The Boys Were Looking for Handouts

Bobl1958

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I loaded up The Wife and Pooch in the Ranger and went looking for bull nettles to spray, and also checking the fence in the pasture. The Boys are always up for a treat, which my Wife always happens to have. The Little Guy looks like he would just like to get the heck out of there...lol!
I'm down to just one team now. Have had as many as three. Four of those horses will go through a large round of brome in less than a week, in the winter. Of course, they just stand there and eat all day. Getting ready for the draft horse show at the fair in a couple of weeks. Going to do the Farm Team and Feed Team Race, and maybe the Obstacle Race, I haven't decided on that yet. Hoping for good weather there. Bob
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Those are some magnificent looks animals! I would hate to have to feed them, My daughters 2 minis and wifes 10 goats eat enough. When I was little my uncle had two draft horses and I would climb on them and ride around the pasture.
 
Bob, 30+ yrs. ago we were vacationing in Vermont. The state fair was going on in Rutland & they had horse pulling as one of the feature events. It was amazing what a team of horses could pull. You could hear the leather pop when they leaned into the sled. The pull would only last a couple seconds, as they only pulled for a few feet. The teams were divided into wt. classes, and most of the horses were traveling in motor homes. When you show photos of your team it always reminds me of the Vermont fair, and the beautiful horses.
 
These guys are 17-3 hand Percherons that weight right at a ton each. The set I just sold were taller with the tallest being 18-2 hands. If they would hold their heads up when trying to bridle or put the collar on, I couldn't reach them, and I'm 6'-2" tall. They are definitely the gentle giants they are called out to be.
They are kind of considered Cold Bloods in the horse world where Warm Bloods are more so the racing type horses. The metabolism on these is such that if you need to sedate them to float their teeth, or what ever reason, it takes about 1/2 or less the amount of sedation that a horse 1/2 their size would take. If you read the directions and it says so many cc per 1000#, you better go 1/2 or they will be stretched out snoozing on you..lol!
I had to tell a super good horse vet the first time we had a set of draft horses teeth floated to make sure he cut the dosage. He did not know it and still hit them a little too much. Couldn't hardly keep them on their feet. He knows now how to address the cocktail. Bob
 
My father-in-law had Percherons before he passed away. In the summer would hitch them to the box wagon load up the grandkids and drive them around the section.
 
The dappled color sort of gave it away. Dad had Percherons and didn't sell them until about 1956. Yes, they were gentle giants, for sure. I broke one of them to a hay mower one time. Noise never bothered her after that,

Dad showed on at the Indiana State Fair and the National Percheron Show in 1946. We got 11th prize, but I don't know how many were there. Lynwood Farms had a lot of Percherons in those days.

Thanks for the reply.

Stan Huff
Formerly of Central Indiana.
 

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