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Clarissa · Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:31 pm Post subject:

Sonya that all looked like great fun.

Seeing that small cart/buggy with the smaller rubber tyred wheels reminded me of a butcher’s cart I used to have. It had wheels off sort of original automobile. It had a big deep leather section at the back that held the ice with the meat laying on top I guess with a large leather lid that flapped right over to cover everything. I liked that little cart because it’s rubber wheels made it easy to ride on, pull & steer. I already had a very bad back by that stage & I couldn’t sit on anything that had hard wheels anymore. The little cart enabled me to step up using the wheel bearing cover, the top of the tyre, then the floor infront of the seat. It did have proper handmade metal steps but I was not strong enough to use them. It had nice chrome fittings on a light weight frame made of some sort of pale timber that had been steam bent. It was a very nice craftsman made little cart.

During the time I was totally disabled due to my back, the white ants got into it & ate a fair bit of the frame so I sold it to a young local youth whose father did up wagons & such. They used it for spare parts because it’s metal bits were quite rare. It also had a full harness that was lighter than that for a draft horse.

I'm trying to visualize Sonny as a buggy horse in a few years time once I can't ride anymore. I'm struggling with it because it just doesn't seem to fit him

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thelmanelle · Member Joined: 20 Sep 2009 Posts: 3253

The coolest thing of the day was to walk into Tractor Supply and pick up a copy of Rural Heritage and see my friend Tommy Flowers in a article on cutting hay! i was invited to that event and could not go because of our hay!

Anyhoo, when I was at Horse Progress Days in Lancaster, Pa. , some of those pictures were in Rural Heritage as well. It was by far a delight to see. I am hanging on to that issue! it may have to go in the china cabinet! Lol!

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becdubie · Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 5:13 pm Post subject:

Last night I had a dream about teaching Bubba to pull a snow sled.......

What are the best resources to get started? He already drives from behind with driving lines pretty good...he is not afraid of anything being on or around his body..........
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thelmanelle · Member Joined: 20 Sep 2009 Posts: 3253

He needs to be comfortable with the sounds behind him of the sled and additional pounds. So ground driving with the sled easy to have unattached is good. Or having you ground drive while another person pulls the sled behind him ... after you have pretended to put hm to the sled , do some gentle runs with him going and the sled across different types of terrain...yet, just you and him and the sled can stop if it is too much and re-start.

I did this with Flint with an empty buggy being pulled by a human and another being driven by a driver with her show horse. I ground drove him through it all. He did great.

I think taking time to consider how the sled will sound over snow or hitting a rock is very important. Plus, asking to back up is important, too. Safety for the horse and you and yours.

Slow is the way to go. If you think about a sound behind the horse and he is not use to it that is the time to separate the sled and ground drive the horse through the sound...then, allow the horse to experience the sound with the sled as both become more confident.

I can't say I know it all...I continue to learn...but, slow and steady is so much safer and you get to enjoy the scenery.
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becdubie · Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 3:13 pm Post subject:

Ah..... good suggestion Sonya. That's the first thing I'll start working on when I can get out and walk again.... Making sounds behind Bubba. I've drug taprs and logs behind him...but never really thought about all the other sounds that can come with pulling a sled or wagon.

Bells....rattling noises.... hum..... lots to do.
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