--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: DC100044 Date: 07/31/96 From: VICKI NICHOLS Time: 06:50pm \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: shipping fever BK> God I hate it when I know a horse in the area has it.. I've BK> seen it.. and even horse that have been vacinated for it BK> can still get it. My horses were exposed to it at the first place I boarded them in Deer Valley - no one got it, can they get it again if they've had a mild case of it? I suspect Dub had it before I got him as those danged ranchers try to expose all their horses to it to get it over with...I guess that's survival of the fittest... :[ * Origin: ElseWhere,602-492-0368 1:114/212,81:301/2,142:150/114 (1:114/212) --- Squish/2 v1.01 * Origin: ElseWhere-(602)492-0368,142:150/114-ISA,81:301/2-OS/2 (1:114/212) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: DC100045 Date: 07/31/96 From: VICKI NICHOLS Time: 06:53pm \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 2 times) Subj: RE: HELLO Bob Kohl wrote in a message to Vicki Nichols: BK> Best indicator is when she starts putting her head up a BK> lot.. that's a BEWARE sign.. she usually blows up then... BK> and it's actually a common sign.. Dub puts his head up and GLARES at me with an Appy eye. * Origin: ElseWhere,602-492-0368 1:114/212,81:301/2,142:150/114 (1:114/212) --- Squish/2 v1.01 * Origin: ElseWhere-(602)492-0368,142:150/114-ISA,81:301/2-OS/2 (1:114/212) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: DC100046 Date: 07/31/96 From: VICKI NICHOLS Time: 06:53pm \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Spotty Body Bob Kohl wrote in a message to Vicki Nichols: > Then do you feed loose salt? BK> BK> Nope a commerical electrolite mix from the feed store.. I BK> think it's called Electordex or something like that.. I can BK> send you some. It's apple flavored. I feed it to Dub when he has problems with the heat, which he seems to every few years or so. --- timEd/2 1.00 * Origin: ElseWhere,602-492-0368 1:114/212,81:301/2,142:150/114 (1:114/212) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: DC100047 Date: 07/31/96 From: VICKI NICHOLS Time: 06:54pm \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: HELP? Bob Kohl wrote in a message to Vicki Nichols: > Renal calculi - probably one stuck halfway, I may lose a kidney. We > will know more next week. BK> BK> Oh brother.. not good.. no way to break it up or have it BK> pass? Get a second opinion! I will on Friday, then go to a specialist if my primary doc says so. BK> > I think I am gonna have to take an office job to stay hydrated > enough to avoid this. BK> BK> Ahh I tend to think we're both bad about this. ] Found out yesterday that there are only three of us on a hiring list for "energy management specialist" where I work - Dean's job, I would be working closely with him. IF they hire me. Since I am by far the most qualified of the ones on the list (i.e., they want a bachelor's degree, computer experience, and HVACR experience) if they don't offer me the job, I am seriously considering filing a retaliation complaint with the Feds who said they're not allowed to do that to me anymore. At least not for two years after that settling of that other unpleasantness. BK> Yep I'm overdue to update mine.. and you best get better BK> since CJ goes to you! That's it, make me NERVOUS...I have a LIST of people who want Spot now that Meg can't take her, but I will probably have to PAY someone to take the boys... * Origin: ElseWhere,602-492-0368 1:114/212,81:301/2,142:150/114 (1:114/212) --- Squish/2 v1.01 * Origin: ElseWhere-(602)492-0368,142:150/114-ISA,81:301/2-OS/2 (1:114/212) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: DC100048 Date: 07/31/96 From: VICKI NICHOLS Time: 06:59pm \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Training Bob Kohl wrote in a message to Meg Alfoni: > BT@, there as an article in Equus about the horses used by the military > in their ceremonies...the only breeds they don't take are TB's and > Arabs...gee, can anyone figure out @hy?! BK> BK> That is strange that they don't take TB's.. they were a big BK> factor in the remount program over the early past of this BK> century and part of the beginning for some of the Quarter BK> horse lineage.. However the Army has favored Bays for BK> hundreds of years.. Now that you bring that up, they used to use Morgans extensively, right? I have known some VERY DIPPY Morgans, enough that now I would never own one unless I knew it was a rock-solid horse. And don't say that the Lippets weren't ditzy... * Origin: ElseWhere,602-492-0368 1:114/212,81:301/2,142:150/114 (1:114/212) --- Squish/2 v1.01 * Origin: ElseWhere-(602)492-0368,142:150/114-ISA,81:301/2-OS/2 (1:114/212) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: DC100049 Date: 08/01/96 From: MEG ALFONI Time: 06:51am \/To: LAURA DOYLE (Read 2 times) Subj: Training LD :>I hope you remember me.....I'm the prodigal's message LD :>writer who has been LD :>away far too long. I'm hoping folks will still welcome LD :>me.... Sure I remember you. I'd been @ondering ho@ Phoenix @as doing. (my \/\/ key isn't @orking...substituting @ for it.) LD :>I hope that your Fiddle is doing wonderfully for you. I LD :>really admire that LD :>you started her under saddle on your own. I didn't have LD :>the courage with LD :>Phoenix, so she's at the trainer's, but doing wonderfully. LD :>I hope to get She's doing fine. Although I really don't have the time to devote to her that I should. She's got @alk/trot do@n pat, and @e're @orking on outside the arena...haven't done canter yet, though. I suppose it's time (g)! LD :>her back mid-August. I can't believe what a lot of growing LD :>up she has LD :>done while she has been away from home. She has lost her LD :>"Princess" LD :>attitude. She is very willing and is eager to please her LD :>trainer. That does come @ith age. Fiddle really started to settle do@n this year. LD :>I hope to be getting on her for the first time within the LD :>next week or LD :>so. Ho@ exciting!!! LD :>Did you get another horse? For some reason I thought you LD :>might have. LD :>Anyway, I hope to be a part of Equus again. No, LD :>really....I mean it. Yeah, sure (g)! Yes, Idid get another horse...she's an 8 yo Appy named Shiloh. I use her for a small riding program I've started here for girls @ho are considered at-risk....sort of catching them before they get into trouble. A kind of big sister @ith horses. It's going really @ell. I love the kids and they love!!! Shiloh. She's very quiet and patient...tends to spend her time falling asleep! She has a lot more personality than I @ould have expected from an Appy (especially since I'm so used to the Arab pizzazz!). @elcome back! Keep me posted on ho@ you and Phoenix are doing!! Meg --- * Origin: Elizabeth's Revenge (1:330/173) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: DC100050 Date: 08/01/96 From: MEG ALFONI Time: 06:52am \/To: JEAN PROPHET (Read 2 times) Subj: PET-LOSS HOT LINE ... JP :> I may just do that, Meg ....... I'm better -- just miss JP :>"Baby" terribly~!! I kno@. A day doesn't go by @hen I don't think of Thistle still. JP :> I did plant a bush and put "Baby"s nameplate on the JP :>fence out near her grave ....... oddly, it gave me a JP :>strange sort of contentment when I did that -- I did it all JP :>by myself. Buddy offered to help but I wanted to do it JP :>myself (hope all that made sense). It makes perfect sense. Something special you @anted to do...just you for her. Meg --- * Origin: Elizabeth's Revenge (1:330/173) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: DC100051 Date: 08/01/96 From: MEG ALFONI Time: 06:53am \/To: VICKI NICHOLS (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Thanks! VN :> Meg - we used to go through a keyboard about every 5 VN :>months, until we got Honeywell keyboards. For some reason VN :>they've been BULLETPROOF! And you know what I mean if VN :>you've had a teenager PUNCHING THE KEYS FIERCELY playing VN :>games. I think this has more to do @ith nicotene, coffee, coke, etc (g). I still haven't gotten to the computer store, as you can see! Ho@ ya feeling? Meg --- * Origin: Elizabeth's Revenge (1:330/173) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: DC200000 Date: 08/01/96 From: JEAN PROPHET Time: 05:46pm \/To: DEBBY TAYLOR (Read 2 times) Subj: World Wide Web ... > JP> I know this is off topic (please don't shoot me, Bob) ... But, I have > pu >up a web site for EVERGLADES SEASONING. > Is it hot? The original version is just right -- the EVERGLADES HEAT is the HOT one!!! --- * Origin: "Baby" - Gone But NOT Forgotten!! (1:371/33) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: DC200001 Date: 08/01/96 From: JEAN PROPHET Time: 05:49pm \/To: VICKI NICHOLS (Read 2 times) Subj: Baby > JP> That she was!!! And, I miss her so terribly ...... I > JP> never thought anything would affect me like this has JP> sigh....It just isn't the same without "Baby" . > Jean, I hope you got my NetMail about this when > it happened. Our BBS was kinda up and running on one > leg. Unfortunately I didn't get it . But, I knew you must have been thinking 'bout us though . > It would be a poor tribute to Baby if you didn't > miss her, I believe. It doesn't make it any easier > when it was such a special and one-of-a-kind horse. > Jeez, I am still getting teary-eyed typing this. I > think you are fortunate to have known her and owned > her as long as you did. You made her life as special > as she made yours. Yes, she certainly did make MY life special ...It just seems so funny for her not to be around anymore. But, I can now look at the bush I planted over near her grave (and, believe it or not, it's the most beautiful little bush -- all beautiful green folage) and I remember the good times we had. --- * Origin: "Baby" - Gone But NOT Forgotten!! (1:371/33)