Re: [IceHorses] Saudi Arabian and NH

2008-06-26 Thread Dee Dreslough
http://listen-to-your-horse.blogspot.com/2008/06/saudi-arabians-and-nh.html > What a soft look/eye those horses have! And you gotta love that Arab head > sling! Whisper does that when having fun! Yeah, but he's letting him stand on that pizza box! It's going to ruin the toppings! (O

Re: [IceHorses] chestnuts

2008-06-16 Thread Dee Dreslough
> So what do you do then?< This fascinated me, so I did a little digging: http://www.askthevetblog.com/home/2008/2/26/trimming-chestnuts-on-horse-legs.html "put a little petroleum jelly on them. After a day or two—if they didn’t come off on their own—they’ll easily fall off if I “accident

Re: [IceHorses] Re: Blooming buttercups!

2008-06-11 Thread Dee Dreslough
> > Just great *sigh* -- maybe I'll enlist the kids and tell them Mommy > LOVES buttercups and maybe they'll pick them for me. > V Just make sure they wear gloves! Buttercup sap causes blisters. http://museum.gov.ns.ca/poison/?section=species&id=111 -Dee (lurkin' in CT :) )

Re: [IceHorses] Blah! Black Flies!!

2008-05-17 Thread Dee Dreslough
Virginia Tupper wrote: > Hubby and I went for a walk tonight after supper on our wooded trail > and we were swarmed by black flies! I could > probably find some wearable netting in garden and/or fishing > departments--what do the rest of your wear? Here are some options: http://www.campmor.com/o

Re: [IceHorses] OT - chickens

2007-12-10 Thread Dee Dreslough
> So, the question: is there a breed of chicken that produces as well as > the > leghorn, but lays the brown eggs that people love so much? > > Nancy I don't know about producing as well as a leghorn...but around here, Rhode Island Reds and Plymouth Rocks are good non-setting bro

Re: [IceHorses] measuring height

2007-09-30 Thread Dee Dreslough
> maybe everyone can help us find out if he is 17.2 hh or 12hh. if he > stands still long enough. Maybe the stick's in metric? (Metric hands?) :) -Dee the Lurker "That's why they call it the Royale with Cheese. They have the metric system up there." - Pulp Fiction

RE: [IceHorses] 15 min of fame

2007-09-30 Thread Dee Dreslough
> >>>(Skye) Not really arguing here on the importance of Rabies shots, just that > horses do die from vaccine shots from time to time, death from getting an > overload... I know vet-visits are expensive, but could spacing vaccinations weeks apart avoid this? -Dee the Lurker

Re: [IceHorses] 15 min of fame

2007-09-28 Thread Dee Dreslough
On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 20:07 -0500, Janice McDonald wrote: The rest was about trying to eradicate a disease that could so easily be wiped off the planet...< Congrats on your 15 minutes of informational world-helping fame. :) What are the best approaches to eradicating the disease? Wha

[IceHorses] Huginn Update?

2007-07-28 Thread Dee Dreslough
I haven't seen a Huginn update in a while...did I miss it? -Dee (lurker)

RE: [IceHorses] I know Brachiocephalicus!

2007-07-10 Thread Dee Dreslough
On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 13:45 -0400, Karen Thomas wrote: > Brachiocephalicus was Alexander the Great's second string horse. > Oh Dee, have you been studying at the Janice McDonald School of > Storytelling? :) That was pretty funny! I'm the second string Janice McDonald! ;) -Dee (bolting for

[IceHorses] I know Brachiocephalicus!

2007-07-10 Thread Dee Dreslough
Brachiocephalicus was Alexander the Great's second string horse. Alexander only used Brachiocephalicus when Bucephalus was out getting his hooves done. Not known for particular speed, or power, or courage, Brachiocephalicus' greatest achievement was carrying Alexander into -- and then immediately o

Re: [IceHorses] How horses think..

2007-07-10 Thread Dee Dreslough
On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 08:14 -0500, Janice McDonald wrote: > this weekend i was pulling weeds in the paddock. nasi started > observing me intently. Then sauntered close, just mesmerized. I > wondered what the heck. Then he comes over and gives me a little rude > push on the arm. I think he was

Re: [IceHorses] Re: Huginn 07/04/07

2007-07-04 Thread Dee Dreslough
On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 18:13 +, kim morton wrote: > --- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Raven just called, in tears, I am going to drive up > > and be with her, > > Huginn is much worse today, the vet is very worried... > > Blood work is > > off the ch

Re: [IceHorses] Re: Huggin Update, Monday 7/2, NOT GOOD...

2007-07-02 Thread Dee Dreslough
On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 03:10 +, Maggie Hults wrote: > Just a thought-there are 1200 members on this list, if each sent her > $10 (2 fast food meals or 3 trips to Starbucks) that would cover it > 1200 x $10 = $12,000 that and find the people who vet checked her > horse... what is her address

[IceHorses] Any news on Huginn? and a Zorse!

2007-07-02 Thread Dee Dreslough
I didn't know if I missed some news or not..My email's been screwy. I'm sending good vibes his way, though. ~~~ On a lighter note, I thought this was interesting. A Zorse! A very pretty one too. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=464723&in_

Re: [IceHorses] question re descriptions/Breeds maybe off topic since not icey...

2007-04-01 Thread Dee Dreslough
On Sun, 2007-04-01 at 12:27 -0400, bia wrote: > What is a TOBIANO PAINT? Is this specific to Quarter Horses? Can any horse > be a TOBIANO PAINT is it a color differentiation as opposed to PAINT. I look > at pictures and don't know what the TOBIANO means... I'm also curious re: > PAINT... once I was

RE: [IceHorses] Heterosis Definition (Caution, academic boringness ahead!)

2007-03-25 Thread Dee Dreslough
On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 09:25 -0400, Karen Thomas wrote: > >>> We've talked about hybrid vigor before, and the importance in bringing > in some diversity. > > Not JUST to be nitpicky, but an Icelandic Horse and a Gypsy Vanner are very > much the same species. Science Dee puts on her Animal Scienc

Re: [IceHorses] Gypsy Vanner / Icelandic Cross For Sale

2007-03-24 Thread Dee Dreslough
> http://iceryder.net/luna.html > > This horse belongs to the Vet Tech at my Vet's office. Nate is a > really nice young man. And Dana is in my saddle club...she does a > nice job at startings young horses and is a good trained > This looks like a American bred mutt. Hey..I'm an Americ

Re: [IceHorses] braid ideas

2007-03-11 Thread Dee Dreslough
On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 10:33 -0600, Janice McDonald wrote: > With summer its time to braid when it gets hot! Here are two pics of > Gallant Boys braids. I have no new ideas, but I love that he looks like he's smiling. :) -Dee

Re: [IceHorses] icelandic vs. other chickens

2007-03-11 Thread Dee Dreslough
On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 07:49 -0600, Janice McDonald wrote: > I have odd chickens and I order hatching eggs from all over the world > and hatch them myself in my bedroom. then raise them. I have never > seen an icelandic chicken or heard of one! Does anyone have a pic? > My neighbors dog ate my go

Re: [IceHorses] Height versus "size" of a horse

2007-02-22 Thread Dee Dreslough
pictures of adults (tall men, too) riding these magnificent horses -- I suspect that marketers are trying to avoid the "It's only a horse I can buy for my kids" demographic, so they're fudging the numbers and/or buying platform horseshoes, I guess. :) (Now that's a mental image...) -Dee Dreslough