RE: [IceHorses] Paying more for free range

2007-11-21 Thread Karen Thomas
>>> Although I pay close to $35.00 for my tofurkey feasts every year (go through 5 feasts), I have my brothers and wives/kids looking forward to it every year nowit's really good, and I am a sap...I know nothing had to die for my overeating Mary, I admire your principles. Maybe someday I'll

[IceHorses] Re: My Gusti

2007-11-21 Thread Wanda Lauscher
You know, since Gusti and I had our first riding lesson together, he's turned into such a gem. I didn't ride him tonight but just practised with placing my hands on his sides to ask him to turn on either his front or back legs (there's some 'wordage' for that but it's escaping me) on the forehand

[IceHorses] Re: bolting

2007-11-21 Thread blessiowner
> Pamela...may I ask something, and if you don't want to answer, that's fine. > Have some people told you that incident was your fault? The reason I ask, > is that of all the years I've been involved with horses, I've NEVER seen > such a strong tendency to "blame the owner" or "blame the rider"

Re: [IceHorses] bolting

2007-11-21 Thread pyramid
On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 03:31:19PM -0800, Lorraine wrote: > > mad for tuna fish sandwiches > > > > --vicka > > > No kidding? That is wild. I will have to try that. honest to goodness :) on whole wheat with potato chips, yet. --vicka (who quite likes those sammiches herself ;)

[IceHorses] Paying more for free range

2007-11-21 Thread Mary
I read a book called Dominion, and became vegan afterwards Although I pay close to $35.00 for my tofurkey feasts every year (go through 5 feasts), I have my brothers and wives/kids looking forward to it every year nowit's really good, and I am a sap...I know nothing had to die for my overe

[IceHorses] Equisweat Icelandic Horse coolers

2007-11-21 Thread Maike Liekweg
BlankI just wanted to remind everybody that ToltNews and IBENA have teamed up to offer a great cooler in an exclusive design and fit for the Icelandic horses. The cooler is priced at 50% off retail AND $50 of each purchase will go towards a Youth Fund to support US Youth Riders for the 2008 W

Re: [IceHorses] Fox's shape

2007-11-21 Thread Janice McDonald
mic, I somehow missed this til now!! Thank you so much!!! I love it. I have adobe too and thought jeez that would take forever to do that and didnt bother. I appreciate you taking the time because it is a very very special picture now! I am gonna frame it! Janice -- yipie tie yie yo

Re: [IceHorses] Pinzguers. OT

2007-11-21 Thread Lorraine
> This is our other horse. > LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR7cYun5ajc > > OK I am still learning. How do you send a utube video. Judy, Maybe you can show me when you come. Lorraine Be a bett

Re: [IceHorses] Dagur

2007-11-21 Thread Nancy Sturm
Of course we live in the banana belt compared to you, but it was right at 30 degrees F when I went out to ride this morning at about 10:00. I had silk glove liners, under armor and disposable foot warmers and was almost too warm. One of the women I ride with was in California visiting with her hu

Re: [IceHorses] Dagur

2007-11-21 Thread Wanda Lauscher
On 21/11/2007, Nancy Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Loved the pony pictures, Wanda, but I have to ask ... is that snow on the > ground? > Nancy Yes, it's been snowing here most of the day. Cara (who borrowed my boots) said that the Mountain Horse tall boots kept her feet very warm...so maybe

Re: [IceHorses] Dagur

2007-11-21 Thread Nancy Sturm
Loved the pony pictures, Wanda, but I have to ask ... is that snow on the ground? Nancy

RE: [IceHorses] OT - Turkeys

2007-11-21 Thread Karen Thomas
There is a quiz online about turkeys and it said the state with largest turkey production in the U.S. is North Carolina. Do you really have a lot of turkeys down there?... I had to stop TWICE on my way to work this morning for flocks of wild turkeys crossing the road. I have hit one before a

RE: [IceHorses] Fjord an Icelandic??

2007-11-21 Thread Cherie Mascis
Fjords are small draft horses, although they are making some dressage models now. They are powerful horses even though they are not really big and if not trained with lightness can feel like you're driving without power steering! Tyra is like a small SUV! She'll just plow through anything. Fj

Re: [IceHorses] Re: bolting

2007-11-21 Thread Nancy Sturm
You are so right here Karen. Horses are reactive animals and stuff does happen, sometimes within our control (read dumb mistake) and sometimes outside our control. One of the women I ride with put a bottle of carbonated water on her saddle. Guess what happened after she decided, at the end of a t

RE: [IceHorses] Re: bolting

2007-11-21 Thread Karen Thomas
The only time Blessi took off on me was in the early days (although we had a lot of discussion early on about stopping from a walk). I had a brilliant idea to hook a water bottle off those neat eyelets on the Icelandic saddle. As I was half mounted in my typical klutzy manner, I knocked the

[IceHorses] Pinzguers. OT

2007-11-21 Thread Lorraine
This is our other horse. LOLhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR7cYun5ajc There are horses that are called the same thing. Lorraine Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. Se

Re: [IceHorses] bolting

2007-11-21 Thread Lorraine
> mad for tuna fish sandwiches > > --vicka > > No kidding? That is wild. I will have to try that. Lorraine Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now.

[IceHorses] Re: bolting

2007-11-21 Thread blessiowner
> >>Gunnar is Icelandic and his wife Stephanie is American. We did > briefly discuss horse bolting and not wanting to stop. He said in > Iceland all they want is for them to go and go really fast. A lot of > large farms with really great > competition riders never teach the horse to stop or stan

Re: [IceHorses] Kindle

2007-11-21 Thread Anna Hopkins
On 11/20/07, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It's a new electronic wireless reading > > device. You can have 200 books on the unit at a time and it will > > store more than that for you. > > Anna, thanks for this! > > Do you happen to know if the text can be made larger for those who

Re: [IceHorses] Christmas parade

2007-11-21 Thread Skye and Sally ~Fire Island
--- Pam Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need ideas for a Christmas parade. It would be fun to be > Icelandic > but not neccesary. Our local town has a xmas horse parade. > > I love my Icelandics but don't want to highlite them. Most people > think they are a pony and I don't care. > > P

Re: [IceHorses] Rotts

2007-11-21 Thread Skye and Sally ~Fire Island
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 11/20/2007 1:13:44 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] write > > > Thanks, I am the one in the Schutz area doing the training. I > titled my > working dogs but don't show my conformation dogs since I cannot > run. MS vertigo.

Re: [IceHorses] fish oil

2007-11-21 Thread IceDog
> I give my horses lots of flax but if anyone out there tells me that > cod liver oil is better, I will try it. Remember Cod Live Oil and Fish Oil are not the same. Cod Liver Oil has quite a bit of vitamin A which is toxic in large doses. Fish Oil does not have vitamin A. Cheryl Sand Creek Ice

Re: [IceHorses] Kindle

2007-11-21 Thread Anna Hopkins
On 11/20/07, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's a new electronic wireless reading > > device. You can have 200 books on the unit at a time and it will > > store more than that for you. > > Anna, thanks for this! > > Do you happen to know if the text can be made larger for those who ha

[IceHorses] horse cart

2007-11-21 Thread Rene Adams
If anyone is driving their Icelandic - what size and cart are you using? Any help with websites and manufactures would be helpful. Thanks, Rene', Gunnar & Maverick - Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how.

[IceHorses] Ranch Equipment/personal property and Real Estate Auction Wisconsin

2007-11-21 Thread Ray K Miller, Jr.
Complete Ranch Dispersal Sale Saturday Nov. 24, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. M & M Ranch & Outfitters www.mmranchfun.com is having a complete dispersal sale of all personal ranch property. This includes horses, draft teams, hay racks, people wagons, covered wagon, saddles,

Re: [IceHorses] bolting

2007-11-21 Thread pyramid
On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 06:58:39AM -0800, Lorraine wrote: > our freezer. But I have heard that they eat Herring. > Sounds funny. My husband read that somewhere. > I will try to find some and try it on the ground. i have not tried herring for stjarni, but he is completely mad for tuna fish sandw

Re: [IceHorses] bolting

2007-11-21 Thread pyramid
On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 09:06:27AM -0500, Anneliese Virro wrote: > or whatever from Iceland if it would help my imported horses with their > Summer Eczema! I really don't give a rats *&^% about culture. I give my > horses lots of flax but if anyone out there tells me that cod liver oil is > better,

Re: [IceHorses] OT - Turkeys

2007-11-21 Thread Laree Shulman
On 11/21/07, Kristen Mikula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is a quiz online about turkeys and it said the > state with largest turkey production in the U.S. is > North Carolina. Do you really have a lot of turkeys > down there? Yes, we do, You have to be careful where you buy property in so

Re: [IceHorses] Christmas parade

2007-11-21 Thread Janice McDonald
At Books a Million (maybe lots of other places) I found a necklace of little tiny christmas tree lights that has batteries and they blink on and off. I bought it thinking for the xmas parade I can string it across the browband. That would be cute! I am going to be in an elementary school christm

Re: [IceHorses] bolting

2007-11-21 Thread Janice McDonald
On 11/21/07, Lorraine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You have to remember Janice. The only ice here is in > our freezer. But I have heard that they eat Herring. > Sounds funny. My husband read that somewhere. > I will try to find some and try it on the ground. > > Lorraine > you could maybe

[IceHorses] OT - Turkeys

2007-11-21 Thread Kristen Mikula
There is a quiz online about turkeys and it said the state with largest turkey production in the U.S. is North Carolina. Do you really have a lot of turkeys down there? I had to stop TWICE on my way to work this morning for flocks of wild turkeys crossing the road. I have hit one before and it t

Re: [IceHorses] bolting

2007-11-21 Thread Lorraine
> > the way to tell if they are imported is to go out in > winter and > instead of feeding them grain or hay or anything, > just put some dried > herring out on the ice for them and if they wolf it > down, they are You have to remember Janice. The only ice here is in our freezer. But I have hea

Re: [IceHorses] Icehorses sweating

2007-11-21 Thread Lorraine
> wow, verrry interesting! I was at jeffers today and > was wondering if Wow. You actually have a Jeffers store? I only knew about their catolog. You lucky. Lorraine Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo

Re: [IceHorses] Christmas parade

2007-11-21 Thread Lorraine
> > I love my Icelandics but don't want to highlite > them. Most people > think they are a pony and I don't care. > How exciting. We have a local parade here. Last year there was an Iclelandic pulling a cart. All lit up. Pretty Lorraine ___

Re: [IceHorses] Kindle

2007-11-21 Thread Laree Shulman
> Do you happen to know if the text can be made larger for those who have > problems reading regular print? > Judy - I don't know about the Kindle but I know the E-Reader(I think it's by Sony) will adjust the type size and I think it's about $100 cheaper I love books and love opening a new boo

Re: [IceHorses] bolting

2007-11-21 Thread Anneliese Virro
On 11/20/07 9:45 PM, "Janice McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thats > why icelandic horses in iceland dont have any skin problems, they eat > a lot of fish oils in the herring. when they come here they develop > skin problems because here its just not within our culture to feed > dried fish