RE: [IceHorses] mounting block

2008-06-21 Thread Robyn Hood
Hi Wanda, >>>No kidding! I just noticed that Dag's mane is slightly heavier on the right than it is on the left. I wonder if it will be even by the end of the summer? I wouldn't worry one little bit when the mane basically splits down the middle - a bit more hair on one side that the other is mo

Re: [IceHorses] mounting block

2008-06-21 Thread Wanda Lauscher
2008/6/21 Ferne Fedeli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Looks great, Wanda! Someone can be mounting on every side at once!!! > Ferne That's my plan. They'll all be wearing the FCP feather plumes too.;) Wanda

Re: [IceHorses] mounting block

2008-06-21 Thread Ferne Fedeli
> The mounting block was a hit. Dagur is checking it out and decides he > likes it enough to send Solon on his way. Looks great, Wanda! Someone can be mounting on every side at once!!! Ferne

Re: [IceHorses] mounting block

2008-06-20 Thread Wanda Lauscher
2008/6/20 Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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. No kidding! I just noticed that Dag's mane is slightly heavier on the right

Re: [IceHorses] mounting block

2008-06-20 Thread Janice McDonald
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 -- even go

Re: [IceHorses] Mounting Block

2008-03-27 Thread Janice McDonald
> that said, i do not know how horses are trained to do this; i > discovererd it entirely by accident (stjarni also loves having his ears > petted and played with better than anything) well see Vicka? This frustrates me. How can you brag on how someone trained your horse when you have no

Re: [IceHorses] Mounting Block

2008-03-27 Thread pyramid
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 04:52:43PM -0500, Janice McDonald wrote: > i dont really care that horses do this or not. 99% of all redneckers > field trial horses ground tie like the rock of gibraltor and would not > even dream of moving even a hair while being mounted. but most are > trained to do it

Re: [IceHorses] Mounting Block

2008-03-26 Thread pyramid
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 09:50:47PM +, Mic Rushen wrote: > On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:57:34 -0500, you wrote: > > >how tall is kalsi? > 14.1hh ah, even bigger than my big boy, then :) dunno then, maybe he associates the mounting block with the first stable i kept him at, where people mounted from

Re: [IceHorses] Mounting Block

2008-03-26 Thread Janice McDonald
> stjarni is the same way wrt horse transport, and also does not require > tying to things. i dont really care that horses do this or not. 99% of all redneckers field trial horses ground tie like the rock of gibraltor and would not even dream of moving even a hair while being mounted. but mo

Re: [IceHorses] Mounting Block

2008-03-26 Thread Mic Rushen
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:57:34 -0500, you wrote: >how tall is kalsi? 14.1hh Mic Mic (Michelle) Rushen --- Solva Icelandic Horses and DeMeulenkamp Sweet Itch Rugs: www.solva-icelandics.co.uk -

Re: [IceHorses] Mounting Block

2008-03-26 Thread pyramid
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 05:15:06PM +, Mic Rushen wrote: > No, not at all - they were perfectly happy to wait at the block for me > to clamber aboard. Also, my dear Kalsi who was originally trained by > Gudmar, never needs to be tied up (you just hang his rein over his > ear) and will wander non

Re: [IceHorses] Mounting block

2007-11-15 Thread Nancy Sturm
That's so funny Vicka. Before I dismount, I have always scouted out a stump or a rock to use for mounting back up. Nancy

Re: [IceHorses] Mounting block

2007-11-15 Thread pyramid
On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 08:03:48AM -0800, Nancy Sturm wrote: > The funny thing about both stools is that lots of younger slimmer fitter > people like to use them too. i firmly believe that mounting blocks are for everyone :) so is mounting from the ground in case of need (and that should imho be

Re: [IceHorses] Mounting block

2007-11-15 Thread Mic Rushen
On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:29:38 -0600, you wrote: >they always >know who they can act up with and who they shouldnt push... Well, if he's too bad I'll just drag him behind the tractor for 20 miles, that'll larn him! ; ) Mic Mic (Michelle) Rushen --

Re: [IceHorses] Mounting block

2007-11-15 Thread Janice McDonald
i bet he straightens out really quick, Mic, in no time. they always know who they can act up with and who they shouldnt push... Janice -- yipie tie yie yo

Re: [IceHorses] Mounting block

2007-11-15 Thread Janice McDonald
> The funny thing about both stools is that lots of younger slimmer fitter > people like to use them too. and its good for the horses back and the saddle tree also! Where did you get the second one you described, is it one of those giddy up ones? janice-- yipie tie yie yo

Re: [IceHorses] Mounting block

2007-11-15 Thread Mic Rushen
On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:03:48 -0800, you wrote: > I used to ride only 16 h horses - thought >anything else was a pony or something - now I need a mounting block to get >on my 14.3 TWH. I'm sure that riding smaller ponies all the times means you get out of the habit of getting on bigger horses. Whe

Re: [IceHorses] Mounting block

2007-11-15 Thread Debbie K.
Pam, I think you will need a wide platform or tall step stool with a wide platform, you'll have to measure your horse, then get the same space between the saddle and the top of the platform that you are use to on your icy's, then, measure to the ground... For example, if you need 3 feet for the I

Re: [IceHorses] Mounting block

2007-11-15 Thread Nancy Sturm
Bruce bought it and he thinks he bought it at the feed store. Nancy

[IceHorses] Mounting block

2007-11-15 Thread Nancy Sturm
We've had so much fun with alternative suggestions that I'm not sure anyone actually answered this question. I used to ride only 16 h horses - thought anything else was a pony or something - now I need a mounting block to get on my 14.3 TWH. I have a little WalMart step stool that I can turn upsi