what an astonishing example of the goodest boi. he really is a very lovely young horse with an incredible temperament good on you for taking your time with him! 💜

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

Thank ya kindly : )

I have to tell you again! you do a very good job! your horses are in very good shape, congratulations! good luck in the future! all the best!

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly! Trying our best, thats for sure!

I admire people who do this and don't just go in with a bulldozer and destroy everything green. I wish we could go back.

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

We gotta walk the middle path

@hammarbergets

Жыл бұрын

@@ruggedridgeforest7775 Exactly! Here in Sweden we have worked in the traditionally way and at the same time we do it the modern way also. I'm sure it's like this all over the world. If you look at the other films from here your can see how terribly dangerous the work was up in to the 1960's. We don't want that anymore. Not for the workers or the horses.

i can not say enough good about what i just watched. i am very impressed to wittness a young fella that knows how to handle horses correctly. thank you for making this clip. again i cannot say enough good about this.

@ruggedridgeforest7775

Жыл бұрын

Thank ya kindly : )

What a wonderful video. Loved watching. I’m such a northern Illinois girl raised by a hillbilly daddy who broke horses. I now live in south Louisiana Cajun country. I miss the “Horse days” with my daddy.

He's such a handsome boy, love Hugo!

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

Thank ya kindly

@vanessaschoettle3380

Жыл бұрын

He is AMD right on about his breeding: there's another breed in there somewhere ❤

What an amazing job for the both of you!! Hugo has such a good mind and temperament! Rather than spooking or getting freaked out, he takes a moment to think about what’s happening during every new experience. And I love how you’ve taught/ are teaching him to match your energy and read your intentions! Honestly I’m so amazed!

@ruggedridgeforest7775

Жыл бұрын

Thank ya kindly! He has come a long way since, we have a logging video from last week thats a long way from here : )

Grew up on a lumber farm,5 yrs.old starting watching learning.48 yrs. He had 2 teams, hauled skids in,out of wood roads my grandfather and they made,great memories thank you for your video,brought back great memories,grandpa had a quiet trusting team,never once a lame horse👍

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharin that memory : )

i noticed the hernia-maybe the bay roan came from the percheron and standardbred-I am so happy you are such a kind horseman-really beautiful to see.Thank you !!!!Debra

Love hugo! He’s got such a lovely long free walk. And these vids are a pleasure to watch x

Hugo has definitely filled out. Beautiful Horse, Smart and Well Beheived. Vinny 🇺🇸

Oh my! Hugo has filled out nicely.

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

Hes gonna be a big boy

What a beautiful boy, his coloring is gorgeous! I appreciate all the work you have done and do with your horses. I am a horse intuit and communicator. I believe in the herd even in domestic/barn or pastures. I’d love to have that in my life, only God can make it happen. Thank you for continuing in this painstaking tradition. Best to you!!

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

thank you kindly! glad you enjoyed : )

your horses are in great shape, they're both so well behaved, beautiful horse work 🤩

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

Thank ya kindly : )

You are bringing him along nicely. Patience and consequenz is what he needs and is getting. In first video I looked at his eye and saw he is a honest boy. You have the correct attitude and I hope that he stays with you and doesn't fall into a harsh owners hands. I subscribed so I can follow his progress. I worked with my Friesian horses but can no long er do it cos of MS. So I love to watch the training progress. All my horses were long reined trained.

@ruggedridgeforest7775

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words. Hugo is a gem and in the most loving hands. Hope our experiences bring ya some vicarious joy. An extra carrot for hugo today in your honor Carol : )

No blinders...I like that!😄

@ruggedridgeforest7775

Жыл бұрын

Thank ya kindly : )

I just wanted to say I found your first video with purchasing him. Its admiring watching the growth of this horse and the horsemanship put into him. I hope this channel grows.

@ruggedridgeforest7775

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much!

They say horse is the mirror of it's owner. You're training Hugo so calm and gentle, he will be just the same for you. I've been looking for videos to teach my own horse to pull and it's been very helpful to watch you! Thanks for sharing and all the best from germany :)

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

Thank ya kindly : )

@vanessaschoettle3380

Жыл бұрын

That is so true❤

@vanessaschoettle3380

Жыл бұрын

Hello! We are German, living in Amish country here in Ohio. In 1918, my Grandpa and his parents moved to New Mexico where my Grandpa Ray worked ranches. He survived the Spanish Flu pandemic. This young man's teaching methods are very similar to how my Grandpa taught me when I was a child.

So much love towards horses but I never had one

I am so happy to see the horses doing well

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

hes amazing : )

You have such lovely horses! ❤️ Here in Sweden we have always logged the timber out with sleighs in the winter. Januari to March is the right time for the timber and it's much easier for the horses to pull in the snow when the sleigh glides easy on the snow.

@ruggedridgeforest7775

Жыл бұрын

Sounds beautiful! Id love to see it : )

@hammarbergets

Жыл бұрын

Here you can watch some Swedish traditionally work with the horses. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mKebuK6rnrW3aNI.html

@hammarbergets

Жыл бұрын

Here's a fantastic film from 1991. They worked in the same way as in 1950's. It's -18°C in very heavy terrain for the horses to pull in. About 100 kubik meter of timber in each sleigh. They needed ca 36 meters of chain to attach the timber in the sleigh. Very dangerous work for the men. The horses are Nordsvensk (Nordic Swedish) specially breed for hundreds of years just to work on the farms and the church in Sundays 🤩 Such a lovely horse. I had 5 when I was young and we could do everything anywhere anytime with them. I really miss them. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lGps0Juom7XJlrA.html

@hammarbergets

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/d4mImMeMZdvbnqg.html

@ruggedridgeforest7775

Жыл бұрын

@@hammarbergets Beautiful! Thanks for sharing! I am inspired!

He sure is a pretty guy, and very smart!

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

Thank ya kindly

Hugo is doing great, what a beautiful horse with a calm temperament!! Thank you for treating him and the other horses well, and for your effort in lowering impact on the environment by avoiding going full industrial.

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

Thank ya kindly. Hes just shaking flies

Your a treating your horses AMAZING ive seen 100s off people doing this with highly misstreated horse 👍🏻

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

Thank ya kindly

Maybe we should train Hugo how to deliver syrup, he'd probably do a lot better job than UPS..... LOL

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

#goals

Hugo is so cool

@ruggedridgeforest7775

Жыл бұрын

Thank ya kindly : )

Another great video. Horses are looking good. See they put a big wooden bridge in and a red fence on the trail to Little Elmore pond on Rt. 12. Good frost here this morning. Hopefully get rid of the ticks. Take care, Al

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Al : ) pop over and say hi sometime neighbor!

good video mate, you are doing great and so are your horses!! I can't wait for a new video maybe you can breed with the horses next year, that will produce beautiful foals Greetings from the Netherlands (Stevensweert village) keep going

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly. Hugo is a gelding but im dreaming of breeding a bit more size into hilde in the coming years : )

I'm in aw of what you do! This is so magnificent! I'm going to get some syrup right now! lol You have a new admirer now. I'm going to back watch all your vids and get caught up. Much love and support from me to you!!

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

Thank ya kindly : )

Beautiful horse.

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

Thank ya kindly

@antler9927

2 жыл бұрын

Took the words right outta my mouth

Loved this colt since the day you bought him such brains , I love Standardbred it's all I have .. I don't see Percheron in him? but he's young

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

well do the genetic test later : )

this is such a helpful video for teaching a horse to pull a log. Is there a recommendation for how long the tugs should be/where the the singletree should rest behind the hind feet? the ones that came with my harness seem short compared to these. thank you - and I'm a member of the Hugo Fan Club for life now!

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

No hard and fast rule. You want to watch the horse move and make sure its clear of the gait. Adjust to perfection. Maybe 6" of clearance at the trot. Maybe even sufficient clearance for the lope if you plan on letting the horse utilize that motion. It might change with different size logs or if utilizing a cart or sled. I hate to say that there is a fair bit of trial and error and every horse is different

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

I also had to order a longer length of trace chains and quicklinks. Often times the ones for pulling a cart are too short for logging

can I ask about the traces.. I notice that the covered part of the traces sometimes ends and the chain is on his hocks as he turns sometimes. what do you think? I am getting my standardbred mare ready to start grooming my arena rather than using the 4 wheel motorbike. love your kindness. Love how he has no winkers on!! My coach said absolutely not driving without them. I disagree so Im starting my next mare without.

@ruggedridgeforest7775

Жыл бұрын

This was my mares harness. Hugo grew into quite a big boy! At the end of the day the majority of the pulling is straight in line with the horse, so a little incidental chain rub isnt the end of the world, again, if youre properly lined up it wont be an issue. Since he was learning he got tangled up quite a lil bit

@skyew.5071

Жыл бұрын

@@ruggedridgeforest7775 Thankyou

Hugo looks good-I want to get a standardbred percheron cross for riding-I live in Oregon but am from NH-I have a 14HH morgan DNA with percheron type DNA mustang who groun drives-where do you get the harness Thanks Debra

@ruggedridgeforest7775

11 ай бұрын

Bowman harness shop in Ohio. All amish, give them a call and theyll send you a catalogue or talk you through it over the phone

Such a lovely natured horse💗 Do you normally start them so young or is he a special case due to his laid back nature? Or do you start them with the basics and then turn them away for a year to mature before bringing them back to full work?

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

All depends. This is my first attempt. 2 is a good age for basic training. 3 they should be able to start some light work. Horses peak between 5 and 15 depending on the discipline and the animal. You can capture a 10 year old wild mustang and have an amazing horse in 90 days if you know what you're doing. Horses are amazing like that. If you can speak their language they can be trained amazingly quickly. I wanted to see how the training was going to go, and it went amazingly. The next step would be putting him in light work but I wanted to let him finish growing so I didn't damage his spine which is still developing. We are still practicing ground driving and being around chainsaws and wood and heavy equipment, but we aren't working him in earnest just yet.

@victoriareffin2429

2 жыл бұрын

@@ruggedridgeforest7775 I’ve never broken a horse to pull a cart, which I can imagine is similar to how you start yours, but I’ve broken a few to ride for Dressage purposes. I’m from the UK so we do things so differently here and tend to back them at 3yrs old in summer to start the basics, then we turn them away over winter to finish maturing a little more before bringing them back as 4yr olds to start proper work. I did have one mare that I had to continue ground work with through the winter rather than turn her away as she was a big pushy warmblood who liked to throw her weight around and she had no concept of personal space at all! She wasn’t mean with it, she was just big and clumsy and a little slow to catch onto what was wanted from her. She turned out really nice though in the end. Hugo looks like he’s going to be an amazing addition to your team 💗

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

@@victoriareffin2429 some amish might start breaking to pull a cart around 2 and riding around 3. They might start light work at 3, but the longer you can wait, the better. We are on track to saddle break next summer (3rd birthdayish) and do some light draft work in earnest next autumn and winter (closer to 3 1/2). Trying to repair his hernia in the next month or so

@victoriareffin2429

2 жыл бұрын

@@ruggedridgeforest7775 Oh wow, so he will be a ride and drive horse? I’m so in love with him!

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

@@victoriareffin2429 that makes two of us

What color is Hugo? With Percheron and Standardbred lineage he seems pretty young to already be turning gray. Would you call him a Roan? A friend seems to think buckskin but I disagree.

@ruggedridgeforest7775

Жыл бұрын

Red roan, an unusual color for a percheron, though more common in standardbreds

What does it mean when Hugo stomps his feet, if anything?

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

flies

I do wonder what colour Hugo will end up. Is he a roan?

@ruggedridgeforest7775

2 жыл бұрын

He is. Red roan like a classic brabant

Just remember that he is still young and hasn't finished growing so even as he looks big you will harm his future health if you work him much

Non horse people: horses are healthier when they are slender. A fat horse will experience an early demise. Ask me how I know? Virtually every horse I've owned has lived to be 25 to 34 yrs old with a few exceptions for accidents (over the past 48 years).

@ruggedridgeforest7775

Жыл бұрын

there is a middle ground for sure. He is still growing and so he is slender cuz in my experience raising stock, bones grow first. He is springing up like a bean pole and he'll be sure to fill out

@vanessaschoettle3380

Жыл бұрын

@@ruggedridgeforest7775 we had a half arab grow through age 4: he was a real prize. He was a 'roan'. He ended up showing in the open pleasure horse circuit in S.C., beating out quarter horses time after time ❤. He loved kids and was 'kid proof'. I think you have a real investment there. Noted his ears: they were fully in tune to your commands😊 your horse really reminded me of our guy!

@ruggedridgeforest7775

Жыл бұрын

@@vanessaschoettle3380 Thanks Vanessa! amazing when it all comes together