08.08.06

Horse peaches training cart

Posted in Dogs for dog lovers, Horses for the horse crazy, Other interesting stuff at 12:12 pm by petArtist Cmoses

WHAT??? Horse peaches??? That’s Peaches our English Setter riding next to dad in the training cart behind Gilford, our 3 yr.old Arabian/percheron warmblood. I wrote about the Lyndeborough drive (Granite State Carriage Assoc.) in my July 11 post; thanks (again) to Tracey Turner, here are HER pictures of us in Lyndeborough!

Peaches (English Setter) perched in training cart with dad driving Gilford the young perch/arab starting out on Lyndeborough, New Hampshire carriage drive/ride of July 9– Tracey Turner photo

Connie Moses on Willow’s Bask, Arabian dam of Gilford and Glendale, with 11-month-old Glendale ponied at side– Tracey Turner photo

Now raising our second colt (Glendale, 11 months,) we still firmly believe in early exposure to new stimuli for the foals. Both Gilford and now Glendale were ponied beside their mom at a VERY young age, starting at 2 weeks old, and taken along on trail rides and drives, and in Gilford’s case taken in a parade at 2 months and to Maine’s Acadia National Park at 3 months. So far this practice is still proving out, giving us very tractable youngsters who are sensible, reasonable, and not at all flighty.

Baby Glendale in tow, starting off behind Gilford and the cart– Tracey Turner photo