--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E1K00003 Date: 01/15/97 From: JEAN PROPHET Time: 06:44am \/To: JAN MURPHY (Read 1 times) Subj: Possible Problem?? >> Hummmmmmmm-- Bob K. pointed out I shouldn't be doing >> that right now ...... I give him the Corn Oil per advise >> from our vet (1/4 cup 1 time a day -- I feed 3 times a day >> so he usually gets the corn oil at "lunchtime"). > Have you talked to the vet about this problem? If the > vet advised you to give the Corn Oil then make sure > you know why X is supposed to get it. Yes ...... our vet had advised that all my "herd" get the 1/4 cup of oil once a day. She said it would help keep them "cleaned out", make their coat nicer, and help them not to sand colic ..... >> I'm really inclined to believe what Meg said -- it was >> ME "upsetting" him ...... I'm trying to do better and stay >> calm.....I didn't realize he was such a sensitive little >> guy. > Well, he *is* an Arab. Stands to reason that he would > get keyed up about things easier than a more cold- > blooded horse (like Mike May's Fjord Malla, to pick an > extreme example). No slander against Arabs intended > here -- I think they are super horses -- but as a > fellow hot-blooded creature, I have to come to X's > defense. Hehehehehe ....... could be. He's always been so level headed though........He's ALWAYS been super sensitive though -- if you hollared at him he "fell apart" in the round pen --if you used too heavy a hand, he got upset quickly. --- * Origin: "Baby" - Gone But NOT Forgotten!! (1:371/33) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E1K00004 Date: 01/15/97 From: MONICA CUNNINGHAM Time: 09:20pm \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Merry Christmas! BK> never into Throughbreds. I just don't have any interest in them. Aah, your name rang a bell to me and just wasn't sure..you never know until ya ask... BK> I've shown a lot.. I've been a Nation Director for PHBA, etc etc etc I have shown in '95 Weanling in Halter Classes. Boy, talking about adventure!! Ha, ha........ --- TriToss (tm) Professional 1.0 - (Unregistered) * Origin: Land of Lost Souls BBS (1:202/1108.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E1K00005 Date: 01/16/97 From: MEG ALFONI Time: 07:11am \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 1 times) Subj: cc to Vicki Did Mike make it out there OK? Did the weather affect his trip to the Grand Canyon? I guess my idea to fly into Flagstaff was really dumb, huh? Yikes! The pictures on the news here are amazing! Meg --- * Origin: Elizabeth's Revenge (1:330/173) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E1L00000 Date: 01/16/97 From: BOB KOHL Time: 02:00pm \/To: MEG ALFONI (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: cc to Vicki > Did Mike make it out there OK? Don't know but I talked to him about it before he left.. he was well advised on the weather and road conditions.. From the local road reports.. I'd bet he got held up in the Cajon pass. > Did the weather affect his trip to the Grand Canyon? I'd expect it did a bit. > I guess my idea to fly into Flagstaff was really dumb, They drove. > Yikes! > The pictures on the news here are amazing! Yep.. 35 degrees with snow flurries at the canyon.. they still went. I was planning to go to Phoenix this weekend.. but I called it off.. Mom just got home after hip replacement and it's not going as smoothly as it could. BTW read your netmail!!! BK --- DB A3000sl/001347 * Origin: * Conniption BBS * one fit at a time (1:102/861) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E1L00001 Date: 01/15/97 From: JAN MURPHY Time: 09:46am \/To: VICKI NICHOLS (Read 1 times) Subj: snobbery or lack of same > The Hunter/Jumper types > here figure you're no horseman unless you ride and show > H/J. Even Grand Prix dressage people don't know anything, > in their book! I lost a lot of standing in some people's > eyes when I quit jumping. > > And, BTW, the horse I was jumping was CASEY. The cob. > The one who LOVES to jump. And has the heart of a BIG > horse. Quote of the month from Mike Plumb, in his newsletter Horse Journal, to a reader who is asking for advice on finding a competent trainer: > If you can't find an eventing trainer who is expert in all > three phases, you could work with three different qualified > instructors: dressage, eventing, and show jumping. I find > I learn a great deal when I participate in a dressage or > show jumping clinic or event. We all have knowledge to share. Pop Quiz: choose the real horseman. A) Eight-time Olympic team member; does dressage and show jumping. Also rides cross-country over big obstacles which *don't* fall down obligingly when you crash into them. Publishes helpful newsletter full of helpful details; explains what facts have gone into his decision making; writes (and presumably talks) to beginning and backyard horsepeople with the same straightforwardness and attention to his craft as to a fellow Olympic teammate or high-level student. B) Snobbish rich carefully-groomed brats who saunter around carefully- groomed artificial courses on pre-made horses; sneer at other equestrian disciplines which they don't understand; sneer at other riders not at their skill level, whether above or below. I know which one I'd choose. Vicki, I know I'm preaching to the converted here. But you and I both know what is going on there. The H/J crowd is a little herd, and everybody is obsessed with their own standing in their little herd. Nothing else matters. If you quit H/J, you aren't part of the herd anymore so you are one of Them and don't figure into the calculation. And forgive me if I've posted this before, but it bears repeating. I saw a great letter in the October 96 issue of Practical Horseman. An Appy rider wrote about a chance-meeting with a friendly dressage rider at a show a few years back when her Appy club and the dressage riders were sharing the grounds. The dressage rider stopped to chat and asked if the 'spots' on her Arabian would be enough to let her join in, since the Appy riders seemed to be having such a good time. The Appy rider talked about how her club only had an in-hand class for dressage and wished that one day her club would add "real" dressage. And the dressage rider advised her to go for it: > -- to not let other people's biases deter me from learning and teaching > my horse to do the best we could. Imagine my amazement when next day > I saw this same person in show attire and found I'd been chatting with > Lendon Gray! Now it could just be that the folks like Michael Plumb and Lendon Gray and Bruce Davidson and Betsey Steiner, and all the other riders who write for the advice columns in these magazines, or write free-standing columns, have gotten a clue because they work for/with the magazines and have to be aware of their market. But it doesn't surprise me that these top-level riders are friendly to beginners: they are secure in what they know and what they do, and don't have to kick dirt in the faces of others just to feel that they are boss horse in the herd. Snobbery is a sign of insecurity, pure and simple. Real horseman are concerned about the horses first and status second, if at all. You can't let the snobs get to you. Just go on doing what you do, and remember that Lendon Gray and Mike Plumb and Bruce Davidson and all the other "good guys" are on YOUR side. --- QM v1.31 * Origin: Sci-Fido II, World's Oldest SF BBS, Berkeley, CA (1:161/84.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E1L00002 Date: 01/15/97 From: DEBBY TAYLOR Time: 10:29pm \/To: VICKI NICHOLS (Read 1 times) Subj: Rain -> Her hubby is a househusband who is so finnicky that he IRONS -> pillowcases and underwear! I'm sure glad that I'm not married to a guy like him. I would enjoy not having to do any housework but that kind of cleaniness would drive me crazy. I would have to dump crumbs and stuff on counters and tables just so I would know that someone really lives there. -> We have gotten some rain, means the watersheds and dams will fill -> up and -> we'll be fine - again. Have you gotten enough rain for this year yet? We have already gotten more rain than we usually get for the year and the last half of January and Feburary are usually our rainiest months. The rain was no big deal this time. Didn't change much. The thing that has helped the flooding the most is that the temperatures have really dropped. I had to bring some of my plants in and my fountain froze. All the flys died. Yipee. If it stays cool I'll get to really work Smokey this weekend without sweating him up and spending ages drying him. He looks like an overlarge stuffed animal he is so fuzzy. One of the things the horses really enjoy about this time of year is that we can keep carrots out at the ranch without them going bad so they get those. Debby --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 2 * Origin: The Knights End BBS (1:208/606) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E1L00003 Date: 01/15/97 From: DEBBY TAYLOR Time: 10:32pm \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Rain -> Ahh Mike is out here right now Deb.. and getting wet. ;) -> I beleive he's either up the coast with his Mom or they went up to -> Lancaster and that general direction.. He wanted to get some -> quiet/quality time in with his Mom.. I on the other hand feel -> somewhat stood up! ;) I hope he isn't running into a bunch of fog. Will he be coming to L.A. at all? Debby --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 2 * Origin: The Knights End BBS (1:208/606) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E1L00004 Date: 01/15/97 From: DEBBY TAYLOR Time: 10:40pm \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Rain -> Well got totally soaked (a jacket, a rain slicker, 2 undershirt -> shirt, 3 undershirts, 2 shirts) the other night it rained so hard.. -> and we had some stuff to do before the rain hit.. but it hit early.. -> ;) I thought you were recovering from the crud. How are you feeling after getting soaked. Some areas around here got a soaking on Sunday too. But it only lasted a day. I came down with the flu on Monday so I've been staying inside and warm. Its only a light case so I'll be back out at the stable soon. The biggest problem with it is the dizzy spells. Debby --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 2 * Origin: The Knights End BBS (1:208/606) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E1L00005 Date: 01/16/97 From: JOHN TAYLOR Time: 12:59am \/To: DEBBY TAYLOR (Read 1 times) Subj: Name DT>-> * Origin: Nightwatch WGS-Glen Burnie,MD-(410)590-1236 (1:261/1390) DT>I have a son named Jon and I thought he was trying to play a trick DT>on my when I saw your name till I saw where you were from. How far is DT>Glen Burnie from Landover? DT>Debby DT>--- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 2 DT> * Origin: The Knights End BBS (1:208/606) Hi Debbi, Landover is about a 20 - 30 minute drive from Glen Burnie. Probably near 40 miles in distance. It's in Prince George's Co. and I'm in Anne Arundel. Both are big on riding stables and clubs/academies. My son, 4 years old, says he's saving his money to buy a horse some day ( secretly Dad would like to buy one of his own ) but this is a long way off. There's still time to save. Nice to hear from another Taylor. We had a judge in the County that once quipt from the bench " Everyone was a Taylor, until they sind". He had a good sence of humor. Take care. J.T. --- DBSMail V2.00c [6A3857FC] * Origin: Nightwatch WGS-Glen Burnie,MD-(410)590-1236 (1:261/1390) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E1M00000 Date: 01/17/97 From: BOB KOHL Time: 06:37pm \/To: DEBBY TAYLOR (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Rain > -> Ahh Mike is out here right now Deb.. and getting wet. ;) > -> I beleive he's either up the coast with his Mom or they went up to > -> Lancaster and that general direction.. He wanted to get some > -> quiet/quality time in with his Mom.. I on the other hand feel > -> somewhat stood up! ;) > I hope he isn't running into a bunch of fog. Will he be coming to L.A. > at all? Been and gone Deb.. didn't see much of him.. but I understand why. I was going to go over to Pheonix to get together maybe for dinner with the Mays and Vic.. but there were some complications including a mother that just had hip replacement surgery. BK --- DB A3000sl/001347 * Origin: * Conniption BBS * one fit at a time (1:102/861)