Hello All, Hope your New Years was as exciting as mine. The skies above Reykjavik were certainly brilliantly lit-for hours. Would be interesting to know...
Karen, Please stop by Kaktus when you are in Arizona. I am very excited about the new mares that I got from Iceland. I think they will more than meet with ...
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Jan 2, 2003 4:40 am
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No...I'm not talking about an old boyfriend ;)... I just purchased a small bag of "The Missing Link" at the feed store. Has anyone had any experience with...
Hello Everyone, I wanted to thank the group for responding with so much enthusiasm to my request for "visits" during Jan/Feb road trip! Looks like I have 20+...
I'm looking for detailed information on training 2 and 3 year old icelandic horses; one gelding, one stallion. I need to know how to get started on the right...
Hi BJ, We have a couple of books on our website www.icefarm.com that have helped lots of people with their Icelandics. Can you get the mare into a stall or ...
A topic that hasn't been visited in a while :) Dawn and I met today at the flying M in Olympia, Washington and talked with the owner and measured the track....
mmhorsy@...
Jan 4, 2003 12:58 am
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Hi All: If you are ever at a stage in your life with your Icy's where you think they are hard to deal with.....go deal with someone's "big" horses for a while....
I know the feeling. Our neighbours have a motley assortment of Welsh ponies (they have 5 kids), Welsh Cobs and a TB cross. Last week they came back from the...
Hi, My two trainers have both shown a great deal of appreciation for my Icelandics. One of them is driving me crazy she is so over sold on them. She thinks...
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Jan 4, 2003 4:56 pm
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Hi All Cara was finally able to ride Elska today. The temperature warmed up to -4. We did have a bit of an ice storm last night so the snow was a bit crunchy...
Thanks you for all the "snow" pictures, Wanda, they are so beautiful! I lived in Alberta for a couple of years. I worked with racehorses on and off the...
Hi, Congratulations on your first ride. It was probably about 75 here today and I took my first ride on my new horse. Kria came in I think it was October...
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Jan 5, 2003 1:11 am
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Big horses, little horses, Icelandic horses. The bottom line is teaching, no matter the breed, no matter the size. Unfortunately, we have all seen Icelandics...
Congrats to all on their first rides! I had a bit of a surprise when I contacted the former owners of my new mare Lilja. I was told by the people who were...
... Exactly. When you are dealing with the horse the size of the the one the neighbour had to deal with today, it was quite apparent to me that he needed to...
... Sacramento. I ... Oh Penny....but you have all those BIG bugs....;) Actually, I've been trying to climatize myself to the weather this winter, and have...
... icelandic horses; one gelding, one stallion. I need to know how to get started on the right foot. Look around at different methods of training to see what...
... be doing something fun and the footing was solid enough in the deep snow. Hey Wanda, are you leading on Hreggur? and Cara and Elska in the back? Judy...
The last mare I got, had this I don't want anything to do with people attitude too. It was miserable catching her and she was particularly good at weaving...
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Jan 6, 2003 3:57 am
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I think I missed the pics of you and your horses and of Funni? Penny:) I like seeing all the pretty horses (and riders:) )...
mmhorsy@...
Jan 6, 2003 3:58 am
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A few excerpts from an article by Andrew McLean: Andrew McLean takes a look at TRAINING PSYCHOLOGY Behaviour is the result of the interaction of genes and the...
Hope you guys had a wonderful and safe festive season! ... teaching, no matter the breed, no matter the size. Unfortunately, we have all seen Icelandics that...
Kristene Smuts
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Jan 6, 2003 1:33 pm
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This is the second part of a three part report. The Panda Project Report 5: The Transition to Working Guide Panda as a Working Guide That's where we were at...
... That one was a very small picture. Here's the saddle alone, in a larger picture. This is the endurance model, but there are several alternatives, ...
A few words by Tom Stovall: There are only three valid reasons that horses are shod: protection, traction or to effect a therapeutic change in the way a horse...