Back in 1966 Mister Ed went to college to become a veterinarian so he could help his friends beat the high cost of medical care. 50 years later here in Lancaster, Pennsylvania most horses are home schooled, which is more convenient and much less expensive.
Although not all horses are taught to read at a college level, the ones that pull the buggies are encouraged to develop basic skills including the ability to read signs. This is almost a necessity these days with all the confusing traffic rules like turning right on red.
You can lead a horse to water but if he finds it himself he has a sense of accomplishment and self-reliance. Note: we don’t know if horses are color blind but for the ones reading this I felt it was better in black and white.
Love it!!!!! :)) :)) Dawn
https://soulhorseride.wordpress.com/2017/07/29/watching-the-woman-work/
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lol so glad your horses are so well educated, I’ve not heard of any local home schooling so riders would be expected to lead their horses to water 🙂
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These are Amish horses so its a whole different bale of hay.
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lol I think the Amish are onto something 🙂
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There are probably a lot of advantages for avoiding TV, the internet, motorcycles and cars. None that I see immediately but I’m sure there are.
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maybe I was one last life … not into tellie or engines but my fatal attraction is blogging 🙂
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Hopefully its not fatal. 🙂
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oops slight exaggeration, I also hope not Mike!
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This is so clever! I love the you can lead a horse to water but if he finds it on his own.. line! What a fun read!
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Thanks Violet, Lancaster is far from a one horse town so I have plenty of opportunities to learn their ways.
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I am familiar. I am originally from Ohio, and we have areas that resemble Lancaster’s population, but on a smaller scale.
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Its took me a while to really appreciate the whole Amish farming lifestyle. I still smile when I see the buggies full of kids!
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