--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E3L00019 Date: 03/16/97 From: VICKI NICHOLS Time: 04:28pm \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Jan in a bit? > We've been having one of those on-again, off-again echo feeds. I posted > something a couple of days ago when nothing was coming in. > I don't know if it ever got out. I'll wait a bit and if nobody replies, BK> BK> BK> This is the first I've seen of you in a bit Jan.. :( What, you usually see her in a hackamore or a bosal? --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: The Union Jack BBS, Phoenix, AZ, USA. 602-274-9921 (1:114/260) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E3L00020 Date: 03/16/97 From: VICKI NICHOLS Time: 04:30pm \/To: JEAN PROPHET (Read 1 times) Subj: Good Time??? Your photos reminded me of an engraved plate I used to have under the seat of the cart I had in high school, the one that my POA pulled. It read, "You have just been run over by Comanche K , harness pony extraordinaire! --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: The Union Jack BBS, Phoenix, AZ, USA. 602-274-9921 (1:114/260) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E3L00021 Date: 03/16/97 From: MEG ALFONI Time: 06:17pm \/To: MIKE MAY (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: a reminder MM :>Well watch out for the pre spring snow we just got. I am MM :>sending it your way MM :>next. We got about 6-8 inches last night! Just when we MM :>were thinking "Boy MM :>this has been a real mild winter" ;-) It all happened while we were on vacation...in Barbados! Glad we missed it, but sorry my house/horse/etc. sitter had to contend with it. We had a couple of small storms, but a nasty ice storm on Friday. I guess Fiddle freaked out totally during the ice storm...poor girl had to give her sugar cubes to calm her down...wonder if this horse is smarter than we think (g)! Richard tells me we're supposed to have another snow storm this week...glad winter waited to finally show up...argghhh!!! Meg --- * Origin: Elizabeth's Revenge (1:330/173) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E3L00022 Date: 03/16/97 From: MEG ALFONI Time: 06:19pm \/To: DEBBY TAYLOR (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: a reminder DT :>Whats pre-spring. Spring is in full swing here. They've DT :>let water in DT :>the irrigation canals, the trees are taking turns blooming, DT :>my DT :>daffadils(sp?) are through blooming and its been in the DT :>70's several DT :>days. The bad thing is that we get to spend 2-3 hours a DT :>week trying to DT :>get the winter coat off Smokey. His hair fills a small DT :>wheelbarrow DT :>every time we use the sheding blade on him. The horses are DT :>really DT :>enjoying all the fresh green grass and we are limiting DT :>pasture time. DT :>I'm going to be getting my summer clothes out of storage DT :>this week I DT :>hope. Well, winter finally arrived here last week...snow and ice. We weren't here, though..on vacation (smart people!) However, this week looks to be another wintery one. Pre-spring here is mostly rain/wind/mud. And that's pretty much what we've had all winter...no real snow at all this year. Horses are both shedding mildly, but not in full shed yet. Some of my bulbs are up, but none are budding yet, and I hope this cold snap doesn't do them in. Got the summer clothes out for vacation, but they're being washed and going back into storage for a few more months anyway (g)! Meg --- * Origin: Elizabeth's Revenge (1:330/173) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E3L00023 Date: 03/16/97 From: MEG ALFONI Time: 06:21pm \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: TB with wierd symptoms BK :>EPM has hit Los Angeles.. :( BK :> BK :> BK :>Confirmed by both Blood and spinal tap. Oh, no!! We all know what Jean went through with this. Too bad.... I thought opposums were the host carrier for this thing...didn't know you had them out there. Does anyone know if there's a vaccine for this thing yet? Isn't it some kind of parasite or something? How's the TB doing? Meg --- * Origin: Elizabeth's Revenge (1:330/173) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E3L00024 Date: 03/16/97 From: MEG ALFONI Time: 06:23pm \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: a reminder BK :>Both the girls out here are having "heavy heats".. don't BK :>know what it is.. Our first of the season was a doozie! Both mares were bonkers! And Fiddle's being a total fruitcake again, so I guess I've just got one of those mares...oh, goodie! BK :>Yep.. saddled and sat on.. :) BK :>Took awhile since I didn't get the edge off before doing BK :>it.. just put some weight on.. got off.. same same same.. BK :>she got used to it.. got on her. BK :> BK :>Got off.. then finally I got on her and sat for about 7-10 BK :>minutes.. with some very minor requests for movement. BK :> BK :>She was trying to figure out what I was doing up there.. ;) Glad it went so well! Can't believe this horse is old enough! How did she respond to your "requests for movement"? I had Richard lead me around the first time I asked Fiddle to move foreward. It really helped. Meg --- * Origin: Elizabeth's Revenge (1:330/173) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E3L00025 Date: 03/16/97 From: MEG ALFONI Time: 06:26pm \/To: JEAN PROPHET (Read 1 times) Subj: Good Time??? JP :>clipping ...... shoot, he was really very good -- UNTIL -- JP :>ahhhhhhhh ..... I was down on my hands and knees clipping JP :>his right front leg ...... evedently he thought he had a JP :>fly on his leg -- he lifted his leg and his knee knocked me JP :>on my cheekbone ..... it feld like I'd been SLUGGED by a Yeowch!! Thistle did that to me once...she never did it again.... My x-trainer said that horses had to learn to stand still no matter what when you were working on them...I kind of agree, but not to the degree she demanded it...phew!! JP :>hooves with black shoe polish. Both horses looked so JP :>pretty when I got done!!! I guess so!! Don't you love it when you get them all duded up! JP :> Then in the afteroon Bren and I went over to the show - JP :>he Sham rode in all the events but I just rode X around the JP :>grounds like last month during the speed events. X LOVES JP :>to just "socialize" . It was nice and JP :>we both had fun!! Great! So glad you're getting him used to all this. Wish I had the time and wherewithall to get Fiddle accustomed. There's a benefit trail ride for our local MSPCA and Equine Resque in September...I'm going to aim for both Fiddle and Shiloh to be ready to do it. Have to find someone with a trailer to get them used to being trucked, and also get them used to the trail! Guess I've got my work cut out for me, huh? Nothing like being lazy, Meg! Meg --- * Origin: Elizabeth's Revenge (1:330/173) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E3L00026 Date: 03/16/97 From: MEG ALFONI Time: 06:31pm \/To: MIKE MAY (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: a reminder MM :>-> Yep... and I'm saving all of Mom's stuff to ship out to Meg.. it'll e MM :>time MM :>-> for her to use that stuff soon! ;) MM :>Good idea, I think I might have some shuffleboard stuff she MM :>can have too. Excuse me! I still can muck a mean stall, carry two full water buckets, and wrestle any nasty horse to the ground! Shuffleboard!!! Huh! Will you guys cut this out!!!! Just because I pop and crack every time I get out of a chair (or off a horse!) doesn't mean I'm ready to throw in the towel yet! Cripes, Mike, I think I'm younger than you anyway!!! Meg --- * Origin: Elizabeth's Revenge (1:330/173) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E3L00027 Date: 03/16/97 From: MEG ALFONI Time: 06:32pm \/To: JAN MURPHY (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: shire's JM :>Mike, no can do. All my horse books have had to go into JM :>storage. Why??!! Meg --- * Origin: Elizabeth's Revenge (1:330/173) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: E3L00028 Date: 03/16/97 From: MEG ALFONI Time: 06:42pm \/To: JAN MURPHY (Read 1 times) Subj: new newsletter from John Lyons JM :>In today's mail, I got a mailing from John Lyons about his JM :>new newsletter, THE PERFECT HORSE. If you've been a I got a sample copy...wasn't all that impressed. Can't remember why, but I sent in my "cancel" notice. Meg --- * Origin: Elizabeth's Revenge (1:330/173)