Big Sioux Saddlery
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Having nothing to do with leather in particular,
Having grown up on a farm many years ago we had five beautiful Percheron horses including a stud.
We done most of the farming on our 72 acres with the horses and were taught how to care for them and use them at a very early age.
I can still smell the harness and the unique smell draft horses have.
We have one of the largest Amish communities about three hours drive from our home. They have gotten so I can talk to them, probably because I am as old as they are. lol They will allow me to photograph their horses if I don't get any of their folks in the photo.
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Thanks for that little tidbit, Ferg. I am a Percheron person myself, although I'll acquire a Belgian every now and again. I'm always interested to hear stories like yours. While I grew up on a farm, my folks were NOT horse people. My father got us a pony when I was about 5, followed by another a couple years later, and I think he's regretted it ever since. We always had saddle horses around after that, and I worked horses professionally after I got out of high school for a few years. I made the switch to draft horses about 12 years ago, after raising a team of quarter horse geldings that I broke to drive as a team. Very soon going down the road was not nearly enough. I had to get more horsepower and actually DO something with the horses. Between my boyfriend Charlie and myself, we wintered over 140 head this past winter. He's a red roan Belgian guy, but I still favor a good, classic type Percheron. I've attached a picture of the yearlings, I think there were 34 or so, and we had about that many two year olds as well. It doesn't leave either one of up much time to "play" with the horses anymore:-)
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Oh I guess I did get the pic of the 2 yr olds to load. First it wouldn't. Yard conditions were horrible all winter. Freeze and thaw, rain, then snow, repeat.
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Great photos! We had two totally black Percherons, MAJOR and DAN. Dan lived to be 26 if I remember correctly, he was sway backed, gentle, worked like a dream, and we rode the old "Natural Saddle" whenever we got the chance. Major was a big, shiny, and beautiful young gelding that stood on my feet in the stall when I tried to get a bridle on him. Never hurt me, he was just having fun. "NICK SETTLEMIER" was a dappled gray stallion. My older brother and I would get on him while he was in his "chamber". We had woods and a spring fed stream running through our property. Nick never failed to give us a fabulous ride until he decided to get rid of us. He just laid down in the Creek! FANNY was the mama of Major and Prince. Fanny was dappled roan as was Princess.
I still love them and can stroke almost all I meet without a problem. At going on eighty three years I allow folks like you to care for and feed them. LOL
That you so much for memories brought to the fore.
Ferg
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