Some people up the road have 2 Belgians and the most amazing painted wagon I’ve ever seen.
They bring the horses out in the summer and just ride RT 40 [which is insane, considering the speeds some drivers attain] and their tack is outrageous.
Fine black leather with brasses galore and the wagon matched piano-black with gilded designs.
It’s really wonderful to see.
All the other folks just “have them” and I never see them doing anything with them at all.
I’d love to see that!
Back when I had a goat, I would buy hay from a coworker’s father. Mr. B had 2 mules and 5 Belgians with which he competed in pulling contests. Or maybe that was only the excuse to keep expensive pets around. Those animals were so spoilt, they’d have crawled into your lap if you let them.
He’d once nearly been crushed against a stall by one of the horses - not through hostility but from avid affection.
I kinda feLt sorry for the two mules, though. There’s only one of Mr. B, and the Belgiums tended to crowd the mules away from the fence and highly desired petting.
How cool! It sounds like the people up the road from you are British gypsies or something like that...
I wonder if the draft horses, Barbados sheep, and all the other fancy “status” livestock that people have as lawn ornaments to look at get bored not having a job-especially the horses. Even my old Husky is happy when I’m caulking windows etc, and let her prance along by me, dragging a cloth bag with a roll of paper towels and tube of caulk in it to “help” me.