Turbo Meets "The Horse"

Anyone who's driven up and down the Newport Hwy north of the Y knows the Aslin-Finch Horse. It's one of those life-size fiberglass horses, black, posing with one hoof slightly off the ground. It's on wheels, they've wheeled it out front of their store for years.
Well, the Aslin Finch readerboard has been touting a 50% off on perennials message so I thought I'd drop in and see if there was anything I would be interested in. The plants were all pretty sad so I headed back to my car. When I got in, Turbo was zeroed in on something and he was growling! My goodness! What had his attention was "The Horse". It was behind a stack of pallets and a supporting post, but it was staring Turbo down and he did NOT like that one bit! Of course all his growling did nothing to alter this vicious horse's gaze and it must be one heckuva predator because it hadn't moved a muscle; wily, stealthy, vicious horse that it is...
So, always up for a chance to socialize Turbo, I seized the moment and clipped on his leash. "Lets Go", I said. When we came around the front of the car and he saw I was heading for the dreaded horse, Turbo, for the first time in his life, balked at moving forward with me. He started sounding off at that horse, and he didn't want to move forward much at all. I let him process this experience until he came up by me, and then I moved forward. The growling and barking hadn't let up, and now he was bouncing around back and forth as if to say "Come on you horse, come after ME, leave my MOM alone!" Then he would run over to me and do the bounce off my legs as if to say "Lets get outta here mom, this horse is dangerous!"
By now, I'm up to the horse and I'm patting it, which thoroughly incensed Turbo. His "ruff" was up, he was still growling in distrust, but he was now able to get close enough to take a sniff of those razor sharp hooves (right above the wheels). We're attracting an audience too. The warehouse guy heard the barking and came out to see what was up, he was over by the building watching and snickering at Turbo's antics. An elderly couple had pulled up too, and were laughiingly observing my little man meet his first horse.
Finally, when he'd gotten to go around and sniff every leg, when I'd walked around it with him, and let him get over himself, he started to calm down a little bit. When we left, he was still looking over his shoulders to make sure it wasn't a trap, and that the horse wasn't going to make a surprise attack on us.
Everyone always comments on what a perfect little dog Turbo is, but when he's out of his element, he can be shy of things, weird about his surroundings, and forget his manners. It's taking the opportunity to socialize whenever you can that helps your dog become a well-rounded personality. Only socializing with the neighbor dogs, or your folks dogs isn't really socializing. Going out with you in the big, wide world and experiencing all kinds of stimuli is socializing!
So here's your challenge: If you're out and about the Newport Hwy, stop by Aslin Finch and see how your dog is affected by The Horse! Feel free to leave your story in the comment box!