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Færslur: 2008 Janúar

26.01.2008 22:03

Foalshow

The foalshow of the local Breedingclub took place in Saltvík today.
Of course we signed our foals and 2 foals owned by Mieke (Mímir and Jódís). First we had to catch the mares and walk the lot of them up to Saltvík.  Catching was this time not the biggest problem. We had decided to attach Yndi with a girth to Perla as it was so tiring to drag her up to Saltvík the last time.
Unfortunately Yndi managed to get loose and took a run with all the foals. It was quite a job to get in front of her and the others again and guide them to the stable. Neither the mares nor the foals were happy when we seperated them, but it was necessary as we had to put the foals into boxes for the show.
The foals were showed in groups of 2 or 3, Gisli and Halldór were judges and the owners took care of making the foals run a bit. That didn't work out with all of the foals...
Our foals were showing themselves quite well, Kátína was trotting more than I've ever seen her before and there was a lot of room in her steps. Pjakkur showed really good movements in trott and tölt, but Farsæll was not at his best, he could have used more lively foals in his group.
Jódís, who was in group with Kátína, and Mímir, who has the same father as Jódís, showed themselves really fine, both with fine trott and a lot of room in their steps. In fact, Mímir did so well, that he was chosen into the group of the 6 best male foals and made it from there to the group of best 3.
In the finals Mímir did his best,  managed to beat the other 2 foals and was chosen best stallionfoal in the show. Congratulations Mieke!
See pics (Horses - Foalshow 2008) and videos!
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21.01.2008 22:07

Horsetraining

The horsetraining is in progress and it is nice to see how they take their steps forward.
Bragur is starting to relax more and more, which makes it easier for us to work with him. Trott becomes better and better, now we just have to make him trott with a rider.
Hekla is getting better on her right side, but we still have to work on the gaits a bit as she's tending to shift a lot between tölt and trott. Well, work in progress!
Ögn had a few days break now, but before she already did really well and behaves just like a trained horse, eventhough she was just ridden 3 times... We hope that she keeps on doing so well!
Farsæll is already going with the herd, trying to be a full member. I think he'll be fully integrated in little time. There are a few new pics in the folder "Our horses january".
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20.01.2008 21:59

Snowfun

Well, it's always nice and interesting to try new things and so we took our visitors from Austria, my brother Martin and my uncle Thomas, to Kolli, a friend of us, who is proud owner of 2 snowscooters. There was enough snow and so we decided to try them and have a bit fun racing over the meadow at Kolli's place.
First Kolli and Ingólfur showed the guys how to ride the snowscooter and took each of us for a ride. Well, to be honest, it was quite hard to hold on Ingólfur when he stepped a bit on the gas, but I managed to stay on the scooter ;-)
Then we tried on our own and in the end Martin and Thomas were racing each other a bit.
Have a look at the pics (People - Fun in the snow) and the video "Snowfun"
I'm looking forward to make a trip to Þeistareykir by snowscooter if there's enough snow to do that.
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19.01.2008 23:32

Into the herd

Today we planned to take Farsæll to our other horses outside. But how to do that? He would not just follow us on a lead like the grown and trained horses and it wouldn't make a lot of sense to put him into a trailer for a 5 minutes drive. So we decided to put a belt around Hekla and attach him to this belt. So he has to follow and can't do stupid things on the way.
Hekla is always nice to the foals and so it was no trouble to use her for that job. It was amazingly easy to put the halter on Farsæll and lead him to Hekla today. When we attached him, he just stood still and when we started to walk, he did it like it was the most natural thing for him to walk with halter stuck to another horse.
The walk was a bit tiring as there was so much snow on the way and I sometimes sank in up to my knees. But when we arrived on the big field, walking was easier for all of us and so Farsæll tried to run a bit, but as he was strapped to Hekla, he couldn't escape and enjoy his freedom.
After entering the meadow where our horses stay, we took off his halter and let him go. Well, we tried to let him go... He liked a lot more to stay with Hekla, who he already knew. But the other foals made it easy for him and tried to make friends. It was good to see that nobody chased him trough the whole field.
Have a look at him in "Videos"-"Farsæll coming into the herd" and there are a few pics of him too.
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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.
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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"
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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...
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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.
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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"
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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...
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