--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "SHERREL LEININGER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>
> I am hesitant to try nasi
> > or Tivar with CT because they are so nippy and treat hounding and
seem
> > to lose their freaking minds anytime they see a TREAT A TREAT OH MY
> > GOD A TREAT and forget everythi
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Karen Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >>> Here is an old picture of me with my horse Splash, maybe around
1983,
> out in east San Diego County, Dehesa, she was the best, except for
Celie:)
>
> How fun lucky you!
And believe me, every moment I knew how
On 2/5/07, Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
> Buck was too polite to say that in fact it had worked well on the
> human...
>
> His thought was that clicker training helped HER focuson the TRY
> rather than the task, and helped HER mark the release
> moment.
My first thought is there might
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Judy Ryder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> "In training one always wants to go too fast. To arrive quickly,
do not
> hurry, but be firmly assured of each step. The lesson should be
for the
> horse, as for the horseman, a rewarding exercise, an instructive
gam
On 2/4/07, Lorraine Voog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It is going to be 80 degrees tomorrow. Lorraine
>
He's adorable!
Kim
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Pamela Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> I took these about a week ago when it was snowing in Wisconsin!
> These are my babies
>
> http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f74/hansenshorses/?
> action=view¤t=1169435310.pbw
>
> Hope it works.
>
I love the pin
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Wanda Lauscher"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> This statement appeared in our provincial newsletter.
>
> "Horses can communicate how they are feeling by their facial
> expressions. They use their ears, nostrils, and eyes to show their
> moods. Beware of a hors
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I sent an email earlier that was bounced back. Here are the
watercolors I
> was trying to send.
> Hey, if anybody has a good sideways headshot of their Icelandic
(preferably
> not really dark colored, I will
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Karen Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I think it's the gait that I always screw up when I see it in
a "what gait"
> picture - when I'm expecting to see a soft gait. Looks like on page
191,
> figure #4 of Lee Ziegler's "Easy-Gaited Horses" - canter, I thi
Is it a rack? It looks like this is a single foot support phase, and it also
looks like the hind feet will hit the ground and pick up slightly before the
front.
Kim
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Karen Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >>> Some of them look familiar--she's gorgeous and the hot pink
looks great
> on her!
>
> I thought maybe I'd sent some of them in - but I might have sent the
> pictures of Ima that day, and even Cary would be hard pr
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Judy Ryder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Horseback riding is popular and stables are numerous, but the horses
must be
> imported as the Icelandic ponies I saw were short and squat with
Shetland
> manes and tails.
>
Whoever wrote this needs a brainwashin
Is any part of this video showing a flatwalk?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA3_rzcBndA
Kim
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Judy Ryder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The draft was slowing down and
> they almost had one fornt hoof trimmed in ring #1! WOW and only 3
hours into
> the show!
>
> Was I impressed with this headstall? Absolutely NOT! The
headstalls
> presented for sale
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Karen Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I've heard of a humid area in NM where some horses have SE, and
> there are others too. Unfortunately, we don't have an exact map
of these
> areas. It does seem that there are enough similar bugs all over
North
> Am
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Janice McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
But now I wonder if I should go out
> today and work on sliding a lead rope UNDER his tail and see what
> happens, see if he has lingering issues with that...
You know, I think horses act out in the moment to wha
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>He could not understand why until I explained to him that horse
>traders in the USA have been known to drug horses when someone was
>coming to look at buying one. I don't know about you guys but I
know >a lot of horses traders that d
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Karen Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Melnir has been a little ignored lately, but I got him out today and
made a
> few short video clips.
He is nice and sturdy looking.
Kim
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Judy Ryder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Sherrel sent a few pictures of Stigandi. I owned his mother at one
time.
>
>
Very nice markings!
Kim
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> like i was worried
> about moving a horse from low-se country to the swamp we call new
> england in the summer.
>
Kentucky? I thought Stjarni was coming from Kentucky. I think it's
fairly humid and buggy here in the summer. I think h
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> huh. the horse's perspective is always why we insisted on trials
when
> we sold horses from the lesson barn into new homes. we don't know
if
> the new home will be a good fit or not, even if a person tries a
horse
> several times
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Karen Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>
> And, of course, the other possibility with what you describe is that
the new
> owners are the crazy ones!
One person I remember telling me that was an experienced horse person,
she was a little crazy, but I do
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Karen Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Once I thought maybe saddle rack and the next time I thought maybe
slightly
> to the diagonal (trotty) side...but whatever it was, I think it's
fairly
> close to the middle. The bigger one looked more lateral -
pro
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Wanda Lauscher"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
but the older mare looks as though
> she's doing a saddle rack (three foot support), but it seems to morph
> into something else as well.
>
She looks a litte on the pacey side to me. They just bought her and
will pr
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, susan cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> kim morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx5-fxbMWgo <<
>
> The older one is definately lateral - a step pace. What breed are
they?
>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx5-fxbMWgo
I just took this video. It's not the best, there is a fence in the way
and some of the quality went down from uploading it. You can see it is
really muddy because it warmed up again, so I didn't feel like walking
out in the pasture. I could see it bett
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't know about you guys but I know a lot of horses traders that
drug a horse to sell and when the new owners get it home it is
definitely not a "child's horse" that it was sold t be.
> R
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, pippa258 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Storme Lee~Fire Island Farms wrote:
> > What I would like is a more humane way to raise and slaughter
> > animals.
> I think this is what Temple Grandin has tried to do. Not sure how
much
> her methods and suggestions
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Karen Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> But just as this article points out, there are
> other factors involved, like the baggage he brings to us from his
prior
> life, assuming he wasn't born with us.
>
>
I like that it has us look at horses as individual
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "pasobeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>me rather than being with
> the herd in pasture, even though they come running to greet me, do
> their jobs for me willingly.
>
I actually have a couple who seem to fight over who gets the halter
and gets to get out of the
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Janice McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>in a
> crowd of 300 horses racing over hill and dale like maniacs he is a
> little hyped up shall we say...Am I giving up on him? Like I told my
> husband "if I sold stonewall I would look for him every day I li
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> case i'm pretty sure that the majority of historical icelandic
breeding
> hasn't been done with the feif published standards and
evaluations, so i
> was curious if we know how it *was* done.
>
Someone may know more about that. I w
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> i still don't see how natural gait could be selected *against*?
>
> --vicka
>
It definitely can, that is where the American Saddlebred has ended
up. If you keep breeding for high action animated trot, and don't
see any gait a
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Karen Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >>> I am not sure anyone wants to tell people in Iceland what to
eat. I
> think we just think that the "slaughtering for quality" argument is
really
> valid.
>
> That's exactly it, Kim - assuming you meant that "slau
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> i'll buy that this is true now. but a thousand-year history for it -
-
> which is what is being claimed with the genetic version -- seems
> technologically infeasible.
>
> does anyone know the long-term historical data on this?
>
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 05:49:31PM -0500, Karen Thomas wrote:
> > It is to a lot of us. The time to think about the gaits you
want the foals
> > to have is before you breed. You don't breed by trial and error
and eat
> > your mistak
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Janice McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> He said (she said?) that a horse
> should no longer have saddle pain after two months under saddle??
I think she said that a horse should not buck after two months under
saddle, and was saying that it shouldn't be
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, Anneliese Virro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Any horse, the best horses on the planet, and I own one of
> > them, is a complete maniac the first year under saddle. Anyone
who
> > says different is either a liar or inexperienced or lucky or has
a
> > horse
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, Ingvar Ragnarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> horses that are put in the slaughter house is
> mostly injured or crazy one´s as I would defined
> it could have bucking problems (most likely)
What kind of bucking problem? Really horses don't usually want to
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "Karen Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Here's a short clip to test my YouTube abilities. I've only uses
a
> camcorder a few times so don't laugh!
>
> Nice view of your diverse herd! I wondered for a minute what breed
the
> white "ponies" were, but a
--- Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This week on RFDTV Parelli has this woman in a wheel
> chair on. My
> favorite horse training shows are always the ones
> where the horse
> isn't perfectly trained, but has a problem and they
> work thru it.
>
I saw that too, it was great. I lo
I was looking for a remedy I need and found these tips
for all kinds of things, they even have a tip for
getting pine tar out of a mane, it would have come in
handy when Dari got his entire forelock stuck full
pine sap last year:)
http://moniteausaddleclub.com/horse_tips.htm
Kim
--- Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The second one is still around and he is actually
> mean. The meanest,
> most calculating, evil horse I have ever seen. And
> I met him when he
> was age 6 months and was just being weaned. I have
> never seen this
> horse mistreated a day in hi
--- Virginia Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 1/19/07, Kim Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > >
> >
> > Are you filming with a digital camera?
>
>
>
> Yes--we got one for Xmas--it's a Sony Handycam.
> V
>
Do
--- Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > "When the horse screams in the only way he
> knows...
> > with body language to make us understand that
> > something is wrong humans call it "protest,
> stubborn,
> > spoiled" for the horse it is his voice".
> >
> > I would like a TShirt that says t
--- Virginia Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm still experimenting--can't figure out how to rid
> the audio; and
> the lighting is badbut here is one of Orri and
> Gat and my hubby:
>
http://s104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/vlt2006/?action=view¤t=GatandOrri.flv
> V
>
Are you filming w
--- Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boWrO1rlefM
>
>
That's pretty neat. I've been thinking about this off
and on. It would be good to take some time out with
the horses and try some of this.
Kim
--- Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4HcYCB-7eA
>
>
> > I like that, I'm thinking, if I could do anything
> like
> > that with my mule, it would be a miracle.
>
> I think the journey towards that type of goal would
> be a fun thing to do.
>
> How abo
--- Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4HcYCB-7eA
>
> Judy
>
I like that, I'm thinking, if I could do anything like
that with my mule, it would be a miracle.
Kim
--- Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > http://www.marisasano.ca/?p=161
>
> Did anyone view this link? What was mentioned about
> the Icelandics?
>
>
I saw it, they said:
"And the cute little Icelandic horses (they take
offense at being called ponies, though they are all
very small)
--- ToltallyICE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> You are WAY out of line.
>
> If this is what this list is going to be reduced to
> I've had enough.
>
I am curious, Cheryl, what do you think of what
Christopher said?
I don't know who he is at all, I suspect he has been
fed these things by other
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, "twhgroopie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> This mare was origanally bred by Icelandics Fra Slettunni in Iowa.
Her
> Sire is Kometur fra Field Wood and Dam is Lysa fra Norregaard.
> I am familiar with bloodlines of Rocky and Kentucky Mountain
horses,
> but Icela
--- Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>> Looks like a fast pace to me, it looks smooth
> too. I also see a soft
> intermediate gait in there when they are going
> slower.
>
> I wish the resolution were a little clearer on
> YouTube, but I wouldn't be
> surprised if that horse has all fo
--- Raven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Pacing (FAST) Standardbreds
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBtqqWWKR8E
>
Looks like a fast pace to me, it looks smooth too. I
also see a soft intermediate gait in there when they
are going slower.
Kim
--- Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> it is very bad to not quarantine, but no one is more
> guilty of that
> than me!
I think it is just good horse managment to quarentine
them for a little bit, I've let them touch sooner too,
but it always worries me, all you need is for
something
--- Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> They will all look
> at me like oh brother, shes brought her dang
> shetland pony out here,
> and then when they see him move... it will be fun :)
You know, I got all good feedback about Dari, I did
get to take him on a couple of trail rides in t
--- Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm totally confused. Who is Christopher in the
> subject line? Did someone
> by that name write a prior e-mail that I haven't
> received...or is this
> e-mail under the name of Jeannette actually a
> response by someone named
> Christopher? I
--- Lorraine Voog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> How about the mechanical hackamore. What is the
> difference between
> that and the bosal type? Lorraine
>
Those use leverage to put pressure under the chin,
either with a leather or chain curb strap, it can be
pretty harsh, especially the cha
--- Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
people
> are not warm and
> receptive when they learn WHY a horse walks like
> that... they vomit
> at horse shows. I aint kiddin and thats no
> exaggeration. They
> actually weep and vomit when they have never seen it
> before.
It isn't good at
--- Ingvar Ragnarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Hneta is just a photografers dream! she likes to
> show off and her color makes it pretty easy to
> photograf even thou the sun is setting and it´s snow
> on the ground
>
>
She is very cute!
Kim
--- stroppelj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> a horse coming directly from Iceland usually don't
> need to be
> quarantined as there are no infectiuos horse
> diseases in Iceland. If
> you quarantine them, then to prevent them from being
> infected from the
> resident horses ;-). the problem m
--- Christopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>We paid over
> $11,000 for him as an un-trained four year
> old... He would have been worth more if we
> received him in the condition he is in now. so a
> gelding in the $12,000 to $15,000 range is not
> unrealistic..
I do think they have
--- Stephanie Caldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I can't believe that someone would take a horse
> who's traveled that
> far and not quarantine them and just put them out
> with the herd.
> That's pretty irresponsible and shows total
> disregard for the horses
> he's going out with, no tellin
--- Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I
> dont know what else
> to do. He is the best trail horse, the best gaited
> horse. I have to
> get him over this. and me too.
> Janice
>
It can happen that some horses will start trying to
buck to get their way. I have no idea if he will tr
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
and i
> thought it would do us good to do more trail riding
> over more difficult
> terrain (both him and me). i've missed the intense
> training i had
> received at my last barn (we've had one lesson in
> six weeks, and i
> have a trial coming up this week with a
--- Robyn Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In looking at the large groups of riders at the
> Field Trials with all those
> gaited horses with what sound like such good gaits,
> I wonder why anyone
> would buy Icelandics??
I really like ponies, that is really why. I don't see
any other stocky
--- Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>> I went back to the site and saw more of the
> videos he had taken plus I
> read the comments. The rider is a professional
> trainer and he was starting
> that horse--he did not train it to lay down--it did
> that on its own!
>
> I didn't watch t
--- Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At least we admit we have stupid rednecks in the
> south. And you know, best
> I can tell, there are stupid rednecks to be found
> all over the world...some
> are even attractive with exotic accents.
>
It just must be horrifying to the Icelandic "h
--- In IceHorses@yahoogroups.com, Robyn Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> Yahoo was bouncing our email, just testing to see if problem solved
>
>
I've been bouncing too.
Kim
--- Robyn Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
That horse is
> very fast in rack but it still sounds like a rack
> compared to a flying pace.
It looks on the pacey side to me, but I think the
timing maybe a little off for it to really be a flying
pace, when I try to freeze the video and look at it
ne
Here is a You Tube Video, I am thinking this is a
great site. I will have to get some videos, they tell
me my horses have been ripping all over the place, but
of course they are standing like lawn ornaments when I
arrive.
http://tinyurl.com/y3ungb
See if this works. At least I didn't choose the
--- Robyn Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Personally I find the prey / predator model not very
> useful since most
> species can be either depending on the context. I
> like to approach animals
> by wanting to be non-threatening rather than
> threatening - using that
> attitude it doesn't m
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> i recall there being a lot of resistance here on
> this list to
> the idea that i was going to be putting a lot of
> kids on my
> icey;
I think the key word is a "lot" of kids.
>that he would be a bad choice for that b/c of
> his breed.
I don't really recall an
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> the idea that one sort of wording is "correct" is
> exactly the kind of
> prescriptive way of looking at language that tells
> us english sentences
> oughtn't end in prepositions because latin sentences
> can't.
>
> --vicka
>
Actually I don't think I have heard
--- Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
They can foxtrot upwards of 6 to 8
> miles per hour tho
> there have been documented cases of icelandics
> occasionally GPS
> clocked at 110 mph.
This is good, I think you should do it.
Kim
--- pippa258 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> It is truly a gorgeous day in NC today...sunny,
> breezy and warm. Went
> out for a trail ride with my neighbors this morning
> - through the woods,
> stream crossings, fields.
> Trish
>
>
Nice driving picture. Aren't you guys lucky, I think
I'm
--- Robyn Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> IME a flying pace is quite a different feel than a
> Standardbred pace.
>
>
Absolutely, I am sure, I have never ridden one, but I
have heard of some having some soft gaits in addition
to pace.
Kim
--- Ingvar Ragnarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ok as I don´t have another breed to compare with
> here in Iceland
> how are the gaits in other gaited breeds? do
> people at daily basis use all 5 gears? or 4?
> as we do in Icelandics?
It varies, and they don't normally use gait plus trot,
--- Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> And here's this new jewel...from
>
http://www.icelandics.org/checklist.html#naturaltolter
>
> "Also known as the skeith, not every Icelandic Horse
> exhibits this fifth
> gait. This is a very fast lateral gait, very
> slightly four-beat, with a
> per
--- Susan Cushing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Could it be that the horse is 'tactile defensive'?
> I work wiith handicapped
> folks and this is one of many isues that I come
> across. This would mean
> that "normal" touch is not fun. Some need strong
> touch, some find clothing
> awful
--- Kim Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Gudmar's interview is here:
> >
> > http://iceryder.net/radioshow.html
> >
>
I remembered one thing he said about pony vs. horse.
He said t
--- Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>> This term is sometimes used to refer to a horse
> whose favorite gait is
> tolt. This horse might be more difficult to get into
> trot and/or canter (the
> Icelandic Horse is truly four and five-gaited and a
> good trot and canter are
> prized), a
--- Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is the four-beat, lateral gait of the
> Icelandic Horse, which is
> very comfortable to ride. It is sometimes compared
> to the rack of the
> American Saddlebred,
>
> NO! Wait, this is new. When did they change this?
>
I *think* they ma
--- Kim Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- Wanda Lauscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Why I'm riding a green horse
> > around without a
> > halter, just proves how simple I am.
>
>
> or maybe advanced. I am pretty sure Ray Hu
--- Wanda Lauscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Why I'm riding a green horse
> around without a
> halter, just proves how simple I am.
or maybe advanced. I am pretty sure Ray Hunt has
people start horses with nothing on their heads.
Kim
--- Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gudmar's interview is here:
>
> http://iceryder.net/radioshow.html
>
I just listened to it. First, I wish they would all
get their definition of tolt straight, I mean all have
the same definition. He said it was a singlefoot gait,
with even 4 beat. T
--- Judy Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't see why there would even have to be a
> consideration to look towards
> the USIHC.
>
> Start as a separate entity. Why bother wasting the
> energy to try to change
> that organization? It might be a good idea to put
> the positive energy in
--- Kim Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Courtesy of the USIHC, what do you think about this
> definition?
>
>
http://www.icelandics.org/checklist.html#naturaltolter
>
This part is pretty good:
"Tolt
This is the four-beat, lateral gait of the Icelandic
Horse, wh
Courtesy of the USIHC, what do you think about this
definition?
http://www.icelandics.org/checklist.html#naturaltolter
"Natural Tolter
This term is sometimes used to refer to a horse whose
favorite gait is tolt. This horse might be more
difficult to get into trot and/or canter (the
Icelandic Hor
--- Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>> You know, I actually think we on this list could
> potentially be a
> powerful force for change. I think that if we all
> ganged up on "them
> biddies" - you know who I mean - we could set some
> changes in motion. But we
> would have to
> coopera
--- Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why do we
> continue to have such an
> expensive system to participate in?
I think that's exactly it:)
>
> Does anyone think there's a realistic chance the
> USIHC would ever entertain
> an alternate evaluation system?
>
Haha!
I don't know, t
--- pippa258 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> He doesn't
> react badly or move away from being saddled.I do
> wonder if he's
> ticklish so tried brushing harder but he doesn't
> like that either.
>
Some horses are just more sensitive than others. We
had one mule who was extremely sensitive in
--- Ingvar Ragnarsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> you have been talking about gaits at liberty here.
>
> and somehow I got the feeling that this is rather
> uncommon in your breeding stock in US
> or you maybe look at it from the wrong perspective
> or what to call it.
>
Do you mean our I
--- Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I can think of a couple of ways to vastly streamline
> those "strict" rules:
> ban all boots, and encourage barefoot. If a
> "breeding" horse needs
> "protective" boots and/or shoes, IMO, he/she already
> has two strikes against
> him/her as a breedi
--- Raven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> yes! i have a freind who isone of the MH judges.
> last year i watched
> her at evaluting a mare who was not really set in
> gait. she didn't
> pass her. advised the owner to go home and work on
> cleaning up the
> gaits. <;] kim, trigger is cute!! i
--- Wanda Lauscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Anyway, I thought it would be fun and fascinating if
> someone has the
> inclination to try take an inhand videoand allow
> us to see what
> gait is happening at any given time...or see when a
> trot morphs into
> something else, or the range
--- Anneliese Virro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Gudmar, Petur (his father), Hakon (his brother)
> Kolla (his mother) have
> always tried to bring they best horses to the US
> they could find.
That is good to know, it's important to know who you
can trust with horse selling. I think that the
--- Christine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Ever
> wonder why so few do? This group is like a private
> little sorority.
> Those on the "inside" appear to be pointing to us
> and saying, poor
> things, they just aren't enlightened like us. We'll
> let them in when
> they agree with us.
>
--- Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can someone explain to me why a few people always
> get so defensive about
> Gudmar, when he's not even been mentioned? After
> all, there are lots of
> other Icelander trainers that come and go in the
> USA...
>
I think the comment was really abo
--- stroppelj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> maybe just to make sure that none of the horse would
> be disqualified
> because of a shoeing that is not according to the
> breeding rules, how
> about that??
>
The rules aren't that complicated are they?
Kim
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