HAULING BALES & LOGGING with Baron & Bill // Draft Horse Training #463
Today we are hauling bales & logging with our B-Team (Baron & Bill). We are continuing the draft horse training process with our Suffolk Punch stallion, Baron, alongside our Belgian horse Bill. Baron continues to make great strides as he tries new training experiences.
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Brenda you must be in such good shape running back and forth filming your husband and you do such a great job!!!! I’m always amazed at how hard your working to give us these amazing videos!!!
@WorkingHorsesWithJim
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I enjoy doing it
@purecountry6672
Жыл бұрын
@Working Horses With Jim God bless you and your beautiful family. I love your videos, and thank you for sharing. 🐎❤️
@geraldskaggs3903
Жыл бұрын
I was just thinking the same thing. Good job Brenda.
Barron is doing great I think for him being young & a stallion. Just like people horses have off days too
I cant believe how excited Im getting anticipating Lady birthing her foal, I hope youre able to show the delivery.
@NotKev2017
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Lady still has a few months to go. The gestation period for horses is around 11 months.
@territn8871
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I hope Jim and Brenda will video Lady giving birth too! I've watched lots of videos of horses and cows giving birth. And occasionally the horse or cow needs assistance for someone to pull the foal or calf out. So KZread does allow that to be filmed!
@violetzugg5713
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@@NotKev2017 she’s due in May. Bred last June😊
Although I will never work with horses I just find watching YOUR videos so fascinating. THANK YOU BRENDA AND JIM.
Baron is a fine horse! Only wonder how big is the difference in temper between him being a stallion to a gelding. Think we will see that with Duke and Earl. Bill is also a good, patient partner for the young boy. Hope, Ken is doing well, too! Have a wonderful evening to all the humans and horses 🙂-Chris
I enjoy watching this channel so much. It brings back the memory of a story my dad told about going into town with his grandmother. She had two big black geldings hitched to her buggy, and when she got to the edge of town she would put him under the seat with the instruction to hold onto the seat springs on both sides and then she would turn those geldings loose to gallop up the only street in town to the end where there was a gentle hill, where she would wheel the team around in a 180 (he said the buggy was on two wheels and raising a dust cloud during) and then trot the team back up the street to her destination. It apparently was her signature entrance to town.
Wow! Baron is mad for pulling, trying to trot and clearly winded, when Jim pulled up for a blow. He would easily kill himself or break his wind if permitted. I thank God he is in the right hands.
Brenda you sure are putting the miles on your boots and running the video at the same time! And talk about tripping horses... what about Brenda? Fantastic footwork along with the video work. Wonderful tips from Jim as always. Thank you BOTH.
@stephaniemize321
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I have also wondered Brenda how you keep from sliding down in the mud.
Barron stepped across the pole really well today, great progress.
@WorkingHorsesWithJim
Жыл бұрын
yes, we were pleased
@MikelJay
Жыл бұрын
Was happy for you when his hind end didn’t swing out at a 45 too.
Baron really seems to be leaning into the traces, and pulling his fair share. Seems like he loves to go!
The lesson is that if one wants to work with horses one has to plan ahead, to organize, to be considerate, to accept limitations , to be patient and acquire a high frustration tolerance and never, ever take out one's bad mood on a horse. Jim exemplifies all these qualifications and that's why his horses are the way they are - dependable. Baron is going to be very good horse, too.
@johnkomosa9508
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Yep, you reap what you soe. Well said. I think , in a way, many farmers have less compassion today because they use tractors instead of horses, I did not know that but looking back now I see that. I remember the very old farmers from when I was little, they were tough but generally more compassion, in some ways. But they all hard working folks.
HI Jim & Brenda - So fun watching the horses at work in the woods. When Jim lines up the horses and has them back-up to a log, it reminds me of learning how to parallel park, however, the horses are better at it than I ever was........must be the driver! God bless.....😊
Baron is like a young wild child for now
Nice for Bill to have a pair horse that wants to go as fast as he does 😊
The first rule on any job is Don't Bite Coworkers. I learned that the hard way.
Baron is really a willing puller, I’m excited to see what time and experience bring for him.
What a lovely pair of working horses, i think baron loves working. And he is very good at pulling. (in Australia we call pulling, snigging. It means the same thing).
My grandkids just love to watch Grandpa Jim -- it's the only video they request! They know all the horses names and when not watching the video, they play logging with horses with their Legos! They also re-enact the pulling out the UPS truck from the ditch except they call it the ABC truck lol! Thanks so much for a good kid-clean video and no sleazy language or awful clothing.
Jim and Brenda , you'll really are an inspiration to everyone...youlls tenacity, work ethic, dedication and love for horses is amazing...Jims knowledge of horses is priceless and Brenda's patiences and support to Jim is remarkable...thank you both for these educational and entertaining videos , God bless and prosper you both 🙏
Just came in from dragging a ton of Hemlock branched out to the field off the lawn (about 30 of them! some 8 inches in diameter, from the last big wet snow storm where we got 30 inches of snow. to find this video so welcome rest and as always an enoyable video on Baron's training etc. thanks for sharing and giving this old man a break God speed. ECF
@johnkomosa4089
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Wow, heard that was a bad blizzard/storm with high winds. Tornado s down further to the south. When the hot and cold of the spring collide, makes for a powerful storm. Good work. Hello from Alaska.
Baron is doing so well. Thanks, Jim and Brenda, for doing these videos. I learn a lot from them!
Thankyou for encouraging us all! I'm guessing when you say Baron does not want to work, it's not the pulling but the discipline and patience he finds difficult?
@kenhartman9981
Жыл бұрын
Hi Fiona Where are you from?
thanks for letting us come along
You all must be so happy with the barron he is looking good looking like a real horse can see he wants to be a good horse .at 3 years old i was still lerning to eat solid food
Baron is a blessing. Who could have guessed a year ago that he’d be required to step in when Jim was hit with the double whammy of the loss of Buck and then the lameness of Ken. His greatest virtue is that he really likes to pull! What a horse!
@johnkomosa4089
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Jim. Jim's experience and intuition, led him to a place of regrowth, with new horses jit. (Just in time horses). Thank God for Baron.
Can't help but like these folks......
Bounding Brenda, great videography to match the beautiful horses and terrif teamster
@chips4974
Жыл бұрын
Bounding Brenda and Jumpin Jim ( sorry couldn't resist) .Cheers
Isn't it just like anything...teenagers ! Challenge leadership and full of energy ! Nice to see the horses working, yes its a standing issue, but it will be OK in time with Jims training. Have a great week.
Truth be told jim is like horse whisperer he has finest horses if seen on youtube if i dident already know barons story id say well oiled machean he lòoks like he likes working and he respects jim .
You are wonderful people ❤
I am truly amazed that Barron is so willing to pull and seems not at all hesitant. Standing still is usually difficult for a young horse.
It was a pleasent surprize to see your picture in my Northern Logger magazine, it is probably the only magazine I look at!!!!
@WorkingHorsesWithJim
Жыл бұрын
We haven't seen it yet, thanks for letting us know
Enjoy just watching the boys work!
Greetings from Tennessee. I just wanted to convey message of deep gratitude to Brenda for all the walking that is involved in the very excellent videography that you produce. And kudos to Baron. What a pulling machine!
Thanks for what you said about young horses not always doing well! That was a real kindness to share that with those of us just learning to train young horses.
You can always put a strap or lead shank from his near side bit ring to his near side hame ring, loose enough so he can turn his head normally, but short enough that he can't reach Bill. It is autocorrect for a biter. My little gal went through a period of that when she first started working in a team with her daughter. She was constantly wanting to bite her daughter for the first few weeks. I had a strap with a snap on each end, I forget what they are called, but they are for big hitches when you are using gee sticks and buck backs with only one set of driving lines on two of the horses. I snapped one end on the left side of her bit and the other end to her hame ring. There was enough slack so she could turn right without it pulling on her, but not enough to reach her teammate. She went to give her daughter a vicious bite going down the road, and got herself in the mouth with all the force she had intended to give her daughter. That was pretty much then end of the biting. I don't remember her doing it again. I was able to take the strap off after a few days, and she never did it again. Baron is getting to that teenage boy overconfident stage. He thinks he knows it all now. I'm seeing him pushing a little. He's not as confused as he was, and he's testing to see what he can get away with. He's not relying on you like he was, and he isn't respecting Bill like he respected Kenny. I think he senses that Bill is a bit nervous, and more of a follower than a leader. That said, he is still doing very well. Its just a stage that he has to get through. He has to learn to be confident without being overconfident. He has to learn to rely on your direction, even when he thinks he knows what he is doing. He has to learn that work happens every day, even when he's tired. He has to learn that you won't push him too far, that you are watching out for him even when the work is hard. When I was watching you back him over those stones, I was reminded of a pony I had forty years ago. I got the little guy half starved to death and blind in one eye, not quite a year old. I ended up breaking him to drive in a cart, and I also made a little work harness and sled for him. My stepfather used to dump fire wood to be split in the side yard, so it wouldn't make a mess right in front of the house. It was my job to split it and stack it on the porch. The porch was at grade level, so I could drive the pony and sled in one side, let him stand on the porch while I stacked the wood, and drive him off the other end. He ended up being a great little pony and very handy to have for little chores like that. The main thing we had to overcome was that he had to learn to trust me to watch his right side, and I had to be utterly perfect about not letting him run into something on that side. I had to always keep that right line a little tight on him, because he tended to drift toward the side he could see. Once he realized I wouldn't let him blunder into anything, he began to trust me implicitly and was utterly reliable. He didn't even spook when things came around from that side, like you'd expect. I guess Baron has to go through the same thing. He has to realize that you are watching out behind him, and protecting him as much as you can. He can't see it, but you can. When he realizes that, he will learn to be confident in you, rather than only confident in himself. Just a thought, Brenda, he might be a bit quieter standing if you move you hand away from his mouth a bit. You are putting a little pressure on his mouth when you do that, not much, but the weight of your hand. It also is tempting to him since colts just like to be mouthy and chew on everything. If you drop your hand a foot or two down the line, he might stand a bit better.
@kenhartman9981
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Hi Thirza where are you from
@marilynbridges8697
Жыл бұрын
Good suggestions, Thirza.
@DeCasoU1
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Upset at what work?
@thirzapeevey2395
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@@DeCasoU1 ?
I totally agree. Horses do have bad days. Even my 15 year old gelding will usually work great however, he also has days when he thinks he should be eating grass or laying in the sun.
Nice seeing the mental growth of Baron. I was watching a family I follow in Alabama who have been seeking round bales for their two cows and goats. Success. Spring is finally upon the North Country.
I love watching your husband work your teams and I love seeing you with him. I remember you two from Woodsman Field Day in Tupper Lake and I was impressed then
Brenda, you are such a dedicated wonderful woman taking the time to make these awesome videos. Just wanted you to know how much it is appreciated. Keep up the great work Brenda.
You both works hard (especially Brenda)..not to mention the team..had to laugh when Jim was saying Baron could be a stinker..good days and bad days..not wanting to work at times..he's just a baby and will learn..maneuvering those stones was scary..I used to ride in the woods and those things were tough to get through..backwards was even harder..when they listen and take their time to ' feel ' their way through it becomes less scary..but one miss-step can be disastrous .. I'm fairly new to your channel..someday I hope to have horses again..the pain of losing my last one in 2015 was just too much but time does heal..as always prayers and blessings to all
Thank you Jim and Brenda. I am looking forward to when you train Duke and Earl. Baron is such a good student, This video is so perfect. ❤❤❤❤
Great camera work this episode Brenda. Baron fighting the system..., good comment.
Baron is really progressing nicely. It's a real testament to you skills. Blessings
Got some real nice horses Jim and Brenda
Thank you for sharing. Baron is improving Jim. We can see that he is standing better and doesn’t seem to fidget as much. The more work he does the better he acts.🐴🐴
Jim you & Brenda are doing great in Baron's training ,studs can become independent thinkers at times. Those flat rocks have you scooped any of them out for small animal waters. Thank you for nice videos even my great grandkids can watch.
You have to handle so many variables. Thanks for explaining things as stones, power level in forward or reverse, etc. Too much data no longer commonly known.
Like you Brenda, I am looking for signs of spring!! Yesterday was 10C and clear, today, -10C and snow..........The only spring I felt, was in the sofa as I was watching your video!! Thanks so much for all the joy you and Jim bring me during these day!!
@chips4974
Жыл бұрын
"The only spring I felt was in the sofa " That's rich ! Cheers
I see Baron has his energy on! Baron seems to digging in! Hey, you lost Brenda going thru the water! Baron was some bad today! He wanted to bite Bill, he doesn't want to stand!
I got a kick out of how Bill barely leaned into the cellar on the log pull, letting Baron have in for all he was worth!😂
👍🏻👍🏻👀 ... and good job on the Camera Brenda .
Young horses are a lot of work, we have a two year old mare, she is easy one day and totally nuts the next day, if there is a lot of wind she cant even walk to the pasture without rearing 😅
Think half of America is looking for spring but just like the horses we have to take the good days with the not so good and wish people could understand how long it actually takes to train any horse thank you both also wish they knew how much work to keep horses & equipment Clean and in shape thank you both 🙏
great job guys,,doing good,,we really have enjoyed the fall/ winter/ now spring mix.. it's a lot of work but we love coming with you both.. it's always a joy to be with the horses in the woods..they are incredible.
So relaxing hearing you guide your horses and thanks for taking me along for the ride!!
Thank you for bringing us with you today! Baron is doing so well. He have a good master.
Good to see the progress Abbie making on her home project!!
Nice to see how Baron develops👍
What a change in the scenery in a week. Good to the snow is almost gone and spring is here (almost?) Great to see how well Barron and Bill are doing. 👍👍😁
Jim, Brenda, thank you for taking me along in the field and woods today. Baron is doing so good logging with Bill i though. thanks, for the great video today....Jim, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Thank you
thanks for sharing
Good your getting baron and bill out for there trading this morning. 😊
Great video !
In my experience it can take more than a year to say a colt is trained. Even then you can have off days, just like the rest of us. Really appreciate how Bill is being a good mentor even though Baron wants to be dominant little brother 🙄 🤣
Brenda, I am amazed at the skill you show with the camera. How do you keep your walking pace looking like you are gliding along? The film looks like you are flying so smoothly. Even getting on the boulder at the end was a glide up. The leaves this time of year are looking so flat and smooth. I love walking on the trails looking for the green to show threw. My flower beds now have Snow Drops peeking out.
@WorkingHorsesWithJim
Жыл бұрын
The Go Pro camera is great with movement. Yes, our snowdrops appeared over the weekend also, Yay!
@marilynbridges8697
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In southwest Ohio, my daffodils have been blooming for three weeks. Now the hyacinths are coming out. They smell so good!
I agree with you 100 percent iam working 3 young horses and a old mare they have good and bad days. it gets aggravaten but I don't let the bad days bother me any more. I figure it will get better with time
Super Leistung Baron Respeckt. LG Manuel
We already have leaves on our trees down here in North Alabama!!! We are almost thru spring! I do wish we would get about a foot of snow before summer though! God bless, and thanks so much for the great videos! Also everyone should say a little prayer for our true President Trump tonight that he will be okay while in the hands of the enemy!
@chips4974
Жыл бұрын
Antigers . Any problems your former President Trump is having he brought them upon himself . Imagine ( porn stars , mishandling documents , trying to have election officials change vote count ) .Why did he do that . I know your going to say " he's being framed " . Are you sure about that . Also Jim's viewers are from around the world ( U k, Germany , Australia .Canada ). I for one could care less about your America Politices .Yes the weather , Jim's horses etc are good topics to comment on but politics not so much . I know your going to say, but it's my rights under freedom of speech ( 1st amendment) . Yes it is but those rights do not extend to international viewers of this channel .So to sum up please refrain from politics on Jim's and Brenda's channel .There are other outlets you can use for that topic . Cheers
I agree with Brenda you have alot of beautiful rocks.
Baron may regret that when him and Bill are our to pasture together someday!!!
Bill has met his match for quick-stepping.
@WorkingHorsesWithJim
Жыл бұрын
Yes!
Baron sure wasn't happy with his bit, even out in the wood lot.
Jim, surprising Baron ran out to the hitch at the truck bed and positioned himself asop.
My top favorite way of training a horse is the California Horsemanship Vaquero method. I've heard that people made a really good horse a really light in the rain horse. tooking them up 5 to 6 years to get them that way. And some guys make some really nice Cow horse to a trail riding horse.
Re: Baron biting Bill. Sometimes using "The Voice" to rebuke an erring horse is enough. My horses seem to know they are being bad and will knock it off when they hear my "Daddy Ain't Happy!" tone of voice speak their name. Of course the lines help too.
Since Bill has always been very energetic and eager to go fast, I was wondering if he has a hard time keeping up with Baron? Being a "growing boy", Baron seems to have endless energy! Watching Jim maneuver the cart and horses around the rocky area is a difficult job. Thanks to Jim's experience driving horses, he and the horses manage those areas without any trouble. Hopefully Baron will soon outgrow his wanting to bite his team mate while standing still. On a different subject, I watch a couple of KZread weathermen that have great forecasts, "Ryan Hall Y'all" and "POW Ponder". I wonder if you all watch those channels? According to them there is yet another snow storm moving across the midwest and may soon bring more snow to the New England area. Those two weather channels are great if you don't watch them.
@cathiwim
Жыл бұрын
I second that! I have children and grandchildren scattered all over the country and i let them know about the channels. Especially those in Tornado Alley!
Good video. You need to teach Brenda to drive the loader...good video material. she can do it!
@HensOnly
Жыл бұрын
She does know how to use the skid steer but for loading hay on the wagon, I think Jim prefers to do it?
@WorkingHorsesWithJim
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thanks
I think with your recent Misfortune with your horses Baron and Bill are doing very good with your experience you'll have Barron right where you want him
@WorkingHorsesWithJim
Жыл бұрын
Yes, he's doing good!
Boy they’re raring to work this morn
@WorkingHorsesWithJim
Жыл бұрын
yes they are
We had a mild winter here in Connecticut and already finding Ticks on the horses how is it there yor winter was not to bad
Jim, since you are cutting down lots and lots of trees on your land are you planning to cut them all down and hand off a bare piece of land when you die or are you now planting or planning in the future to plant trees? Or are you letting the trees themselves reseed themselves?❤❤❤❤
@chips4974
Жыл бұрын
Jim and Brenda practice ,sustainable forestry .Cut marked trees in hardwood bush. Plant trees in softwood bush with grandchildren . So to answer your question . Jim will be leaving a legacy of a better forest after he dies . But he is in no hurry to do that .Cheers
I’ve watched ye work Bill to wear him down so that ye could team him up. Baron seems bout an equal to him. I’d say they’ll make a good team. My uncle Doc cured a mule from biting by grabbing an ear with each hand and biting the mule on the nose till he drew blood. Doc was born in 1890 and had his own way of training hosses and mules. My grand pap, Doc’s dad was born in 1861 and a hoss trader.
Great to see Baron doing so well! With all his energy are you still working with the evener slightly offset?
definately getting to be mud season. Noticed that Baron crowds Bill through muddy sections....why? Just wonderin. Does leaning into Bill make him more stable on his feet? He looks great pulling.
@pixie706
Жыл бұрын
Baron probably doesn't understand a word of command as i certainly think it all sounds the same mumble. Bill teaches him and pushes and pulls him. I was always taught to use completely different sounds for each command to a horse as you would do for a dog to understand
@johnkomosa9508
Жыл бұрын
Baron, is a very good listener, (when he wants to be), and definitely understands commands as all Jim's horses do. For example, one time Jim said "Geee!" to Baron, and Baron quickly and instantaneously went right almost like reflex or a sprinter off a gun shot out of the blocks,... excellent reflex to Jim's request...also Baron was solo at the time. This is one of many observations of Baron's listening skills.
Great video. It always nice and educational to hear Jim explaining things. What ever happen to the opening song?
You 2 are awesome...I bet lot work goes into making these videos. We appreciate them dearly.. Here's a goofy question... tractor steer tires on your cart...So why? They don't slide side ways as easily?
Baron's progress is impressive. I assume his aerobic is improving noticeably?
Mabe you can bring that rock home jims going to put it on list #5051im shour if he had more spare time.guys like jim never run out of to do list he one man band who keeps pluging away
Their tails look so pretty. As well as the weather. Looking forward to the season changing. Wondering what percentage of the fields work coming up will be done with horses vs. machines?
@chips4974
Жыл бұрын
Hard to put a % on it . But Massey Ferguson tractor pulling baler and maybe a little pulling cultivator .The Oliver tractor sits in the machine shed and does nothing .So a good guess 75 % by the horses and Jim and Brenda 100% .Cheers
Those 2 boys have a quite a bit of step in them. We'll have to work them to keep their energy drawn out
How are Duke and Earl doing? When does their training start?
@WorkingHorsesWithJim
Жыл бұрын
They are doing great.
You need to go over to Just A Few Acres Farm and watch their video today.
@chips4974
Жыл бұрын
I did Pete was spreading cow manure . Oops some got on him . Remember always spread into the wind . Something to remember whether using a tractor or horses . Cheers
On that one log cut that big long hole out of it and make a bird feeder hanging horizontal.
We had an apprentice working for a farmer- who had trouble getting the pin_ he out of frustration at the right moment he put his figure in- sheered it off- bad timing.
Love your videos and Jim working the horses Barron do much better
Is this logging all firewood or some saw logs mixed in ?
Brenda, you do such a great job video. Jim, one question, and you've probably answered this before. What's the baseball bat for on the kart. Thank you for sharing.
@lonniebroyles5785
Жыл бұрын
It is a log hook with a baseball shaped handle to roll logs.
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