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What great advice! The parades are supposed to be fun for all of us. If earplugs would make Phantom more comfortable during a parade that would be terrific. I want him to enjoy the event to not be a HORROR SHOW.

I’m going to give that a try I actually jokingly thought of ears plugs ! I had know idea they are used with horses! Thanks for the information. This group is absolutely awesome.

I did some ground work with Phantom this afternoon. He was a perfect gentleman! So…. he definitely was just very frightened in that last parade.

You really get the picture Marsha. It was almost dangerous a couple of times. To have a 250 lb horse trying to get in your lap was a bit much for this old cowgirl.

Hey Marsha… I hope you and Billy have a wonderful parade. It really is fun to share these beautiful creatures with others.

I was shocked that we were positioned in front of that car. It was a huge parade with 120 entries. Now I know…we prefer the little home town parades of 40 or less! Our minis will be unicorns on Thursday. Looking forward to it. Hopefully Phantom will have a better time of it.

The most fun is waiting for the parade to start! We had so many children asking to pet the horses. We were mauled by an entire Girl Scout troop. 🤣 The horses loved it Marsha and it was heartwarming to make so many little kids happy.

So true… I’m so busy smiling and waving and walking fast enough!

Wow’! thank you for taking the time to help me address this issue. I don’t think the antique car behind us blaring his horn “ ahhhuuuga” helped the situation at all. We have our county fair parade in 4 days so I’m going to be out there tomorrow morning trying out this method you posted. I did...

Thank you for your input. I do believe you are correct saying that he is just nervous. I don’t want to punish him for being anxious but he has to respect my space. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. My 5yr old miniature Appaloosa “Phantom “ seems to lose a lot of his ground manners during parades. I lead him and he continuously pushes me with his shoulder. This was his fourth parade today and he has just gotten worse. He was all over the place. I had...

Thank you Mary! The parades are a wonderful hobby!💕💕💕

I wanted to share some fun photos of my daughter and I leading our Miniature Horses in the Irish Day Parade in Murphys, California. Apache is the pinto and Phantom is the Appaloosa.

Yes! That fancy prance looked good but not requested.

We have successfully completed our first parade. My daughter and I lead the horses 1/2 mile through a local parade with hundreds of screaming holiday onlookers. Phantom really wanted to return to the trailer but Daniele was able to keep him in check. He really did some prancing. Apache was a...

Good to know! Thanks so much. That really makes a lot of sense. Phantom is fine today. A little banimine last night really helped. Next year I will certainly take your wonderful advice.

Thank you for the advice. I gave him some Banimine last night and he feels a bit better this morning.

My two miniature horses were vaccinated two days ago. One is still lethargic and grouchy. His neck is sore on one side. He is four years old and hasn’t been bother by annual vaccinations previously. Anyone experience this? He is eating and drinking fine. No other symptoms.