Dapper Dan and I did a parade today. It was a very nice one! Lots of entries and hundreds of spectators.
I had thought of taking Midnight, so as to give her more experience, but she has been rather silly lately, so I took Dapper Dan. I cleaned him with the air compressor, washed and braided his tail, trimmed his whiskers, and washed his boots. He knew something was up and was very interested in the whole thing. He enjoyed being clean, I think.
With the parade having an autumn theme instead of patriotic, I had to go with my non-glitzy outfits. A little western. The hat is actually a Stetson.
Dapper Dan was perfect. My only problem was candy-grabbing. He did manage to get one piece and crunch it up before I could get out of the cart. Wrapping and all. Lots of stopping for children to pet him.
After the parade, we went back to the square and mingled with all the people. The horses were very welcome.
My sister brought Jackie O--I didn't get a picture of her this time. Munchkin came as a fireman and his owner as a dalmation. The picture of them was taken before we got the fire hat secured to the halter with zip ties. And she had a red dog collar around her neck. She threw candy from the fireman's boot.
A fun thing happened. A friend came up with her daughter; it was the same girl who had ridden Dapper Dan when she was five years old. I wanted a child who wasn't afraid to teach him to accept someone on his back. She had written a thank you note after being with Dapper Dan. I told her I still had the note! A grown up young woman now, expecting a baby!
A little breezy but overall a nice fall day.
! I used to wear cowboy boots all the time before the arthritis warped my feet. I had like 18 pair. Showmanship is my fav class cause I can wear my hat 
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if he got excited and I hauled on him, but for driving in my field it's AWESOME. So much less diving for grass and goofing around 
