undercoat
etc may make a difference in the color?
Sina's hair coat is just like any other hair coat in the spring and summer.
The long hair is just a winter thing. She's pale in the summer too.
Karen Thomas
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't think I have ever heard of SDS horse ointment. Where do you get
it? Who puts it out?
Sherrel
Karen Thomas wrote:
I'm trying it! I bought a pair of waterproof Ariat Terrains but they are
too big so have to wear my thin-soled boots till I can do an exchange.
I'm double-socked now and it's not helping...where's that cayenne!
Don't' just buy the waterproof Terrains - get the insulated
I think I've read that too, Laree - the old what-ya-call-it cycle. I don't
use them TOO often, but I have to sometimes.
The eye drops you want to stay away from-the ones that cause the
redness 'rebound' effect are the ones that say 'gets the red out'.
Those have the vasoconstrictors that
Hey Janice
I have sorta lost my confidence with Stonewall!
I too took one too many falls and lost my confidence to put my foot in the
stirrup. It has been over 7 years since that last accident and I still get
the shakes when it comes to mounting time. I don't have shake one with
ground work.
,
she commented how responsive Elmo was to her saying 'good boy!' every
time he offered the right sort of muscle release, which made
riding/training him easier. He clearly understood that it was a 'yes'
signal, and was actively trying to work out what it was she was after.
Judy I think she
I have noticed this and wondered if the longer hair and denser
undercoat
etc may make a difference in the color?
Sina's hair coat is just like any other hair coat in the spring and
summer.
The long hair is just a winter thing. She's pale in the summer too.
I have a non-icelandic horse
--- Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Lorraine, what color is scooter? Is he
palomino?? I am noticing a lot
of icelandic palominos are very very light, what is
sometimes called
Isabella. I wonder if that is because the hair is
so long and dense and
underneath it is darker? just
Did I reply right? I need to get it
right once and for all. Lorraine
Yes, good job!
First you quote a sentence or two from the previous post, and then put your
response *below* the quoted text, and delete everything else, including the
stuff at the bottom of the message.
It should look
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