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17.01.2008 23:23
New hobby
Farsæll, who ist together with 3 other foals in a big foalbox, has developed a new hobby. Just after we put in new sawdust, he lays down and rolls over, so he's completely covered in sawdust. And instead of standing up, he just stretches out his legs and enjoys laying in the fresh sawdust. Whenever the other foals try to make him stand up, he just bites them...
Sometimes he does that for up to 10 minutes.
Today we took him out of the box to have a look at his hooves and give him wormmedicine. First he was not so happy about being taken and tried to escape the halter and the rope, but when he saw, that it is no use, he just calmed down and relaxed. It was no trouble at all to cut his hooves and he even took the wormmedicine without spitting it out and spilling it all over. We hope he stays that easy to handle.
Sometimes he does that for up to 10 minutes.
Today we took him out of the box to have a look at his hooves and give him wormmedicine. First he was not so happy about being taken and tried to escape the halter and the rope, but when he saw, that it is no use, he just calmed down and relaxed. It was no trouble at all to cut his hooves and he even took the wormmedicine without spitting it out and spilling it all over. We hope he stays that easy to handle.
15.01.2008 20:25
Finally
Today Farsæll finally arrived here in Húsavík just in time for my birthday after a long journey from the south up to here.
We are happy to have him here and look forward to put him into the herd.
At the moment he's inside as it was quite late when he arrived and we want to give him medicine against worms and check out his hoofes before we let him go with the others.
We´ll probably take him to the others on friday. Hekla will be his guiding horse and Farsæll will be attached to a girth around her belly so he can't get lost.
You can see recent pics in "Horses" - "Farsæll is arriving"
We are happy to have him here and look forward to put him into the herd.
At the moment he's inside as it was quite late when he arrived and we want to give him medicine against worms and check out his hoofes before we let him go with the others.
We´ll probably take him to the others on friday. Hekla will be his guiding horse and Farsæll will be attached to a girth around her belly so he can't get lost.
You can see recent pics in "Horses" - "Farsæll is arriving"
12.01.2008 19:07
Training Ögn
Finally we have a bit more time again to take care of the training of our horses.
Ingólfur took Ögn for long walks the last days, trained her to accept the rein and showed her what he's expecting from her. So she already knew a bit what he's asking for when he's pulling the reins.
Today he had her on the long rein, where she was doing just fine in walk and trott. Then I took the long rein and Ingólfur mounted Ögn. She didn't move at all and was really well behaved when we asked her to start to walk. First we just walked, then we let her trott a bit and after a few minutes I took the long rein away and the two of them did just fine alone.
I think Ingólfur can be quite proud about his young mare!
See the pics in "Horses"-"Training Ögn".
Well, Hekla had to be washed again to make sure we got rid off all the lice. She enjoyed to be washed with warm water this time and was really patent! I took a few pic which are shown in "Horses"-"Washing Hekla".
Bragur did just fine on the long rein today, with and without saddle and we hope he'll do as fine when we start to ride him again.
Our foals are enjoying their life outside and have a lot of fun running and chasing each other in the beautiful winterweather.
I put a few new pics in "Horses"-"Our horses january"
Púki and Grettir are a bit disappointed that we took away the Christmastree and so they started to explore the kitchen more closely instead...
Ingólfur took Ögn for long walks the last days, trained her to accept the rein and showed her what he's expecting from her. So she already knew a bit what he's asking for when he's pulling the reins.
Today he had her on the long rein, where she was doing just fine in walk and trott. Then I took the long rein and Ingólfur mounted Ögn. She didn't move at all and was really well behaved when we asked her to start to walk. First we just walked, then we let her trott a bit and after a few minutes I took the long rein away and the two of them did just fine alone.
I think Ingólfur can be quite proud about his young mare!
See the pics in "Horses"-"Training Ögn".
Well, Hekla had to be washed again to make sure we got rid off all the lice. She enjoyed to be washed with warm water this time and was really patent! I took a few pic which are shown in "Horses"-"Washing Hekla".
Bragur did just fine on the long rein today, with and without saddle and we hope he'll do as fine when we start to ride him again.
Our foals are enjoying their life outside and have a lot of fun running and chasing each other in the beautiful winterweather.
I put a few new pics in "Horses"-"Our horses january"
Púki and Grettir are a bit disappointed that we took away the Christmastree and so they started to explore the kitchen more closely instead...
05.01.2008 22:35
Hekla and her inhabitants...
Unfortunately Hekla got lice eventhough she had an injection against them just like our other horses.
So she started to loose hair and scratch herself quite a lot. We had to do something against that and bought liceshampoo.
The weather is quite warm at the moment and so it's not so much trouble to wash her and let her dry in the stable afterwards.
First she didn't like the sound of the pipe and tried to escape, but when she saw it's no use, she relaxed and I could even wash her in her face. In fact she looked like she enjoyed to be washed and get rid off the itching!
When we were finished she was allowed to roll herself in the sand in the riding hall. It was amazing to see her, not lay down but nearly throwing herself to the ground and roll over several times. Must have been good!
Then she was covered with a blanket before we walked her back to her box.
Bragur and Ögn are doing fine, Bragur trotts more and more easily on the long rein and Ögn is learning everyday a bit more.
So she started to loose hair and scratch herself quite a lot. We had to do something against that and bought liceshampoo.
The weather is quite warm at the moment and so it's not so much trouble to wash her and let her dry in the stable afterwards.
First she didn't like the sound of the pipe and tried to escape, but when she saw it's no use, she relaxed and I could even wash her in her face. In fact she looked like she enjoyed to be washed and get rid off the itching!
When we were finished she was allowed to roll herself in the sand in the riding hall. It was amazing to see her, not lay down but nearly throwing herself to the ground and roll over several times. Must have been good!
Then she was covered with a blanket before we walked her back to her box.
Bragur and Ögn are doing fine, Bragur trotts more and more easily on the long rein and Ögn is learning everyday a bit more.
03.01.2008 22:27
Púki & Grettir
Our two budgies go together quite well, Púki is following Grettir everywhere, which leads to quite unexpected landingplaces...
Their favourite place is in the meantime the Christmastree... And of course it's best to be on top, which means to sit on the star!
Have a look at their pics in "People" - "Púki & Grettir"
Their favourite place is in the meantime the Christmastree... And of course it's best to be on top, which means to sit on the star!
Have a look at their pics in "People" - "Púki & Grettir"
01.01.2008 22:13
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year everybody!
It was a great celebration here in Húsavík last night!
As usual there was a big fire, but this year they burnt an old ship! It was an amazing view to see the flames eat the ship!
There are pics in the Folder "People" - "New Year's Eve"
The town showed a big firework then too, I definitely don't want to know how much money they blew up in the sky!
Well, around midnight people in town were starting their private firework and the sky was just bright with all these sparkles and more! If I remember right, this was going on for about 2 hours!!!
There's a short video, showing the change from 2007 to 2008.
When we went to have a look at the horses, we were relieved that everything was ok with them and they had a good night in the riding hall. Well, we had a good time in tidying up there...
After that we walked the herd back down to our fence. I was in front with Hugsun and Ingólfur and Hjördís were in the back with Perla and Ýndi. In between the foals had their fun with running, going on their hindlegs, jumping and playing. On the big field they took a run, but didn't take care of the ice and so first Kátína and a second later Pjakkur slipped and fell. Nobody hurt, but they stopped fooling around. I think Hjördís had the best place as she was allowed to be on Perla's back...
It was a great celebration here in Húsavík last night!
As usual there was a big fire, but this year they burnt an old ship! It was an amazing view to see the flames eat the ship!
There are pics in the Folder "People" - "New Year's Eve"
The town showed a big firework then too, I definitely don't want to know how much money they blew up in the sky!
Well, around midnight people in town were starting their private firework and the sky was just bright with all these sparkles and more! If I remember right, this was going on for about 2 hours!!!
There's a short video, showing the change from 2007 to 2008.
When we went to have a look at the horses, we were relieved that everything was ok with them and they had a good night in the riding hall. Well, we had a good time in tidying up there...
After that we walked the herd back down to our fence. I was in front with Hugsun and Ingólfur and Hjördís were in the back with Perla and Ýndi. In between the foals had their fun with running, going on their hindlegs, jumping and playing. On the big field they took a run, but didn't take care of the ice and so first Kátína and a second later Pjakkur slipped and fell. Nobody hurt, but they stopped fooling around. I think Hjördís had the best place as she was allowed to be on Perla's back...
31.12.2007 22:04
Safe Place
Well, today our visitors from Austria travelled on to the southwest of Iceland to stay at the farm they both worked at a few years ago. So we went to Akureyri in the morning and after a quick shopping stop in Bonus we had to say Goodbye and hope to meet again soon!
Then we went to get the mares and foals to have them at a safe place during night as we didn't want to risk any accident or injury because of the lots and lots of fireworks going on here during New Year's Eve.
It was not so easy to catch our mares, especially Ýndi didn't want to get caught and so Gisli, his son Einar and we had quite a job to get her. But in the end we managed.
We walked them over the big field and up to the riding hall in Saltvík where they were spending the night.
Just have a look at the pics!
Then we went to get the mares and foals to have them at a safe place during night as we didn't want to risk any accident or injury because of the lots and lots of fireworks going on here during New Year's Eve.
It was not so easy to catch our mares, especially Ýndi didn't want to get caught and so Gisli, his son Einar and we had quite a job to get her. But in the end we managed.
We walked them over the big field and up to the riding hall in Saltvík where they were spending the night.
Just have a look at the pics!
30.12.2007 23:05
A new friend for Púki
Today we went to get Púki a new friend as it is not good to be alone for budgies. A boy here in town breeds budgies and luckily had 3 young ones for sale.
So Hjördís (she was allowed to choose), Ingólfur and I went to have a look at the young rascals.
When we arrived Brynjar showed us his budgies, who live in a really big cage in the garage. 2 adults and 3 young ones were having fun, 1 hen was sitting on her eggs. Brynjar took a green male out of the cage and we were all surprised that he was already so tame. Hjördís was really quiet and just watching the birds but you could see that she liked that one especially. The other 2 young ones were still with their baby-feathers and not as tame as the other one. So we decided to take the tame, green male one.
First we put him in a different cage so Púki and he could have a look at each other from a bit of distance. In the evening they were allowed together and Púki was really really happy, just following the new one everywhere.
That one still needed a name... Hjördís named him "Grettir" which is the icelandic name for "Garfield".
So we'll see how these two guys go along together...
So Hjördís (she was allowed to choose), Ingólfur and I went to have a look at the young rascals.
When we arrived Brynjar showed us his budgies, who live in a really big cage in the garage. 2 adults and 3 young ones were having fun, 1 hen was sitting on her eggs. Brynjar took a green male out of the cage and we were all surprised that he was already so tame. Hjördís was really quiet and just watching the birds but you could see that she liked that one especially. The other 2 young ones were still with their baby-feathers and not as tame as the other one. So we decided to take the tame, green male one.
First we put him in a different cage so Púki and he could have a look at each other from a bit of distance. In the evening they were allowed together and Púki was really really happy, just following the new one everywhere.
That one still needed a name... Hjördís named him "Grettir" which is the icelandic name for "Garfield".
So we'll see how these two guys go along together...
28.12.2007 23:14
Visitors from Austria
8.30 in the morning two tired visitors from Austria arrived in Akureyri. Mira and Max had a quite long journey till they arrived here with us in the north. They'll stay until 31.12 and visit a friend in the southwest afterwards.
We'll try to show them a bit here, go to the Blue Lagoon at Lake Mývatn and maybe visit a few horsefarms.
We are looking forward to spend a few interesting days together!
We'll try to show them a bit here, go to the Blue Lagoon at Lake Mývatn and maybe visit a few horsefarms.
We are looking forward to spend a few interesting days together!
26.12.2007 11:11
Púki
Well, what to say about Púki... It becomes clearer everyday that he really deserves his name... He is a little devil and most of the time up to nonsense. He already behaves like he spent years with us, not only nearly 2 weeks.
When we get visitors he of course has to try to land on their heads, if the person likes it or not. He loves to be with Ingólfur (he's not always so happy about that), sit on his head or try to steal his food.
Púki is more a magpie than a budgie, always hunting glittering things. Golden earrings are just perfect for him to play with and so Ingó's mum had an unexpected visitor on her shoulder... He even tried to climb on her glasses...
Now he has a new favourite place: the shiny top of our confectglass. Not easy to land on it but he's getting better and better at it. And what could be better for this little selfloving parrot than his own picture reflected in gold?
Well, we are quite nosy what else he's going to show us in future!
When we get visitors he of course has to try to land on their heads, if the person likes it or not. He loves to be with Ingólfur (he's not always so happy about that), sit on his head or try to steal his food.
Púki is more a magpie than a budgie, always hunting glittering things. Golden earrings are just perfect for him to play with and so Ingó's mum had an unexpected visitor on her shoulder... He even tried to climb on her glasses...
Now he has a new favourite place: the shiny top of our confectglass. Not easy to land on it but he's getting better and better at it. And what could be better for this little selfloving parrot than his own picture reflected in gold?
Well, we are quite nosy what else he's going to show us in future!
24.12.2007 11:08
Christmas
We wish all our friends a very merry christmas!
Hope you have a good time with your family and friends (two and fourlegged)!
Our horses got a big box of cookies as christmaspresent and were quite happy about that.
Hope you have a good time with your family and friends (two and fourlegged)!
Our horses got a big box of cookies as christmaspresent and were quite happy about that.
22.12.2007 11:01
Trott
Today we tried to let Bragur trott with a rider on his back. First we started as usuall to let him trott with the saddle but without rider on the long rein, which worked just fine.
Then I went on back and Ingólfur had him on the rein. Bragur was a bit tense in the beginning but started to relax soon. When we tried to let him trott, he was just tölting, so Ingólfur decided to take the long rein off and just let me try alone.
Bragur was offering tölt and even canter in the riding hall and started to relax a bit while running. But no trott... But suddenly he did a few steps in trott and of course he got a small reward for that. Playing along a bit with him he realised that he was allowed to trott and started to trott straight from walk nearly everytime asked for. He always just took a few steps, but it's definitely something to work on!
Then Ingólfur went on back and tried and after a short time, it worked with him on back too!
We are both looking forward to train Bragur's trott more and make him a good fivegaiter!
Then I went on back and Ingólfur had him on the rein. Bragur was a bit tense in the beginning but started to relax soon. When we tried to let him trott, he was just tölting, so Ingólfur decided to take the long rein off and just let me try alone.
Bragur was offering tölt and even canter in the riding hall and started to relax a bit while running. But no trott... But suddenly he did a few steps in trott and of course he got a small reward for that. Playing along a bit with him he realised that he was allowed to trott and started to trott straight from walk nearly everytime asked for. He always just took a few steps, but it's definitely something to work on!
Then Ingólfur went on back and tried and after a short time, it worked with him on back too!
We are both looking forward to train Bragur's trott more and make him a good fivegaiter!
21.12.2007 07:20
The newcomers
The two foals, that arrived yesterday, successfully survived their first night with our horses. When I went today in the morning to have a look if they are ok, I first couldn't see them (it was still dark and our horses were laying and sleeping) but then when I took a second look, they were laying close to our horses fast asleep.
In the afternoon they were already allowed to eat close by and so I think there will be no problem to have them there.
By the way: the two young ladies have already names...
Mieke's foal (the darker one) is named Jódís, which means "sister" and may have meant "horse goddess".
Renske's foal got the name Alrún, which is a varient of the woman's name Ölrún or means "princess"
In the afternoon they were already allowed to eat close by and so I think there will be no problem to have them there.
By the way: the two young ladies have already names...
Mieke's foal (the darker one) is named Jódís, which means "sister" and may have meant "horse goddess".
Renske's foal got the name Alrún, which is a varient of the woman's name Ölrún or means "princess"
20.12.2007 23:19
The training starts
After taking in the horses last saturday and handling them a bit in the meantime, the training for Bragur and Hekla has started. Yesterday we just let them run free a bit and had a look what they were offering.
Hekla was trotting and gallopping small circles, Bragur was showing good trott in high speed.
Today we let Bragur run on the long rein, first without then with saddle. The aim of all this is, that he learns to relax during work and realises, that he is allowed to trott, even with a saddle and in the next step with a rider on his back. We hope things keep going as well as they are at the moment and he'll be a relaxed, easygoing ridinghorse soon.
Today Mieke's and Renskes foals from Kelduland/Skagafjörður arrived here and will stay with our mares and foals. Both foals are yellow dun mares. Mieke's is a bit darker than Renske's. At the moment they stick together like twins and keep a bit away from our horses (ok, Perla was chasing them a bit...), but I think that will soon change.
Now the only one missing here is Farsæll...
Well, I had a little helper today when I was wrapping up Christmas gifts. Púki definitely wanted to join in the action and I had to take care not to wrap him up...
In the evening he was surprising our guests by taking a rest on their heads after a short flight. Funny to see their faces!
Hekla was trotting and gallopping small circles, Bragur was showing good trott in high speed.
Today we let Bragur run on the long rein, first without then with saddle. The aim of all this is, that he learns to relax during work and realises, that he is allowed to trott, even with a saddle and in the next step with a rider on his back. We hope things keep going as well as they are at the moment and he'll be a relaxed, easygoing ridinghorse soon.
Today Mieke's and Renskes foals from Kelduland/Skagafjörður arrived here and will stay with our mares and foals. Both foals are yellow dun mares. Mieke's is a bit darker than Renske's. At the moment they stick together like twins and keep a bit away from our horses (ok, Perla was chasing them a bit...), but I think that will soon change.
Now the only one missing here is Farsæll...
Well, I had a little helper today when I was wrapping up Christmas gifts. Púki definitely wanted to join in the action and I had to take care not to wrap him up...
In the evening he was surprising our guests by taking a rest on their heads after a short flight. Funny to see their faces!
19.12.2007 23:15
New cage
Well, today the big cage for Púki arrived and what should I say... It was really really big...
Too big for one budgie and even for two far too big, but the main problem was, that it was totally out of angle and 2 of the feet were broken during transport.
So we decided to send it back and look for something fitting better for Púki. In the meantime he'll have to stay in his small cage but is allowed outside as often as possible.
Too big for one budgie and even for two far too big, but the main problem was, that it was totally out of angle and 2 of the feet were broken during transport.
So we decided to send it back and look for something fitting better for Púki. In the meantime he'll have to stay in his small cage but is allowed outside as often as possible.
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