numbers - look for more

2007-02-13 Thread Pat Holland
This message is from: Pat Holland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lauren wrote: Unfortunately, Carl did not score above an 80 in conformation in the NFHR Evaluation. He is, however, a super horse with a super brain. I'd be happy to tell about my experiences with him if anyone was interested. Carl was on

RE: fjordhorse-digest V2007 #36

2007-02-13 Thread fjords
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, Can any one that gets the digest form send me #37. I have not received it and I am getting private posts about it. I would like to read it prior to replying to some private posts. Thank you, Catherine Lassesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] The FjordHorse List

Hay choice

2007-02-13 Thread Rose or Murph
This message is from: Rose or Murph [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi List, I am in western Washington. For all of you that live in Washington, particular those located in Eastern Wa. Does anyone know of a local farm in the Ellensburg area that sells quality timothy that you can buy off the field at harvest

Re: Hay choice

2007-02-13 Thread Elnolsen
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I had a lot of trouble with Timothy Hay this year causing diarrhea and I never had trouble in the past. The hay was super green all year and I suspect it was over fertilized or had some other chemicals on it. Even the Orchard hay was a weird green

Catherine and Kimberly

2007-02-13 Thread BaileysFjords
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Catherine, We are sorry to hear of your loss on top of the stress you must have been feeling over the colt! Kimberly, we are very sorry you had to make such a dreadful decision, although thankful Catherine was able to step in. Hopefully, this colt

hay

2007-02-13 Thread jerrell friz
This message is from: jerrell friz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Rose, The hay grown around Ellensburg, is primo hay, most of it goes to Japan. The hay that you see, is probably already bought by hay brokers. There is excellent grass hay in your area, small fields though. I would contact Fred Pack, he

re: numbers - look for more

2007-02-13 Thread ruth bushnell
This message is from: ruth bushnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pat Writes: This is a good example of a composite score that needs to be looked at the way the evaluation system was meant to be. In more detail. Pat Holland You are so right Pat, a composite total high blue ribbon number is no guarantee

RE: hay

2007-02-13 Thread Frederick J Pack
This message is from: Frederick J Pack [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry to include the prior messages, but have to make sense of my return message: I buy only Orchard Grass and it comes from east of the mountains. I have it hauled in by a double semi...32-36 tons at a time. I never buy local hay. Fred

Perspective on Evaluation scores

2007-02-13 Thread Douglas Knutsen
This message is from: Douglas Knutsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ruthie wrote - I think anyone who has been in horses for quite some time and developed an eye for conformation, will agree that it is the overall first glance that captures the harmonious unison of a good physical specimen. I realize the

timothy hay

2007-02-13 Thread Marcia Pace
This message is from: Marcia Pace [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone know of a local farm in the Ellensburg area that sells quality timothy that you can buy off the field at harvest time? Rosemary Roy, Wa. Hi Rosemary and anyone else interested in eastern WA hay, I live in Ellensburg and

Re: Hay choice

2007-02-13 Thread Lauren Sellars
This message is from: Lauren Sellars [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out this web site for locating hay sales http://www.hayexchange.com/hay.htm Rose or Murph wrote: This message is from: Rose or Murph [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi List, I am in western Washington. For all of you that live in Washington,

Re: fjordhorse-digest V2007 #38

2007-02-13 Thread Lauren Chumley
This message is from: Lauren Chumley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for your very kind words, Pat! Carl is a most wonderful, willing animal, and absolutely as versatile as any fjord I know. He had an enormous amount of training when he was with us in Ohio, and we showed him in a variety of

I am so sorry Catherine, Rune and Amy....

2007-02-13 Thread Jeanne Zuker
This message is from: Jeanne Zuker [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Evaluations for Education , Feedback and Growth

2007-02-13 Thread Ursula Brian Jensen
This message is from: Ursula Brian Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear List from Brian Jensen; I can thank Pat Holland for her comments on composite scoring regarding Conformation and Performance. The challenges of our original Evaluation committee was to find and design a system of scoring

Re: Hay choice

2007-02-13 Thread jgayle
This message is from: jgayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] I live thirty miles from the coast in western WA. Last year was not a good hay year here but I rarely use local hay. When the grass is gone here I like Eastern WA grass hay. It is clean, at least what I have purchased in the past and now from

Re: Perspective on Evaluation scores

2007-02-13 Thread ruth bushnell
This message is from: ruth bushnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is from: Douglas Knutsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well said, Ruthie. In this regard, the Norwegians set a good standard. They probably have an inherited gene by now which enables them to absorb and understand the whole picture at not

Re: Perspective on Evaluation scores

2007-02-13 Thread Curtis Pierce
This message is from: Curtis Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peg wrote - The Norwegians are able to judge temperament readily, since they have [the stallions] for several weeks before they are judged. The part of the Norwegian Evaluation system referred to by Peg is the Norwegian stallion station

Re: Perspective on Evaluation scores

2007-02-13 Thread Starfire Farm
This message is from: Starfire Farm [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peg Knutsen wrote: The Norwegians are able to judge temperament readily, since they have [the stallions] for several weeks before they are judged. The number of stallions that go through the Norwegian Station testing (which is where they

Fw: Perspective on Evaluation scores

2007-02-13 Thread Douglas Knutsen
This message is from: Douglas Knutsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for the clarification, Curt. Peg Knutsen www.horsehumor.net - Original Message - From: Curtis Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Fjordhorse Digest fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 1:32 PM Subject:

Re: Perspective on Evaluation scores

2007-02-13 Thread Douglas Knutsen
This message is from: Douglas Knutsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: ruth bushnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 12:56 PM Subject: Re: Perspective on Evaluation scores Ruthie wrote I personally rely on instinct,

Amy's Idea To Help

2007-02-13 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/13/2007 5:27:17 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After getting a good night's sleep and talking to a few other members of our Oregon Fjord Club, we have come up with an idea to try to help pay for the coliced

Re:Rough weekend at Hestehaven

2007-02-13 Thread Northhorse
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/13/2007 5:27:17 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was pretty sure from previous conversation that the buyer would be unable to do that based on the estimate, as much as they were truly heads over heals for this

Lyder

2007-02-13 Thread fjords
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lyder was an excellent horse, and as Odin says, I know one thing that will not die, - the fair name of one who has earned it Those words were from Rune, my husband who is with his ship in Singapore. I have received questions on Lyder. Lyder w 24

RE:Rough weekend / colic

2007-02-13 Thread fjords
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For new horse owners... Colic is something you want to prevent at all costs. Spend the money on good feed and good pasture management, theses two things can help prevent colic and save you money in the long run. Horse insurance will help when a horse has a

Re: RE:Rough weekend / colic

2007-02-13 Thread jerrell friz
This message is from: jerrell friz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Catherine wrote, For new horse owners... Colic is something you want to prevent at all costs. ALL HORSE OWNERS Spend the money on good feed and good pasture management,

Re: I am so sorry Catherine, Rune and Amy....

2007-02-13 Thread FjordAmy
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 2/13/2007 3:15:05 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Amy, do I send the check to your address C/O the OR Fjord Club? Anyone wishing to enter the 50/50 raffle, (or make donations) may send checks payable to OR