[IceHorses] re: Please forward to as many people as you can!

2008-05-08 Thread kolugil
This is really disgusting - I can’t believe people walked by and didn’t punch the artist in the head and tie him to a rope until he starved to death! So sad! THIS WILL TAKE A MINUTE OF YOUR TIME AND WILL SAVE A CREATURE – AND HOPEFULLY REMOVE THIS SO-CALLED 'ARTIST'!!! Hi all,this is

Re: [IceHorses] Look what I did find in the snow/Janice

2008-05-06 Thread kolugil
as My stud that I did own (sold to sweden) wasn´t at home at the time it should have happened and my closesest (spelling) neighbour don´t own one I´m think she has gotten pregnant at her Breeders place as I bought Pera last winter january 2007 but didn´t arraive home to me untill 23 of may..

Re: [IceHorses] Look what I did find in the snow/Renee

2008-05-06 Thread kolugil
> > Now, what's the procedure in detecting who the daddy is? Will you have to > bloodtype the foal or do DNA on it? > I can take an DNA on the foal and Pera and the father if we find one! > Hey Malin, this reminds me of a question I've had:Since it's a given or > obvious all foals bor

Re: [IceHorses] Look what I did find in the snow

2008-05-04 Thread kolugil
Yes we are still looking for an eventually father! no one found yet so far.. Regards Malin

Re: [IceHorses] Look what I did find in the snow

2008-05-04 Thread kolugil
Hi Judy Pera is blue dun ,silver dapple pinto and her son is "just" black with a star Pera´s Father Lokkur (now in Austria I think) is yellow dun silver dapple. adn Pera´s mother Duna is silver dapple black pinto. Regards Malin

Re: [IceHorses]Color question - my rant

2008-04-28 Thread kolugil
> showed the picture of a young stallion, and the comments were that he had a > weak back, but > a 9 for mane. My god... He was a STALLION. I want to cry when I read crap > like that. > If a horse has a weak back, that alone should eliminate him from the breeding > pool. > > Karen Thomas, N

RE: [IceHorses]Color question - my rant

2008-04-27 Thread kolugil
There are a FEW issues with color that I DO think are important - the link to ASD with silver dapples, the fatal "lethal white" combination, etc. That's part of responsible breeding. That thank good don´t exist in the Icelandic breed!! But also something to consider regards to color and bree

Re: [IceHorses] Buttercup - three days old

2008-04-26 Thread kolugil
>> > We may name her Lusia...but Cary is still calling her Buttercup. Really cute red dun filly you got there Karen and nice Zebra marking on her shoulder to in Icelandic you call this color "Fifillbleik" If Cary still want to stick with Buttercup in Icelandic s�ley Regards Malin www.kolugi

Re: [IceHorses] Dilemma

2008-03-25 Thread kolugil
Hi Mic I had this experience last week when I went down to Reykjavik to ride with a friend and it turned out that the horse I was gonna ride was in a thin condition (brown gelding) and I pointed that out that "this horse shouldn´t get any thiner to just be able to build more mucles and so on...

Re: [IceHorses] HELP breeders!

2008-03-06 Thread kolugil
Hi Janice! first let sylvia give the foal from a bottle so it get´s stronger. even repeat couple of times. then put the mare in a stall and hold her and help the foal to nurse and reward the mare each time she´s doing right. I think the problem will be over after few day´s but the foal need´s t

Re: [IceHorses] Re: HPA

2008-02-24 Thread kolugil
>>> How often are the boots now used scratched, damaged or generally dinged > up? That would be a good indication of whether they were needed for > protection. Ok , I would say like always they are expensive and you are like always buying them thoose that use them, I don´t compete just trail ri

Re: [IceHorses] scary economic times for horses here

2008-02-24 Thread kolugil
OK I try to clearify that > they have an very old saying "the horse live on God's kindness and that > ,that are frozen outside" > > The horse live´s on God´s Kindness... meaning that if God is kind he don´t make it an hard winter and a good early spring that ,that are frozen outside

Re: [IceHorses] scary economic times for horses here

2008-02-24 Thread kolugil
>>> We didn't have a good hay year in 2007, so it's > a little hard to find right now besides being expensive. I worry > what these people will do if no one takes their horses. . . the same is to say in Iceland the year 2007 was not god as the summer was to dry it burned the fields and

RE: [IceHorses] Cover Photo?

2008-02-24 Thread kolugil
Gabrielle do tremendouz Calendar�s A have seen friesern Arabic and do own the Icelandic calendar from 2001 still as Gabrielle stayed here in Iceland and photoed kristin�s Horses (at Thorkelshol) in 2001 you se her horses in March, May, June ,her old stallion in October and Dezember. Regards

RE: [IceHorses] branding

2008-01-07 Thread kolugil
>>>What evidence do you have that freeze branding is more humane and > safer than hot branding? > ok as I freeze brand my horses, they have to stand still for 60 seconds for freeze brand to make the hair turn white to get totally nude they have to stand for at least 30 more second. and I freeze

Re: [IceHorses] Icelandic horses do not go fishing on their own accord!

2007-12-01 Thread kolugil
>>what choices !? Hayroll´s and pasture >> grass > this weekend I am going to lay an anchovie out in the sun til it dries > and then get a video of me offering nasi and tivar a choice between a > handful of hay or a dried anchovie. Then I will offer some grass or > an anchovie and the

Re: [IceHorses] Iceland

2007-11-29 Thread kolugil
> i thought iceland was way expensive. yes janice it is very expensive country to live in buy food clothes and to go out and dinner for an example a bog meal at macdonalds coast more than 900 isl kr ok somebody transfere that into dollars Regards malin

Re: [IceHorses] Icelandic horses do not go fishing on their own accord!

2007-11-26 Thread kolugil
I've heard about Icelandic horses, I have NEVER heard the story of the barrels of salted herring promoted as nutritional wisdom until this thread. > oh yes it´s was very common! but do we want to play THAT into a modern-day nutritional trend? Hey, their diet was even organic! when it was

RE: [IceHorses] Re: Swedish Woman Saves Icelandic Ponies

2007-11-25 Thread kolugil
>>As for blood, I think someone told me they use >>horse blood to make certain anti venoms or something?? >>Janice-- >>yipie tie yie yo > > Horse and sheep blood is used to make rattlesnake antivenin. Not in Iceland as we don´t have any snake´s or scorpions either the "Blood mare´s" has to be

Re: [IceHorses] Re: Swedish Woman Saves Icelandic Ponies

2007-11-24 Thread kolugil
>> What the heck is this all about? What are they using the Ice Ponies > for?? > > I briefly looked at the page the other day, but what happened to it? > It appears to be gone now. > > Judy > Hi list I think it´s gone because the foals did arraive to Sweden last week I think it was 20 of t

Re: [IceHorses] US Defends Iceland

2007-10-20 Thread kolugil
maybe better to say "spent & was" as the military force is not here anymore I think it´s almost a year since they left Regards Malin

Re: [IceHorses] Come on!!!

2007-09-24 Thread kolugil
HI JR and Jakey no all icelandic´s don´t don´t do soft gait´s but almost all 99% do canter and almost all can trot thou that theese that are 5+ gaited have a 4 beaten trot or have a hard time to do it under rider but often at freedom they do a fine trot and canter. about the canter we have galo

Re: [IceHorses] Hempfling says:off topic?

2007-09-16 Thread kolugil
> > I think it may depend on the Icelandics that he's seen. If he's seen the > ones who have been subjected to tolt training, they may be shut down, a dull > eye, not too willing to give themselves to humans. -this is not subjected to tolt training (it´s kind of funny to stated that) it´s ju

Re: [IceHorses] Horse Training in Iceland

2007-09-12 Thread kolugil
>> Are there any icelandic-style trainers who train for natural gait? > > How about any icelandic-style trainers that start horses bitless? > Judy all holar students are for an example starting their horses bitless and every trainer/breeder wants to have natural gaitedness as it take´s

Re: Fw: Re: [IceHorses] Horse Training in Iceland

2007-08-28 Thread kolugil
> I guess my pasture is boring or something! They always seem to want > me to choose them and take them somewhere... > janice-- > yipie tie yie yo my pasture is somewhat over 800 acers so is not boring,but we have not either handled this 2003 year very much just for deworming that is dun here

Fw: Re: [IceHorses] Horse Training in Iceland

2007-08-26 Thread kolugil
Hi Wanda ok my stallion Hamar born in beginning of june 2003 was started january 2007 and was in training untill may when He was evaluated just for conformation as he´s riding abilities was not ready ,natural tolter not trotting much... He was Mentally ok and well muscled ,big 141 cm on whiters

RE: [IceHorses] Horse Training in Iceland

2007-08-25 Thread kolugil
Hi Robyn,Hi List Usually yes they are started at the 5 yo old winter when you are not in a hurry and it´s common that you take your 4 yo in one monht or two and as they are very unhandled it take´s them 2 -3 week just to get longed and somewhat used to humans. But when you want to evaluat them

Re: [IceHorses] Road Founder / Concussive Soring Practices/Trish

2007-06-20 Thread kolugil
>> Yes I think it´s very unknown to thoose that are training Icelandics here >> in Iceland anyway as we lay much in not ride fast or ride at all at >> hardground/pavements if you have a chance and not gait ride if you have to >> go over pavements to get to the trail. Kvedja Malin in a su