Now, if I only had a horse (and was a better rider!) this would interest me greatly!
:)

When an old aunt and uncle of mine were alive they used to have a dalmation and as they lived at the end of a very long quiet road they used to let him out at the other end for him to run home alongside the car.   My Aunty would proudly say  "this is what they were bred for you know!" :D

you provide the dog, I've got the horse ;)

Only the long-unused (about 20 years! ) riding ability to acquire now!

you train the dog, and provide it, i'll ride josh - ta da!! he'll give those spotty appaloosa's a run for their money ;)

I wonder if it would be hard to train them  Or even dangerous training them?  Nice to see them though :-)

Stacey x x x

Not if you use a horse used to dogs I guess....Josh is used to danes around his feet :rolleyes: :D

It shouldn't be too hard to train them. Some of mine go very nicely with a bike, and many years ago I was visiting a game fair thing at Sandhurst, with my first dal. They were having a carriage road trials around the 'estate' and there were all sorts of horse-drawn vehicles, from dogcarts to practically a stagecoach! I was fascinated to see that one of them had a dal trotting behind. I had to run quite fast to catch up when I discovered it was my dog! The instinct was still there ...

You will have to bring one up and we can practise int he field :)

Slightly off topic but there is a  man who rides in Sutton Park (B'ham) who has two Dalmations that run/trot alongside him.
Beautiful site - I watch him whenever I see him - until he's out of sight. :)

Karen   

There was a man with a horse and carriage and two adult Dalmatians doing a demonstration at the Birmingham Champ. show a couple of years back, when it was held at the NEC.  He also had a pup in training........in typical Dalmatian fashion, the pup kept stopping to eat the horse pooh :rolleyes:  It was funny though :)

Sandra

funny enough, im looking after a dalmation at the moment, called pongo! hes a darlin, bit mental though! his owner rides her horse with him full speed after them! :)