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Dickson is 19 years old now (middle
age for a horse) and works 3 to 5 days a week for a maximum of 5 hours per day (this is only one-half of the city's upper
limit per day). In the summer, he may give 2 or 3 tours by reservation only during the day; but you won't find him
standing in the hot sun for hours waiting for customers because he mainly works during the cooler evening hours. The rest
of the time he's at a 3 1/2 acre farm with plenty of shade trees, eating grass and alfalfa which is especially brought
from Michigan for him. He loves to be pet, and his favorite snacks are carrots and apples.
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Dickson is a calm, friendly Belgian Draft Horse that has been pulling our carriages since 1993. He was born
in Dickson, Tennessee, was trained to be a work horse, and was moved to Alabama when he was 2 years old to be a logging horse.
While in Alabama, Dickson pulled logs in the marshes where they can't get heavy transport equipment. Lucky for him, his owner
retired when he was only 4 years old. He came to Amelia Island in 1993 where he is impeccably groomed with polished hooves;
and at 2,450 pounds has a much easier job pulling our. As a logging horse, he was routinely exposed to trees falling
down around him and loud noises from heavy equipment - so the traffic does not bother him.
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