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Participant@Carl Russell 12034 wrote:
Well done. Welcome to the “I done it alone club”. Here’s to more untaken photos.
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I’m spoiled rotten by Heather. It’s nice to be able to have the photos to show the world but we can all imagine you holding those lines with the thousand mile grin! Keep up the good work!
ParticipantI’ve looked into Brabants for a couple years but never did end up with any. I watched a demonstration with a stunt rider who used a team of Brabants for his show. I just checked out the CLRC website, no go. Apparently these little horses are gonna be harder to track down than I thought. Something about keeping the oldest of the draft horse lineage alive will have to drive me on for now. I’ll have to look up this Simon. Is he still around?
ParticipantWelcome lonestar, lot’s of good information here. Ask any and all questions, we’ll all be glad to help! Check out the “Horses” section under draft animals for lots of the information you’re looking for.
ParticipantDefinitely a nice looking little team. We still have a Haflinger (Dan) here that’s 28 or so. He just kind of wanders around and does his own thing. Kinda the farm mascot after spending his years working (he’s the last of grandpa’s pulling ponies).
ParticipantOr, if it could be “sticky’d” to the top of the thread could also help keep it where it can be found easily.
ParticipantCan anyone add to the list? I’ve been perusing the internet for kind of a basic “this is what you need and what it is called and what it looks like” list but can’t find one. Although, now that I found this post I have some terms to research.
I wonder where I’ll find the best deal on a gee-whiz device? 😀
Participant:confused: It would probably help if I had put up the link to the video… 😉
ParticipantCarl- I put in an email to the guy that set ours up. If you want to bounce some ideas off him I’ll send him your email addy.
ParticipantY’all are abolutely right about this being a sickness. I never quite understood the draw until I did it. NOW I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO THE WOODS!!!
ParticipantThanks for the comments everybody. She works great out there but she sure is a mountain of a horse to move around in a small area. 18.1h is stunning to look at but in the woods I wouldn’t mind her being about 15.2! :rolleyes: Good thought about the lines. A couple times I had them run over her back and she worked fine like that as well. On the turns I was always off to one side. Most of the pictures were taken as we came through a narrow section so I’d end up in a bad spot (between her and the log). I didn’t get any photos of the one time the wood ran over the back of my heel! Yousah, that was a wake-up call.
BW- I thought about hooking it up shorter so the front of the wood wasn’t dragging in the ground. I’ll have to give that a shot next time.
Taylor- It SHOULD be great but we’ve never gotten more than a handful every year. I think we may be doing it wrong or looking at the wrong time of the year.
Here’s a short (2:14) video Heather and I put together with some of the pics. I hope the link works!
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Stay tuned for the video coming up…
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Participant@Joel 8335 wrote:
Good example of why one should practice, practice, practice.
Here is an example of what can happen in BFE. I was mowing in a 40 ac field in BFE. Couple of fighter jets from Whidbey Island had just finished “bombing” the Hood River bridge & were on their way to the range over by Boardman. They went by about 200′ off the deck going real fast right over us. Horses just kind of laid their ears back.
If one is going to do parades than practice at home. Play LOUD music. Have some children dart out from the side toward your horses.
Yrs ago a helicopter landed about 50′ from a stud colt I had. What a training opportunity. He just looked at it.
If one is working in the woods with your horses run a chain saw near them BEFORE you go skidding.
Think about one may be exposed to then create the scenario in the comfort of the home place.
We call that desensitization training. Heather rode for and trained the mounted dividion for years. You should see some of the training they did so that the horses wouldn’t be spooked during a crowd control exercise.
ParticipantI charge $100 for a four hour day and $200 for an eight hour day. Won’t make a killing at those prices but it keeps it pretty affordable for someone who wants it done. Or, you can charge by the head. Somewhere around $5 for adults and $2 or free for kids.
Hope it helps.
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