... Hi, Wanda! Yes! Years ago, before Wintec had interchangeable official gullets, the store where I bough my first Wintec bent the gullet MUCH wider, to fit...
Barbara Sollner-Webb
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Aug 1, 2006 9:24 am
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... Let me humbly recommend some informative articles on dealing with SE, including ones originally published in the Icey magazine Eidfaxi, that have kindly...
Barbara Sollner-Webb
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Aug 1, 2006 9:59 am
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... Ouch! I've never heard of a widened gullet causing the tree to break and that seriously worries me. I don't think I'll be doing that any more. Gee, what...
... fast twitch muscles; possibly hormonal (less adrenaline or adrenaline rushes). Seems to me there may be a physiological reason that is traceable. Yes, and...
... Hi Karen, How big is Skjoni and how much does he weigh? How big is his cannon bone? My 6'4", 200 lb.+ brother is starting to ride with me and I've...
... Skjoni is a good solid 13.3H plus a hair, not quite 14H. He's our tallest Icelandic, but not our very biggest one. He still has a good bit of bone - just...
... Yes, thats so true Lynn, I didn't think of that, and after, mares always look so thin after about three months of nursing. I guess that must drain from...
Janice McDonald
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Aug 1, 2006 1:36 pm
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Eir brushed up under the red Crape Myrtle tree that we have in the front, and got lots of little flowers in her mane. By the time I got the camera, she had...
... Not really A frame! More like a normal back, then the actual spine sorta curves up out of the back and arches a little all bumpy all the way down! Someone...
Janice McDonald
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Aug 1, 2006 1:36 pm
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... And is it nature or nurture then? Are american icelandics spooky and iceland icelandics not? Is it in their DNA? I don't think so. Nasi is fearless,...
Janice McDonald
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Aug 1, 2006 1:38 pm
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Just a note: My experience with the Flygone 7000 is that though a good overall flyspray, (I still use it) it DID NOT lessen the scratching for our SE mare...
... Here's some pictures of backs: http://iceryder.net/backshape.html I'd love to add your pictures to the page. Judy http://iceryder.net http://clickryder.com...
... My old Wintec (circa 1985) had a broken tree when I purchsed it. No one knew it, including Emore Saddlery who completely reflocked it, put new billets on,...
Hi Judy, ... Overbending in any breed is detrimental and IME especially with Icelandics who often have quite thick throatlatch areas. It can affect their...
... Really? I guess that would be another warning signal to any potential buyer. If the horse is ridden like this - reg flags should be waving. ... I don't...
ugh... I just hate seeing it. I don't think it's beautiful or fancy or anything good. I see the dressage riders doing this to their horses (all kinds of...
Hi guys...just wanted to inform you that PedShed has frontline plus on sale now for 50 bucks for a 6 month supply... that's the cheapest I've found so far... ...
ok and here is one of Jaspar standing that shows he has a slant but a weirder one than fox, shorter, and Jaspar is very hard wired to pace. Janice -- Whoever...
Janice McDonald
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Aug 1, 2006 3:42 pm
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ooohkay, here we go again. the first one is svertla, i don't think Karen will mind. She does have a slant you could "lay a board on" and maybe would do a RW...
Janice McDonald
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Aug 1, 2006 3:43 pm
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Hi Bia, ... easier to breathe...it can't be good on the >neck muscles...for all we know it gives the horse a terrible headache.... Bia Tension around C1&2...
... I had a saddle with a broken tree and didn't know it! It was a fabtron. My cousin came over one day. I had fallen off Jaspar in that saddle about ten...
Janice McDonald
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Aug 1, 2006 7:41 pm
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uhmn... do ANY of your horses have withers or a spine? They all look like airport runways. Janice -- Whoever don't want me on their net group is missing out...