Dear List, While I was on a trip, some circus animals appeared. Apparently, they travel a lot and only stay there a few times a year for a short time. My ...
SUE J RYZDYNSKI
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Aug 4, 1999 5:20 am
585
If you love horses would you like to learn horse: whispering, heeding, training, showing, teaching, riding, and/or shoeing? Find out how you can have a career...
mminfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx....
Aug 9, 1999 7:30 pm
586
I've just starting riding my mare again after she's had a foal and I'm currently riding her in the field doing a bit of schooling with her. She's five gaited...
Alison
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Aug 7, 1999 7:53 pm
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Alison, For inspiration, use the Gait Map at http://www.dream-teams.com to identify what type of horse you have. The book has a section on training of each...
Birgit Nonnenprediger
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Aug 11, 1999 2:24 pm
588
Hello again, I'm trying to get this saddle-fitting thang straight. My biggest question is: is the saddle supposed to be far back enough so that the *entire*...
Nicole Rosa
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Aug 17, 1999 9:50 pm
589
Hi Nicki, I'm not an expert on saddles for Icelandics, or any horse for that matter. I'm hoping to get by with my Stubben All Purpose for a while. Of course I...
Shelton
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Aug 17, 1999 11:02 pm
590
Be careful all those pads are not the same.. some have a pinching pulling of hair effect... I have one that is good, and one not so good.. Jerri...
Jerri Larsen
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Aug 17, 1999 10:36 pm
591
Hi Jerri, I had wondered about that. Are yours both the same brand? Are your's the Air Rider by Grooma? Thanks for the heads up....
Shelton
dshelton@...
Aug 17, 1999 11:33 pm
592
No, my good one is from Marilyn Horstmeyer in Tenn, and the not so good pinchy one is from State Tack... they are square and just do not mold.. It took the...
Jerri Larsen
jerril@...
Aug 17, 1999 11:08 pm
593
Dear Nicole, Right now I'm using a specific Icelandic saddle (Hrapn), before that, I used an Australian, I personally, can never figure out with my Icey, where...
SUE J RYZDYNSKI
ryzdynski@...
Aug 17, 1999 4:00 am
594
How you can become a better horseman/woman. New Horsemanship centre in Iceland I knew that soon I would start my new job and the four months of fun & pleasure...
Birgit Nonnenprediger
bnonnenprediger@xxxxx...
Aug 31, 1999 8:00 am
595
I had an opportunity to audit part of a Leslie Desmond clinic this week, my first "live" exposure to NH, and it left me wondering about riding Icelandics on a...
claudia
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Jan 1, 1990 8:11 am
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... Hi Claudia: Do you have any details from the clinic? Any stuff to share (nitty-gritty)? Judy JudyRyder Duffy http://iceryder.net http://ice.ryder.net ...
JudyRyder Duffy
iceryder@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Aug 31, 1999 7:27 pm
597
This is not really NH, but ... Has anyone out there read Jane Savoie's new books, Cross-Train Your Horse and More Cross-Training for Your Horse? From what I've...
Stefanie Stangier - E...
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Aug 31, 1999 8:38 pm
598
... Hi Claudia! I've bought the Leslie Desmond / Bill Dorrance book, but I haven't finished reading it yet (I find the tone of voice rather off-putting -- to...
Brigit van Loggem
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Sep 1, 1999 9:56 am
599
okay Judy, I'll tell about the clinic if you'll tell about contact. I was able to audit one afternoon out of three days, so other participannts will have more...
claudia
cscully@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 2, 1990 12:36 am
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Hi everybody I never was a friend of riding with too short and tense reins. It keeps surprising me when I see pictures of me riding with such long reins...
Paloma Baertschi-Herr...
paloma@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Sep 1, 1999 1:12 pm
601
I've been wondering about this question for while too. A while ago I attending a clinic with Bob Jefferys (a John Lyons certified clinician) and we did a lot...
Andrea Tobias
toltstar@xxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1999 2:16 pm
602
PS - I should add that my horse has naturally good self carriage. Teaching him to hold his own head up has never been an issue. Andrea ...
Andrea Tobias
toltstar@xxxxx.xxxx
Sep 1, 1999 2:18 pm
603
Hi Stef, I'm reading Mary Wanless' The Natural Rider. I am enjoying it a great deal. I have it from the library, but have ordered it from Barnes and Noble as...
Shelton
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Sep 1, 1999 4:23 pm
604
... Tølt is a collected gait, and I don't see why working on collection and lightness through feel should not apply to Icelandic horses as well as other...
Esther Reiss
esther.reiss@xxx.xxxx
Sep 2, 1999 10:22 am
605
I agree completely with Brigit about riding on a loose rein. It has been crucial with Sproti, who bolts. Since he is a former competition horse, I try to...
Stephanie Sher
stephanie@...
Sep 2, 1999 12:02 pm
606
... Hi Andrea Have you tried to ride by just signaling your horse what you want and once your horse does what you ask let go? That way you don't need to be...
Paloma Baertschi-Herr...
paloma@...
Sep 2, 1999 1:49 pm
607
... I will try this. Right now he will tolt with very, very light contact with the rein - but I think he would trot if I made it completely loose. He would...
Andrea Tobias
toltstar@...
Sep 2, 1999 2:11 pm
608
Dear Stephanie, CAN you teach Iceys to neck rein? When I first bought Sokki, I learned thru reading that the Icelandics skin was to thick and they could not ...
ryzdynski@...
Sep 2, 1999 7:55 pm
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... They can feel flies landing on them, so I'm sure they can feel the rein too. However, I think the problem would be feeling the rein with all that mane! ...
Andrea Tobias
toltstar@...
Sep 2, 1999 8:14 pm
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Stefanie have you seen the new training book for Icelandic horses? Most people think it is great, because it starts where most Icey books/leaflets in English ...
Birgit Nonnenprediger
bnonnenprediger@...
Sep 2, 1999 9:35 pm
611
Yes, of course they can neck rein! The mane should have nothing to do with it, altho my guess is that they can feel the touch of anything thru the mane. If...
JudyRyder Duffy
iceryder@...
Sep 2, 1999 10:50 pm
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Hi Claudia. Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to the list about loose contact. However, I'm so happy to see that many others are in agreement that it can...
JudyRyder Duffy
iceryder@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 3, 1999 5:53 pm
613
... Thank you, Judy! I have often wondered about this but was afraid to ask ... several months. I am an old western (loose rein) rider from way back, and...
