I finally posted photos of my horses, although they are from last winter
Nice horses! Obviously Stjarna and Teton are Icelandics, but what is Moon?
If I did, I would want to show off in the fur get-up like Janice did on
her parade ride.
What would we do without Janice and Wanda for fashion
I am not an expert on the race pace. but Twist's is a true
two-feet-landing on the same side at the same time. It's is not a good gait
for riding. In fact, when we first knew him, I kept thinking his name was
Lurch.
As a breeder, I'm MUCH more worried that any foals born here might be very
here ya go. The flying pace was finally officially timed!
Janice
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yipie tie yie yo
attachment: traf.jpg
These horses must be related to Nasi.
http://iceryder.net/kathyhorses.html
Judy
http://icehorses.net
http://clickryder.com
here are my summer training plans.
1. Clicker train Stonewall and Nasi to lie down
2. Pony Nasi on a trail ride (or several)
3. SOMEHOW DEAR LORD IN HEAVEN find a way to get Stonewall to calm
down when excited.
4. Get Teev and Jaspar placed in the top five on an NATRC competitive
trail ride
Here's Robyn's article about ground driving:
http://iceryder.net/grounddriving.html
Judy
http://icehorses.net
http://clickryder.com
Isn't that more like the Asses of Evil? :)
Denise
Peicasa Art: http://stores.ebay.com/Peicasa-Fine-Animal-and-Nature-Art
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. Sir Winston
Churchill
On 07/03/07, Janice McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
here is Curls mad at the world!
Janice
He's saying I'm just a tiny little donkey. I woudn't hurt a flee.
Peppy gets that way when trying to coax dogs closer. He tries to make
himself look smaller.
Those eyes of Curl's are almost human.
On 3/6/07, Judy Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
These horses must be related to Nasi.
http://iceryder.net/kathyhorses.html
hahha, adorable! You know just this weekend I realized he has not
tried to bite me in a long time!! I think his being gelded stopped
the biting!
Janice
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yipie tie
On 3/6/07, Judy Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What gait for Stella in this picture?
Running Walk! and the crowd goes wildd whaa
janice
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yipie tie yie yo
On 3/7/07, PeicasaArt ~ Denise Every [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Isn't that more like the Asses of Evil? :)
HAHA a good one. Sometimes for fun when people ask his name I say
Don Key and watch their face. Then a man at work said you could
name him Jacque Asse haha he pronounced it ZShock
He's saying I'm just a tiny little donkey. I woudn't hurt a flee.
That's FLEA
Wanda
Here's an excerpt from one of Leslie Desmond's videos:
http://iceryder.net/leslievideo1.html
Please feel free to forward.
Judy
http://icehorses.net
http://clickryder.com
Those eyes of Curl's are almost human.
he was wanting OUT for turnout and when Traveller followed me to the
gate he started braying and glaring at him thru the fence so I took
the pic:) He is so mean, but surprisingly has never once acted mean
to a human, not even flattening his ears. Altho
On 3/7/07, Wanda Lauscher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
He's saying I'm just a tiny little donkey. I woudn't hurt a flee.
That's FLEA
Wanda
i thought you deliberately misspelled to be funnee :)
Janice--
yipie tie yie yo
How can we promote the breed as a usable horse for riders in North America?
What would be ways to make the breed seem more familiar, user-friendly, and
functional?
Judy
http://icehorses.net
http://clickryder.com
In this video, the horse shows a nice gait; how does the noseband look?
http://www.tolthorse.com/video.cfm?SHID=65
Judy
http://icehorses.net
http://clickryder.com
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 09:15:40AM -0800, Judy Ryder wrote:
How can we promote the breed as a usable horse for riders in North America?
What would be ways to make the breed seem more familiar, user-friendly, and
functional?
why, aside from the profits of breeders, do we need to do that?
why, aside from the profits of breeders, do we need to do that? they're
hardly obscure as it is; they appear even in most kids' books of breeds.
--vicka
As an owner of Icelandic Horses I want them perceived well by people
that aren't familiar with them.
It's important to me that with any
why, aside from the profits of breeders, do we need to do that?
If you really think that breeders make a profit, you need to think again.
There's an old joke in the horse world. How do you make a small fortune
with horses? Start with a large one. And actually, it's hardly a joke.
In the USA,
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 12:06:02PM -0600, Wanda Lauscher wrote:
It's important to me that with any 'outside' contact my herd has, they
are considered well trained and well behaved. At the despooking
clinic we took Gusti to we were told he was the best behaved horse
there. People pay
Has anyone here mastered riding bridleless and bareback at all gaits
with their icelandic? Inside and outside of the arena? Just wondering! :)
I haven't seen anyone do all gaits, inside and / or outside of the arena.
Here's a few pictures practicing PNH tasks in the arena:
How can we promote the breed as a usable horse for riders in North America?
What would be ways to make the breed seem more familiar, user-friendly, and
functional?
why, aside from the profits of breeders, do we need to do that? they're
hardly obscure as it is; they appear even in most
How can we promote the breed as a usable horse for riders in North
America? What would be ways to make the breed seem more familiar,
user-friendly, and functional?
I think it would help to show them doing things that American riders like to
do, in ways that American riders like to do them.
--- kim morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, Stephanie Caldwell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Sumatra comes from (I believe) Africa, and what I drink is
imported
green, locally roasted, and I only drink pressed coffee. I'm a
huge
coffee snob, but my one of
What gait for Stella in this picture?
Flat walk or running walk? I'm not so great at judging speed from a still
picture.
Karen Thomas
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 3/7/07, Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, giraffes and tigers are in many children's books, and dinosaurs too -
but that doesn't exactly make them common in my neck of the woods. :) In a
country that has 10,000,000 horses, I'd consider the 2500-3000 Icelandic's
fairly obscure.
What gait for Stella in this picture?
Flat walk or running walk? I'm not so great at judging speed from a still
picture.
Looks close to a trot to me, so I'd guess Fox Trot.
I still haven't gotten Liz's book yet, but I do intend to get it
eventually. The list is just so long, and the
As for the spaklers... the Friesian people always show with twinkle
lights, in elizabethan attire. maybe the icelandics could be demo'd in
twinkle lights in viking attire.
Oh, yeah, the Viking attire would make more people want to run out and buy
one - not! What is the image of Vikings
How can we promote the breed as a usable horse for riders in North
America?
What would be ways to make the breed seem more familiar, user-friendly,
and functional?
why, aside from the profits of breeders, do we need to do that? they're
hardly obscure as it is; they appear even in most
Flat walk or running walk? I'm not so great at judging speed from a still
picture.
Looks close to a trot to me, so I'd guess Fox Trot.
I still haven't gotten Liz's book yet, but I do intend to get it
eventually.
the tip off for me on a fox trot is the back feet look like they are
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 09:15:40AM -0800, Judy Ryder wrote:
How can we promote the breed as a usable horse for riders in
North America?
What would be ways to make the breed seem more familiar,
user-friendly, and
functional?
why, aside from the profits
I live in a rural sparsely populated county and there are approximately
3000 horses in the county. So 3000 icelandics in the US compared to 3000
horses of all breeds in my one county is pretty small population! I am
surprised.
I think I read a while back that there are something like
As for the spaklers... the Friesian people always show with twinkle
lights, in elizabethan attire. maybe the icelandics could be demo'd in
twinkle lights in viking attire.
Oh, yeah, the Viking attire would make more people want to run out and buy
one - not! What is the image of Vikings
Are Arabian horses always shown with riders from that country?
Not that I've ever seen. (I guess that would be countries, instead of
country...?)
dressed in their traditional attire?
I think they do have some costume classes at breed shows, don't they? But,
no, I don't see that very often.
--- Judy Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wish the Icelandic congress would make a video, we just watched
the
Paso Fino video from their breed association and it was alright,
right now for prospective owners and people interested we have
them
watch the Dan Slott video before we go
I just want to add, the promotions of this being a family horse are
excellent as we have taken ours to a western showing program for the last
2-3 yrs and have had the boys have great success in speed events with many
people asking to buy these guys from us. I don't intend on ever selling them
On 3/7/07, Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think they do have some costume classes at breed shows, don't they? But,
no, I don't see that very often.
http://gastongazette.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?userphoto=0theway=nextpicnum=7image=13250227thispage2=return=#show
The
There are somewhere around 3,000 registered horses, but how many of
those numbers are horses that are no longer alive?
Yes, it's an approximate number. You also have to count a few horses that
are still registered in Iceland or Canada, but not in the USA. And there
are some whose papers got
Remington turned nineteen years old today. How many nineteen year olds have
been to all the places he has been to and seen all the things he has seen?
And what a very fresh nineteen he is. I was joking with Marilyn a few weeks
ago that now that Remington has turned snow white and has
Judy... is she trained to ride yet?
Yes, I believe she is. Here's some information and a couple of short videos
from the owner:
http://iceryder.net/kathystella.html
Judy
http://icehorses.net
http://clickryder.com
Happy Birthday to Remington - our hero!
Nancy Sturm
When we owned the Welsh pony, she was shown very successfully in local
hunter/jumper shows by out grandson's young wife, who is about 5'5 tall, 110
lbs
and legally an adult. In those classes, this was permissible, and the pony
placed well against 16+ hand horses.
The only thing that
http://iceryder.net/grounddriving.html
These are good pages to bookmark (add them to your Google Bookmarks
http://www.google.com/bookmarks/ )
and to print out and read in downtime, and also to take to the arena when
practicing.
Judy
http://icehorses.net
http://clickryder.com
On 3/7/07, Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Get me the info. We should make it a group effort. Gastonia isn't that far
for Trish, Laree, Cherie and Sue to come down for too. When is it - May?
September or October, and it's at Biggerstaff Arena in Dallas.
The breed expo was fun, I
September or October, and it's at Biggerstaff Arena in Dallas.
I know the place - not far off of US 321, just north of Gastonia, right?
Emily showed there a few times many years ago.
Karen Thomas
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
When we owned the Welsh pony, she was shown very successfully in local
hunter/jumper shows by out grandson's young wife, who is about 5'5 tall,
110 lbs and legally an adult. In those classes, this was permissible, and
the pony placed well against 16+ hand horses.
I can't remember all the show
On 3/7/07, Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know the place - not far off of US 321, just north of Gastonia, right?
Emily showed there a few times many years ago.
Yep! That's it.
They do the individual call the breed into the arena demo thing, you
can have a booth back at your stalls,
Just to be fair i thought I would post a pic of curly ray being sweet.
What a CUTE picture!
This is my little great niece. her mom was standingf beside her while i
took the pic and to my horror she walked away! just leaving the 3 year old
on curly, a known heathen.
Ok, I'll spare you the
I just want to add, the promotions of this being a family horse are
excellent as we have taken ours to a western showing program for the last
2-3 yrs and have had the boys have great success in speed events with many
people asking to buy these guys from us.
That's interesting. How old are the
In this video, the horse shows a nice gait; how does the noseband look?
http://www.tolthorse.com/video.cfm?SHID=65
Tight, but it looks like a nice mare, and it doesn't look like the girl is
hauling on her mouth so much. It was nice to see the mare keep going when
she let the reins go slack.
I
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 11:24:47AM -0800, Judy Ryder wrote:
If you think about it, there may be one or two people who will be dazzled by
the sparklers and take a step further towards the breed, but what about the
other thousand (or two or three thousand) people who walk away from it
because
On 3/2/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
uh huh. whereas all the pictures i've seen here of riders in their mink
jackets and horses in silly hats, those just don't count somehow. '
real dignified, that's this list. oohh yeah. and you're so clearly in
tune with the old
http://www.tolthorse.com/video.cfm?SHID=65
Hi,
No comment on that video. ButI want to comment on the video that
the have on their home page. I really like the video! It shows
Icelandic Horses doing what they do best...trail riding!
It shows then walking, tolting and being exposed to many
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 11:22:18AM -0800, Judy Ryder wrote:
I think we should promote the breed in a way that is more familiar,
user-friendly, and functional for the American market.
again, i have to ask, why?
it's not like the information isn't there, and i don't see a whole lot
of use in
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 11:28:05AM -0800, Judy Ryder wrote:
Are Arabian horses always shown with riders from that country? dressed in
their traditional attire? do they ride the horses the way they are ridden
there? or here?
i wouldn't say always (either for arabs or iceys) but native
On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 11:46:49AM -0800, Storme Lee~Fire Island Farms wrote:
I found the breed by writing down the Attributes of what I wanted in a horse
Short
Smooth
calm
easy keeper
not prone to shy
friendly
can carry a heavy rider
and then did internet researchand Robyns
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, Judy Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A few natural articles were in their newsletter several years ago
(one on
barefoot), and it supposedly was ordered that no more should be
printed;
that the information should be traditional stuff.
I can believe that.
On 06/03/07, Judy Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What gait for Stella in this picture?
Judy
Looks fairly 'trotty' but not clean...so I'd say fox trot.
Wanda
Looks fairly 'trotty' but not clean...so I'd say fox trot.
Since several of you have said that looks trotty, I have to tell you - you need
to get away from gaited horses a while and get out and look at some
three-gaited horses more often! :) That is NOT trotty, not by Thunder or Joe
Do those who have large grass pastures available feed their horses
solely on pasture from the time the grass comes in till it dies in the
winter? Or do many still hay their horses in addition to pasture? How
many hours/day are they on pasture?
Trish
Do those who have large grass pastures available feed their horses
solely on pasture from the time the grass comes in till it dies in the
winter? Or do many still hay their horses in addition to pasture? How many
hours/day are they on pasture?
Nutritionally, once they are getting access to
On 3/7/07, Janice McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just to be fair i thought I would post a pic of curly ray being sweet.
notice he is free.
They look so sweet together!
V
My horses are out 24/7. I have three large pastures to rotate them through.
Once the grass comes up they usually stop coming in for hay. The Paso will be
wearing a grazing muzzle this year so I'll have to feed her some hay.
Cherie
On 3/7/07, Janice McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I could ride Tivar around the arena with a hula hoop instead of reins.
janice--
yipie tie yie yo
Have you been doing that?
V
On 3/7/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As it is now, what people see is a horse that is tied up tight, held onto
tight, runs like crazy, and has to wear *protection* or it'll cut it's leg
off when it does a supposedly natural gait...
*shrug* i have the only icey within
On 07/03/07, Janice McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just to be fair i thought I would post a pic of curly ray being sweet.
notice he is free. This is my little great niece. her mom was
standingf beside her while i took the pic and to my horror she walked
away! just leaving the 3 year old
it's not like the information isn't there, and i don't see a whole lot
of use in replacing those who'd rather have say an arab or an appy with an
icelandic.
That doesn't really make sense. How would someone KNOW they'd rather have
an arab or an appy if they haven't seen what Icelandic's really
*shrug* i have the only icey within spitting distance,
Vicka, I have to ask in all seriousness, why do you keep posting on this
particular subject, especially when you keep shrugging? If it doesn't
matter to you, why do you comment? Why not just listen on this topic, this
time around, since
But gosh Vicka, as caring horse people shouldn't we strive to make a
positive change for all icelandic horses? i say this only because we are
on an icelandic list. personally I am trying to do what I can to make the
world a better place for all horses, in my small way, working around my
belief
Hi,
I have a brand new pair of Easy Care Bare boots size 0 for sale
http://tinyurl.com/yvnyq6
This are NEW boots. I just got them a few days ago. Nothing wrong
with them, they just will not work for me, due to my right hand
disability.
Two (2) boots for $86.00 + $9.00 shipping. Thanks!
We feed hay 12 months of the year at home because our iirrigated farm land is
cut for hay and the horses are on what turns into a dry lot in summer.
However, Hunter (TWH) lives at a nearby boarding facility where most of the
horses are out on grass 24/7.
The very experienced owners visually
This afternoon, I took my ponies for a walk. First Dixie and then
Huginn. We walked about 2 miles from the barn, turn around and go
back home. My dog Lucy always goes with me.
So...here we are walking down the road. Lucy in front, Huginn and me
following Lucy.
We're about 2 miles from the
I just had to add, the adult being too tall to ride is the reason for
the rule in my Western Horses Association, not the pony being outdone
in the competition. And my association is fine with the little guys
competing as long as they aren't winning, they tried to disqualify my
son one year
hi...i'm asking for your patience.
i just found out that the boots might work from me if i replace the
current buckles with the new easy up buckles.
i am going to order a set of new buckles. if the new buckles do not
help me...i will contact the folks who replied to my email.
sorry...i didn't
if we want to support the breed, i think we should focus on education
and supporting methods of training
That's exactly what we're doing! :-) Yeay! This list has made a very
positive impact within the breed, and has been very helpful to many people.
Thanks to everyone on the list!
We may
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