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The New Team:

My new team consists of a pair of 18 hand Belgian Geldings: Bob and Bill and Doc, my old teammate from the first hitch. You would be hard pressed to find three better horses to pull a wagon. They are willing, strong and kind.




		Bob




		Bill


	Bob is the steadier of the two horses, but also has a tendency to be more surprised by unexpected situations. Bill is more bouncy then Bob, but also tends to be more personal with people. I bought them from Jim Brown of NY. Jim got them from an Amishman who bought them at a sale in Middlefield, OH Bob and Bill are half brothers, and 13 and 14 years old.

Doc is nearly 18 hands high and weighs about a ton. He’s a 12 year old gray Percheron gelding. He originally came off an Amish farm and had been used in the years before I got him for wagon rides, parades and for pulling at the fairs.

He’s willing, well minded and stands well. In conformation and attitude I can’t fault him at all. He’s good in the hold-back, picks up his feet well and has a kind eye.

Doc is undoubtedly the best horse I have ever owned. After the accident in Mississippi, I adopted him out, thinking he would never stay sound pulling a large wagon down the road. Doc had other ideas. Before Trip #3, he acted up for his new owner (on purpose - he’s a wagon horse through and through). I had to take him back and give him another shot. I decided to give him a try at pulling the wagon for trip #3. Not only did he overcome tremendous injuries to return as a wagon horse, he is now the strongest member of my team. He is extremely kind and very tolerant of people. I’ve put 5 kids on his back at one time and he acts like he’s in seventh heaven.


	*The Old Team:*

Deedee (now deceased) is a registered, 15 year old Percheron mare. She’s very docile and affectionate. I broke her to drive and ride when she was two years old. She was the easiest horse I ever broke. When she was two and a half years old she almost died when she was trapped in a frozen beaver pond. Read about her harrowing rescue - Saving Deedee Deedee was bred by my grandpa Jake Sheaffer. Jake is 99 years old and is still breeding horses. She was named after a waitress at the local diner. Unfortunately, Deedee died, doing what she loved to do in the Mississippi accident on 2/10/09.

Joyce (now retired) is Deedee’s half sister (they both have the same sire - Smokey). She’s also 15 years old and a registered Percheron. Her mother - Model lived to be 22 years old and had 17 colts. Both Joyce and Model are decedent from a registered mare that Jake’s father bought in 1920. Joyce is a very willing horse, but listens to me well. She was a very difficult horse to break. She’s named after another of the waitresses at the diner in Muir, Michigan. Joyce is currently retired and being used as a saddle horse.

Dolly (now deceased) was a recent addition to my team before I left New Hampshire. At that time, she was 10 years old and very well trained. She’s was not a registered mare, she’s what is known as a Grade horse; although she was mostly Percheron. Unfortunately, Dolly also died in the Mississippi wreck.