--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: F2U00005 Date: 02/24/98 From: BOB KOHL Time: 09:57am \/To: JEAN PROPHET (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: SEDONA'S SOLO .. >> THen I'll add.. we've all had out days. > Thanks Bob ..... at least I know I'm not the only one who was a bit > careless (and I really never meant to be that way either ). Always think ahead.. ALWAYS! It's what fighter pilots call "SA" or situation awareness. If you don't think for the both of you.. well... BK --- DB A3000sl/001347 * Origin: * Conniption BBS * one fit at a time (1:102/861) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: F2U00006 Date: 02/24/98 From: BOB KOHL Time: 09:59am \/To: JAN MURPHY (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Hi dere! >> vaccum them several >> times a week and that helps at bit. > How much hot water would you need at a time? > We have an itty-bitty water heater under the sink at work. I don't know > how much capacity it has, but something like that might give you enough > hot water to clean out buckets and tack and stuff, even if you didn't > have enough to do the horses themselves. > The other nice thing is, there's a switch on the front so you could turn > it off when you wouldn't be wanting hot water (less of a fire hazard). > We have ours on a ground-fault circut so if somebody splashes water out > of the sink onto the plug, it turns itself off. > Anyhow, a heater like ours is probably way too small, but if you just > wanted some little source of hot water to wash your hands and clean out > the buckets and other little stuff, it might be useful. Just wanted to > let you know there are ways to get hot water without spending big bucks > on a full-sized water heater. For a horse.. it's a lot of water... CJ with her winter coat requires three full rinses to get all the soap out. BK --- DB A3000sl/001347 * Origin: * Conniption BBS * one fit at a time (1:102/861) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: F2V00000 Date: 02/24/98 From: DELORES WARDER Time: 08:59pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: A Prayer Hi All, I read an equine magazine (local) recently and read the following prayer and thought it might be of interest to others: THE HORSES PRAYER Feed, water and care for me, and when the day's work is done, provide me with shelter, a clean dry bed and a stall wide enough for me to lie down in comfort. Always be kind to me. Talk to me. Your voice often means as much to me as the reins. Pet me sometimes, that I may serve you the more gladly and learn to love you. Do not jerk the reins, and do not whip me when going uphill. Never strike, beat or kick me when I do not understand what you want, but give me a chance to understand you. Watch me, and if I fail to do your bidding, see if something is wrong with my harness or my feet. I cannot tell you when I am thirsty, so always give me clean, cool water, often. I cannot tell you in words when I am sick, so, please watch me, that by the signs you may know my condition. Give me all possible shelter from the hot sun, and please put a blanket on me, not when I am working, but when standing in the cold. Never put a frosty bit in my mouth, first warm it by holding it a moment in your hands. I try to carry you and your burdens without a murmur, and wait patiently for you long hours of the day or night. Without the power to choose my shoes or path, I sometimes fall on the hard pavements, which I have often prayed might be of such a nature as to give me a safe and sure footing. Remember that I must be ready at any moment to lose my life in your service. And finally, O Master, when my useful strength is gone, do not turn me out to starve or freeze, or sell me to some cruel owner to be slowly tortured or starved to death; but do thou, my Master, take my life in the kindest way. And your GOD will reward you here and hereafter. You will not consider me irreverent if I ask this in the name of HIM, who was born in a stable. AMEN Anonymous Sorry, it's a teary one, but moving (from the wording it sounds as though it was written quite a while ago) Enjoy! --- SLMAIL v4.0a (#0304) * Origin: Free Spirit =*= SL/RIP =*= 301-283-0917 =*= V32b/HST (1:109/132) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: F3300000 Date: 02/27/98 From: DAVE BARRON Time: 04:19am \/To: KEITH LITTLE (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Horse Stuff Hiya Keith, My mailer has screwed up all the attributions, the bits that show who wrote what. I've put them back in, but there may be mistakes. :-( [snip Arab/Thoroughbred cross] >>Beautiful mix! :-) >>>indee. he is. Very. beautiful.. For our vet and farrie said he >>>one of ther nicer colts.. Heck. She even siad he is nice looking >>>then some of the show horse she seen. so... But I do miss workin >>>on the farm.. the bbs life/city life start to get to this >>>cowboy.. He should become a beautiful horse to ride too! I can imagine you not liking city life. I do, but only if I'm within reach of the countryside. >My mom horse and my sister Colt. (Named Duke or dukey.) Im just >a coun Cowboy. 21.. single and depressed/board of the city Here >in Vernon.. I >>>You want to know something. ID kill for some snow right about now. I got an email from someone in Sydney, Australia the other day. She said exactly the same, but it was 45 degrees (113 Fahrenheit) there. The North of England is due some tomorrow and the South during the next few days. It's about 34 Fahrenheit here and I'm coooold! >>>indee it warmer here. But I miss the snow. we hardly got any.. >>>Damm. :-( "Horses for courses", as they say. We like what we're used to. The English don't though. We're always whinging that it's either too hot or too cold. >>>Too much of cowboy i guess. yah. well. and yeah. miss driving the >>>old farm truck down our long lane.. and race our colt. kinda of >>>funy. I put old ford truck in low gear. and duke will run upto the >>>fence. Snort at me. and take off. as if he knew i was waiting there >>>for him. of coruse i dont race him. I just let the clutch out. and >>>keep call him. he slowly trots along the fence.. snorting. its soo >>>Funny,.,. then he will snort and run through the bushes and start >>>to run around mom.. oh how i miss watchimh him do colt stuff. makes >>>me smile. (Sigh) I miss regular riding too. I used to ride a thoroughbred ex-racehorse most days. A few times I did a long hack and it was a constant battle to keep him collected and stop him taking off at a full gallop. Sometimes he's spook at something and then I really had to work to calm him down. He used a standard snaffle which probably wasn't severe enough, but at least I knew I wasn't damaging his mouth. :-) >wonderin if any gals out There would like to chat with me about >horse >Can't help you on that one, but good luck anyway! >>>Heh. well Thanks for the reply. anywhoo. take care eh You'll have to hook in to the local conferences to find more people I guess. This has become rather a quiet echo these days. It might be worth checking the pet echoes and seeing if there are any horse lovers there. Good luck Keith. All the best, Dave --- ViaMAIL!/WC4 v1.30 * Origin: Ooh! BBS, London, UK. (5-Lines) 0181-395-3108 (2:254/233) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: F3300001 Date: 02/24/98 From: JEAN PROPHET Time: 06:15am \/To: MIKE MAY (Read 0 times) Subj: SEDONA'S SOLO .. >-> > WoW! Glad to hear this one came out ok for you all. >-> On Friday afternoon -- dangerous Route 80 at rush hour .... The good Lor > d >-> was definately watching over us for sure!! SEDONA was cool as a ucumber >-> after she was caught --- *I* was a nervous wreck!! > Yeah I can imagine you would have been! Everything is back to normal again now. We did a parade in LaBelle Saturday (Swamp Cabbage). Buddy drove SEDONA and the big carriage .... I drove X and the Surrey ..... Jessica drove Tuffy and the cart (they were cute too ). X was a total "BUM" for me ..... he was upset becuase Buddy was driving SEDONA and 'HIS' carriage. SEDONA was quiet and nice -- Go figure --- * Origin: Home of Mr X's 'XTRAORDINARY CARRIAGE SERVICES! (1:371/33) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: F3300002 Date: 02/24/98 From: JEAN PROPHET Time: 06:19am \/To: MICHELLE SCOTT (Read 0 times) Subj: SEDONA'S SOLO .. > DW> t be too hard on yourself, there are probably > DW> many carting fanciers around who have had a close encounter > DW> such as that. > I,well the other half took my sec A Stalion out in our cart > wich we had bought > Just a few hours before and he sliped his bridle and took > off over a 6ft muck > heap > jumpped a 5ft wire fence in to a field with a sec D stalion > still on him:( Oh my ....... > I got a phone call from my 5 year old son sobbing Sidney > was bleading > come and help . > When i got there this little pony was traped in the fence > with my fella trying > to keep the pony still and keep the other horse away :( it > was a sad sight but > i just pleased to find just a few > cuts on his face . WOW ...... I'm surprised no one was hurt any worse than that. > We gave up driving after that day as he was not to happy We ground drove Mr X (Arabian) for quite sometime before hooking up our carriage to him. It's so much fun (driving) you really should try again. > and i didn't want him > hurt again > he was 16 years old at the time and i just wanted to carry > on with Showing in > hand,witch we did > untill last year and now he is just being lightly ridden to > keep him fit . Well, I'm glad it all turned out OK ..... thanks for sharing your story too .... I don't feel so badly about what happened to me now ..... --- * Origin: Home of Mr X's 'XTRAORDINARY CARRIAGE SERVICES! (1:371/33) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: F3300003 Date: 02/24/98 From: JEAN PROPHET Time: 06:21am \/To: JAN MURPHY (Read 0 times) Subj: Hi dere! >> Wish I had a hot water heater out in my barn >> .... it's hard keeping >> my guys clean and pretty without giving them baths. I DO >> vaccum them several >> times a week and that helps at bit. > How much hot water would you need at a time? Gee, I don't know -- never thought about how much. > We have an itty-bitty water heater under the sink at work. > I don't know how > much capacity it has, but something like that might give > you enough hot water > to clean out buckets and tack and stuff, even if you didn't > have enough to do > the horses themselves. Neat idea ... I'll have to check in on that, Jan .... that would be wonderful as I CARRY hot water from the house out to the barn to make the ran mash I give them. > The other nice thing is, there's a switch on the front so > you could turn it off > when you wouldn't be wanting hot water (less of a fire > hazard). We have ours > on a ground-fault circut so if somebody splashes water out > of the sink onto the > plug, it turns itself off. Good idea too .... I'll ask Buddy about it (he used to be an ectrician). > Anyhow, a heater like ours is probably way too small, but > if you just wanted > some little source of hot water to wash your hands and > clean out the buckets > and other little stuff, it might be useful. Just wanted to > let you know there > are ways to get hot water without spending big bucks on a > full-sized water > heater. Thanks for the info! --- * Origin: Home of Mr X's 'XTRAORDINARY CARRIAGE SERVICES! (1:371/33) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: F3300004 Date: 02/25/98 From: JEAN PROPHET Time: 05:52pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Job after Swamp Cabbage Parade .. We decided to give horse and Carriage and pony/cart rides after the parade. Dr Parrish (local eye doctor in LaBelle) offered his parking lot for us to have a shady place to give our rides. We had the big carriage (Buddy was driving SEDONA), I had the surrey (with X pulling it) and Jessica was driving Tuffy (pony and cart). We took passengers down to the river -- through the shade lined trees in LaBelle ...... nice rides! Dr Parrish was also having a HUGE BBQ in their backyard for his family/ friends and patients ..... we were invited to eat and join in with the fun ..... SO, between his "picnic" the DJ that was there and our carriage rides, EVERYONE was having a wonderful time!! Jessica (our daughter) came up from Miami to help. She brought her friend, Fred to help too. Jessica was driving the pony/cart in the parade and also giving the pony/cart rides. She and the kids were having a terrific time ..... until ...... Yep, we had a slight mishap ...... a lady had parked her car in the driveway we were using to come in and out of the parking lot -- they had parked there after we all had taken a group out for rides .... when we returned, the pony cart was the first to arrive at the driveway -- Tuffy (our pony) sort of stepped sideways (not really spooked but was sort of "surprised") and the ony cart banged into the parking light of the parked car. Of course the lens broke ...... scared Jessica half to death .... poor Tuffy stopped and just stood there. We announced from the DJ booth about who owned that car parked in the driveway ..... the lady came up to us and we explained what had happened .... I told her to send me the bill to have it repaired and I would gladly pay for the repair. She kept saying not to worry about it -- that it was an "old" car. She kept saying over and over that she appreciated us telling her about it .... heck, I wouldn't have done it any other way. We did the damage -- we are responsible to pay for it! I gave her my business card anyway ....... told her to send me the bill ..... whether she will or not I don't know. Sooooooo, that was the slight mishap .... all went well after that. The kids really loved the pony cart rides and the big carriage was a hit with the adults too! I had a few rides in the surrey but most people wanted to ride in the big carriage ...... next time I think we'll just do the big carriage and the pony/cart. --- * Origin: Home of Mr X's 'XTRAORDINARY CARRIAGE SERVICES! (1:371/33) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: F3300005 Date: 02/27/98 From: MEG ALFONI Time: 07:40am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Job after Swamp Cabbage Parade .. From: Meg Alfoni Subject: Re: Job after Swamp Cabbage Parade .. Jean Prophet wrote: > We decided to give horse and Carriage and pony/cart rides after > the parade. > Dr Parrish (local eye doctor in LaBelle) offered his parking lot for > us to > have a shady place to give our rides. We had the big carriage (Buddy > was > driving SEDONA), I had the surrey (with X pulling it) and Jessica was > driving > Tuffy (pony and cart). > > We took passengers down to the river -- through the shade lined > trees in > LaBelle ...... nice rides! > > Dr Parrish was also having a HUGE BBQ in their backyard for his > family/ > friends and patients ..... we were invited to eat and join in with the > fun > ..... SO, between his "picnic" the DJ that was there and our carriage > rides, > EVERYONE was having a wonderful time!! > > Sounds like a great time, Jean! People down there sound sooooo > friendly! And you have so much fun!!!! Glad the lady was so understanding about her car light. We took our tractor and a cart to my son's school a couple of years ago to do a hayride at their annual fall festival. Richard nicked the side of someone's Lexus (ugh!!) with the cart. The guy was pretty nice about it, but Richard said he'd pay for the repair...guy called a couple of weeks later and said it was going to cost $2,000.!!!! Rich told him to check with his insurance co (g)! We haven't heard back from him since. And, needless to say, we haven't done hayrides again (g). Actually, I'm glad..I was the one who had to tow the tractor on the flatbed cart to the school...not my idea of fun! I'll tow a horse trailer any day! glad you had a good day! Meg ------------------------------------------------------- FidoNet EQUUS Conference<->InterNet EMail List To subscribe to the list, send an EMail message to: listserv@wnybbs.net With the words: SUBSCRIBE EQUUS To Unsubscribe: UNSUBSCRIBE EQUUS To post a message to the list, send E-Mail to: equus@wnybbs.net