Driving Falabellas
It sometimes doesn't always work out in the way that you expect!
But.. because of their calmer natures and their huge intelligence it is very easy to train a Falabella to pull a 2 wheel or even a 4 wheel cart.
The story here is Bella the black mare injured her leg just before she was due to have Gladys. Nothing could be done until after she had the foal and just 2 weeks ago she was operated on. the problem we now have is she needs to be forced to exercise - preferably up and down hills. After 2 weeks of gentle excercise all round the only animal getting fit was me so I decided tp put Bella back in the cart she first pulled about 8 years ago. We first of all tried pulling it next to her to see if she reacted and then on 24th July we hitched her up and gradually over half an hour started to drive her.
Here is our video of Bella and her foal Gladys on Bellas first day back in harness after an 8 year break. It's worth watching just to see Gladys running up and down the drive!