Horse Theme Songs...

Chip, my lastest regular horse, has a theme song now. This is a good thing, adding to a long history of theme songs for horses I drive. That's when I know I've gotten really attached.

Chip-a-dee-doo-dah, Chip-a-dee-ay!
One cute horsie is a-walkin' your way.
When he sees other horses
He lets out a neigh.
Chip-a-dee-doo-dah, Chip-a-dee-ay!

Mister Nick-Nick on the corner,
It's the truth--Chip loves you!
And he wants to come nuzzle you...

Chip-a-dee-doo-dah, Chip-a-dee-ay!
Wonderful horsie, wonderful day!

Rescue by Carriage in Philadelphia

Today, one of my coworkers found a stray chow on the way home from work. She had our supervisor hold her horse, ran down the street, scooped up the dog and carried the dog back to the barn in the back of her carriage. The chow had an imbedded rope in his/her neck and a serious infection. She called the SPCA, who came and took the dog back to their clinic.

Tonight, that dog (minus the being whisked away in an impromptu horse-drawn triage ambulance) made the local news. The SPCA isn't sure they can save the chow, but they're going to try. It'd be one heckuva happy ending story if they did (the dog seemed rather friendly... it'd be nice if s/he found a good home).

With our fingers and hooves crossed...

Ride 'em, Cowboy!

I have always heard about the black cowboys in Philadelphia, but had never actually seen them...

I've heard stories about taking our horses out on the breaking cart into north Philly and surprising an unsuspecting normal sized horse tied to someone's front stoop, once in a blue moon--so I always figured if I saw some of Philly's urban horses, it would be in north Philly or in west Philly.

But today, I was coming down 19th towards Spring Garden when a dainty black pinto in Western wear clip-clopped from Spring Garden onto 19th and down towards Callowhill.

Cool.

Yay, urban horses!


This reminds me... One of my favorite things about interacting with the general public on the street (you know, the people who don't want to take a ride, but just want to pet my horse) is getting to talk to and educate people who have literally never ever seen a real live horse, let alone get close to one. Chip (or Pete or Trump or whoever) may be the ONLY horse they will ever encounter, and I get to facilitate that.

Also cool.

Today was a bad day in history...

August 24th marks the anniversary of the destruction of Herculaneum and Pompeii by Mt. Vesuvius. It also is St. Bartholomew's Day, which means it's the anniversary of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.

Yay, August 24th!

On a happier note, it's my day off!