We went to a parade on Saturday. I took both horses. It was Hawk's very first parade. I can't believe he ever got to this point as he is VERY challenging to train to drive. I asked several people to use my camera to take pictures of him and didn't get a single good one of him actually driving in the parade.
We dressed him as an Indian pony and my sister dressed Western and drove the cart with the Oklahoma flag. You can't really see them in the picture, but he had feathers in his mane and forelock. He really looked fun and lots of people loved him and took his picture. It was a Rodeo parade and almost all horse participants.
He had two tiny tantrums, once when asked to stand and wait and once when asked to turn (our major driving challenge). But once he got underway he went without a bobble. He is fearless and not fazed at all by noise, vehicles or other animals. WE startled a few silly big horses, though!
My other horse, Dapper Dan, is a parade veteran. He is always photogenic. My main problem with him was all the nice grass around. I am thinking next time I will put the overcheck on him, instead of having to constantly correct him. As you can see, he is starving.
Today I take Hawk in for the skin biopsy, so hopefully I can find out if his skin condition is cureable. He is turning out to be such a good horse, so keep your fingers crossed that the biopsy is favorable. Trimmer came on Friday and his feet are growing out just great! Hawk is a rescue horse. I've had him 11 months. So don't give up on those guys--just give them a little more time to work out.
We dressed him as an Indian pony and my sister dressed Western and drove the cart with the Oklahoma flag. You can't really see them in the picture, but he had feathers in his mane and forelock. He really looked fun and lots of people loved him and took his picture. It was a Rodeo parade and almost all horse participants.
He had two tiny tantrums, once when asked to stand and wait and once when asked to turn (our major driving challenge). But once he got underway he went without a bobble. He is fearless and not fazed at all by noise, vehicles or other animals. WE startled a few silly big horses, though!
My other horse, Dapper Dan, is a parade veteran. He is always photogenic. My main problem with him was all the nice grass around. I am thinking next time I will put the overcheck on him, instead of having to constantly correct him. As you can see, he is starving.
Today I take Hawk in for the skin biopsy, so hopefully I can find out if his skin condition is cureable. He is turning out to be such a good horse, so keep your fingers crossed that the biopsy is favorable. Trimmer came on Friday and his feet are growing out just great! Hawk is a rescue horse. I've had him 11 months. So don't give up on those guys--just give them a little more time to work out.