This message is from: Jeanne Zuker <jmzu...@att.net>
I was introduced to the list when I got my first Fjord, Mids Olaf-99. I learned
so much from reading and after a while asked questions and eventually even
offered suggestions and ideas.
You, so many of you posted to me on th
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My thoughts and prayers for all of you during this time. Â Please keep us
posted on how they are doing. Â I am sure they were so happy when you came to
visit, that is some of the best medicine you could have given. Â Prayers that
they handle
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Thanks again for all who gave suggestions..he is doing a lot better.
Cleaned his sheath but I don't think that was it.I got some detangler and
sprayed that on his tail, worked it in and the next day started brushing
itit helped
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My Fjord, Windy Acres Monty, has found a new game. He has been rubbing his
tail
on the handle area of the blue heated bucket in his stall at nighttoday I
found him standing quietly in the back of his stallan unusual spot since he
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I wear cotton socks almost the entire year...if it is really cold in MI I will
put on a little heavier sockNO SHOES! That is what is great about them,
your
feetie stay warm and dry. I tried on several sizes, both men's and women's to
get
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First I will ask the question I got about Norway. Someone saw my sweatshirt on
the Fjords and asked me why don't they have peanut butter in Norway. She has
a child in Norway on an exchange program and he asked for her to send him
peanut
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I was in my 50's when I got my first horse.a Fjord. Olaf died young from
an
aortic tear. My second horse is a Fjord, Windy Acres Monty. All of my friends
were telling me that with my age (in my 60's, back injury), that I HAD to get
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I am so sorry for the sudden loss of your beloved Sonja. Saying good bye is
never easy and when it is unexpected it may be a little harder. You did what
was right for her in a very stressful situation in letting her go. You and she
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YES!! After rain for a couple days/nights, part of the pasure is muddy (some
is slightly swampy), Monty the Magnificent Muddy Fjord LOVES IT. He has found
his favorite places to roll and stretch out...really nice since it is far too
chilly now
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I have never put one in the tank...I have used them in early spring or during
the summer wherever I have standing water (outside the pasture).
Once a
week in spring/summer/fall I empty the tank (Rubbermaid 70 gal) and drag it
outside
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Heather,
I think Henry is trying to 'wear you down' so you just take the darn
thing off him. Can you put it on him, give him a 'nice boy pat' and walk away
out of the pasture? Could you go to the barn or out of sight of him and do
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A friend just emailed me with the info. I am NOT able to get a youngster, but
I thought I would pass this on. I do not have any luck in posting direct
links, I am sorry, not very computer savvy.
He is for sale on the Craigslist
Grand Rapids
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Ellen,
I am keeping you and Crista and her caregivers in my prayers and
thoughts. You all have gone through so much and I am a believer in miracles.
Crista knows you love her and will do what is best for her. Isn't there
anything that could
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I have been thinking of you and Crista and wondered about an update and here
it is! I am so glad to hear she is getting all fixed up and know she, and
you, will soon be feeling much better. I am so pleased to hear 'her docs and
caregivers
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Genie,
I am keeping you and your husband in my thoughts and prayers for
recovery and return to good health, a return to your horses and volunteering.
It has been a long winter for you and your health concerns, spring is coming.
Keep us updated
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Genie,
I am keeping you and your husband in my thoughts and prayers during
this especially challenging time, please keep us informed as best you can how
you are all doing. While you have worried about your husband now is the time
to really take
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Michelle,
I am so sorry for your loss of Soren. He knows you fought for him
and he gave getting well his all. It is remarkable that you have his brother,
I guess sometimes things are given to us when others are taken. It is hard on
the heart
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I thought I would put this on here since people are in the hot/humids of
summer in most places. A friend of mine has a home business for cumtom made
jewelry and riding pants. The pants come in winter and summer weights as
well as one more
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Sue,
I am so sorry for your loss of Kez. God bless you for bringing him home and
knowing when to let him go. I am sorry you got hurt in the process and will be
keeping you in my prayers to heal, physically and emotionally. Even when you
know
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I am so very sorry for your, and Nika's loss of the foal.
I thought I have heard of 'milk banks' that take milk and store it for orphan
foals. I don't breed, so I can't give you any info., but perhaps your vet
would have some ideas
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I have watched Monty the past few days, here are my observations:
He faces east to 'watch for me' since I come out that way to feed him, etc.,
also my drive is to the east so I come home that way.
That said he also watches to the north
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Wishes for a speedy/full recovery. Cookies really are great medicine,
especially homemade cookies. yum! Thinking of both of you.
Jeanne
MI/USA
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Fred and Lois,
I am sorry to hear of your loss. Know you had her, loved her, cared for her
and did everything you could, including knowing when to let her go. She will
forever be in your hearts, where she will bring you joy in having had her
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Monty has really put the coat on this year, he looks like a wooly mammoth
right now, watched him the pasture this am, temp about 24, wind chill of 9 but
had sun...he was happily eating his hay and then he went to stand by the barn
out
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Regarding supplements, first I have their blood tested, my vet has drafts, and
after a couple 'misreadings' from a lab, he now only uses a lab that realizes
equine blood is different from a cat or dog...anyway, when I had Olaf he
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I want to thank all of you who will be going and showing our breed at the
Kentucky Horse Park this week end.
I have a friend who will be there driving her dapple grey Percheron and have
given her the infomation on where the Fjords
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Sue and Kez,
First I am so sorry but you are fortunate to have found this condition. You
may remember I found my Fjord gelding Olaf dead in his stall Sept. 06, he had
just turned 7 yrs in May. (this is still hard to write about) I had
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Thank you Steve for getting the infomation out on the 'missing Fjordhorse
List,' I appreciate your efforts on this. I was thinking perhaps everyone
was out with their horses and not writing.
Again thanks, and happy Fjording to all
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Kate,
I know exactly what you are talking about and it is a mess. Good girl Della
for being so patient while getting cleaned up.
As for the tree, you may want to wrap it in something like burlap to help keep
them from getting into the sap
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Earlier I had some routine blood work done on Windy Acres Monty, 8yr old
gelding Fjord. It came back with the report '.10-20% atypical
lymphocytes..', May 1st (well past the 30 days) had another test done, this
one came back about the same
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I do vaccinate and use chemical dewormers for Monty. Just my preference, I
get vaccinated and keep up to date on mine, as well as the dogs and cats.
Did this lady use anything like the 'natural or homeopathic' medicines on her
horses
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Griet,
I am sorry to hear of your beloved friend passing but I can relate to the
relief that he is no longer suffering and has gone to be with his many friends
up in heaven over the Rainbow Bridge. Your earlier writing of him told of how
much
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Gina,
Like everyone else is saying go take a look, it doesn't cost you anything
'just to look. lol
I would go, if you are timid about 'that first ride, get someone with more
experience to go with you to get on him first, he may just
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I appreciate your information. Dr Grentz said that everything else, the
liver, kidneys, etc. were all excellent and all the other levels were
excellentit was just that very last line the the results that he said we
would want to have
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I was wondering if I could get some insight into what this could be...I had
the vet out to give Monty his spring ck up, shots, etc. I had some blood work
done and everything came back excellent except the vet said the last line
stated :10-20
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Jean,
I will be keeping you and Gunnar in my prayers and thoughts. Please keep us
posted on what you find out from the Vet.
Jeanne
~MI~
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What a wonderful introduction of yourself and how you came to have your boys.
I am sure your dreams of leisure trail rides and driving into town will come
true. The only thing I would caution you about, make sure you buy enough ice
cream so
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Words cannot express my sadness at your loss of Lyder. I know the pain of
finding a dear loved one gone and not being there. Lyder's memory will be
carried in the hearts of all the children who rode him and those who received
a visit and got
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I am glad it turned out as it did. I cannot imagine the fear you must have
had that they were gone!! It sounds like they were just out 'cruising' in the
'cool night air with such a lovely moon to see by...' Thank God those
teenagers stopped
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Silja,
I think you have to try some out to see what actually fits your horse and you,
but I LOVE my Wintec Isbell Dressage with the Cair system. It fit Olaf and
now it fits my Monty. It is comfortable for me and I like the 'suede' seat. I
did
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Vanessa,
I am sorry to hear that you are having this problem, seems like many states
are limiting or banning equestrian activity on lands.
I hope you had something in writing regarding the use of the land you sold, at
least stating some
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Lisa:
Thank you so much for posting this, it is lovely and expresses so much the
desire Just one more touch, please.
Hoping all of you have a Blessed Christmas with family, friends and Fjords and
a bright future in the New Year!
Jeanne
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I am happy to say that I have gotten another Fjord after the sadness of my
loss of Mids-Olaf. He is WIndy Acres Monty, he is 7 yr. old gelding out of
(sire) Anvil's Simon-104 and (Dam) is Champman Valley's Eira-996. Monty is
14.3hh
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I have read, reread and re-reread the article on the Fjords. I was and still
am happy to see an article about them. I may be 'slow' but I found the
article to enlightening on the breed as a whole.
I wonder what would have been printed
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Jamie,
I know how hard this was and my heart breaks for the decision you had to make
but I know you have done for Brecken and Heidi what was best. They are now
free to be the wonderful horses they were met to be, they are free to run
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You will need the neg. coggins and the Health Cert., you have to make the
border crossing from 8or 9am until about 3pm, and only Mon--Fri (make sure you
don't have a holiday in there) then you will be given instructions to go to
the Fed. Vet
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It has been just over a week since I loss Olaf, and I still miss him dearly.
He was an only horse here, and I was just beginning to look for another horse
to bring to my new place, when he died.
When is a good time to 'think' about getting
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I want to take just a minute to say what a wonderful group of people there are
here. I thank all of you who wrote me, both here and emails when Olaf died.
Your words, thoughts, experiences touched me and helped me through this most
difficult
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I can barely write this but on Friday morning when I went to the barn to feed
Olaf, I found him dead in his stall. He was great when I went out Thursday
night before going to bed. I am fortunate that I have neighbors' who got him
out and took
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Olaf has a long and thick forelock, he is very calm temperment so his forelock
isn't an issue for him. Here is what I would suggest, take his forelock and
don't braid it, but try pulling it together somewhat up on his forehead, see
is he
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Get some 10' posts and make squares out of them, you can get her to 'turn
within the square--giving to pressure, both directions,' you can have her
'walk-thru,' lengthening and shortening her stride (works with both walking
her or ground
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I was wondering if any of the rest of you have noticed this. Olaf much
prefers the cooler/cold weather. When it gets warmer/hot, he looks at me like
I am crazy if I think he is going to 'go' anywhere very fast--except for food.
I
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Haven't received mine yet either (MI).
Jeanne Zuker
MI
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I have not had knee surgery, but I can relate to 'protecting onseself' after
an injury of that kind or a fall..
One thing I would suggest is to start with 'baby steps' to get back to
bareback riding.start with just sitting on the horse
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Gwen,
Congratulations on your Fjord-kids, you will have to post to let us know how
things go when they arrive. I know how excited I was when Olaf arrived here
and I am still excited to see him each and every day.
On the subject of saddles, I
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The organization that I had contact with is:
Habitat for Horses/Lone Star Equine Rescue
PO Box 213
Hitchcock, TX 77563
Contact Person:
Rose Westover, Emergency Evacuation Coordinator
713-594-1177
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
organization web site
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I have seen some film of horses being rescued, I figure we won't be hearing
from most people in the affected states for quite some time, basics such as
electricity may be out from weeks to months. I have a neighbor who is being
sent to LA
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Congratulations on your newest addition!! John and Eunice are wonderful to
know and their Fjords are certainly friendly and well mannered. I love my
Olaf-99 I got from them and keep in contact with them. I have a brother and
sister-in-law
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Shari,
Just watch her for a few days and she will probably give you some ideas on a
good barn name but you will probably just call her names like 'sweetie pie.'
I was really lucky when I got my Olaf since I use it as his barn name as
well
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Olaf and I made our second trip to Richard Shrake's seminar this past week and
had a great time (I will go more into it) but the question I have is this: I
use a Wintec Isbell saddle with the wide gullet and it fits Olaf but I have
trouble
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I will drop in on this discussion since I didn't start riding until I was
into my 50's and when I decided that I wanted my own horse I will admit I
looked at many breeds, I fell in love with many breeds but decided that the
Fjord
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You will be in my thoughts and prayers and will be included in the prayers
circles, additionaly I will request everyone to ask their friends to include
you in their prayer circles. Please know that mircles do happen. How sad to
give up your
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Not one hair!! Olaf has a really thick coat this year (of course I said that
last year) long hair on his legs and he hasn't shed one hair. I have been
brushing him and I have been looking to see if he starts shedding since this
was asked. I
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Love reading some of the games and entertaining things we do to keep these
guys (and mares) entertained. Olaf likes the company in the pasture and
follows me when I am cleaning up after him, he is entertained by the wheel
borrow and everything
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EPSM stands for Equine Polysaccharid Storage Myopathy I think I have the
spelling correct. I just put EPSM in my Yahoo search and came up with a
wonderful list of info written by Dr Beth Valentine, DVM,Phd. for Rural
Heritage.
Welcome
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Rondi,
First, bless you for rescuing this horse, the next first, if the other horses
are in similar condition call the Animal Control/ Humane Society and any other
organizations in your area.
I would say get a vet out to go over this little
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Aimee,
So sorry to hear of the death of your foal, I am glad to hear that your mare
is doing ok. I congratulate all of you who are brave enough to have foals and
breed your mare's. Just know that all of you, your horses, the foals are
always
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Jennie,
Congratulations on your Bonnie and the rest of your gang. You mentioned that
you lived in MI and that your might be going to Tom's so I know you must live
somewhat near me. I have Olaf who just turned 5yrs, we live in the Charlotte
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Congratulations on getting your first Fjord, I have had Olaf for 2 yrs now and
I still cannot believe it sometimes when I look out and see him chowing on
his hay or the grass. I had to wait from March until August in 02 for him to
get my place
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Olaf, my 5 yr old Fjord gelding and his much older mom (me) are headed oft to
a four day seminar with Richard Shrake. Tonight we load him up and take him to
the stable to get him settled in. Tuesday we actually start the seminar. I
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Liz,
Brenderup Horse Trailers, I just received a package with all the information,
the body of the trailer is made out of 1/2 thick formica with the roof made
out of fiberglass. I loved some of the ideas that are on this trailer, but the
one
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I am scheduled to go a seminar for 4 days given by Richard Shrake May 4-7. I
am getting cold feet (and not just because of our temps). I am wondering if
we, Olaf and myself, might not be quite ready for this. I talked with Mr
Shrake and he said
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Welcome to the list and learning about Fjords. My Fjord is my first horse and
I am so happy that I did all the research, asking questions, riding different
horses and still came back to the Fjord, at 55 yrs I really wanted a horse
that I would
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