Training MISTAKES with BREE // Draft Horse Team Logging in the Woods  

The photo of Jim and the boys in the hayloft...i think you need to get it on canvas and in the living room forever! what a kewl picture!

Not long. Not boring.

It’s not boring. It just shows the right, patient way to train an animal who has to trust you and who will be trusting you in work for many, many years.

Jim, not boring at all! That's exactly the type of patience you need training horses. It's good to show that.

LOL I hope your Grandchildren aren't planning to sneak Bree up to their bedrooms to sleep with them😆!

Bree is an excellent foal. There's something about those flagstone and the unequal stone steps- she's afraid, not stubborn. What a joy to see how good she is around little ones ❤

Time at grandpa & grandma’s farm is one of life’s biggest blessings- ❤memories

Those boys will have made something more valuable than all the gold in the world during their stay with you. Happy memories that will last a life time and a safe place for their minds to turn to in times of stress. Thank God for wonderful grandparents and the simple joys of farm life.

The picture with pop-pop would be good for the new calendar

Love the pic of Jim and the boys in the barn window. Touched my heart to imagine what they'll think about it when they're adults... An absolutely lovely, frame-worthy pic.

Adorable photos. Those front steps blend into the bottom stones. I dont think she could see the edges of the steps. I think she was hesitant for the right reasons. The side steps are in the sun, wider and easy to see.

You're lucky that loose log didn't knock you off the cart !! Bree's gonna do those front steps when SHE'S ready - not before !! Lots of patience exhibited all around !! Thanks for sharing, Jim.

The best thing for little boys is running wild on grandma and grandpa’s farm. 💕Horses have trouble with depth perception but Bree is such a solid-minded filly that she’ll figure it out in no time under Jim’s patient tutelage. BTW, Jim did a great solo job with the camera.

Thanks again Jim and Brenda for another wonderful and never boring video. The patience with which you train your horses to trust in you is amazing to watch. Bree is doing great and will one day be a tremendous asset to your teams of logging horses. Thanks again for bringing us along for the journey. 💞🤗🍀

not sure about anyone else but i enjoyed the work you did with bree on the porch. seems important work to me

I was impressed with how calm Bree is with the boys. She did not shy away even when one of them walked close behind her. It was very interesting to watch her with the steps. 🙂🙂🙂

Memories that will stay with the boys forever and probably a big influence in how they see the world. Was for me.

It’s hard to believe how big the filly has gotten in a couple months. She’s gonna be a big beautiful girl! I think Jim is already struck on her! She’s looking at the front steps like nope!

That picture at 2:40 is a timeless one. You should get it framed, and keep it for when the grandkids are adults looking back at their childhood memories. All the best, from Scotland.

She definitely is very wary of those stones at the bottom. Very adorable video with your grandsons and Bree. 💖💜💖

That was a good session with Bree. Your grandsons watched every move you made. You are teaching future horse men.❤❤❤

Not a training mistake. It is a learning experience!

Lovely to see the boys so comfortable with Bree ... some lovely memories if their summer hols in those pics.

Jim you do a great job filming too. Love seeing all aspects of horses working, training, and pulling. I look forward to the life of your farm. Darling grandsons, so we’ll behaved.

Good morning all or y’all! Super vid of your grandsons with grandpa. Bree is delightful. She’s coming on in leaps & bounds, full credit you Jim & Brenda ❤

Jim, I saw twice Bree wanting to touch those short steps with her nostrils but the halter rope was kept too short to prevent her. Horses like to reach out and touch things first that their wary of or unfamiliar with. We associate nostrils with smelling but horses use them for touching as well. Just a thought.

Never a boring moment or scene. Love it all!

nice to see the grandson enjoying the farm.Bree is so calm around them.

Great video with the Grandkids. One of my best childhood memories was visiting my paternal Grandparents Wisconsin farm. Bareback riding his Percheron around the pasture. To this day if I smell fresh hay I am immediately transported to Grandpas hay-mow. Thanks for bringing back some precious memories. ❤

Jim do you realize how lucky you are to have such an easy quiet girl?! I could tell it the day she was born! I bred Morgans for 30+ yrs and can tell dispositions immediately.

Totally enjoyed seeing the grandboy running around and watching Grandpa train Bree. It all brought me back to going to my Uncle Andy and Aunt Lizzy's Farm. We were five tow head, blue eye kids that would follow Uncle Andy around as he fed the pigs, chickens, and sheep. He only had one cow and she was milked by hand to feed the calves. Those were the days of swimming in the creek and walking the rows of corn. Thank you for bringing back the memory. Oh ya, and keeping our mouths close while he worked the farm.

Thank you Jim for continuing the video on your own. I know you are more focused on the job and that is how it should be. Now Brenda did you see this video? Jim was going a little rogue with that loose log tell him to be more careful. He may need some supervision.

So cute to watch the grandkids playing and interacting with Bree! Great video. 🥰👍💜

The second part of the video had an "old school" feel. Back before Brenda came on full time and you would do all the filming yourself 😊. I love what you do with your horses, dont take what haters say too much to heart. There are people who will have a negative opinion about just about anything these days. That is a right they have, but its also everyones right to ignore them.

Boys will always remember these times with you both there on the farm. Bree is doing so well. I bet if you continue to take Bree UP the short step she will soon step down. Good luck. Thank you for sharing.🐴

Hi Jim, Brenda, Another Great Video!!. Bree, is getting so big and learning great.. I enjoyed being in the woods logging with you Jim, i like the sounds of the chains, and the chainsaw. So nice to see your grandsons, and when i do, all your family.. Jim, Nova Scotia, Canada.

I dunno, but Jim, you have got some great videoing skills. Excellent footage! Especially the one where you got the horses pulling away with the logs. Hope Brenda doesn't flip a wig when she notices you weren't on the seat. 🤣 Excellent voice command, awesome horses ❤️

Can't wait until Bree gets to do the tour of the house/kitchen area, and poops on the floor like one of the other horses did. (Ha!Ha!)

We love the horse pulls! The way you compete against Jerry and remain friends is admirable. Look forward to see you at the Champlain valley fair

Nice video Jim' and a horse visiting as a guest that was interesting. Wow

My husband and I just found your channel and both of us enjoy watching . Thank you for sharing. ✌ ☮ 🕊

Good maneuvering out tin the forest. Bree is so precious. Your patience with Bree is not boring or tedious. The time you spend doing that will build her trust in you.

So nice to watch, you’re so patient with training and Bree did well. Maybe the flagstone rocks look different to Bree. Nothing that you have on your videos is boring. Seeing the boys playing made me recall the freedom of running around the farm as a kid. And the porch of your house, the patio and area you have is picturesque, and a lovely window box on the corner window. The cat wasn’t sure of Bree’s training either! Enjoying as always 🙋‍♂️🐈🐈 Edit: you have such fine work with your filming and camera work. Well done

Jim, the draft horse whisperer, lol

Bree is growing in so many ways.

Great comments about the horse pulling vs. logging.

I wasn't bored watching Bree!! That was amazing! She learned alot & will try again, I'm sure. It was fun to see you work with her. She seems confident & now jumpy or flighty at all! Just like all the others! ❤ It was fun seeing your grandsons!! You have a beautiful family!!

The sheer power of these breeds is amazing!

Jim, I love that handmade table between the two chairs there. Beautiful work. 👍

Voice controlled horses while logging! Nicely done I wish my tractor could listen that well

The front steps are in shadow and the side steps are in the sun. If you've ever tried to load a horse into a dark trailer, you probably know that sometimes the best thing you can do is open the front door so the light shines in. Sometimes they will jump right on once you open that door. You know that the stories are going to go down through the generations about Grandpa Jim who used to take his horses up onto the porch, right? 😃 I didn't realize you had a grandson named after you. Very cool! So given that you've bred Lady back, and you are still short a horse, will you break Duke and Earl in this fall and put them in the rotation so Baron doesn't have to work in the woods every day? Seems like it will be hard to keep up your logging schedule without another horse. So many dangers in the woods. I'm glad that log didn't get your camera. I enjoy Brenda's perspective and camera work, but I enjoy yours too.

To hear this child's laughter, awesome !!!

I love watching you train your horses. I never find it boring at all. As far as horse pulling goes...I watch them carefully and it is evident to me that they want to pull for you. They would try almost anything if you asked them too. It is remarkable to me how calm they are when at competition. The other horses are so anxious just before they pull. The evener gets dropped and off they go. Your horses just wait until you say go. I have said this to you often when I post. It is evident how much they trust and love you.

Jim, seems to me that you are an extraordinary teamster and trainer and friend of and to horses. Over and over again I am awed how your team finesses positioning wagons/carts to get it just where they need to be to get the job done. Most of this is done with blinders on AND going backwards. WOW ! Regarding your selfie video making, your are great at that as well. There is A LOT of leg work with the camera ie, walking ahead setting up the camera, walking all the way back then driving the team towards the camera than walking back to retrieve the camera. You have done this several times this time. That is a lot of work to make an interesting show. I love watching you and yours at the horse pull. I do like all things about Working Horses with Jim

Your grand kids are so precious. I bet you really enjoyed having them there.😀

Lots of memories

Very interesting to watch the process of teaching Bree how to navigate stairs

Not cutting out some of the stairs exercise was very educational.

wow that was great..just perfect with Bree..good girl. we were agreeing with you, no need to hurt her legs,,or cause fear.. ( we wondered if it was the pattern on the ground flag stones..but then up in the wend was ok .. it was so dear she wanted to rub her face on your back shirt ,and get her praise from you ,her pal...cute for sure .

The joys of being a kid of a farm great times great memories Try walking her up them first then down

Just like th old days Jim , when you did the majority of the filming on your own. That was before Brenda retired from here job 😊 Best wishes from England UK 🇬🇧

It's so sweet your little grandsons were able to come spend a few days with you! They sure are cute little boys. Bree just doesn't like the "scary" front steps! Maybe because they're dark and hard for her to see. She is such a sweet filly!!!

Hello Jim, Brenda, and family: I can't put into words how much I enjoyed this video. For me, since I'm crazy about horses, there was nothing boring in your video. And to me, your video wasn't too long at all. Jim, I didn't see any mistakes in how you train Bree. Really liked that you took your time with Bree, and reassured her that everything was and would be okay. If I may, I'd also like to stick up for you both, regarding your horses. Anyone can see that you love your horses and care about them. You're never rough with your horses, and you're never mean and impatient. Everyone complaining out in You Tube land needs to rewatch this video and reassess their opinions about how you raise, train, and handle your horses. Shame on the complainers, too! The complaining people in You Tube land need to seriously stop complaining at you and they should stop complaining how you work your horses. I don't see any indications that you both work your horses too hard. On the contrary, you're both very kind, gentle, and generous in the amount of time you work your horses and you're very kind about not working your horses too hard. You both have my highest good opinion of you, and I really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work on the horses and within your farm. You both do an excellent job in all of those things, and I'm not ashamed of sticking up for you to the You Tube land complainers! I look forward to all your videos. Great job on everything, and God bless to you, your family, and to your horses and other animals! :)

My best time ever is when my grandsons are here at GTs (grandad tugs ) house almost 2yrs and the other 16months for a man god blessed with only daughters a special time , hope you all keep these vids coming

She did excellent. She trusts you, she just couldn't see that there were three. I couldn't see it until you came up the natural steps. Had they have been like the other side she wouldn't have minded. But I still could not see 3 when you filmed it again in the going down position. I think she did excellent. I never invited any of my horses up on the front porch!

Horse pulls n plowing showcased the capabilities and temperment of these beautiful animals. I learned so much about hitching for even and well leveraged pulls, and the how and why of turning a good furrow at those matches. Keeping alive those skills for the farmers stood them in good stead when tough times and war rationing made them park their trucks and tractors. There may come a time when those skills will be needed again, so folks need to pay attention.

Hello my friend❤ wish you happy weekend. I like your video❤❤❤

Not sure Jim, but it might be the lighting? Those front stairs are in darker light? Just a thought? Your doing great with all your horses!!! Love all the different content, THANK YOU

Not boring at all. Love to see the whole process and figure out what must be going on in their head! Your grandsons are ADORABLE. Good for them and for Bree!

Always the best to have a farm to go too sad so many will never know the joy and memories ❤

Bree did a good job, and she's turning colors! Enjoyed seeing the grandkids running around and having a good time! you do the best you can videoing, It's hard to work and video!I'm with you about horse pulls, you know when to quit, even if you don't win!

Like your comment about horse pulling. Stopping on a good note and not continuing to pull them to a standstill is the difference between a Driver and a Teamster

I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR VIDEOS! LOVE THE HORSE PULLS!❤❤❤

I have been around horses a lot in my lifetime and everyone makes mistakes that how we learn and it is also how animals learn too. There are lots of things that can go wrong when training horses they are super smart animals and they know how to use their weight when it comes to something that they do not feel comfortable doing or if something scares them they will plow through you without question to get away from the thing that is scary to them. Watching Bree the last couple of months, she is coming along nicely, and when it comes to trusting you Jim, i think she trusts you more than you give her credit for. right from the very start she has learned to leave her mother for a time and when you take her mother she is learning there also that she can trust you to bring her back safe and sound. Watching you interact with your horses i know those animals are well taken care of and they literally trust you with their lives right down to the young colts who haven't had as much training as Baron has but they are also younger than Barn too. I have never seen such trust in you and your ability to be the team leader in what they do. When you and your horses are in the woods they trust you without question. in the woods can be very dangerous because of bears, coyotes, wolves and such, lurking around, this could end badly for the horses, but they trust you to look after them i think they would even protect you as part of their herd. I used to think the horses were put under a lot of stress going to take part in horse pulls, but i have had a change of heart on the subject. some people are in it for the money the prestige but i know you do quit your horses when you feel they have had enough. You do that when your in the woods too all day. when they go up hills with a load you stop your horses so they can take a rest stop before continuing. there are some jerks in things like competitions but the ones you go too the owners of the other competitors have a comradery and they also know when their horses have had enough too this is something not all horse owners have and will push their horses so hard that they break down and then ship them off to a horse auction and put into a truck heading for slaughter. that to me is unacceptable horse ownership. a lot of people have no horse sense what so ever. You have the best kind Jim you look after your horses well without treats and you give them days off when you have most of the chores done on the farm or in the woods and helping Abby with her house so i do not have a problem with horse pulls. Like all sports there are jerks and then there are true horse man and you sir are a true horseman. God bless you. Hi Brenda i hope you enjoyed your grandsons they are going back to school soon so we wont be able to spend as much time with them, before we know it they are graduating high school and off to college or University. I have two beautiful grand Daughters and as much as they run me raged i love every moment i spend with them, time is precious. I hope you and your family are doing well say hi to Abby and Trudy, I hope we get to see her before she also has to go back to school with the little ones again. God bless you both its always great to see you both.

You did a good job at the horse pull by quitting there at the end knowing the horses had enough I always enjoy horse pulls brings back memories from my childhood thanks jim

I always found that leading them up a step first. Before asking them to step off really worked well. Maybe too well. Had one Gilly climb the two flights of stairs to our apartment over our business! One set was a double set on the outside of the building. I backed her down the inside stairs, and took her out through the front door of the business. I put a horse proof latch on the gate after that.

IT'S A FUN DAY AND BREE IS REALLY DOING GREAT SHE IS JUST BEAUTIFUL AND JIM YOU ARE A GREAT TEACHER THANK YOU FOLK'S FOR SHARING

I am very envious of your ability to go into the woods in the middle of summer. Here in northern Ohio on the shores of Lake Erie- it would be a death sentence. The mosquitos and deer flies eat us alive!!! I hate even making hay close to the woods. The 1st 10 rows along the woods are like running the gauntlet.

Surprised to see bree so calm with the kids, who had a lot of fun on the farm 😅

Oh my the energy. So cute

What adorable grandsons you have! At that age, I would be joining them running on top of the round bales. Looked like fun.

Beautiful time withJim and Brenda and Bree and the twograndsons.....no..it was not too long watching for me on the stairs...

Thank you for another great video always enjoy them Jim. Missed you Brenda. I’m sure Bree will do well with steps very soon.

Good learning session for all. Bree and viewers. not all lessons are totally productive the way we want and patience is a virture. thanks for sharing. ECF

Nice work blend, grandsons, Bree , logging, 🤔 narrow front steps 🤭 oh well nice Video 👍👀

Went to a horse pull once, and watched these Percherons. So beautiful, but the owner only pushed them so far, ending on a good note!

Oh I loved loved loved this! Wow so good to see actual true training just building trust one block at. A time

Bree knew that she did not have enough space to go off the porch and step on that piece just below it. The angle was completely wrong. Smart girl!

I wonder if Bree just couldn't see front steps well enough looking down from porch. She did try stepping down a couple times but pulled back .. other steps brighter plus have bright side rail. I think she trusts you very much but just can't see that dark step? Thanks much .. all very interesting and lovely. Such beautiful boys too :)

Love the video,, not boring,,,

Hello Jim, When I lived in Alaska, I went to see the start of the Iditarod in Wasilla. The dogs were barking with so much excitement. They are bred for this activity just as your horses are bred for logging. You did a good job explaining, but you can’t get through to people who do not understand and do not want to explore the history of draft horses being bred for this task. If you were hurting the horses in any way, I would be the first to object.

So beautiful grand children!! And Bree...🥰

THANKS FOR SHARE'IN ALWAYS LOVE WATCH'IN . GOD BLESS..!!

Appreciate all your video sharing ,thank you both!

The step drill I've seen done with railroad ties; foot control drills make getting in and out of the horse trailer far easier.

I like horse pulls!!!!

Good farmer,respect from Poland😊

I'm enjoying your videos very much. Seeing the Maple logs reminded me of our trip to Sebring, Florida this past January. We visited Highlands Hammock State Park. Deep in this very lush forest I was very surprised to see Red, or what we sometimes call here, soft maple growing happily standing along with Bald Cypress in two feet of water year round. I guess that is why they are sometimes called swamp maples. Also I have two 12 inch Bald Cypress in my back yard here in Western N.Y. that I planted. There is another much larger Cypress in our town. Thank you for sharing these wonderful videos.

It seems to me that Bree was leery of stepping on that paving even when coming from the other side. For some reason that seems to be creepy for her, and perhaps the dark colour of the steps means she can't gauge their depth (or even where their edges are?) well enough to feel confident about stepping down onto them from the porch. Kudos once again to Jim for not making an issue of it and forcing her to obey. She'll get there with more of the same gentle handling and guidance.

Great video start to finish your grandsons are so cute and well behaved. Bree is such a smart filly, she will learn so much as time goes on❣️