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  • September 5, 2011 WEANING YOUR FOAL by: Jane Beall

    Now that the nights are getting longer, the days getting shorter and the foals bigger, it is time to consider the many views on when and how to wean.

  • September 3, 2011 WHAT STYLE OF DRIVING HARNESS

    "What style of driving harness should I buy?"  I hear this question a lot.

  • March 9, 2011 MANE TRIMMING AND BRIDLING THE DIFFICULT HORSE

    It is very difficult to trim a mane or to bridle a horse when he is tossing his head around.  Here’s a way you can keep him still and cause him no stress while you work with him.  You can hold his head down with binder twine.

  • January 10, 2011 MY NEW YEARS'S POLAR BEAR DIP

    My two mares, six year old Emmeline and four year old Gaja, fell through the ice on my beaver pond the other day.

  • October 6, 2010 HOW TO TIE A SAFETY KNOT

    Here is a knot I modified from one I first saw used in France 25 year ago.

  • October 1, 2010 MANE TRIMMING AND BRIDLING THE DIFFICULT HORSE

    It is very difficult to trim a mane or to bridle a horse when he is tossing his head around.  Here’s a way you can keep him still and cause him no stress while you work with him.  You can hold his head down with binder twine.

  • September 29, 2010 Did You Know?

    An average Fjord is 14 to 14 -1 hands and weighs 900 to 1000 pounds

  • October 3, 2009 First Canadian Evaluation - Almonte

    The first Canadian Fjord Horse Evaluation was held in Almonte Ontario October 3rd. 2009

  • April 8, 2009 PREPARE YOURSELF AND YOUR HORSE FOR AN EVALUATION

    If you plan to take your horse to an evaluation, be proactive!  Here are a few things you can do to improve your scores.

     

  • March 22, 2009 HIGH POINT FJORD STALLION
  • January 30, 2009 SO WHAT DOES AN EVALUATION MEAN TO THE BREED?

    Fjord horse evaluations have been going on for over 100 years.  If you buy a Fjord from Norway you will find every one of his or her ancestors has been evaluated.  The scores and ratings are kept in a stud book and today that information can be accessed online.

  • January 11, 2009 SKIJORING

    Skijoring began several hundred years ago in Scandinavia as a way for people to travel during the cold and snowy months of winter.  Towed behind reindeer on long wooden skis, these early travelers found skijoring a useful and ractical means of getting from one place to another when the roads were impassable.

  • March 20, 2007 I’M IMPRESSED

    Take a look at the Stallion Photo Gallery in the North America Record Book, Volume 2!  61 stallions have been evaluated and approved in North America under the NFHR evaluation program.   In addition there are at least 8 stallions here in North America, evaluated and approved as breeding stallions in their countries of origin before being imported! We have 69 plus excellent choices for breeding and improving our general gene pool.

  • March 28, 2006 BLUE RIBBON'S IMPORTANCE TO A BREEDER?

    There are two different kinds of blue ribbons in the Fjord world, those received from the judge in the show ring and those granted by officials in a Fjord Evaluation.

  • January 15, 2006 THE HIGH COST OF STALLIONS

    At just about every gathering of horse people, you can find a discussion taking place somewhere concerning the high cost of breeding fees these days...