I am looking for an English saddle for one of my Icelandics and am tempted
to try the
Heather Moffett Fhoenix saddle. There are some old posts from 2006 on this
list but
has anyone tried one of these saddles? I am intrigued because it is a part
treed
saddle, with
Ohmigosh. Is she ever cute!
Nancy
Look at Bibi...she's adorable!!! AnnI'm so happy for both of you.
Raven
Lucy & Molly, the Girl Doggies
Huginn & Dixie Chick, the Back Behind the Barn Ponies
Maggie Rose, the cat who makes me sneeze
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On 5/13/08, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Fund raising yuck.
>
> I particularly think that internet fund raising is a bunch of yuck.
>
> Why are we trying to raise money for people who can afford to own an
> expensive horse?
>
> I just don't get it.
its like the field trial "auctio
I am looking for an English saddle for one of my Icelandics and am tempted
to try the Heather Moffett Fhoenix saddle. There are some old posts from
2006 on this list but has anyone tried one of these saddles? I am intrigued
because it is a part treed saddle, with a flexible tree in the cantle,
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. The May episode investigates the
slaughter of thoroughbred horses for profit on HBO. Episode #134
http://www.hbo.com/realsports/stories/index.html
Link to schedule
http://tinyurl.com/pfvo7
Raven
Lucy & Molly, the Girl Doggies
Huginn & Dixie Chick, the Back Behind t
Vnice! workyou guys have been busy.
Raven
Lucy & Molly, the Girl Doggies
Huginn & Dixie Chick, the Back Behind the Barn Ponies
Maggie Rose, the cat who makes me sneeze
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Respect ALL Earthlings. We are all animals of this planet. We are all creatures.
>>For winter I thought we could board up a couple of the sides with plywood.
Even heavy duty plastic would help cut down the wind, yet...still
allow the sun to shine through to heat the inside up.
Raven
Lucy & Molly, the Girl Doggies
Huginn & Dixie Chick, the Back Behind the Barn Ponies
Maggie R
>>> Fund raising yuck. I particularly think that internet fund raising is
>>> a bunch of
>>> yuck. Why are we trying to raise money for people who can afford to own an
>>> expensive
>>> horse? I just don't get it.
I'm all for helping people. I'm all for helping poor people in natural
It is PERFECT, then you can store hay in there too.. a barn with a run
in... I love it, and want one too!
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--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Karen Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> >>> Turning horses loose seems a little harsh for the
horses.hunters,
> >>> water, minerals, cold etc etcits not really a favor to
them.
>
>
> I've been googling this topic for a while now, and I'm startin
--- Nancy Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience with this? Advice?
Mom's horse, Fireman did this the first year he was
here. We took him to the vet, and he said it would
improve with exercise. It has, he hasn't locked up in
3 years. When it did lock, vet said to
I think people tend to glamorize it though, like they are turning them
back to
wence they came
A teenage girl who lives near us was going to turn her caged rabbits loose
to return to nature. . We hope we talked her out of it.
Nancy
Fund raising yuck.
I particularly think that internet fund raising is a bunch of yuck.
Why are we trying to raise money for people who can afford to own an
expensive horse?
I just don't get it.
Judy
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>>> Turning horses loose seems a little harsh for the horses.hunters,
>>> water, minerals, cold etc etcits not really a favor to them.
I've been googling this topic for a while now, and I'm starting to think
it's just an urban legend, not real. I can't find many - hardly any -
substan
>>> She really is a bit of an ugly duckling, but I can hardly look past her
>>> soulful eyes.
No one was more of an ugly duckling than Runa, and I think she's turned out
very well - physically and mentally pretty and shaping up to be a easily
trained and nicely gaited trail horse. Landi looks
Janice wrote>
> > some very good stock is bred in back yards. Some very well bred stock
is being abandoned. Maybe time for people to stop breeding at all unless they
have homes already waiting in line or plan to keep the offspring... it is
getting to be hard times for all I think.
> > Jani
>>> Runa is so pretty Karen
Thanks. Runa was the most awkward looking, gawky...ok, homely filly I think
I'd ever seen when she was about 2.5-3 years old. She looked like she was
made of spare parts and I think each body part grew at separate times.
Eventually though, I think all her parts gr
Thanks, Wanda. It's time for her to start to do domething anyway and I
certainly could use the exercise. She can be my motivation. She really is
a bit of an ugly duckling, but I can hardly look past her soulful eyes.
Nancy
2008/5/13 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Looks like a nice covered riding arena to me!!
>
> Renee
My thoughts exactly. I could do a lot with a 30 by 40 shed in the
middle of the winter. How tall is the ceiling Virginia?
Wanda
2008/5/13 Nancy Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Does anyone have any experience with this? Advice?
Solon had that when he was going throug his ugly duckling stage. It
would spring so hard you could hear it. We took him for lots of
walksand I mean lots. Up and down ditches...basically all ove
Looks like a nice covered riding arena to me!!
Renee
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>>> From: "canne1972" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The state of Illinois
>>> predicts they will have close to 12,000 horse running loose in Shawnee
>>> National Forrest by the end of the year.
I'm just curious, could you point to a source that supports that? Twelve
thousand horses is a LOT of horses
>
> Thanks, Janice. That's pretty much what I remember reading before I bought
> her. I think the patella is more like the horse's "knee".
>
> Nancy
>
they told my cousin... in a young horse they can have a sudden growth
spurt and the tendon doesnt keep up. My cousin thinks its because he
worke
Runa is so pretty Karen
makes you wonder if buttercup will be as dark!
Janice--
even good horses have bad days sometimes.
Wow!
Nancy
It is fixable by surgery but some say it can cause probs later in
life so my cousin opted to not go that route. Instead he paid a young
> girl to come out and ride him at a gentle rate
Thanks, Janice. That's pretty much what I remember reading before I bought
her. I think the patella is more
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Karen Thomas, NC
She's so pretty!
V
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You're going to need about eight more horses if you're going to use that
> only as a run-in! Is it as big as it looks?
>
It's about 30 x 40. I know it's bigger than the usual run-in but I
figured it would be good for a sh
>
> Does anyone have any experience with this? Advice?
>
> Nancy
>
is it what they call stifle lock nancy?? My cousins paso colt had
it. It is fixable by surgery but some say it can cause probs later in
life so my cousin opted to not go that route. Instead he paid a young
girl to come out and
You're going to need about eight more horses if you're going to use that
only as a run-in! Is it as big as it looks?
Karen Thomas, NC
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On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 6:53 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=qdyrlpc.51d5u4w8&x=0&y=-b4iqu&localeid=en_US
>
These photos are of the 30' x 40' pole 'barn' structure on our
property. I had hubby fence it in and we'll use it as a run-in. We
need a gate, plus
You're invited to view my online photos at the Gallery. Enjoy!
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I took one look at 2 1/2 year old Yrsa and fell in love. She's a charming
doe-eyed little girl and I wanted her for myself - in addition to the
therapy horse prospect we were hoping to finnd for Stephanie.
When I handled Yrsa, just to see how she would react, her left hind leg
locked up when I
--- Robyn Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> We know we are weird, but it works for us : )).
>
Well, it's working for me, too!
And Whisper and Andi are going down the street to see
the dentist shortly. I am going to put a body wrap on
each one, and visualize the end result and how good
they
i laughed out loud at the second one!! How do they do that. I gotta
do that with stonewall...
Janice
--
even good horses have bad days sometimes.
Hi Janice,
>>>I dont have LTJs new book yet Robyn, is this where I would find the
details of the body wrap? My only concern and maybe this is where it
stems from... as a 15 month old he somehow got a tarp hung on his
back foot and went nuts racing around. After that i worked hard on
desensitizin
he's like, "ol karen, every day, a new adventure" :)
Janice
--
even good horses have bad days sometimes.
> I think a promise wrap - actually I would use a body wrap - is a great idea.
> When horses rush through narrow, or not so narrow openings, it is my
> experience that they don't have a good sense of where they are in space -
> the propriocetive part of the brain. Having the light pressure touch o
> I say everyone should stop the backyard breeding and only breed very
> good stock. Let the market recover with supply and demand.
>
some very good stock is bred in back yards. Some very well bred stock
is being abandoned, see my recent post about helping rescue horses, 28
just seized from a fan
On May 13, 2008, at 8:36 AM, Janice McDonald wrote:
> at the horse show my friend was asking a man who bereds gaited mules
> if he had any gaited jacks. he said gaited jacks are a misnomer that
> there is no such thing. he said when looking for gait to breed, you
> look for a jack that "is on th
I thought everyone might find this bit of info fun and refreshing!! For
many years my husband and I have gone to a gaited horse auction in
Bowling Green, Ky. They sell around 400 head of gaited horses each sale
(TWH, MFT, KMH, occasionally and Icelandic and every other gaited horse
you can think
>
> Well, isn't a stepping pace a gait? He doesn't sound
> too bright!
he was from tennessee haha
janice--
even good horses have bad days sometimes.
Hi Virginia,
>>>Is this where a Promise wrap would help? Or is that for something else?
I think a promise wrap - actually I would use a body wrap - is a great idea.
When horses rush through narrow, or not so narrow openings, it is my
experience that they don't have a good sense of where they are
2008/5/13 Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> which reminds me, you need a donkey or mule for your new place V !
> They really do seem to keep predators away.
Actually my herd of Icelandics LIVES to chase things out of their
pasture...so we don't really need a donkey here. However, I still
wan
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
something about narrow spaces bothers him and I
> dont know why.
Is this where a Promise wrap would help? Or is that for something else?
V
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> which reminds me, you need a donkey or mule for your new place V !
I think they're cute so maybe I will! Orri will need a playmate so he
will stop pestering Gat--she squeals at him like he's a pest and he
follows her ar
which reminds me, you need a donkey or mule for your new place V !
They really do seem to keep predators away. A stray dog got in my
pasture one day and curly ray went after him and terrorized him til he
left with his tail between his legs. And they eat almost nothing
(mine doesnt, but he is a mi
> Hmmm, maybe you should get him a girlfriend he can keep forever?
then we would have babies we would have to keep forever! yi
nothing cuter than a baby donkey!
Janice--
even good horses have bad days sometimes.
--- Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> he said gaited jacks
> are a misnomer that
> there is no such thing. he said when looking for
> gait to breed, you
> look for a jack that "is on the pacey side" that the
> most gait a jack
> gets is usually a stepping pace.
Well, isn't a steppin
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But
> when I went out there he jumped up and brayed at me with his ears
> flat, oooh so mad!
> Janice
> --
Hmmm, maybe you should get him a girlfriend he can keep forever?
V
curly's girlfriend left sunday. I thought they hated each other, have
no idea if they bred or not but she was here an entire cycle plus two
weeks. But when the owner led her to the trailer curly started
running the fence having a tantrum calling her and she stepped up into
the trailer with the fr
at the horse show my friend was asking a man who bereds gaited mules
if he had any gaited jacks. he said gaited jacks are a misnomer that
there is no such thing. he said when looking for gait to breed, you
look for a jack that "is on the pacey side" that the most gait a jack
gets is usually a ste
> > http://floridahorserescue.com/
> >
> Oh Janice...I felt like throwing up when I saw the photo on their
> website. Poor, poor horses.
i dont know the story... but I went on a ride about a year ago and
got lost and ended up at this farm thinking it was where the ride
would be. All the hors
> Actually, I have a Garmin 305 and I LOVE IT! I have
> mine set to show elapsed time, distance travelled,
> Mile per hour, and Heartrate. The Conversion Kit is
> available thru VMax:
> http://www.vmaxept.com/masterpage.htm
Thanks Susan!
Sarah in MT
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Virginia Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What's weird is the thing doesn't go to my horse with the address--it
> goes to the house next door, but if I scroll down I can see my house,
Me too, my address is not near my house but I can find it but it is
not clea
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Virginia Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What's weird is the thing doesn't go to my horse
Meant house.
(too dizzy to type)
V
What's weird is the thing doesn't go to my horse with the address--it
goes to the house next door, but if I scroll down I can see my house,
the pond and pasture and future barn. Cool.
V (makes me dizzy)
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Judy
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On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 07:53:58AM -0500, Janice McDonald wrote:
> thanks judy, important for all riders but PARTICULARLY with gaited
> horses... through the years it interests me to see how my horses gait
> differently with other riders. Just shows how much of gait is
> affected by rider seat.
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 8:31 PM, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyway, here's my Mother's Day present, blowing in the breeze. I've
> had the shredded tarp car-wash long enough that it's about shot, so I got
> the swim noodles added underneath yesterday. Beats cologne any day!
>
And b
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://floridahorserescue.com/
>
Oh Janice...I felt like throwing up when I saw the photo on their
website. Poor, poor horses.
V
ps the horses are all quality well-bred arabians from a breeding
facility that I guess fell on hard times. Anyway, the 28 horses have
been seized and need foster homes until the court date and then most
likely will not be returned to the owner.. They will be located in
the NW florida panhandle a
I have posted about this group before. They do a lot of good around
here and they are a straight up organization! If you have anything
extra to donate to a good cause... it was on the news last night they
have seized 28 horses from a farm near me, 4 were laying dead, starved
to death in the pastu
I am trying two new bug ideas that sound stupid but what the heck
nothing else works hardly... Someone said listerine is cheaper than
bug spray and works better on mosquitos. Spray it on yourself, your
deck, your horse, wherever. Then someone said dryer fabric softener
sheets keep gnats away, to
On 5/12/08, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> WHAT CENTERED RIDING CAN DO FOR YOUR HORSE
>
> Author: Sam Morrison
>
> Have you ever marveled at the beauty and grace of a horse when he is free?
> He moves in balance, can turn smoothly, goes forward easily and stops in
> balance. Have you notic
yes the foxtrot would be interesting... they say their is a tail bob
with a foxtrot, I wonder what the head does...
Janice
--
even good horses have bad days sometimes.
>>> You have so many that fox trot, it would be good to see the head from the
>>> saddle of
>>> that gait.
I'm not sure I can hold the camera still enough to show it, at least not
distinctly.
Most horses have some nod with their foxtrot, but some actually hold their
heads fairly
still. Fo
2008/5/12 Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> if anyone wants, they can write me offlist and I will email you my
> address, and you can go to google earth and see my house, and then see
> the fifteen acres next door has so much junk on it you can see it from
> outer space.
That's impressive act
On Mon, 12 May 2008 15:07:03 -0500, you wrote:
>I sometimes fantasize about
>dribbling rat poison in his cereal.
I *think* you're joking
(but then again - h)
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