On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:49:44 -0500, you wrote:
Oooh, I envy you, just starting out on your Tepper journey! I just
finished her latest, The Margarets - fantastic. Have you read it yet,
Mic?
Yes, ages ago. Wish she would write quicker! ; )
Mic
Mic (Michelle) Rushen
On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 18:37:16 -0500, you wrote:
I thought you belonged to the church of Tom Jones.
Surely you know that Tom Jones is the Welsh aspect of Zeus?
Mic
Mic (Michelle) Rushen
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I'm a big believer of giving horses a lot of time to settle in. I think I
did too much too soon with Gloi and pushed it too much and it made us lose
ground. He needed more time to settle in and learn to trust me. Moving
here along with the other changes in his life in the year before he
Surely you know that Tom Jones is the Welsh aspect of Zeus?
Well, I guess I do now, since you and Janice straightened me out... :)
Isn't it just hysterical that the subject line hasn't changed throughout
this?
Karen Thomas, NC
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What exactly is mulled wine?
Red wine, warm, mixed with spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and
cloves, with some orange juice, slices of lemon etc. Very nice and
warming on a cold day.
and several nips from a hip flask full of something disgusting.
I won't ask what that was...
No
Yes!
Judy and the support she offers has done more for helping me to play catch
up on Icelandics and other gaited horses than any other venue.
Judy instructs, opens interesting topics that cause us to think, puts up
with a lot of OT (and often entertaining) posts and supports the community
as no
Thanks, Pamela. That's very helpful.
Our adult daughter uses Suitability patterns. She has made a hunt coat and
also breeeches for her growing teenage son.
Nancy
I've been meaning to ask - one horse in that great video of lots of
Icelandics out together made me think of an Arab. Was there a little grey
Arab stuck in the back somewhere?
Nancy
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Hi
Yes, Ditto Nancy and Pamela - and thanks for bringing it up. The amount of
work that Judy does on her lists and website is incredible. The internet has
certainly shrunk the world.
Robyn
Icelandic Horse Farm
Robyn Hood Phil Pretty
Vernon BC Canada
www.icefarm.com
He has been so nervous and jumpy that the mares can barely get food or rest
because he's just not a very good herd stallion. It made me think about
Falki. Maybe he's not 'drunk with power', but just not sure how to be a
good leader. There was a little difference in the dynamics between
Yes. I have an equine chiropractor with training in other soft tissue
treatment work on him. He was so tight the first visit he kicked in pain at
first and was like putty in the man's hands when he was finished. I also
have an equine rolpher/energy worker seeing him on a routine basis. It may
On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 18:23:42 -0800, you wrote:
Good job, Mic!! (on the ride, and on the video, and uploading it!)
I didn't take it or upload it, as I said, I was on a horse (and at
that particular moment far too nervous to even think about letting go
the reins! ; )) It got better - after a swig
she says every
Icelandic trainer is different in their approach to the horses and to
problem solving and training issues. Just like the trainers here
differ...
While I think that may be true, I think it may not mean the same when the
bigger picture is looked at.
For instance, from my place,
It got better - after a swig of vodka, two large glasses of mulled wine
What exactly is mulled wine?
and several nips from a hip flask full of something disgusting.
I won't ask what that was...
Karen Thomas, NC
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Judy instructs, opens interesting topics that cause us to think, puts
up with a lot of OT (and often entertaining) posts and supports the
community as no one us does.
Isn't that just the best? I was trying to explain that to someone
recently. It's so nice to be able to chit-chat sometimes,
On Dec 7, 2007 6:46 AM, Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Isn't it just hysterical that the subject line hasn't changed throughout
this?
Yeah, the original topic went down the toilet.
:D
V
On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 05:01:46 -0800, you wrote:
Was there a little grey
Arab stuck in the back somewhere?
Well spotted!!! Yes, there was, a guy called Kappi who lives next door
to a farm full of Icelandics and who used to belong to one of the
people who now is thoroughly corrupted and only has
Hi Judy,
When the horse ventroflexes, if too much, he can have kissing spines.
That would hurt.
Interesting thought. I know lots of non gaited horses with kissing spine
but don't actually know of any gaited horses with it.Kissing spine has
also become a rather broad diagnosis (the way
Hi Karen,
What exactly is mulled wine?
Mulled wine is like gluvine _don't know how to spell it - a warm spiced wine
often served at après ski or at Christmas. Tastes yummy but you must take
care because warming it up seems to hit the blood stream much more quickly.
I don't drink much and a glass
Do not become paralyzed and enchained by the set patterns which have been
woven of old. No, build from your own youthful feeling, your own groping
thought and your own flowering perception--and help to further that beauty
which has grown from the roots of tradition. --Lotte Lehman
Tradition
An additional question: it's not addressed to me, it's addressed to a
gazillion other names and from dozens of different names - perhaps why I
can't block it?
Nancy, try using the yahoo mail (do you have a yahoo ID already?). Their
spam filter is very very good!
Judy
Horse Husbands by Harold Roy Miller
To all you horse husbands who have equine-loving wives
whose horses are the centers of your darling's daily lives,
I sympathize with you men. I know exactly how you feel,
because I also have to endure this exasperating ordeal.
You probably are the guy who
Anybody ever ride a cutting horse?
Yes. I use to own one.
Lorraine
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Raven
Lucy Molly, the Girl Doggies
Huginn Dixie Chick, the Back Behind the Barn Ponies
Maggie Rose, the cat who makes me sneeze
On 07/12/2007, Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think I mentioned a while back that I got a iPod (with tiny video screen)
for my birthday a while back.
Oh boy, Kevin got one the other day. He's completely enthralled. He
keeps talking about how much he can load on it. I'll have to
These people were truly nasty. I don't understand that anyone could enjoy
reading these sagas, they just glorify all that nastiness.
Interesting article:
http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_life/?cat_id=16568ew_0_a_id=295450
Judy
http://icehorses.net
http://clickryder.com
I did try Yahoo mail when I had a dial up account. It was beyond slow.
Can I assume on broadband it would be quicker?
It should be. I use it and it's great for me.
Judy
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Thanks.
I did try Yahoo mail when I had a dial up account. It was beyond slow.
Can I assume on broadband it would be quicker?
Nancy
I had a horse trainer friend who was training a horse, I think for the
working cow horse class. Anyway, she needed to rent some calves and asked
some of us if we wanted to go in with her.
I put a western saddle on my hunter/jumper/dressage horse (an off track Jet
Deck grandson). He actually was
i've worked cattle on some fairly cowie horses-but not a high performace
show cutting horse. when a good horse gets going-just hang on-it is like
nothing you've ever felt. love working cattle on a good horse...
Maggie
the California cowgirl-i hope Solie likes cows:)
one, but instead make them in 8G, 80G, and 160G sizes I think. Anyway,
I've
put probably 8 DVDs on mine, plus about 300 songs - and I've only used
about
8G! It's amazing how many times I find that I have a
spare 10-30 minutes to pull it out - driving somewhere with my husband on
the
many years, the only thing that has really mattered has been the
gaits so the training method has come to
concentrate on the gaits, redefining them so that the riders get the
highest marks in competition. ie, so they have a clear beat, high
action and speed from the horse.
That is a
of many different types of training: all the different natural type
training such as John Lyons, Parelli, Clinton Anderson, etc., all the
different western style training, all the different dressage, english,
racing, team sports, gaited, etc.
Have you gone and watched many of these
I think I mentioned a while back that I got a iPod (with tiny video screen)
for my birthday a while back. I also got one of the DVD-to-iPod software
conversion packages, and converted many of my equestrian DVDs to iPod
format. My particular iPod has a 30G capacity - they no longer make that
one,
--- Robyn Hood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If any of you have ridden reining horses you will have experienced
the most
leg quick trigger than I have ever felt on a horse.
Robyn
Our friend bought very expensive well trained QH reining horses.
Sally rode one once, and she is a good rider,
So...why is it that I only hear it said within Icelandic circles
that the dropped noseband is only for steadying the bit in the horse's
mouth?
I thought it was so that the bridle would stay on when I fell off ...:)
Laura
Hi Judy,
For instance, from my place, in a 50 mile radius, I would have the choice
of many different types of training: all the different natural type
training such as John Lyons, Parelli, Clinton Anderson, etc., all the
different western style training, all the different dressage, english,
Forget animal flatulenceI think the group I work for contributes
considerably to greenhouse gases.
Wanda
On 12/6/07 11:55 PM, Skye and Sally ~Fire Island
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
So true. A study was done a few years back in California. They
discovered that cows from the dairy and meat industry in Calif.
contributed more to global warming than all the cars in the state.
Meat and dairy used
On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 08:33:04AM -0800, Judy Ryder wrote:
The icelandic-style training would be one color, and have variations, going
to each side on the color line. Say icelandic-style training was the color
green. The variations might bleed a little into blue or yellow, but
basically
Now with some western trained horses, like barrel
racers etc...well
there is a lot of leg contact, a lot of go go
go.kick kick kick.
The girl I bought Scooter from use to barrel race him.
I wonder if that is why he bolts sometimes.
Lorraine
Hi Skye
I know that of the Icelandics that we have, that were trained in
Iceland, or by an Icelandic trainer, that while riding our leg is
relaxed, yet we can give cues with our legs, for sidepass and such.
We have always used legs on our Icelandics from Iceland but definitely there
is a higher
Hi Laura,
So...why is it that I only hear it said within Icelandic circles
that the dropped noseband is only for steadying the bit in the horse's
mouth?
That is why WE use them. We don't use browbands or throatlatches on our and
so we use dropped noseband BUT they are not tight - our horses can
You're kidding?!?!? How great! How much are we talking for the iPod
and the conversion software?
The iPods with video cost about $199-299 at www.apple.com , depending on
screen size and memory, and I think the DVD conversion software was about
$30. I think Cary got my iPod at Sam's Club for
However I was thinking that there is such a big difference between
the Icelandic Farmer who breeds a little and trains his own horse for
rounding up sheep or for pleasure, vs. the big farms like Feti that
breed and train specifically for competition and for evauluations.
The difference
Interesting article on barefooting
http://www.farmersguardian.com/story.asp?sectioncode=51storycode=14999
Raven
Lucy Molly, the Girl Doggies
Huginn Dixie Chick, the Back Behind the Barn Ponies
Maggie Rose, the cat who makes me sneeze
Respect ALL Earthlings. We are all animals of this planet.
This horse got his breaks from arena work on the trail and I rode him
places that would have challenged some other horses, the most memorable for
me being over a suspension bridge. He never hesitated. He was a very nice
good-minded horse, probably the most teachable and athletic animal I ever
On Dec 7, 2007 9:03 PM, Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I put a western saddle on my hunter/jumper/dressage horse (an off track Jet
Deck grandson).
I also owned an off the track Jet Deck grandson. He was a hunter
jumper that I converted to a trail horse. We did some shows and I
taught
The icelandic-style training would be one color, and have
variations, going to each side on the color line. Say
icelandic-style training was the color green. The variations might
bleed a little into blue or yellow, but basically it stays about in
the same area and doesn't reach a full rainbow
On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 09:36:36AM -0800, Robyn Hood wrote:
Now with some western trained horses, like barrel racers etc...well
there is a lot of leg contact, a lot of go go go.kick kick kick.
I have certainly seen people do this - get on and think they have to kick to
get the horse to
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Check out this photograph of Remington and me at the
Tejon Ranch 50 Mile Endurance Ride the Saturday
after Thanksgiving.
I went and looked at all the photos because it was
such a beautiful area!!
Maybe he is becoming immortal.
That would be nice! Maybe I will
On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 08:33:04 -0800, you wrote:
The icelandic-style training would be one color, and have variations, going
to each side on the color line.
It's a good analogy. I think you also have to take into account that
in Iceland, there are only Icelandics. so you don't have
We owe Judy a lot for hosting and driving this wonderful forum. Karen
Thomas
We sure do!!
Trish
It's a good analogy. I think you also have to take into account that
in Iceland, there are only Icelandics. so you don't have Warmbloods for
dressage, Arabs for endurance, QHs for reining, and all our other vast array
of breeds.
And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. That's never
We sure do!!
Trish
She has taught me alot
Lorraine
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On 07/12/2007, Mic Rushen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Lately (in the past 50 years or so) Icelandic-style trainers have been
cherry picking from lots of different methods, but many are still only
really after training methods which will get better gaits. That said,
there are many, many more
Anybody ever ride a cutting horse?
Nancy
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