I scotch
taped barbie
hi heels to my easter chicks feet and put little scarves
around their
necks so they looked like isadore duncan..
OH MY GOD!!! I want pics of this!!!
i could submit it for the cover photo of the quarterly but I already
submitted a pic of nasi in his frog slippers
i dont know for sure... i like to think it was good training on you
and shirleys part, someones part, but teev was SO responsive in a
sidepull. almost hait trigger, or push button, but i sometimes wonder
if it was from the extreme nose aversion he had.
Janice
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even good horses have bad days
Now, answer me honestly, do you REALLY think you could train Nasi into being
a horse like Stonewall...? :)
Karen Thomas, NC
he is high energy tho you really dont know til they get under saddle,
and he has that stonewall sense of doing something if he feels it
needs to be done, knowing I
Hey, the severe outbreak here in fla is not west nile! It is eastern
encephalitis and we have four times the annual number of reported
cases and we are only 6 months into the year. Several have died this
week in our tri county area. It is due to the unusually wet
conditions this spring and
And since we usually can't see
ourselves ride, many times we don't even know that we're asking for opposing
things at the same time.
Karen Thomas, NC
very very true! there was a parelli episode on recently were some
people had inadvertently trained their horse to rear by apply pressure
to
Dunno, looks like someone already made one out of his left ear!
; )
Mic
he is practicing his little stinker attitude. man I have never seen a
froggier colt with more attitude EVER. They say mules have hybrid
vigor but i have never seen ANYTHING like this guys vigor, and
smart?? Oh my
Oh my while I'm sure it's cute and funny now he's a baby, I hate
to think what's going to happen to this guy when he's an adult : (
I hope he doesn't kill someone.
Mic
well what would you suggest. she's already carrying an aluminum
baseball bat into the paddock with her. and
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Lynn Kinsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 3, 2008, at 6:29 AM, Janice McDonald wrote:
Hey, the severe outbreak here in fla is not west nile! It is eastern
encephalitis and we have four times the annual number of reported
cases and we are only 6 months
nancy, DID U SEE THAT report on the news a couple of months ago... a
couple with an adolescent age girl so profoundly autistic she was
completely unresponsive and they had no idea she could read or write or
understand a keyboard but they sat her at a laptop to play around and
she immediately typed
I have been around several mental horses and maybe own one but they
are like mental people, we who are better off need to treat them with
compassion. I have however seen occasionally vicious horses that I
felt had little redeeming value. they seemed to delight in viciously
attcking humans or
if it was my dog his words would be shut up earl.
Janice
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even good horses have bad days sometimes.
don't you love those ah ha moments ;) when I had teev ( karen stole
him from me) I had seen him sidepass with her. I wwould try and try
to have him do it. he would get frustrated after trying and trying to
figure what I wanted til he would just get mad and freeze with his
ears back ib a pout.
they are almost like dolphins or beings from another planet. I saw
that special on rhe real rainman, and they talked about how dustin
hoffman talked to the family and said they owed it to the world to not
hide him anymore. they were afraaaid he would be hurt by insensitive
people. now he
And look at that face - the SE-caused rub spots have almost completely been
covered by hair regrowth! He arrived in NC one month ago. I am SO pleased
with his progress!
Karen Thomas, NC
oh he does look so good Karen! That is so awesome. And when you told
me about the bling i thought
i finally got to see the video. he just hops in and out at liberty!
that is so nice! When i went thru hell getting jaspar in a trailer
for two years and i finally got him in it willingly i decided we
needed to go someplace and i was hungry so i took him to subway and
parked him in the lot while
Yet another use for duct tape!
Susan in NV read my blog to see why I ride my horse in pink:
http://desertduty.blogspot.com/
excellent use of duct tape: wrap a pole or tree with it that horses
are rubbing on.
janice
--
even good horses have bad days sometimes.
can anyone advise what to use for a horse that chews trees? It may be
a donkey thing. My curly ray has killed several small trees chewing
them and now my friend sylvia's little mule is chewing the one tree in
his paddock and she cant get him to knock it off. She was thinking of
painting it with
we had a terrible storm yesterday and my friend sylvia said she was
gazing out her window to make sure her horses were ok when lightning
struck just a few feet outside her paddock and knocked her mare down!
She said she didnt throw herself down it was like she was just knocked
down like a bowling
on our news today... MY vet is quoted as saying the very very wet
period recently has resulted in more mosquitos and now a WNV outbreak
resulting in an average of two horses a day being put down this week!!
they said people need to vaccinate NOW. It could be a major public
health issue they said.
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:01 AM, Wanda Lauscher
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2008/6/29 Janice McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
if jas stood sideways he wouldnt get wet,
janice--
Janice, does Jas run a fever at all? Has he had an ultrasound done on
his gut? Blood tests normal? Electrolytes fine
if I had money just to throw away I would have nasi's named changed to
taterbug just to aggravate the euro wannabees
janice
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even good horses have bad days sometimes.
or taterbuggersdottirsson ;) but seriously. is parker an icelandic
name?? I see him in stud ads. I have a nephew named parker and
believe me he is georgia redneck not icelandic. people make fun of
judy calling charm an unicelandic name while others are ok?? seems a
double standard. if you
oh actually much worse than that nancy! his name is monasi from
permanent vacation. so he would be taterbuggersdottirsson from
permanent vacation. or could I just make up a farm name too? then I
woulld name him taterbuggersdottirsson from Gnat City
janice
with jas in times when I had to ask him to really move it I swung the
reins from one side of withers to the other. like gene autry hyi!
hyi! chasing banditos. it made him burst into a blistering 2 mph land
speed record, an all time personal high.
janice
asking teev to go fast I would kick and he would put his ears back,
forward, back like wait lets get this straight... you are telling
MOI what to do?! then would sorta launch into the next gear like
hold on to your dentures granny haha. man his canter was powerful.
I saw my donkey do a rare
here I do flu and rhino twice a year for horses that leave the
premises but here seems rhino outbreaks are pretty frequent. and I
hate the s@@t. as much as I hate strangles. may not always be deadly
but judt do nasty and spreads so easy!
janice
yes. good poop. no blood. no worms. firm. I have contacted u of f and
a phd student is now working with me on what to try next and then
bring him in for a day of tests. he could have enterlioths? ulcers in
bowel. cushings. things to test for and rule out. gonna get going on
it now. my vet is too
well like my jas. he is just lazy and I always let him get away with
it. its such a petty offense when I ride with so many heathens. but
stonewall oh jeez he needs to learn things bad.
janice
icelandics and breeds from a small gene pool seem to be more
susceptible to immune sys responses to vaccines. some think it can
cause immune sys over reaction and launch sweet itch among other
things. I have a pure old foundation double line bred mccurdy horse
and I almost killed him with his
. How many McCurdy's are
there? A thousand or less?
Karen Thomas, NC
600 and traveller was an accidental breeding so his grandparents are
also his grandparents on one side, something like that. so he is
just a little pinhead mongrel :)
Janice
--
even good horses have bad days sometimes.
you are good and loving to your horses wanda! will you be putting
gusti in a nice resting place where you can see him? gallant boy has a
little cedar growing right where he is. I planted five. one at each
corner and they all died but the one right over him. curly ray goes
and pees on his grave.
oh I a. glad you have that! you could put a few strands at the base os
a nice tree and braid the rest. if you have any to spare... let me
ask donny if the man we know is still making vases with the horsehair
in the glaze. they are beautiful.
janice
I read your posts ;) I wish I had a heart monitor. what does it do
when the spook?!?
janice
and if they see a horse or person they like? or dislike? this would
be fascinating. a new way tp communicate. like you could touch their
belly and say is it there and see what happens... or you could find
out at which point the heart quickens and see exactly what is
upsetting them... how much
words cannot even express how sad you feel, I know. Please don't feel
guilty. It was his time, obviously. To come on so suddenly. AT
least he did not suffer on and on and it was over quickly. Gusti was
so awesome Wanda!
Janice--
even good horses have bad days sometimes.
On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Mic Rushen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:18:44 -0800, you wrote:
I just hate barbed wire and we
don't have any on the place.
We have barbed wire around the field the stallions and colts live in
during the winter, but it's tight, in good
funny how if i smack jas on the shoulder for snatching bites, he puts
his ears back a little and swishes his tail. Or if really maddern
fire will snake his head a little. But I can whack a yellowfly
between his ears with all my might and he doesnt notice it at all. :)
Yes, they are masters at
Linda Tellington Jones has a white riding whip that is very nice to
ride with.
they are good for ponying too. For holding out in case the ponied
horse wants to pass too forward or wave like Skye said, from behind to
get them to quit dragging and make slack in the rope. But hey Skye,
Jeffers
On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We finished the week with a 2 hr. ride to lake and back with a cart and 5
other Fjords. She was awesome!!
She certainly was. Well done!
Nancy
well tht would impress me! What did the five others do? Were they
ponied
It stormed all day today. at one point i thought we were having a
tornado. My boys were out in front and got started playing and it was
so awesome to watch when they do that... i can hardly break away to
go get the camera, i want to watch all the little subtle wartime
maneuvers. This was the
.
I suspect another factor may be the type/number/frequency of
vaccinations given as well.
Mic
and some cant be avoided, like here, a big west nile location.
janice
--
even good horses have bad days sometimes.
Also, wrap up your
horse and send him/her to the horse owner at the top of list, and add your
name
to the bottom of the list. Do not use a return address or the post office may
try to contact you.
In one week you should receive 16,436 horses, and at least one of them should
be a keeper.
Interesting. I haven't heard this before.
Which cues are from behind?
waving the whip in the air toward nasi's butt as I pony him and he
starts to lag behind. Other than that I guess it is tapping the butt
to make them go? I always just tap with the feet.
Janice--
even good horses have
oh that is awesome! You make them?? When I first started trail riding
in the wilderness I was frequently amused by the realization that all
that cowboy gear had real purpose, purpose hard to live without, in
fact. Like a hat brim for the sun or rain so it wont drip in your
eyes, like boots with
The other horses were seasoned trail horses and were ridden.
oh. what a concept :) Its rare you see five of those all in one place!
Janice
--
even good horses have bad days sometimes.
if jas stood sideways he wouldnt get wet,
janice--
even good horses have bad days sometimes.
you just look at horses and wonder, what are they thinking this
morning at the vet to get coggins... i was observing Trausti to see
if he was nervous or upset. It was a madhouse there. a trailer next
to us had two wild yearling qhs taken right out of the field. They
were calling and
there is a used sensation saddle on ebay. the item no. is
110265203750. or do a search for sensation sadle. It only has a
little over a day to go. and the bid now is 875.
Janice
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even good horses have bad days sometimes.
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Judy Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Interesting topic on the dressage list, with this comment:
... interesting that the riders I have ridden with or taught and that have
had trouble holding a whip saying It is distracting and too much in my
hands are the ones
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 5:30 AM, Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i might let you keep him. He didnt help my thighs much at all... Janice
R U talking about a horse or husband?
Ha! Janice would never let me have Donny (her husband)!
Karen Thomas, NC
i might trade him for your
http://listen-to-your-horse.blogspot.com/2008/06/top-ten-spooky-things.html
I would add:
I think it's a credit to Janice that she was able to ask Ruby to sit
on Teev and not have a blow up. But then that's all part of the FCTA
i have a really big professionally framed photo on the wall of
notice I aint saying much :) The horses I have started are loved to
death and hopelessly ignernt. But happy. Maybe even a little too
happy. I think karen and Shirley who works with her horses have a
really excellent thing going because Teev was almost push button and
so willing, so happy to be
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i might trade him for your aqua bling saddle. janice
Hmmm, decision time... Man, what would it be like to have TWO men who really
care about
horses?TWO men that can put up fences and feed? Nah, I guess not.
I have googled loud gut sounds and I am finding there is a type of
colic called Spastic or Spasmodic colic where the gut makes these
loud loud sounds. Thats what Jaspar does. It can be helped by a
muscle relaxer. I am gonna ask my vet to look into it. I saw a
picture of a horse with all his
there is a sensation on ebay!
janice
--
even good horses have bad days sometimes.
my gosh. wonder who the Sibylle is. wish we all knew so we could let
her have it. giving the whole breed a bad name... and what a wonderful
honest person. such a good writer! that poor horse. we have horses
we started and they were so perfect. following steady jas on endless
trail miles.
I was watching this guy on rfdtv last nite. ryan gingrich I think?
he was actually pretty good. not a horse abuser like some of them.
anyway my gosh he worked with the absolute worst...bar none... the
WORST evil horse I have ever seen. so many good horses out there
needing homes I can't
Anyway...there was a point to all this. Babies need to be encouraged
and need to believe that you're the most exciting game in town. I
had obviously made some mis-steps with Solon along the way, but he was
quite forgiving about what ever it was...and all it took was 10 or 15
minutes of
I think horses are very good at discerning our intent, and putting our
actions into context...and are very good at forgiving.
Karen Thomas, NC
i very rarely whack a horse but when i do, man he deserves it.
Usually just full of beans and acting arrogant and snotty. but its
always
I'm just thrilled that it looks like I can keep him since his
sweet itch is improving so drastically.
Karen Thomas, NC
i might let you keep him. He didnt help my thighs much at all...
Janice
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even good horses have bad days sometimes.
i love a mans belly where you can smush your face in it. I wouldnt
want one of those hard bellys.
Janice
--
even good horses have bad days sometimes.
on the color list i made the comment that splash whites were overo and
they got their panties in an uproar about that, saying splash white
was in no way overo. ?? you could look that up in the archives mic.
Some person who breeds splash was saying it is a whole different dna
marker etc and they
the other nite when traveller colicd, his first time ever, and he is
my husnands horse, as he was walking him and he kept trying to go
down, as ge passed me he said you realize if this one goes you are
on you're on and that worried me til I remembered him getting up on
freezing cold morning and
I think it was someone who breeds splash. name starts with an o I
think. I said splash looked overo to me and they said something aalong
the lines of who are you to question or doubt what they say why don't
you go and establish aherd and breed splash for years then come back
and tell us since you
are there tobiano splash?
janice
I will too. I will say thank you god for my husband rodan who altho he
is impossi le to hold a simple conversation is nice to the animals
especially traveller.
janice
I should change the subject but can't figure how on my phone but does
anybody know what on earth could cause huge stomach growling in a
horse that's just eaten. that's a clue to what is wrong with my jas.
everyone please think back if you have ever had this and what it
means. it is so loud...
my animal communicator rept; her name is nina dale. you can google
her or email me for the url to her website. she made me leery when
she looked at posts I had made about jas prior to her reading but I
her reading she mentioned 2 things she could not have known from my
posts. one was that jas
as many of you know I work for local government. they adopted a no
internet policy. so now of course we are all goofing off on our
phones. but they performed an audit of what each os us was doing
online. I was horrified, knowing they would see I was on gmail all
the time and fire me. but it
ruby leaves donny way better presents than betty sue. outside his
bathroom. he calls it ruby's minefield
janice
I need that for my husbands toxins.
janice
if i looked up the word serene in the dictionery I would not be
surprised to see this picture! Your mom is so beautiful. All of you,
cherish your moms! day before yesterday was my mom's birthday. She
has been gone 10 years now. She was a hoot!
Janice
--
even good horses have bad days
maybe someone photographed sitting on the loins with a nose band
cutting into the flesh by an inch and a half had someone decent ask
publicly hey for the good of the horse why don't you just quit
riding! ;)
janice
like someone said to them hey do us all a favor. stop riding .
and the one about feeding at 7 am... on sat at 6 am my husband starts
in I feed every morning at 5 am and now on your days to feed they
have to stand out there suffering until as late as 6;30... sheesh
janice
I thinks it's time we applaud the good things but keep pushing to
improve.
I would totally agree with you.
yes because some
times it takes guts to stand up and say what's right even when others
are bullying you and your alleged net friends won't let out a peep to
take up for you or your real
I saw a show this week on rfdtv. about pinto pasos. they brought in
pinto studs to only two farms originally. one in alabama and one in
florida where it was crossed with el pastor blooodline btww. anyway.
since a tobiano has to have a tobiano parent maybe the studs
originally were tobiano and
hahaha! good one jacki! but being relsted to me and wanda is like
being related to lucy and ethel! I am only related to davis family in
nw fla and brown family from southeast ga. since the cave dweller
era.
janice
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even good horses have bad days sometimes.
Did you notice how nice everyone's feet are???
I'm really happy with how their feet are this year...even after a long
wait for a trim.
Wanda
what, did the farrier have to come in on the Iditarod dog sleds? or
did he have to wait for the glacier to recede from an arctic pass
Janice--
Babies...all just baby stuff...
Wanda
how old is Solon, and is he started yet?? I see what a baby nasi is
and i shudder to think I started stonewall at 3. no wonder he is
nutty! The maturity level just isn't there to take on the huge
adventures that can come up on the most laid back trail
Yayyy Jacki!! If cali does anything weird, email me, she probably
learned it from Teev and I will explain to you what it means :)
Cali is beautiful and next to you, actually looks a lot bigger than i thought!
Janice
--
even good horses have bad days sometimes.
peppy is thinking, sheesh, i need a step ladder to get on the dang thing...
Janice
--
even good horses have bad days sometimes.
try lixatonic.
janice--
even good horses have bad days sometimes.
it really unsettles a horse to be moved! I am trying to get Trausti
used to things in increments so he wont get PTSD :) Tonite is his
first nite in with fox, I put fox in with him and nasi. Trausti is a
lover not a fighter and when my bad boys go after him he just says
hey, I dont want any
and theres like what, five icelandics in florida and I have two of em.
My vet says many dogs have flea allergies and hardly any symptoms.
He said ironically, you take a pampered constantly groomed and bathed
show dog with flea allergy and its never had maybe two fleas on it in
its life. But put
She looks like she is gazing across the tundra fearlessly facing the
angry hordes :) and very laid back about it :)
janice
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even good horses have bad days sometimes.
Janice, I had Paso's before Icelandic's. My little mare that was five gaited
did the thing just like the Icelandic's do when they do the flying pace. She
was very smooth and would go very fast. I was afraid to do this very long I
felt it was hard on her?
this is sad Sylvia! My Jas does a
that is so beyond way cool. He musta came to eat grass, or maybe a
predator chased him and mom and he got separated? It is good for him
to be there. Now if you run into one on the trail it won't freakl the
horses out! Deer come into my pasture for a drink and to eat grass,
especially in winter
I use excel spreadsheet. One for wormer and shots showing what was
actually given and when and another for training goals by what date. I
am the type who never sticks to any written wishlists it seems but
when I go back later and look I almost always have stuck pretty close
by the training
The whole purpose of dressage tests are to show
that the horse is listening and responding to every request in a very prompt
and timely manner -
HAHAHAHAHA hahahaha. Have you seen that commercial where they are in
the board meeting and ask everyone how they are doing with customer
service and
he scared me cause i thought he was gonna jump.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O7iQa6H0VU
Janice
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even good horses have bad days sometimes.
wow, a pro pedestal!
Janice
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even good horses have bad days sometimes.
On 6/20/08, Wanda Lauscher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The mounting block was a hit. Dagur is checking it out and decides he
likes it enough to send Solon on his way.
Wanda
hahaha! man, fighting over a trail obstacle! does that totally PROVE
they love to elarn or what.!
Janice
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even good
I have had Trausti now... what three weeks? Today was the first time
that I took him out and had a long two hour session with him and he
used the thinking side of his brain the entire time. listening,
paying attention, curious, mannerly, in his quiet steady way. Many
things he acted spooky
Solon is elskas son? Was he born there ??
Wow. Today I had to have a come to Jesus with Nasi. He was
dragging his little heels and giving me fits when I tried to bring him
in from turnout. It only took about two minutes of acting mean before
he was pitifully sorry :) He needed it I think, was
I just know if I had to input something to a spreadsheet...I wouldn't do it.
Wanda
I put it in after the fact :) except the taining one is sort of a pie
in the sky dream, but interesting to me how we are usually ahead of
schedule! But my training schedules are maybe a little different
I wish yall could see what my friends horse has. he is at u of fla
vet hosp. he has a type of amoeba you get from warm stagnant water
that looks like you took a hand grenade and blew half his leg off and
they keep working on it but can't heal it. man talk about worms...
janice
ogh gosh Lynn just translate! Do they do a stepping pace at all, and
if so what do they call it...
Janice
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even good horses have bad days sometimes.
haha! She looks exacdtly like this lady I ride with and her horse
looks exactly like her horse :)
Janice
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even good horses have bad days sometimes.
chris cox does a thing where he whaps the longue whip on the ground to
make the horse listen to him and accept his dominance and disengage
the rear end. I did it to my fox and it took forever to get him over
the harm it caused. he still freaks when he sees a longue whip. he
responds best with
that's interesting to think of... does anyone have old competition
pics? the old classic twh show pics are very revealing. the most
famous studs of all time shown flatshod and thru the years you can see
the stacks grow. when did icy competition formally begin?
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