[Ag-eq] Welcome

Fri Jan 24 02:45:12 UTC 2014

Hi Jewel,

If I'm not mistaken, I think tail docking for horses has definitely been 
band here in the states.  If that docked tail look is still desired, then I 
have heard of a mock hair piece that can be attached to the base of the tail 
and woven/braided with the horse's tail that would give it the same look.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jewel" <jewelblanch at kinect.co.nz>
To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Welcome

>I read a book many years ago, about American show horses, called "Riding 
>High" and it spoke of the
> 5-gaited American horse and explained the action of the foxtrot, but it 
> was so long ago that I have
> forgotten.
> I think that it said the forelegs were in a trot while the hindlegs were 
> in a canter;  I just could
> not picture  it,:  after all:  just how many different gaits can you get 
> out of 4 legs?
> I do not move in horse circles:  not actual ones you understand:  any 
> more, and, no doubt, some of
> our Kiwi western riders may teach the foxtrot, but, Nella, could you draw 
> a verbal picture of the
> gait?.
> One awful practice that was common in those days amongst those who showed 
> horses was to break the
> dock and  strap it upright, so that when the fracture knit that was its 
> permanent position!
> I hope that practice has been outlawed, but in a country where dog's ears 
> are cropped and made to be
> pricked when dropped ears is the norm for the breed, who knows?
> Twice in my riding life, I had horses who could do a fantastic gait. like 
> a very slow trot that I
> could sit to without the merest suggestion of a bump, and without having 
> to keep my knees clamped to
> the horse's sides.
>  one was a pacer and the other was Boss, the thoroughbred that I wrote of 
> in a post of a couple of
> months back.
>
> I never thought of asking what the configuration of the horse's legs was 
> when it was doing this
> trot?  As one of the horses was a pacer, could it have been a pace?  but 
> it would have been
> surprising if the thoroughbred could do it without hobbles, but he could! 
> It was the smoothest and
> most relaxing gait/pace  to ride to!
>
>        Jewel
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 2:13 PM
> To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Welcome
>
> Hi Jody:
>
> it sounds as if Florida is much cooler than Arizona.
>
> I'm hoping we will get a couple of freezes so the insect population won't 
> be so
> bad this summer.
>
> How are your young horses and what have you been doing with them?
>
> Have you been riding the older horse any?
>
> I've been getting some great rides in.  Cruiser and I seem to be a better 
> team
> each time I ride.  I've been working on his transission from fox trot to
> canter.  I'm also working with him on keeping a consistant speed in both 
> the
> fox trot and canter.  I've also been trying to get him to extend his flat 
> walk,
> but he tends to go into the fox trot instead of lengthebing his stride.  I 
> may
> have to get a trainer to help me with that one.
>
> Please write and update us on the horses.
>
> Nella
>
>
>
>
> Quoting Jody W Ianuzzi <jody at thewhitehats.com>:
>
>> Welcome to the new members to the list.I am Jody with husband Tom and 
>> owner
>> trained guide dog Walker
>>
>> We live on a 5 acre farm in central Florida with three horses and three
>> chickens.  We have a large garden which is a source of frustration with
>> weather, rabbits and horses who are determined that everything I grow 
>> never
>> reaches the table.  This is the usual beginning of our growing season but
>> northern temperatures have everything on hold.  We actually take the 
>> summer
>> off for growing because it is too hot.
>>
>> We used to live in New Hampshire and I am more familiar with northing 
>> growing
>> methods so growing a garden here is a new learning experience.  We have a
>> great Cooperative Extension and they are very helpful.  We just attended 
>> a
>> seminar on Florida gardening which was great.
>>
>> Stay warm everyone except Jewel who is in the middle of summer in New
>> Zealand.  How is your garden this summer Jewel?
>>
>>
>> JODY
>>
>> "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance!" Thomas Jefferson
>>
>> On Jan 23, 2014, at 10:21 AM, nfoster at extremezone.com wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Tracy:
>> >
>> > It is suppose to be 75 here today.
>> >
>> > Yesterday reached 77.
>> >
>> > We are having an unusually warm winter even for Phoenix.
>> >
>> > Nella
>> >
>> > Quoting Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>:
>> >
>> >> Well Nella and Jody, the thermometer said 5.5 degrees when I got up 
>> >> this
>> >> morning. Brrr!  Yesterday when I went to the gym, I made my Seeing Eye 
>> >> dog
>> >> wear his sweater and boots.  He wasn't too happy about it, but he was 
>> >> warm
>> >> and dry.
>> >> I really wish I'd done more to protect my tender perennials.  It 
>> >> doesn't
>> >> usually stay cold for long here, but this winter has been really 
>> >> nippy.
>> >> Tracy
>> >>
>> >>
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