Re: [IceHorses] Track system

2008-03-04 Thread Debbie K.
ya know what, it is my fault, cause I thought it was Pasture Paradise blame the gray hairs!!! I and my horses love our track system!!! http://picasaweb.google.com/dakota.charm/TrackSystem The Soul of a Horse ~ has touched my soul, may it touch yours too! ~ thesoulofahorse.com/Pre-Order-Review

Re: [IceHorses] Track system

2008-03-04 Thread Wanda Lauscher
On 04/03/2008, Debbie K. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I sent the link not to long ago.. here it is again > http://www.thehorseshoof.com/book_pp.html Oh thanks Debbie, it was you that sent that in. PADDOCK Paradiseno wonder I couldn't find it. Wanda

Re: [IceHorses] Track system

2008-03-04 Thread Debbie K.
I sent the link not to long ago.. here it is again http://www.thehorseshoof.com/book_pp.html -- I and my horses love our track system!!! http://picasaweb.google.com/dakota.charm/TrackSystem The Soul of a Horse ~ has touched my soul, may it touch yours too! ~ thesoulofahorse.com/Pre-Order-Reviews

[IceHorses] Track system

2008-03-04 Thread Wanda Lauscher
Someone mentioned a book about a tracking system in a pasture. Renee was it you? I believe it was called pasture paradise by Jaime Jackson. Is that the correct title? I come up empty when I search for it... Thanks Wanda -- Save the earth, it's the only place to get chocolate.

Re: [IceHorses] Track system

2008-03-03 Thread snowpony
Found the book and just ordered it! (Happy birthday to me early!) It's by Jaime Jackson, Pasture Paradise $31.55 with shipping. Here's the link: http://www.jaimejackson.com/page18.html --Renee M. in Michigan

Re: [IceHorses] Track system

2008-03-03 Thread Debbie K.
Yep, she is on the barefoothorsecare list too.. I have my track to avoid, insuline resistance and founder, as I had a mare here who did founder shortly after we bought her, a Paso Fino. My Friends have Paso's and they founder easily, so do Morgans and Mft's which I also have... -- I and my hors

Re: [IceHorses] Track system

2008-03-03 Thread snowpony
Besides Debby's site, I found this site about the "pasture paradise" track system as well: http://thenaturalhoof.homestead.com/paddockparadise.html This person's website is almost in blog form and I'm really interested in reading it, as she says she has, previous to going to a track system, had

Re: [IceHorses] Track system

2008-03-03 Thread Debbie K.
OOps, I said Never, I forgot, I had one small 60 foot round pen, that I moved, as I made into a larger oval... -- I and my horses love our track system!!! http://picasaweb.google.com/dakota.charm/TrackSystem The Soul of a Horse ~ has touched my soul, may it touch yours too! ~ thesoulofahorse.com

Re: [IceHorses] Track system

2008-03-03 Thread Debbie K.
No Karen, I never move my track... The reason it is there is to keep the horses MOVING, I don't want them grazing a great deal, this is for them to live on 24/7, and MOVE... I use a combination of push in posts two strands of electric fence, that is hot, I have dug under insulated wire to get it h

Re: [IceHorses] Track system

2008-03-03 Thread Karen Thomas
I am wondering if I could just use step-in posts and electric tape for my inner fencing. . . . We use step-in posts and tape sometimes for temporary cross-fencing, just not for perimeter fencing. That's what I'd imagine for a track, because I think the goal is to keep moving the tr

Re: [IceHorses] Track system

2008-03-03 Thread Debbie K.
http://www.primechoice.com/jaime-jackson/ http://www.star-ridge.com/page4.html I don't have time to write more now, lunch is about over, I will try to find some time later in the day or when I get home, Joe Camp has a track system on his website, I did not look up the exact page, but his link is a

Re: [IceHorses] Track system

2008-03-03 Thread Debbie K.
Karen, I have pictures and a map on my signature line. Jammie Jackson has a great book about the benefits of the track system, he calls it a pasture paradise... There is a link and another track system on Joe Camps site. I have taken what Jammie wrote about and applied it to my property, I have no

Re: [IceHorses] Track system

2008-03-03 Thread Renee Martin
Hi Debbie, I am having trouble finding the book on this containment system -- it's Pasture Paradise, isn't it? Is it out of print maybe? Or am I remembering the name incorrectly? Also, does the author have a website with pictures? I think you've mentioned his site and the hills he has inc

Re: [IceHorses] Track system (was Avoiding Weekend Warrior syndrome)

2008-03-03 Thread Karen Thomas
I was just talking to Dan, we have 12 feet in some areas, 15 feet in other areas, and 20 the rest of the areas, then I have a couple wider areas... with the 5 horses on maybe 2 acres of pasture, I am not mowing much at all, they eat it down very quicly, I do have to mow, drag, t

Re: [IceHorses] Track System

2008-03-02 Thread Debbie K.
The circle makes a HUGE difference... I did not believe it until I saw it, it really is amazing... -- I and my horses love our track system!!! http://picasaweb.google.com/dakota.charm/TrackSystem The Soul of a Horse ~ has touched my soul, may it touch yours too! ~ thesoulofahorse.com/Pre-Order-R

Re: [IceHorses] Track system

2008-03-02 Thread Debbie K.
Karen, have you read the book, the track is a continuous oval, I think Jammie suggests that it be even narrower then 20, I like 20, I like having the narrow areas too... they MOVE.. which is what you want them to do... It took my Hubby a little while to get his mind around it too... in the areas yo

Re: [IceHorses] Track System

2008-03-02 Thread Karen Thomas
>>>I think that the Track system helps with keeping horses in shape... I'm skeptical that would add serious conditioning to an average horse. Sure, it may be better than having horses standing in a small dry lot all day. Right now, most of my horses are in a contiguous pasture of about 18 acr

Re: [IceHorses] Track system

2008-03-02 Thread Karen Thomas
>>> We have 4-strand, electrified, hi-tensile perimeter fence, so I've got >>> to have something VERY horse friendly if I'm going to do a corridor >>> with that for the outside. My husband also suggested we not go >>> narrower than 20 feet. Renee, we have what we refer to as the "runway" be

Re: [IceHorses] Track system (was Avoiding Weekend Warrior syndrome)

2008-03-02 Thread Debbie K.
I was just talking to Dan, we have 12 feet in some areas, 15 feet in other areas, and 20 the rest of the areas, then I have a couple wider areas... with the 5 horses on maybe 2 acres of pasture, I am not mowing much at all, they eat it down very quicly, I do have to mow, drag, tend to the POOP area

Re: [IceHorses] Track system (was Avoiding Weekend Warrior syndrome)

2008-03-02 Thread Debbie K.
Make it narrow in some areas, it increases movement... kind of pushes them through... I and my horses love our track system!!! http://picasaweb.google.com/dakota.charm/TrackSystem The Soul of a Horse ~ has touched my soul, may it touch yours too! ~ thesoulofahorse.com/Pre-Order-Reviews.htm ~

[IceHorses] Track system (was Avoiding Weekend Warrior syndrome)

2008-03-02 Thread Renee Martin
> I think that the Track system helps with keeping horses in shape... I am hoping that's the case here. I am researching options at the moment for my "inside" fencing. We have 4-strand, electrified, hi-tensile perimeter fence, so I've got to have something VERY horse friendly if I'm going to