All the Creatures

I watch the Rose Bowl Parade almost every year. I watch it for the horses that are in the parade. I remember one year that some stupid TV network decided to cut all the horse appearances from their show, they ran the commercials at those times. There have been several cable networks that showed the parade without commercials, they won me as a viewer.

This year the cable channel RFDTV will be broadcasting the parade with special attention to the horse groups. Tonight as I type this, I am watching the judging of those horse groups in a special program that RFDTV is broadcasting called EquestFest 2011.  I always wondered when the horse groups got judged and now I know. Each group puts on a show. So far I have seen the Wells Fargo Stage Coach, the minis from Arizona, Medieval Times and a Charo group.

I am hoping that their coverage of the parade is just as good as this shows is tonight. It starts at 7am Pacific time on RFDTV on January 1, 2012 and it is live.

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If you live in the northern hemisphere then you would have noticed that summer is almost over. The nights are getting cooler and the days getting shorter. It is time to dig out those sweat shirts and trade those easy spirit sandals for a pair of rubber boots because the rainy season is about to begin.

I think that the days getting shorter are the one thing that gets to me. Feeding time for my horses has always been at sun up and sunset.It made it easier for me to remember when to feed and the horses also knew when the feeding times were.

Pretty soon we will be experiencing sunsets at 4:30pm in the afternoon. I remember coming home from work just a tad later than normal and having to get the horses out of pasture with spot lights on them just so I could see them.

Yes the seasons are changing and I for one will miss summer.

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The freedom of being able to trailer your horse to horse shows, trail heads and going camping with them does have one major drawback. That is what do you do if your towing vehicle breaks down or gets a flat tire? This happened to me about 8 years ago. I was coming back from a horse show and had just gotten off of the freeway to make the last leg of my journey towards my ranch. At the bottom of the freeway exit ramp my truck stalled and would not start again. I had enough momentum to get the truck and trailer off of the main roadway and onto the shoulder.

I had AAA at the time and gave them a call. The tow truck driver arrived and could not jump start or get the truck started. The driver said he could tow the truck but I would have to leave the horse trailer and horse inside it, on the shoulder of the road…………..nope that would not work for me. I contacted a neighbor who came to my rescue with his truck. My truck got towed and my neighbor took the horse trailer with my horse in it to my house. I learned that day that not all breakdown services are the same.

There are several towing companies in the USA that cater to horse owners that trailer their horses. One in US Rider. They will make sure that the horse and horse trailer are taken care of as well as your towing vehicle. The bottom line is, make sure your animals are taken care of in an emergency should you be traveling with them.

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