Re: [IceHorses] something going around

2007-06-10 Thread Anneliese Virro
> Could it have been that the people giving the vaccines at the boarding > facility didn't really know how/where to properly give a vaccine? If > they injected into a blood vessel that might have caused a reaction, > if not even a dangerous one. I did hit a vessel on one of the vaccines > I gave

Re: [IceHorses] something going around

2007-06-10 Thread Wanda Lauscher
On 10/06/07, Robyn Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Boy that's alot to put into an animal's system all at once--3 vaccines > and wormer?! > I wonder if she ever heard back from Merial--sounds like she was very lucky. > Robyn I would think that if the horse was healthy, the three vaccines woul

Re: [IceHorses] something going around

2007-06-10 Thread Robyn Schulze
> Are you sure they gave the Fort Dodge brand? I know someone who gave > their Icelandics the Merial WNV last year and one went into shock and > almost died. Here is a link to the original post > http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/icehorsesworldwide/message/46323 Boy that's alot to put into an a

[IceHorses] Re: Are cow hocks a bad thing?

2007-06-10 Thread kim morton
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Wanda Lauscher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What do you see? I would like to see more pics of this horse when > s/he is standing. > >From what angle? I might be able to find more on my computer, or take more. I don't really think she is cow hocked either.

Re: [IceHorses] something going around

2007-06-10 Thread pippa258
Nancy Sturm wrote: > No - these folks have 50 +/- horses on the ranch. They're very > experienced. I know Bev has been working with horses for over 40 years - > started really young as a child in England. There were several horse owners > around Southern Oregon who complained of sick horses

Re: [IceHorses] something going around

2007-06-10 Thread Nancy Sturm
No - these folks have 50 +/- horses on the ranch. They're very experienced. I know Bev has been working with horses for over 40 years - started really young as a child in England. There were several horse owners around Southern Oregon who complained of sick horses after this years' vaccinati

Re: [IceHorses] something going around

2007-06-10 Thread Robyn Schulze
> Which vaccine do you use Robyn? > > The boarding facility where Hunter lives decided to do their own this year. > They started by giving the Forst Dodge WNV to their own horses. Every horse > was really dopey and sick acting for a few days. They freaked out and > called the vet in to do the res

Re: [IceHorses] something going around

2007-06-10 Thread Nancy Sturm
Which vaccine do you use Robyn? The boarding facility where Hunter lives decided to do their own this year. They started by giving the Forst Dodge WNV to their own horses. Every horse was really dopey and sick acting for a few days. They freaked out and called the vet in to do the rest. Hunter

Re: [IceHorses] list honest evaluation

2007-06-10 Thread Robyn Schulze
> fun pictures are encouraged > > OT seems welcome as long as you say so Yeah. And one thing I've just learned from the "other" list is how nasty it is to put someone down in a mean way, calling their post "stupid" and irrelevant/pointless/whatever the reference was. Let's not do that. >:| Robyn

Re: [IceHorses] something going around

2007-06-10 Thread Robyn Schulze
I took the > guys to the vet, Tivar too, got his west nile Can you give your own shots? I always give mine myself--it's not hard. I give tetanus/encephalo together (I think), then wait 2 weeks, then give flu, wait 2 weeks, then give WNV. That's it for the year. I don't vax for flu in the fall.

[IceHorses] Re: Karaoke

2007-06-10 Thread kimshu92026
our > daughter got on the mike, for a few minutes: > > > Judy Your daughter has a beautiful voice Judy! Wow, great voice, beauty and brains - you must be very proud! :-) Kim S.

Re: [IceHorses] Are cow hocks a bad thing?

2007-06-10 Thread Wanda Lauscher
And another thing...:) I was just reading in Dr. Deb's conformation book where hind limbs rarely match or are identical. She also goes on to say that when one hind foot turns out slightly that is often an indication of the 'handedness' of a horse. AND can indicate the direction the horse finds i

Re: [IceHorses] Are cow hocks a bad thing?

2007-06-10 Thread Wanda Lauscher
On 10/06/07, kim morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do these look like cow hocks? To me (and this is just my opinion)...he? she? looks a bit base narrow, but that doesn't nesessarily mean the horse is cow hocked. For some reason whe have an ideal horse's hind quarters in our minds as being perfec

[IceHorses] How about sickle hocks?

2007-06-10 Thread Nancy Sturm
The thoroughbred mare at the bottom had terrible sickle hocks. We actually did a pretty nice job of posing her for this photo. She was a nice dressage horse and went down to California to be the mom to some warmblood foals. Sorry about the mish mash at the top. Those are a couple of old hunters

RE: [IceHorses] Picking up hay pictures

2007-06-10 Thread Karen Thomas
>>> There's about 15-20 acres for sale that adjoins our property, and this is part of it. I'd LOVE to buy it, but our area is developing so fast, I don't think the price is too good for farm land. Oops, I mean it's part of the neighbor's tract where we are picking up hay this morning. Yesterday

RE: [IceHorses] Picking up hay pictures

2007-06-10 Thread Karen Thomas
>>> ! I can't believe you got 235 bales off of 4.5 acres tho--wow! Maybe I should have someone cut my pasture (about 3.5-4 acres)--the grass is really nice this year! The problem is finding someone who will cut/bale it. A good cutting here is about 100 bales per acre, so 50-60 is so-so. We once

Re: [IceHorses] list honest evaluation

2007-06-10 Thread Nancy Sturm
This is list #3 for me. It is the best - many fewer "fights". I'm not sure if I can remember it going off into personal attack mode in the short time I've been on. A certain amount of OT is allowed, and I love the photos and videos. We see very few Icelandics here other than the two we own and

Re: [IceHorses] Camera Hog

2007-06-10 Thread Nancy Sturm
Charm is so very cute! Nancy

Re: [IceHorses] something going around

2007-06-10 Thread Nancy Sturm
I do have one of those corner water goodies in the trailer, but it just barely puts a dent in the water needs for three horses for three days, and endurance horses have to drink at what they call the "out check", a vet exam that often takes place 12+ miles from the camp where the trailer is. They

[IceHorses] cow hocks a bad thing??

2007-06-10 Thread Janice McDonald
ALL mules and donkeys have cowhocks ALL of them. So how come cow hocks are a bad thing? They obviously arent bad in donkeys and mules?!! must be something in the rest of the conformation that helps prevent harm to the structure. maybe? it is something I wonder about. I think certain "primitiv

Re: [IceHorses] O/T - large bird

2007-06-10 Thread Janice McDonald
On 6/9/07, Wanda Lauscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a pic of a large bird we saw at our feeder today. > > Wanda > haha a good one! janice -- yipie tie yie yo

[IceHorses] Camera Hog

2007-06-10 Thread Judy Ryder
>>He kept placing himself in my way until I realized he thought I was intending to harness him for a little jaunt out of the yard.<<< How cute! Talking about the horses placing themselves in your way... Charm is a camera hog. I tried to get a video of Cookie coming up from the back of the past

Re: [IceHorses] Dapple Time!

2007-06-10 Thread Janice McDonald
oh wow, awesome! is she palomino?? dapples have their own gene you know. Our Traveller is dappled and so is his sire. Janice-- yipie tie yie yo

[IceHorses] Heads/conformation

2007-06-10 Thread Janice McDonald
On RFDTV this week is a show called Brazillian Ag so you may not think to watch it but it is a really extensive report on the Lusitano horses in brazil. and fascinating! For one thing, no one says so but very obviously they are trained like show paso finos, when brought out on a lead line to show

Re: [IceHorses] What do you think?

2007-06-10 Thread Janice McDonald
On 6/9/07, Nancy Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 13.1 hand Yrsa models 15.1 h Twist's winter turn-out. Do you think it's too > big? > > Actually, the blanket came after the plastic bag. So far, I haven't found > anything that bothers her. > > Nancy > HAhaha bless her heart. Big yes, but pa

[IceHorses] fungus among us

2007-06-10 Thread Janice McDonald
Gosh it makes you wonder what is SE and what isnt! Tivar just rubbed about half his mane off since our campng trip. Reason? Who knows. It seems to have only happened since the camping and since I braided his mane for coolness. Did the braids aggravate and itch? Did he get bug bites? Pine tar

Re: [IceHorses] Picking up hay pictures

2007-06-10 Thread Janice McDonald
after this winter, and the drought, I am stockpiling hay all summer! I wont be caught this way again if I can help it! and things are still bad... but i always thought hay should be fresh then at the end we were buying last years cow hay at this years new hay prices, Gallant Boy and Fox colicked

[IceHorses] list honest evaluation

2007-06-10 Thread Janice McDonald
Maybe we need to periodically go over the current status of our list. Any successful organization does this annually, its a good thing to evaulate where you are, where you've been, where you want to go, openly, nicely, no personal attacks allowed! As we all know, sometimes it only takes one or two

Re: [IceHorses] Opinions

2007-06-10 Thread Janice McDonald
On 6/9/07, Nancy Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do you suppose happened to Yrsa's neck? This photo is a little > underexposed and therefore fuzzy, but Yrsa has three curved white marks on > her neck. When I first saw them, I thought maybe she'd been freeze-branded, > but now I have come

Re: [IceHorses] something going around

2007-06-10 Thread Janice McDonald
also, just in case you havent noticed... things seem to start and spread in fla with horses! I think because of the huge horse industry/business/thoroughbred thing, horses shipping in and out daily etc. Like the herpevirus recently etc. And I have personally had my horses get ill with something

Re: [IceHorses] something going around

2007-06-10 Thread Janice McDonald
On 6/9/07, Nancy Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That said, we take our horses to endurance rides where they share feed and > drink out of common water tanks. I try not to worry. > > Nancy > i would take my own water i think! In fact I have been looking at systems people have for carryin

Re: [IceHorses] Clicker Clinic in Germany with Yvonne

2007-06-10 Thread Anneliese Virro
. > > One of the Icelandics was called the Schmatzmonster. Yvonne says that it > means: "Something like munching monster. She means that her horse > loves gulping up and enthusiastically chewing treats." > > > Judy "schmatzen" means to eat nosily Anneliese

RE: [IceHorses] Karaoke

2007-06-10 Thread Karen Thomas
Is she married yet? I've always wanted a daughter-in-law that could sing...:) Wanda Well, that lets Emily out - she got my voice, I'm afraid. Too bad, because her daddy actually can sing. It's a real hoot when he does Elvis, but he's so shy about singing, that he's only sang "Hu

Re: [IceHorses] Karaoke

2007-06-10 Thread Nancy Sturm
Whoa! The girl can sing. Nancy

Re: [IceHorses] Karaoke

2007-06-10 Thread Wanda Lauscher
On 09/06/07, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mostly it's the little kids, girls around 6 to 12 who play with it, but our > daughter got on the mike, for a few minutes: Is she married yet? I've always wanted a daughter-in-law that could sing...:) Wanda

RE: [IceHorses] Karaoke

2007-06-10 Thread Karen Thomas
Mostly it's the little kids, girls around 6 to 12 who play with it, but our daughter got on the mike, for a few minutes: http://my.videoegg.com/video/dntOyB How fun!I wish I could sing like that - and so does Cary. He says I sing like a fish and swim like a bird... In my next life, I'm g