--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: D5P00019 Date: 05/11/96 From: MEG ALFONI Time: 09:22pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Meg--the Appy person! Well, folks, I finally did it!! I found the perfect horse! She's a 10 yo, 15.2, red roan appy mare named Shiloh! Totally calm, bombproof, sweet as pie and with a trot you could ride all day. She needs a little canter work, but since my girls are rank beginners, they won't be cantering for a while anyway, and I'll have plenty of time to work on that. She was originally owned by a 70 yo man who trail rode her, then by a family with a ton of kids. Kids have lost interest, so father is selling all the horses. She's so sweet, she actually put her head to my chest and let me hug her after only a few minutes of my handling her. What a doll! Richard is so in love with this horse, it's pathetic! So, here we go!! The program will be ready to roll in a couple of weeks...Shiloh should arrive sometime next week, and then after a week or two of letting her acclimate, we'll get started. Already have 3 girls who want to participate. Yeeeeeha! Best day I've had in a loooong time! Can you believe it! Meg bought an appy! Richard says she has an araby looking head...and that's why I fell in love with her at first sight (g). She looks about as much like an arab as my terrier pups do! She's built like a tank!!! Got a butt the size of Texas! She'll be absolutely perfect for the program, and for Richard, who has now decided he's truly a cowboy at heart (g). This mare has all the qualities of a perfect family horse...exactly what I was looking for! What a find! Meg --- * Origin: Elizabeth's Revenge (1:330/173) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: D5P00020 Date: 05/12/96 From: MEG ALFONI Time: 06:37am \/To: VICKI NICHOLS (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Driving Fjords VN :>MM> Yeah that would be about the right price. Hey Vicki isn't VN :>MM> it time you visited Meg? Throw one or two on the trailer Yes, yes, yes!! You can even come without a Fjord! VN :> Yeah, this was a GREAT time to buy a V8 Magnum, wasn't VN :>it - those 5.8 liters LOVE gas! The price of gas started Tell me about it! I've been driving my truck all over hell's creation looking at horses...think the gas was more than the horse finally cost! My gas sta guy says he doesn't have a clue as to why the prices are so high...someone's getting rich, he says, and it ain't me! VN :> Hey, the CJ has a pretty powerful Buick V6 Dauntless - VN :>got a trailer hitch, too! Wonder if it'd make the trip! VN :>(It'd make a GREAT photograph, anyway! Something I'd like to see! In my front yard would be nice (g). Now that we've got this appy horse, you HAVE to come see it! Meg --- * Origin: Elizabeth's Revenge (1:330/173) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: D5P00021 Date: 05/12/96 From: MEG ALFONI Time: 06:40am \/To: VICKI NICHOLS (Read 1 times) Subj: Show? Hey, did that show ever happen? If so, how did it go? You were supposed to let me know!!! Meg --- * Origin: Elizabeth's Revenge (1:330/173) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: D5P00022 Date: 05/12/96 From: VICKI NICHOLS Time: 11:15am \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: sqs.bad files Jeez, I don't believe this! I never got this message. Check out where I have to call to get EQUUS mail now! --- * Origin: Elizabeth's Revenge (1:330/173) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: D5P00023 Date: 05/12/96 From: VICKI NICHOLS Time: 11:17am \/To: MIKE MAY (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: the show Okay, Mike, I will mail you a stack of photos and the videotape, as soon as I get to the post office and see how much it'll cost to mail it. I'll enclose some stamps so it can get sent the rounds in the echo - I think I have most of the addresses! --- * Origin: Elizabeth's Revenge (1:330/173) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: D5P00024 Date: 05/12/96 From: VICKI NICHOLS Time: 11:18am \/To: MIKE MAY (Read 1 times) Subj: Are You There? Well, MOST of the mail evidently isn't getting to ElseWhere. I am gonna pipe in an AC unit for the guy who brings in mail for the Valley next weekend, maybe I can bend his ear. --- * Origin: Elizabeth's Revenge (1:330/173) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: D5P00025 Date: 05/12/96 From: VICKI NICHOLS Time: 11:20am \/To: MEG ALFONI (Read 1 times) Subj: Show? I sent you mail - since our NetMail evidently is still O.O.O. I sent it regular Equus - Jan saw it and sent me a note that you got it. --- * Origin: Elizabeth's Revenge (1:330/173) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: D5P00026 Date: 05/12/96 From: VICKI NICHOLS Time: 02:31pm \/To: DAVE BURKE (Read 1 times) Subj: Horsey Challenged DB> when he comes (he likes the brushing) and give him some Apple-Asses now DB> and then. Sure makes it easy to catch him. He acts like he enjoys the DB> attention. You give him some WHAT????? DB> I have only seen pictures of the Paso's in magazines DB> and I saw an interview DB> of Bo Derick on TV with her Paso's. VERY nice looking horses.(Bo's not DB> bad either;) A lot of people don't like their looks - that's a main objection I hear to them. They are as body as they are legs - most horses have longer legs than body, do I make sense? I mean, if your horse was 60" tall at the withers, 30" of that is legs and 30" of it is HORSE, if you have a Peruvian Paso. They also have characteristically thick, cresty necks. But their gaits and their attitude I find refreshing; the gaits are all smooth as silk, and the attitude (cool under fire, typically, with their "brio", or spirit) is one that I admire in a horse. The dozens that I have been around have been pretty much bombproof, but they are always "on the bit." Unfortunately, it seems that two of the dominant strains around here are genetically predisposed to problems. One breeder's strain have hoof problems - in a breed known for being ridden and shown barefoot, most of hers have to have shoes on even in pasture or their feet crumble! (Okay, I assume it could also be cured with diet, but I quit giving unsolicited advice long ago.) But her Pasos don't have suspensory ligament problems like the other dominant strain around here - it was the subject of a veterinary study some months o. DB> It is a Circle-J , 6ft wide and 12ft long. It's DB> kind of an all around DB> trailer. It's all open on the inside(no tack room or partitions) I can DB> get 3 horses in it now. If I put in removable partitions and a tack wall DB> it would be a 2 horse slant. I think I will leave it the way it is for DB> now. One nice thing about it is I can turn Walker around in it and lead DB> him out head first. It's still small enough that I can get around DB> pretty easy on the logging roads in the mountains. Okay, I know what you're talking about now - mine would be a 6*16. I wanted a stock-type in terms of width; mine is a Bonanza or something like that with a removable wall in the front that has saddle racks, etc. and is large enough that we use it for a dressing room at shows. It has a loop inside so that if you took out the wall, it could be a four-horse slant. I'll probably never do that as we just have a SWB 1/2 ton to pull it. The dividers inside are also removable; we have taken them out to haul my riding partner's Mustang as Mariah was a little hesitant to load in a trailer the first time. It must ride pretty well, as now she almost beats her owner in, and we can use the partitions! I am with you on the turning around and leading him out; my Appaloosa mare, Spot, was well-known for unloading and backing out like a BULLET! Now she calmly follows you out since she can turn around. Arizona is no place for an enclosed trailer, and I wanted a slant as my trainer said horses lead in better. She was right. I went on a trail ride with a couple of dozen people, some had ridden to the trail head and said they'd appreciate being trailered home if anyone had room. They tried to load an Arab gelding in three different trailers, I mean with butt ropes and whips, and he flat out sat down and refused. But we were able to coax him into mine in MINUTES. (Okay, maybe it's 'cos my riding partner has the patience of a saint and only rarely touches things like whips. Guess that's why she's been successful with her three adopted BLM mustangs.) DB> My wife , daughter and I live about 20 miles south of Tacoma DB> between Graham and Eatoville. We live in a farming area and have DB> 5 acres. Dee ( my wife ) has an Angora goat herd,and Jenny (my daughter) DB> has a Boxer,a Poodle,and two cats. AN ANGORA GOAT HERD? Like Angora sweaters are made out of???? COOOOOL! DB> I was about the same age when we went to the World' Fair.Remember DB> the "Bubblator"? Nope, but I remember lunch in the Space Needle, and a scarey ride that the operator scared the bejesus out of me by putting his huge hand in front of my face as the doors slammed open leaving the ride. I think I hadda go change my pants. DB> We have a great view of Rainier and are pretty close to the Fort. DB> We can trailer the horses over to Fort Lewis and go trail riding. My memories of Fort Lewis involve firing 50 cal. machine guns at old black-and-whites, grenade launchers, and weeks of no sun and no sleep! :) --- Maximus/2 3.00 * Origin: ElseWhere (1:114/212) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: D5P00027 Date: 05/12/96 From: MIKE MAY Time: 07:55pm \/To: MEG ALFONI (Read 1 times) Subj: Meg--the Appy person! -> Yeeeeeha! Best day I've had in a loooong time! Can you believe it! Meg -> bought an appy! Richard says she has an araby looking head...and that's why -> I fell in love with her at first sight (g). She looks about as much like an -> arab as my terrier pups do! She's built like a tank!!! Got a butt the size -> of Texas! She'll be absolutely perfect for the program, and for Richard, -> who has now decided he's truly a cowboy at heart (g). This mare has all the -> qualities of a perfect family horse...exactly what I was looking for! hat -> a find! Congratulations Meg!!! Sounds like a good one. --- PCBoard (R) v15.21/2 * Origin: Malla the spoiled Norwegian Fjord lives here! (1:2613/128) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: D5Q00000 Date: 05/20/96 From: MIKE MAY Time: 05:43am \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Wanted...good stuff c -> Well I keep doing things with Tush to keep her calm.. this week we walked up -> an saw some fire engines for the first time.. ;) -> -> She really didn't get that concerned.. just a little snorty.. ;) -> Tonight I wanted to make sure she wasn't worried about plastic bags.. and -> she ended up playing with the one I shook at her.. ;) She sounds like she is going to be pretty calm then. We were at the NY State Breeders Show this last Sat. with Malla. It is helf on our State Fairgrounds in Syracuse NY. I was sitting at a picnic table with Renee & Niki came up nd asked me to hold Malla for a few minutes while she did something. SO I just looped the reins over my arm and went on drinking my coffee (which she really wanted to try). A minute later I here some noise from behind me and it is a street sweeper truck pulling up to get rid of some of the poop. SO he stops right next to me (About 6 feet away seriously), (I figured I might have to do something so I at least stood up at this point) he all of a sudden started up all of the brushes spinning and the vaccum & the water running and Malla just stood there looking at it. She twitched her ears around a bit but other than that she didn't move a muscle. --- PCBoard (R) v15.21/2 * Origin: Malla the spoiled Norwegian Fjord lives here! (1:2613/128)