DRAFT HORSE TRAINING... Things don't always go smoothly!! & NEW COLLARS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Today we are doing more draft horse training with Baron, our Suffolk Punch Stallion, and things don't always go smoothly!! Baron is doing a great job driving, but he is having a harder time getting hitched up!! I also wanted to show you some new collars we got for a few of the horses, and how to fit them to the horse.
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One of your best training videos!! Watching you train (teach) Baron how to step into and stay in between the shafts is a masterpiece!
You never raised your voice, never showed frustration and when nothing worked you stopped. Your comment was “I’ll figure this out and try again”. That my friends is a master teacher at work. What a joy to watch.
Brenda I love your little snippets. Baron is quite a stinkpot!!! Your patience is wonderful Jim!
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, and love all over the world, I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust if you don't mind. I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
I tell you, that Baron is getting to be a big boy!❤ I would never have guessed he's longer body length than Billy Boy! Oh how beautiful he is! I dearly love how he has kind of slanted eyes, just beautiful🥰 Bless his heart, I couldn't help but feel sorry for him. I see that he's really trying to do right. It isn't that he's just being stubborn. I think he just gets confused and hasn't quite "got it" yet on hitching, etc. I'm SO proud of how gently you work with him instead of how some people might get ill with him. And you also are so good to know when enough is enough rather than letting him get worried. Thank you for always being so kind and gentle with all of your horses.👌 On a different note, I've heard NY and New England areas would be getting ice and then heavy snow. Hope you guys all fair well in the coming winter storm. Down south, we are getting heavy rain, hail, strong wind, and tornadoes with storms moving across the lower 48 today. You all stay safe and have a great weekend!!
Yes, snow is in the forecast for tomorrow. We'd rather have that than tornadoes! Stay safe!
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Thank you Jim and Brenda. That new leather is beautiful . I worked at Beardmore tannery at Acton Ontario for ten years. Bill is such a sweet horse.❤❤❤Barron is so big I forget that he is just a baby.
Yessss! Thank you! Real-life, fully detailed information about the "nuts and bolts" of getting your horse well-fitted with harness; I don't see anyone else doing this on TH-cam in such a real-time, practical way, and for wanna-be's like me, this is absolutely vital info. I'm going to watch this one several times for sure!
If you can find a copy of The Draft Horse Primer, by Maurice Telleen, that is a big help.
me too Julia,we loved it..
The hands-on details have been so important for us too..everything from harnessing to the different hitches!
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Awesome You have such patience with these animals and it's awesome to watch.
I'm right there with ya on warming the bit. I used to unzip my coat and get as close to sticking in my armpit as I could, depending on the bridle. Its easy with a saddle horse bridle, not so much with blinders. If the blinders are floppy enough, you can fold the bridle closed and still get the bit in there.
My husband's uncle actually rode for Winston Churchill.
You know, driving in this low light at this time of year, it might be worth it to get some reflective material and/or a bicycle light on that rig. It may be just the camera, but you are really hard to see along that tree line. I know you have a lot of Amish in the area, and folks are probably used to watching for horses, but still. A cheap battery powered bike light would make you much more visible. I used to wear one when I walked on the road at night, and it would really stop traffic. Those reflective stickers they put on semi trailers down the sides are really good too.
He is getting really good at crossing his feet when he turns, without tripping himself. That is difficult for any horse. He is really smart. He's doing really great at backing too. I always hooked a cart that way, but my carts were a fair bit lighter. Most of the ones I've used were wooden with wooden wheels, one was metal with motorcycle wheels. Pretty much all of them could be pulled with one hand.
For the uninitiated, I always hitched and unhitched in the same order too. The most basic, stripped-down racing harnesses sometimes only have shaft tugs. With a light enough vehicle, the horse can still pull, stop, and turn with nothing but shaft tugs and a tight false girth figure-eighted around those tugs. As long as those are still hooked, the horse still has control of the cart. This is crucially important if something goes wrong and the horse gets away from you. Take away the ability to pull first, it is least needed. Take away the holdbacks next, you don't want a horse dragging a cart by a holdback, particularly if there is a shaft dragging on the ground. Take away the shaft tugs last.
Jim, I don't think Baron is being belligerent. He has tried so hard to figure things out and be obedient right from the beginning and he is clearly a very smart youngster. That said, he does seem to blow a circuit breaker when there is too much input at once. My best guess about what is going on is that he has gotten used to stepping over one pole with Kenny there to show him where to stand. Give him two poles and no Kenny and he has no clue what you want. He doesn't know whether he is supposed to step over both and get on the left side, where he is used to being, or stay on the right side, where Kenny usually is. The middle isn't even occuring to him. Even though you are putting him in the middle and working him there, he isn't getting the concept of stepping into the middle. One option might be to take Kenny along and tie him on the right side, to keep Baron from stepping back and forth. That eliminates one of the three possibilities, and once you make it clear that left isn't where you want him either, then middle might occur to him. Once he's hitched, you could put Kenny back in the barn, or let him stand there until you come back, if he isn't bad about standing alone. You could also maybe put a gate, or a gate with a piece of plywood on it to keep the shafts from getting hung in it, on one side of the shafts so he can't just step through. Using a corner of the barn as a place to hitch might be another option. A stack of hay bales would probably work. Something needs to be there to keep him from just swinging from one side to the other and back.
Also, it doesn't seem like Baron is real comfortable with having that many poles under foot on the ground where he can't see them. It might not be possible for you to do this, as Baron is a pretty big colt, but when I started mine I always started them in an open bridle. I didn't want to have a situation happen in the future where a bridle broke or came off, and the horse saw the cart behind them for the first time. Breaking them in an open bridle means they can see all that stuff on the ground, and it is easier to figure out where to put their feet. But also, he is going to need to be comfortable with poles on the ground in the woods. Maybe it might help to take him out in the woods in a halter or open bridle, and let him practice getting through downed saplings, etc. Many people use cavaletti poles for something like this with a saddle horse or driving horse, but that is only because they have the money to buy such a thing. Getting out in the woods would serve the purpose.
Thanks for sharing, yes, he's probably just trying to figure things out, which he will with time.
Good idea with the open bridle. I took a driving horse and started riding him, and it was a whole new world without the blinders!
good reading...we noticed in other videos that Whoa didn't work as well as No with Barron ,,,,
@@sueupham2519 I think Jim is teaching all the horses to understand that "no" means the job is done, and on this whoa, don't stand ready to start again. No word works on any horse until you take the time and repetition to teach it to him.
Bill's being a very good sport with the new collar. Then he took one step back and looked behind him. As if he thought maybe I'll just go on out after all that yanking. Of course he stayed.
Dang, y'all!! Serious weather. It's cold, Jim! To everyone out there having it tough because of the weather and storms, I'm saying a little prayer for you who ever you are. To those cozy at home but having duties outside may you be well. Us in Central Texas had our second even longer power outage a couple weeks ago from ice storms. 2021 x 2. Twice in two years. That's not compared with what so many have suffered with tornadoes and floods. I sincerely hope everyone gets the help they need or the joy of helping others. These videos are just about the best thing I've ever enjoyed on TH-cam. They calm me down when I'm having a rough day.
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, and love all over the world, I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust if you don't mind. I'm Doctor Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California, where are you from if I may ask?
Hi Jim Brenda, Another great video on the farm today. Jim, Brenda, great lesson on Collars, I love learning anything new to do with horses. Baron did great driving, and Jim you teaching Baron, in time the hitching will come too, i am sure. GOD BLESS, Jim Nova Scotia, Canada. Hi to the ladies.
Hi James, thanks for watching.
Baron is coming along really nicely and it is fun to watch you work with him. I bought my first horse at age 57 and needed him to stand absolutely still while I mounted. Of course he did exactly what Baron was doing, stepping away. A trainer helped me solve that in only a couple of lessons. I would get up on the mounting block and Danny would move away so the trainer had me get off the block, hold the reins in my left hand and push Danny away from me, the same direction that he had stepped away. I would push him in a circle around a few times, then line him up at the mounting block. If he stepped away, I would repeat. Pretty soon (3 or 4 times) he got the idea. It is less work to stand than to step away. In your case you would unclip him from the trailer and push him far enough away from the trailer so you can circle without hitting the cart or trailer. If Brenda was helping you could hitch away from the trailer so you had more room to circle him.
The same trick worked with my next horse, a 7 year old Arab. Baron is smart, he will pick it up quickly.
Thanks for sharing your adventures on your farm!
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Baron is going really well
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Baron is an absolutely gorgeous guy. Can’t wait to see the foal he and Lady produce. I bet you are so excited to see the baby also! 😊
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That horse looks so smart in pulling your wagon. So tsylish. 👍🙌
Bill and Kenny are such good sports and have adjusted amazingly well to Buck's passing. And both quite handsome!
Bill is 100% cute and a good sport. Sweet horse for sure. Side note, Jim has patience beyond anything I’ve seen! Your horses are so lucky to be yours. Well done Jim.
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Well this video is good. I'm so happy your working out problems and still able to get to the woods when you can. Great job
Baron's coloring is just gorgeous and his lovely gait. Good for the inside of this admirer! Kathy, NW Indiana
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Years ago I had a pair of very expensive, large, and stiff logger boots which can be difficult to “break in”. After suffering for a couple of days I took the advice that was given me which was to fill them with warm water and put them on. Like Bill said, it sounded crazy but I did it, it made a big difference. It worked for me. Now I’m retired and no longer where those big heavy boots!
Please forgive me for calling JIM, Bill. 🤦♂️. I know his name I’ve been watching for years. I’m embarrassed.
Yes. Best thing for new leather boots is to take a hot bath in them.
Baron looks sharp in his harness. I’ve noticed he chews on his bit and wondered if he will get to a point where he doesn’t do that.
Yes, a lot of colt do that until they get used to things
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Barron looks very sharp!!
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Old Barney Fife phrase... nip it in the bud. Lol..Andy griffith..Griffith.. have a GREAT DAY
Haha, good old Barney!
Thanks Jim a lot if good information 👍, you answered a lot of questions
Glad you enjoyed it
Suffolks have a different conformation to Belgians thats why the harness sits differently. Does a brand new collar chafe the horse at all until it settles to shape. ?
My grandad used to prop the shafts up on oil drums and back his horses in .
Bill is absolutely adorable. I wish I had one just like him. Love Bill and all the others too.
Jim and Brenda thanks for sharing both good and gotta work on side of training a colt Baron is coming along really good keep up the good work Jim awsome watching and learning your way of this thanks again
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Here's what I would do if he was a saddle horse, as that has been what I have been working with over the years. I'd try to isolate the reason for Baron being antsy at the shafts. Is it the shafts themselves or the fact that he's away from the other horses. First I'd tie another horse next to the shafts so that Baron has some company when being hitched. If that worked I'd keep the other horse in place until such time as Baron gets more comfortable with the hitching process. If it seems to be the shafts themselves that are the issue, I would treat the problem the same as I would with a horse that doesn't want to cross water, a bridge or get in a trailer. I'd drive or lead him back and forth over them, maybe pausing when he had his front feet in the right place and again when his rear feet are in place, maybe even backing him out. I'm not even sure that when he was properly positioned for the first time or two, I would even try to lift he shafts up into place. My goal would be to make standing between the shafts the most comfortable place he could be. But you're an old horseman from way back (and a good one), you'll figure it out.
Thanks for the suggestion
@@WorkingHorsesWithJim You're welcome. TH-cam is full of armchair quarterbacks, (although there are some very good observations in the comments of this video) and I don't want to come across as one. The reason I suggested plan A is because Baron stands pretty well when being hitched as part of a team.
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I Love every horse your family owns!!! Jim is doing a GREAT job with Barron's performance.
Love the new collar!
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The snow starts making that crunchy sound at 5 degrees Fahrenheit. This might be a reason why his ears were facing backward and stress. Also, frost on the face hair is a learning experience.
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Another great video. I learn so much from watching , i do not have any one to teach/show me.Thank you both.
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Nice video, Baron coming along nicely. Hope you both have a nice weekend and stay warm
I was carefull with the collar on a young 3yo and would go upside down and flipping later. Saw the horse had some reserve. Tried presenting it in correct orientation and she was hell yeah ! and slipped in it herself. All horses are different, and if you encourage them to communicate they will tell you what they prefer . I find it very rewarding
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Hope people are understanding how dangerous working these strong horses could be and how repetition, patience are the only way to get the good working horses Jim has👍
...........G'day Jim,
I am totally impressed with your progress with Barron.
Barron is going to graduate with flying colors. 🙂❤✌
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what patience!!
Patient training is a very good thing. Your time with him is well spent. Thank you for sharing. You both deserve a hot coffee break!🐴
What a lovely thick tail barron has.,and so nice and long. 😊
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Thanks Jim for showing me once again your patience and wisdom! As always great content Thanks!
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Baron might understand better if you can set up two poles on the ground as if they are shafts and teach him to park in between them without the blinders on. Maybe set some hay hanging in a net for him to munch on once he's parked in the spot properly. Thank you so much for sharing your daily lives of working, teaching and learning. What an amazing journey ❤️
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Brenda, Bill is definitely cute and a good sport. I love these videos. Thanks for sharing.
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I agree Baron needs some more training but he will get it eventually. He does learn quickly to voice commands and tries hard to please. I hope Baron will get his mane roached before spring (less pulling from collar). Bill is a kind gentleman! Glad Brenda videoed the difficulty Jim had with Baron in the shafts. Just keep at it, it will get better!
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I know it wasn't funny to Jim, and with all respect to Jim, Baron had me chuckling on this dark and rainy day in Arkansas. It's like watching a naughty child, one knows you shouldn't laugh but sometimes it's hard not to. Praises to Jim's patience!
It’s raining cats and dogs in St. Louis too, I’m going outside to look for kittens!🙋♂️🐈🐈
right on it shows that baron does not want to out in the cold. he would rather be in the barn. cannot say i blame too much although he has to get used to it and do his job.
I noticed right away that Baron does not listen to your commands. I think he needs to learn to stand when commanded. I bought two three year old Arab mares, not handled very much. I did get them to listen to voice commands, especially-Stand. Baron seems to move around where he wants to. Also I think he is confused about the rails, as he is used to being on one side or the other, not in the middle. You have great patience with these beautiful animals. Love your videos.
What part of Ar are you from?
I'm a arky too
We’d get them used to standing square on a raised rectangle box and then build in putting cart behind as they got better at standing there for longer. Kind of like teaching a dog stay. It takes time but might be worth a shot
Thanks for the suggestion
Jim has such patience, wonderfu😊
With the new collars (and maybe the old ones too), could you soak them in a leather conditioner or at least rub a leather conditioner on them? I am thinking back to my days of playing baseball and softball. When I got a new glove (and even the old ones), I would soak/rub a special leather conditioner on the gloves to soften and protect them. I would also put a baseball or softball in the glove, and tie it up to help the glove form to the baseball or softball.
I was told by a gentleman at the Tiller International plow days, that the Suffolk Punch pair he was driving, and all that he'd had needed the same size collar as his big Belgians.. Because they are so heavily muscled.
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He does so much better with the second horse to sidel up to, maybe gives him confidence.
Thank you so much for sharing this! This made me feel that I am not alone in this struggle.
Yes Bill is cute and patient
Jim is so patient in trying to teach Baron and hook him up.
Bill is cute and a good sport.
Getting Buck's harness is sort of a promotion.
Baron is getting bigger and stronger by the day. He is regal: his name fits.
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@@dr.christopherjohnson5396 I live in Texas. I might consider texting. You need to know I am over weight and not interested in sex as it is too much work. I also give no money away.
Thank you.
Coming from one of those who have no one to help at all, I have found lots of groundwork and long reining to help in these situations. Set up different sets of parallel poles (I use jump poles or deer posts) around the place and practice on the ground both leading and driving. Teach them the "natural horsemanship" methods of moving their hind end and shoulders individually from side to side...one single step at a time.... I use a dressage whip length whip or stick to begin with if standing in front, or the rope end. Repetition. Groom between poles. If they step out, Correct them every single time.
The other thing to try is the "natural horsemanship" idea of making the behaviour you do not want to be hard work for them and where you want them to be, to be easy. Instead of correcting when he steps out over a shaft unasked for; unclip him, take him out and make him go in circles shifting his hind end away like a turn on the forehand (the western mob call it "disengaging the hind quarters") 6 or so times so he has to work hard, then let him "rest" when he stands quietly between the shafts. He will soon get the idea that is is really hard work when he steps out uninvited and it is much less effort just to stand quietly.
I noted he did a 360 degree turn well both sides, but did not like the extra half circle you asked, and began backing. Interesting it was similar both sides.
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Sorry, but had to giggle watching Jim and Baron. Baron has a beautiful deep red color, even with his winter coat. This summer he will be stunning . Thanks for the video
Wow it's cold there and here I think our winters cold In the 70s lol
Your patience really shines through. Great to see the hitching sequence. It really helps people to see that quiet persistence pays off. Baron wants to please you but wants his own way on the cold morning.
My inexperienced take was that Baron was trying to do right, but didn't understand yet what Jim wanted. That to me is better than being intentionally willful to disobey. Time and your good patience will do it.
I thought the same thing but I am inexperienced too.
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That thumb nail was awsome im trying to get back to work and keep watching jim videos
Great video, I like watching you train Barron. General concept with horse training make the wrong thing difficult for him and make the right choice easier for him. Maybe try taking 2 poles on the ground and having him stand in between those poles. As soon as he tries to move than push him harder and make him work. Give him minutes in between sessions/your asks of him to let him think. He just seems like he's constantly reacting and not thinking...hes 3 so there's that. Alternatively, tie one of the other horses beside him during hitch him. Maybe that woukd calm him down and behave.
Thanks for the suggestion
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Awesome video Jim and Brenda
Have a day friends love from TEXAS
Bill is a great sport!
... Brenda ... I love the way you talk (or speak) of your horses ... I don't dare to say you make it feel like they're part of your family because they're animals, but, in a way ... they kind of are.
Printaboul = Gaëtan Dupont.
with your patience and some long days these will soon be only distant memories
THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU for another great video
Jim is a model of gentle patience and persistence. Some thoughts based on driving my TWH saddle horses to single carts.
Baron seems a bit sensitive to touching things with his hind legs. Maybe some work repeatedly touching those legs from higher up down to hooves until he sighs and stops fussing. I then made a little obstacle course from jump rails, you could use smaller logs. 4 or 5 logs to step over. Box to turn in and step out or back out. Spiral. Ect.
Being a stallion, he has a mind of his own and will persist more than a gelding, lol.
Just tie and let stand, before and after exercise, while harnessed, until relaxes and just stands quietly. A solid tie wall so pawing gains a horse nothing and keeps him safe from hanging a hoof is a thought.
Repeated hitch and unhitch, without going anywhere, until shows patience.
Even take a training shaft and repeatly bring it up and even over his back, touching until he relaxes.
It will help when the weather allows outside time for him, in paddock, pasture, or hard work.
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Baron is doing great for a 3 year old. Maybe just try and hold him by the tie up point once out of the shafts for a couple of minutes. Looks like he's just in a hurry to get back to his buddies.
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I liked the comment about putting the cart alomgside the trailer so he can't exit as easily. Another thing to try might be to immediately move him off when he steps outside the shafts and then make him do some circling. After circling a bit lead him back in and see if he will stand. Make the standing still a reward and the movement a reason he has to "go to work."
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I think Baron is getting spoiled he does not want to pull the cart alone and as soon as you unhitch him from he wants back in the stable. I think I would leave him tied up out side for a half hour or so just to let him know that just because he is unhitched he does go directly to the barn.
😂 I'm sorry but I'm laughing so hard!! You are SO patient, Jim!! Oh my!!!! I'm glad you included this part!! It always helps to have a good partner! Otherwise, Barron did great. ❤
he sure doing amazing 💯💯💥💥💥👍👍🐴🐴🐎🐎🐎🐎🥰🥰🥰
You would think that Baron has some poodle in him. 😀
He needs more Treats!!! Sweet Bill. ❤
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Great video, as always. Love to see challenges that we all share and different approaches to fixing them. He seems content in his regular stall, so maybe an outdoor stall where you were trying to hitch him up might ease his anxiousness.
Hi Jim, if you were to temporarily set up a couple rails as a sort of stall to keep Baron centered between the rails while attaching to the cart ?
Also may teach him to stay between the rails and stay still ?
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Thanks for the idea
Lots of respect for Jim. I feel you my mom's mare has become a real nightmare when we hitch her lately she will not stand & then bolts when first asked to walk off especially when heading for home.
We have increased her grain because of cold & working her.
Great video. Proof that the learning process is not a sprint, but a marathon.
Be interesting to see Baron on the scale again.
Stay warm.
Great to see Jim working through problems! Really helpful to see, love how calm and unfussed you stay with all of it. Brenda, you’re the best.
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Jim,consider walking baron over the end of the shaves slowly left to right 6 to 8 times ,then comly turn him into them .
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Since he backs so well, maybe try backing him up into position between the shafts?
Barron is looking good
Baron looks so so handsome in Bill’s harness 👍🏽
your patience is why your horses are sooo well behaved. once youlose your temper the whole situation becomes a negative experience for them. greatt work
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Jim I would put a small rail or rope up over the off side shaft that he couldn't step over and go past when you push him over he'll bump into it on one side you on his other till he settles down. Hope I'm clear enough so you can understand my thoughts. Love all your horses and you guys too.
How are Duke and Earl haven't seen them lately. I'm glad Bill and Ken are working well together but really miss Buck know you all do too. RIP Buck.
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Will you be putting Barons name on his new stall?
Great video for newbies to see some of the issues with a new young horse..suggestion .. an old timer once told me to put down railway sleepers in the position of the shafts ..the youngester can step all over them without fear of breaking them plus they have a lil height to help stop that stepping sideways..just to teach them how you want them to step n stand..simular to how you had him stand with partner at the beginning.. why not leave him in the shafts on the ground after un hiching before taking him away?? just a thought, still great video..cheers
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Try placing a barrier (barrel of r saw horse) on the off side of the shave that will prevent his stepping over that side. Then you can work one side.
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I might try driving a steel stake beside where the far shaft lays then tie or fasten a board two feet or so high. Just high enough that he doesn't step over it. Then lead him into what is now a corner between the hitching spot and the board. this way you can work from one side instead of having him step beyond the shaft on his left side. Good luck.
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Try backing him in to the Shave
I would make him work hard in circles outside the stable and let him rest at the shakes. Then he learn to like the shakes. When he stands good at the shakes (can take 1 day or a month) you move on to driving and drive hard so he gets alot of endorphins and he will love you for giving him endorphins and he should calm down abit.
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Hot water to help with leather fitting. I've poured real hot water into skates, sloshing around for a time then empty and get my feet in quickly. Tighten them laces and keep them on for an hour walking around on the carpet. It truly made my feet form fit the inside of the skate boots, never a hard break in afterwards no issues with blistering.
I am no expert, but have seen and experienced that more ground work, without the harness can help. Waiting until the horse relaxes, shown by it chewing, relaxing jaw, before making demands, etc. can help. But, it seemed to me, he was testing you. That is where groundwork can help. The discipline involves a type of pushing the horse away when he is dilberately opposing you (just like in the wild, if he breaks the heard hierarchy, he will be driven away from the herd for a short time, as punishment.) We copy this herd punishment by running him in circles using a lead line. Then the herd would allow him to return, ( and you would copy this by allowing him to stop and face you after running circles). Make sure he relaxes his jaw, showing trust and cooperation by this, then try again. He is a Stallion and Spring is upon us, so you really have quite a challenge.
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Bill is 😢definitely a darn good horse! Horses look good with the clipped mane being short ! Barron has a strange ordeal with the double reach hitch being to different from the single reach. More practice and he will ace it.
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