Re: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-20 Thread Skye and Sally ~Fire Island
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 11:43:39AM -0700, Skye and Sally ~Fire Island wrote: We do a lot of cutting horses, cutting here is very very popular, and we use ST. Croix Extra EZ on their feet..but they do cutting every week just for fun..we have some real

Re: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-20 Thread pyramid
On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 10:24:50AM -0700, Skye and Sally ~Fire Island wrote: Well Property prices are coming down in Puna, it is affordable again.bring you and your ponies over.

Re: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-20 Thread Skye and Sally ~Fire Island
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 10:24:50AM -0700, Skye and Sally ~Fire Island wrote: Well Property prices are coming down in Puna, it is affordable again.bring you and your ponies over.

Re: [IceHorses] Farrier question/Loin cloth shoeing?

2007-09-18 Thread Nancy Sturm
A friend has promised to sent me photos, ladies. Nancy

Re: [IceHorses] Farrier question/Loin cloth shoeing?

2007-09-18 Thread Janice McDonald
On 9/18/07, Mic Rushen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:35:55 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: your thighand chaps just do not cover every little thing. Maybe it's such a little thing he doesn't have to worry about it? Mic HAHAHAHAHA showing off his shortcomings! -- yipie tie

Re: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-17 Thread Skye and Sally ~Fire Island
--- Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know of a farrier with experience with Icelandics. Does it matter what breed the horse is when picking a farrier? How many breeds of horses in the USA? Karen Thomas, NC Well.I try this one.before Sally was a farrier, we

RE: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-17 Thread Karen Thomas
Now that Sally is a farrier, if someone calls for work...I ask them what disipline of riding do you do with your horse. That is more important.not bnecause we would do something weird or different, but because we do not carry shoes for Slidingor TB race plates...we carry a range of

Re: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-17 Thread Nancy Sturm
I have never thought it did. I use the same farrier for my TWH, my Standardbred and my Icelandics that we've use for all the endurance horses. I love it if I can have Hunter shod about one week before a competition. He just floats over the trails. He's a little less floaty when his feet begin

RE: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-17 Thread susan cooper
--- Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And one might also say that the disciplines you mention are not exactly normal, everyday pursuits for average owners. Guess that depends on which part of the country you live in. Out here, reiners are pretty common. So not only should you not make

Re: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-17 Thread Wanda Lauscher
On 17/09/2007, Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This farrier is quite, a character, by the way. Very tall and lean, long LONG pony tail. He lives with his wife and little girl off the grid in a very rural area and sometimes shows up at rides wearing just a loin cloth. Avert eyes time

Re: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-17 Thread Janice McDonald
On 9/17/07, Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This farrier is quite, a character, by the way. Very tall and lean, long LONG pony tail. He lives with his wife and little girl off the grid in a very rural area and sometimes shows up at rides wearing just a loin cloth. Avert eyes time for

RE: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-17 Thread Karen Thomas
Guess that depends on which part of the country you live in. Out here, reiners are pretty common. So not only should you not make generalizations about Icelandics, I don't think you should do the same about disciplines. Actually, Susan, I know some reiners in this area too, but they don't

Re: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-17 Thread Nancy Sturm
If only. Nancy

RE: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-17 Thread Karen Thomas
I have never thought it did. I use the same farrier for my TWH, my Standardbred and my Icelandics that we've use for all the endurance horses. Same here. We've used the same farrier for 15+ years, and he's done my walkers, my app, my Arab, my QH's, and the Icelandic's. He trimmed the Arab

RE: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-17 Thread susan cooper
--- Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do know a LITTLE something about reining horses and the long-term effects of a sport that can easily cross the edge into extreme. A lot of sports can cross that line... The majority of people doing sports like this are doing it for hobby and fun and

Re: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-17 Thread Janice McDonald
On 9/17/07, Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This farrier is quite, a character, by the way. Very tall and lean, long LONG pony tail. He lives with his wife and little girl off the grid in a very rural area and sometimes shows up at rides wearing just a loin cloth. Avert eyes time

RE: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-17 Thread Skye and Sally ~Fire Island
--- susan cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And one might also say that the disciplines you mention are not exactly normal, everyday pursuits for average owners. Guess that depends on which part of the country you live in. Out here, reiners

Re: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-17 Thread pyramid
On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 11:43:39AM -0700, Skye and Sally ~Fire Island wrote: We do a lot of cutting horses, cutting here is very very popular, and we use ST. Croix Extra EZ on their feet..but they do cutting every week just for fun..we have some real nice QH here on islandnone of

Re: [IceHorses] Farrier question/Loin cloth shoeing?

2007-09-17 Thread Skye and Sally ~Fire Island
--- Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This farrier is quite, a character, by the way. Very tall and lean, long LONG pony tail. He lives with his wife and little girl off the grid in a very rural area and sometimes shows up at rides wearing just a loin cloth. Avert eyes time for

Re: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-17 Thread Nancy Sturm
Janice, I am working on finding you a picture of Dennis, the farrier. He has a bumper sticker on his truck that says Put some pink in your cheeks. Ride nude. The sign on the side says Professinal (his spelling) Horse Shoer since 1985. He will be here tomorrow to trim Twist and Yrsa, but if he

Re: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-17 Thread Nancy Sturm
Sounds like your farrier's wife is not only beautiful but very wise. Nice goes a lot farther than handsome any day. Our daughter married the most gorgeous guy when she was 18. He was so handsome that women would stop dead to look at him. He turned out to be a first class creep with some very

RE: [IceHorses] Farrier question/Loin cloth shoeing?

2007-09-17 Thread Cherie Mascis
..Now does he shoe in a loin cloth, cuz at a certain point the nail is s close to your thighand chaps just do not cover every little thing. I was thinking the same thing Skye! Cherie

Re: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-17 Thread pyramid
On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 02:22:49PM -0700, Nancy Sturm wrote: Sounds like your farrier's wife is not only beautiful but very wise. Nice goes a lot farther than handsome any day. *nod* beauty's skin-deep, ugly goes to the bone, as they say. that said, i confess i picked up my husband for his

RE: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-17 Thread Karen Thomas
The sign on the side says Professinal (his spelling) Horse Shoer since 1985. Is he a good farrier? Spelling doesn't matter to me if he can do a good job with the feet! He will be here tomorrow to trim Twist and Yrsa, but if he starts taking his clothes off, I will run screaming to

Re: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-17 Thread susan cooper
--- Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds like your farrier's wife is not only beautiful but very wise. Nice goes a lot farther than handsome any day. That's for sure! I used to be embarrassed to introduce people to my husband because he is truly obese - like 350lbs and 5'7. But I

Re: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-17 Thread Janice McDonald
I love a big ol fat man myself :) Janice -- yipie tie yie yo

Re: [IceHorses] Farrier question

2007-09-17 Thread pyramid
On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 04:12:25PM -0700, susan cooper wrote: That's for sure! I used to be embarrassed to introduce people to my husband because he is truly obese - like 350lbs and 5'7. But I don't care anymore what people think about him! i think he sounds like a wonderful husband, and