I am dropping in, because I am genuenly curious what your opinion of this sort of thing is.
Last night I was at a local Theme Park (Dutch Wonderland in Lancaster PA). They have an area in the middle of the park that is run by a local horse farm. My daughter (9 years old) wanted to ride. We didn't. Line too long.
I noticed they had 4 ponies. 2 being ridden and two resting.
I have been thinking about this.
Mostly when I see things like this they are attached to events that are not permanent. Maybe a local 7 day long fair. Or a weekend thing. I imagine that a local horse farm reserves a space for something like this, brings some ponies in for a few days and then then ponies end up back with there familiar herd.
I would think that this is a bit of a win/win. Kids have an easy way to be exposed to this activity and the rancher/farmer makes a bit of money.
But that isn't this.
This was a theme park that probably has these people contractually obligated to be open and available every day that the park is open.
Like I said I am just a normal guy. I have no agenda to push. I am curious what people that live and breathe and love these animals think about this sort of thing.
I've heard so many having trained/worked with horses for half my life. One of my favorites was a mother dragging her daughter away from a horse whose mouth was foamed after a long ride with a copper bit....apparently the horse had rabies haha. I try to dispel what I can and educate about these awesome animals, but what are the things you've heard or want to let other horse people know?
What websites do you trust?
