Lil' Horse Lover
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I haven't posted on the forum for a while, still have been reading different posts almost every day though.
Anyways, lots has been happening, been doing a lot with the horses and working (I work at a small animal vet clinic).
A couple weekends ago I took Spirit into town to walk around downtown and around the City Beach (dogs aren't allowed but there aren't any rules about horses
). Spirit was great, as always, we didn't get farther than like 5 feet without being stopped by another group of people, it's literally an ALL day thing. It's amazing how very few people around here (Sandpoint, Idaho) know about miniature horses, we only had a handful of people who knew he was a "miniature horse" and knew about the breed before we talked to them. Most people called him a "miniature pony" or a "baby pony", I then informed them that he is a miniature horse and is full grown.
It was actually kind of funny people would ask "so what breed is he?", I would say, "he's a miniature horse"....they would than say "no, I mean what breed of horse is he?"....than I'd go into explaining the miniature horse breed.
We got lots of double takes, laughs, "Oh my god!"'s (THE most heard phrase when people would see him), and LOTS of smiles, along with weird looks...
Spirit rides around in my Ford Explorer, we put the back seat down and I'll sit in the one seat that's left up so I can sit next to him while my mom drives. Once we get into town (and aren't going so fast) Spirit LOVES to stick his head out of the window! People REALLY get a kick out of that, we'll hear people yelling "Is that a horse in that car?!?!), it's really funny.
Spirit will also whinny while going through town, and he has a really high pitched little whinny, it's hilarious! People will be looking all around for a trailer only to find it came out from a car window!
We first walked around the beach, which has signs all over that say "No Dogs..." BUT no signs that say "No horses...." so we feel pretty special!
Of course Spirit wears his "bun-bag" while walking around so there are no messes so there's no reason not to allow horses!
For those who don't know, Spirit is my 3 yr. old gelding and he's about 27 1/2" tall.
Getting ready to load up in my car and goin' down the highway~
*I will be posting multiple pages as I have too many pics.
So here are the ones walking around the beach:
Anyways, lots has been happening, been doing a lot with the horses and working (I work at a small animal vet clinic).
A couple weekends ago I took Spirit into town to walk around downtown and around the City Beach (dogs aren't allowed but there aren't any rules about horses
We got lots of double takes, laughs, "Oh my god!"'s (THE most heard phrase when people would see him), and LOTS of smiles, along with weird looks...
Spirit rides around in my Ford Explorer, we put the back seat down and I'll sit in the one seat that's left up so I can sit next to him while my mom drives. Once we get into town (and aren't going so fast) Spirit LOVES to stick his head out of the window! People REALLY get a kick out of that, we'll hear people yelling "Is that a horse in that car?!?!), it's really funny.
We first walked around the beach, which has signs all over that say "No Dogs..." BUT no signs that say "No horses...." so we feel pretty special!
For those who don't know, Spirit is my 3 yr. old gelding and he's about 27 1/2" tall.
Getting ready to load up in my car and goin' down the highway~
*I will be posting multiple pages as I have too many pics.
