Nice video. I like your attitude that you can always learn something from others. In the mid ‘70’s I was at a horse show, sitting next to an 80 year old cowboy. I said to him, I bet you know everything there is to know about horses. He slowly looked at me and said, son, the day you think you everything there is to know about horses, is the day you need to get out of the horse business. I try to never forget that advice.
Ha! I was an Australian pistol champion. I bought a book from Swedish multi-gold Olympian and world champion, someone asked me why would I want that? I was still shooting only 585/600 and reckoned I might learn something! We take all the snippets we can get from everyone, and use those we think have merit, most especially around horse people. No-one knows everything.
Howdy Jim and Miss Brenda. How are y'all. You take alot of care in the well being of your Horses. I like the care you take care in your training. You see the could be bad habits and the good and work with that... Thanks for the video.. A thumbs up for sure..
I think patience is the best way to work with colts! Your comment " Let them teach themselves" is so apt!! The one thing I thought about in the beginning, was the door moving with the wind, but then, they have to get used to that as well
You're doing a great job Jim. You've got a wonderful, natural way with horses and however you choose to go about training them through each lesson is just fine. Much respect! 🌷🐴🐴☀️
I liked it when you led them out of the trailer, and did not look back at em! I have found that if you just walk off and don't look back at em it helps sometimes. I don't know why, but it just does. And some of them will be up around your neck too. But not these colts, they are not that high strung like hot blooded horses. I see a lot of folks try to lead a horse, and turn around and look at em, and they will just stop. People have their own way of doing things, and what works for you is the way you should do it. "Every feller to his own notion, what the old woman said, when she kissed the cow"!
Ive heard people say because it's less threatening because they are prey animals ( staring syraight at them)vs following a herd member. Horses always want to be with the herd . 🤷♀️ Not sure if that's correct but it made sense to me.
They are both doing so well. Earl has to think about it and make you earn his trust...he reminds me of a pony mare I had as a kid. When training her once she decided I was trustworthy she would do anything for me. Thank you so much for sharing the training of these beautiful guys.
Your interaction with the colts reminds very much of Buck and his demeanor with his own horse and those that he trains. I have experienced a few different training methods but I am beholden to quiet work and Bucks style. There are some extremely strong opinions in the horse community and I have experienced them. I have found that when inexperienced trainers have not gotten the basic relationship established they resort to punitive measures which both prolong the training process and may permanently damage owner horse relationships. Do what you are doing, patience, a calm voice, a steady hand and understanding the animal always wins out. You and your family are a pleasure to watch in action.
For not being messed with there doing great ! your right patience is the key ! I have a saying about horses If you act like you have 15 minutes it will take you all day ! if you act like you have all day it will only take you 15 minutes ! 😊 lol
I didn’t have a trailer when I bought my first untrained horse (he was 6) I had to use my “Tree of Knowledge “. I wasn’t sure if the tree would make it but they both survived unblemished. I could tie that horse to anything after that. He was actually the best ride and drive horse I have ever had! ♥️👍🙏🇺🇸🤓 Jim, you are wrong! What you are doing and how you are doing it IS SPECIAL!
Cindy speaking (Barry's wife ) Your all doing great. Its great to see those horses think. Your learning their body language as they learn yours. Love the way you train them. The barn looks great too. Thank you for sharing. Stay Safe From PEI
How lucky are we that we get so see them grow up and learn, this is a privilege! I’d never be able to experience this any other way. Thank you so much Brenda and Jim! Brenda, with respect and reverence, I’m going to say your husband is a straight up stud.
You're doing a great job. It's very interesting to watch a horse or horses, in this case being trained. I like what you said that you're not doing anything extra special, but you do know what works, and boring repetition is a huge part of that, with animal training.
Suffolks are a lovely breed. I’m so glad they’re being preserved; that’s taken a lot of effort from a lot of folks. If you elect to sell them, I might have a place for them on our farm in Nova Scotia. I’ve always admired the breed.
I'm really enjoying this,... Watching the colts learn. My family used Shires and Clydesdale's on the farms. Even after everyone had tractors the shires where used to pull them out after getting them stuck on the step hills of WV :)
Thank you for your videos we love them and love the teams you have. As a former teamster myself it is nice to see your life with your teams and how good you use use them. Keep up the great work and public education you do!
Thanks so much for sharing your training tips. We are very impressed with your older horses too, and how wonderfully they have been trained. Hopefully Earl and Duke will follow suit. God Bless.
Never saw 2 horses trained together before, but if they will be a team it makes sense. Also seems to benefit as if one is hesitant he probably will follow the other. Haven't had horses for 15 years. I always felt a psychological benefit in horses.
I once had a horse who opened a grain room door that was closed with a hook and eye closure AND a pivoting wooden bar. He opened a tightly closed barrel and stuffed himself on chicken feed. Needless to say, he foundered badly and nearly died. It shortened his life by years. Never trust horses around grain. They become houdinis when they are motivated. Jim has a really nice calm demeanour that transfers into good outcomes for his horses.
I had a dozen horses make a concerted attack on a grain room, in an old dairy barn where the grain room was a pipe stall between calf stalls. One horse was a Houdini at getting gates open, and he opened two of them to let everyone in the barn. Once they were in, the two big half Clydesdales reached over the stalls and picked up fifty pound bags of grain, lifted them over the walls and dropped them in the barn aisles where six little part Welsh ponies proceeded to drive everyone else out and eat the grain.
I was so proud of Earl when he finally stepped into the trailer! These two seem to have good hearts and seem to be very willing, given the time to think! Love the patience you have, and as my grandfather would say, sometimes you need a bit of persuasion to get things going lol!
I love your channel, I'm from Canada born in Netherlands always been interested in the farm. I lived nextdoor to the farm here in Canada as well in Holland.Im so impressed the way you Handel your new horses, if I lived next you I would always be around to give you a hand, and to lern from you and your family, beautiful family. The way you explain everything to the people and to your family. Just love it Will van Boxtel
The colts are doing so well!! Duke and earl for not having much handling before there doing well! Your doing a great job with them Jim thanks for sharing love your videos
Very nice technique, I’m always impressed with your training videos. It was so cute to see them sticking their noses out through the trailer opening to sniff the big horses ❤
This man is an example of horsemanship. He knows how horses think and react and he changes himself accordingly. Fear and pain is not the only way to train, in fact it’s not training at all it is scaring into submission. It is really cool to see you doing so well with these guys and thank you for showing the world.
Hey Jim, I know nothing about horse training so I wouldn't dare to give you advice. You know more about horses than I ever will; I just enjoy watching you interact with these six. I also am addicted to watching farrier vids so I was especially pleased to see your vid on visiting the local Amish. Greetings from Hampshire UK. Nick
Patience develops trust and trust builds confidence thus forming a bond between man and horse that will endure a lifetime! Great watching a no-drama master at work.
Your doing a good job! Horses are like kids, If you let them have their own way all the time they'll never learn anything and be unruly and spoiled! And your big horses don't seem distracted by the colts!
Just Awesome Jim. You have lots of time around horses and you can read them in many ways. some are hard to learn and others do it easy but you take your time and it works for you. I can bet the two lads will work their heart out for you. I will be watching. Thanks for the videos.
Wonderful to watch how you patiently, calmly, teach the colts. No fear or trauma. Beautiful to see them learn how to quietly load and unload. Good job!
Hi Jim doing a great job there's that old saying slow and steady wins the race really like the way you go about handling the colts your voice stays the same and you walk around them slow and quietly so stay safe
Jim you never stop to amaze me, how you can handle hoses. I wish that I could have had you to help .But that would not happen in the real world. I feel bad that there weren't a a Jim to help where I live .Julie Lamarche
well mr jim and mrs brenda i think you got 2 diamonds in the rough right there with those 2 fellas i sure hope the full grown ones take to them and they all get along well i think your doing i fine job with them ..... 1 day at a time
Great Job!!!! the more I watch you work them the more I like them.And I thank the more you work them the more you will like them.Great colts good names
I'm a teacher, not a horse trainer, but I go by your philosophy of trusting the learner to figure it out on his own with patient guidance. Once the learner takes control of doing the work, you can see the confidence spill into other areas. Since these colts are more curious and interested rather than frightened by new things, I expect they'll learn quickly, even if you do have to slowly introduce some expected behavioral responses.
Another thing my friend from Lowestoft told me.... When he got put up on the horses back (as a kid) they always sat sideways because sitting astride a Suffolk Punch was 'like sitting astride a single bed' haha
Hello Jim & family, enjoying this video with my coffee on the deck. I was wondering if you do coggin test before you turn the new horses out with the other ones? Pretty sure I misspelled coggins lol. I had a Quarter horse who was stubborn about loading, her name was Nikki skip, but I called her pickles. Only way to get her on or off the trailer was with sugar cubes.
Horses learn to trust you won't harm them. If you can stay calm they get that if you're not fussed, neither should they be, we transmit our feelings and thoughts to them by our actions, and I often think some can read our minds.
@@WorkingHorsesWithJim Awesome! When I come to Ohio this summer to spend a week with the Amish, I may just have to take a detour to NY for a brief visit!
