The Auction
Belgians. . .yearlings, two year olds, not broke, green broke, well broke, broke to machines, teams. . .all the Belgians you could ask for. . . .all the way from $500 to $25,000! That is what the auction had. Jaime was hoping to get a nice looking Percheron to complete her team. But the only Percherons there were blind or lame or had an asbcessed tooth or warts on the nose or a dropped hip. Poor guys. I heard earlier in the week that they had Haflingers that were selling for $35! $35!!! So sad. They only had a couple Halfingers the day we went and they were not that good looking. And for some reason, their forelocks were clipped off. There was a good looking Belgian gelding who had real nice movement (and he knew it) that sold for $4,500. Overall, the auction was pretty sad and depressing and we didn't stay long.
But we did check out Shipshawana which is Indiana Amish country. That was fun!
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| Amish Parking |
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| This buggy was very cool. The doors slide up! I think five people came out of this cart. |
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| Jaime and Kyle checking out some nice Amish made chairs. |
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| Super cool toy! The kid sits in the back and peddles and can steer the horse bike by the reins! |
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| Want! It has an awning, the table gets bigger to eat, and it glides back and forth!! Only $1,300! |
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| Giant 6 ft tall wind chimes |
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| Puzzle toy alligator |
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| Cutest Bulldog puppy! I wanted him, but he was $2,500! The Amish do not mess around! |
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| Heard the clip clop of horse and buggies all over |
Today was another early day. . .I got up early and Kathy, Jaime, Kyle, and I went to this tack sale that was advertised at the barn. We drove out there and. . .um, super creepy barn and lady. But she had some great deals and I actually bought a few things. Then we crossed over to Ohio (three states, three days?) and went to some tack stores down there. And I bought a few more things that Shy desperately needed. I took everything back to the barn and had Shy model them. That's when I discovered the bit I bought her is too small. Not overly small, but just a smidge. Ugh. It was the same size as the bit she was using, but a different maker. Lucky for me, Analeesa's owner had a french line snaffle O-ring in a 5 inch that she wasn't using and she gave it to me!
While tack shopping, I looked for some saddles and saw a few that caught my eye. . .
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| Do you think this will be comfortable on long trail rides? |
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| Teal is cute, right? Comes with a matching bridle. . . |
I actually did not see any saddles I really liked. I did sit in this amazing Circle Y saddle Jaime was considering. It felt so good to sit in a saddle, even if it was not on a horse's back. I want mike to build me a saddle holder so I can take my saddle to work and use it like a chair. . .I won't ever be able to put it on a horse, but I can still get some use out of it! And practice my saddle posture, too. I might hold off of on the saddle hunt and work on Shy's driving. Just a thought for now. . .
