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Canadian Girl yes my husband went there for work and had never seen it before. He said it was so cool !

My thoughts were how annoying driving would be having to slow down and pass them constantly but it is interesting

Except that sometimes those poor horses are extremely abused and worked half to death in both heat and cold. I live in PA. Amish country and am shocked and appalled at the animal neglect and borderline abuse of carriage horses. I have seen emaciated horses on the road that are so over-worked and underfed that they can't make it up a hill. Not to mention the careless auto drivers who hit these carriages on the road and maim and kill these horses once in awhile. The life of many carriage horses is a sad life of enslavement, exhaustion, and soul crushing drudgery. Many never get proper Vet care and are dumped on the horse meat auctions that truck them to Mexico for slaughter. Many of these "quaint" people have ZERO compassion for their animals. The are simply a means to an end -- or a means to garner extreme profits from breeding. PA. & Ohio Amish country also house some of the worst nightmare puppy mills in the country. The breeder dogs spend their entire lives in wire cages -- or dark barn stalls -- and never see a blade of grass or ray of sunshine. The girls are bred repeatedly until their health collapses then they're dumped at the dog rescue groups. These dogs are backward, maladjusted, fearful of humans and extremely difficult to place in homes.

@@Mary-Mercedes There is a huge difference between city life and country farm life, something that farm people have always understood. Sure there are situation that are bad, but the Amish people as a whole are not responsible for the ignorance of a few. And I'm sure that there are many different people living in Amish country, even those type that would run a puppy mill, but I doubt it would be run by the Amish. It is terrible that there are people in the whole that would treat dogs in such an inhuman way. We see it happening in China too.

​@@canadiangirl5159 I have great admiration of the Amish and their values. I did not disparage any Amish in general. I know many Amish families personally. I said MANY not all. My point for my original post is that there can be a very dark side behind those “peaceful” horse-drawn carriages. I have experienced it - as have hundreds of rescue organization volunteers who pick up the abused and neglected dogs or horses AT the Amish farms when they want to dump them by 10 or 15 at at time. When you see an exhausted. skinny horse - with ribs sticking out and head hanging low- tied to a parked AMISH buggy in a parking lot in the sun in hot summertime (as I have) those buggies do not look so “peaceful.” Yes, there are backyard hillbilly puppy mills out in the “back 30” in every state abusing animals for profit, but MUCH (not ALL) of the abuse is disproportionately done in my surrounding states by Amish farmers. They are infamous with all the animal rescue organizations who have to deal with the carnage every day.

What's the name of her sisters Etsy shop

@@patriciaroush1686 WildLifeArtByMarlene

🐴Beautiful work. Artistic talent clearly runs in the family❣

😄 I also had to chuckle at the look on her face.

Rhiannan Caraway q

Was thinking the same from here in Wisconsin

Same here from Georgia.

Same here from Germany 😊.

Same here from Nashville, TN! Though I would’ve enjoyed going along for the ride. 😘

Haha... that is what I was thinking too! I 😁

Same here! 😊

Yes wonderd also! And did she get beautiful old dresser w curvy mirror??💜💜☺☺☺

Melissa A. I know I usually feel nauseas after most other videos like this it’s so instead the whole time but her videos are always done so nice!

My dad's family is from canal Winchester.

Bev Wyckoff My maiden name is Wyckoff. Wonder if we’re related? I’m not from around here though. My father lived in Boston area, he was born in PA.

@jakesgrl6378 watching from byesville,ohio

@@stacihartman48 my husband is the Wyckoff. His family founded Wyckoff New Jersey. There were 2 brothers who came from Holland, peter and Cornelius. We are from Peter's lineage! Goes back to the 1200's!

@Bev Wyckoff If it’s the Peter Claesen lineage from Holland then we are definitely distantly related. My oldest brother is the family historian and knows much more than I do but I do know that much. Tell your husband “Hi cousin!” 😁

It is so much fun. It is an escape for me.