Carriage horses spook and run, Acadia Park Maine

[HorseCrazieGirl15]

how big are they?

[horsepaintings]

@HorseCrazieGirl15 16 hands, half draft (Percheron) and half Arabian.

[stbdhead]

LOL! I have one who would eat those dogs for lunch, but heaven forbid a plastic sandwich bag blow across his path...

[horsepaintings]

@stbdhead I know the feeling. One of ours HATED the foam along the edge of the ocean, when the wind was blowing little piles of it and making it move!

[horsepaintings]

@PaulieDavis Horses can get nervous about all kinds of things... and their instinct is to run away.

[phantomcolt]

@horsepaintings Horse's are scared of 2 things: 1) Things that move and 2) Things that don't. Haha but good job handling the spook. My boy used to spook at ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. So rewarding though when you know you're the one who brough them past it.

[horsepaintings]

@phantomcolt HA HA!! What is the most rewarding ever is training and driving 2 horses which you bred and raised since birth!! We bred these guys to do what we are doing with them-- and got lucky!

[BTRNumber1Superfan]

Aren't those the horses that were also afraid of a sheep?

[horsepaintings]

@BTRNumber1Superfan Yes, they're not keen on sheep and hate attack llamas. Many horses will startle at things like this, or get real nervous around animals they are not used to.

[LifeIsDeceiving]

@horsepaintings Oh my horse is petrified of those darn killer llamas! He had the llamas fence, a road and another fence between him and the attack llamas but was still scared :P Funny what they see is scary, just goes to show after years of domesticating you can't take their natural instincts away :)!

[horsepaintings]

@LifeIsDeceiving That instinct kept them alive since prehistoric times!

[tulsaluva1]

we took our horses up on that trail a few years ago. the dogs didnt bother them, but the bikes did. They should have seperate trails just for that.

[horsepaintings]

@tulsaluva1 Hope you found the grass trails on Rockefeller property/Long Pond area, where they don't allow the bicycles!

[horsepaintings]

@tulsaluva1 Actually on THIS particular road, going down to Long Pond, there were not supposed to be any bicycles because it is private land (belonging to the Rockefellers) and is posted no bicycles. Horses are allowed, also hikers and dogs. Unfortunately, not everyone obeys the signs.

[horsepaintings]

@tulsaluva1  They do have a section of trails where bicycles are not allowed-- we love them!

[katnjas]

lovely horses i dont blame them they were calm then the dogs spooked them and they are new cart horses

[horsepaintings]

@katnjas At least they calmed down again quickly!

[katnjas]

@horsepaintings yeah thats a good sign

[JessyBeth]

Percheron and Arabian? that is good all way round, you get agility and stamina from the arab side and strength and courage from the percheron side even though they spooked haha

i have a Bask bred Arab filly she is beautiful and has such a great personality, i love the Bask bloodline

[horsepaintings]

@JessyBeth Thanks, we feel very lucky to have gotten their Bask mom for our first horse!

[TheEbonyHorse]

I agree 100% they are beautiful horses.

[cammarkgross]

They are beautiful!!!!!

[horsepaintings]

thanks, we luv em!

[horsepaintings]

and their great-grandfather was Bask!

[cammarkgross]

Are you serious!!!! he was like one of the best!!!

[horsepaintings]

Bask++ was great-grandsire of their mother mare, her sire was AR Petit Bask, thru Baskkhan. That makes Bask these guys' great-great grandsire.

[cammarkgross]

I'm actually making a video about him and many other famous Arabian horses!!!

[mtardiff]

What a lovely team. I find it interesting that, after the initial spook, the bay appears to be reassuring the black. My Canadians are starting their driving lessons this new year; I hope they are as sensible as these two.

[horsepaintings]

I hope so too. THe half-draft in ours contributes to their mellow natures, but their mother Arabian is a very sensible mare as well. Good luck with yours, Canadians are beautiful. You plan to pair them? If so, be sure each one has lots of miles on it driving singly before you put them together...

[mtardiff]

Yes, I plan to pair my Canadians. Utah & Ultra are brothers and I intend to keep them together forever. And thanks for the single-drive advice; I didn't think of that - nothing like having TWO youngsters bolting in unison to liven up one's day ;-)

[horsepaintings]

there are quite a few things they must learn individually before you pair them, which you cannot effectively teach them when they are paired. You will learn much; read a lot and do things safely!

[horsepaintings]

Actually, I don't know if the younger bay is reassuring his big brother, or looking to him for reassurance!!

[SusanEyerAndersonDVM]

I'm so glad nothing serious happened. Good job! :) My Percheron x Poncho flunked out of 4 months of training to drive. Too spooky. Makes a great trail horse, though!

[horsepaintings]

Thanx-- generally both these guys are quite steady, this is about as bad as they've ever spooked and only maybe 3 spooks in 2 years where they actually got panicky and tried to run away. It helps tons that we bred and raised these brothers and know everything about them. Hope you will read about them on my blog. What is your Poncho crossed with?

[Castro543]

if some people are getting worried its gonna be a face popping out dont worry its not but the horse spooks at 1:04 thats sad man its on a carriage to ouch

[mutantpony]

great control!!!!

silly little doggies!!!

[horsepaintings]

Yep horses will spook sometimes, thank goodness there is no car traffic on these roads!

[LoveMickeyOoO]

Was the dog a stray or loose? Couldn't actually see it. At least nothing went wrong, I've seen too many videos on Youtube about horses when things go wrong. They're a beautiful pair.

[horsepaintings]

2 small dogs were on leashes off to the left, sort of hidden behind the tree. 2 people held them, both dogs started barking and lunging suddenly.

Thanks for compliment!

[Fall0utAtTheDisco]

the driver has really good control(:

[horsepaintings]

Thanks, they are very tractable and controllable (knock on wood!)

[Breyerpeep]

Woah! With one rein?! Thats awesome! haha I woul have gotten off my cart and kicked the little bugger dogs XD I would yell at the owner! lol

[horsepaintings]

Well, I just grabbed the rein closest to me, for the black horse. Hubby had the other rein already.

[zzznake]

great job controlling them! really nice horses too.

[sunsetfarm60]

Great control over your pair. Shows you know what you're doing -- you didn't even think for a second to lose your cool. It's tough to act like that when your fate really is at the hand of two large animals. (Not to mention the fate of your expensive carriage!) Gotta love training carriage horses! :)

[horsepaintings]

THanks for comment-- I hope I didn't lose my cool, but I DID grab one of the reins to help my Hubby rein them back. We have been fortunate to have 2 calm and sensible boys, this is pretty much the worst they have ever spooked, and they have only startled maybe 3-4 times at anything badly enough to react by speeding up a few steps... this in the first season of driving them together.