I’m looking for a logging horse NY or VT

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  • February 10, 2009 at 11:18 pm #40186
    ADKLogger
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    I run a wilderness retreat in the Adirondack Mtns, and I am looking for a horse trained to work in our wood lot. This horse must be good around chainsaws, and have the ability to pull fairly large logs from the woods. The horse should be good with the farrier and of fairly quiet temperment.
    If you have such an animal and live in NY or VT please contact me at 518-623-9917. or email me at director@dippikill.com.

    February 11, 2009 at 12:15 pm #49861
    Gabe Ayers
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    ADKLogger,

    I suspect it will be harder to find someone that can work such a horse safely – than to find a horse that has this kind of experience in their background.

    Horses are so cheap now that it will be easy to find one that has some experience, but having a horseman to work them will be very important. Who will work this horse in the woods?

    Maybe you have gotten some contact by now and we wish you good luck, let us know how it goes please.

    February 25, 2009 at 3:51 am #49862
    ADKLogger
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    After evaluatin what we were looking for I came to the conclusion that I probably was not going to find the perfect horse just waiting to be bought by me. Anybody would be foolish to sell such a horse. So I looked more closely at my criteria to see which ones I could adapt and which ones I could not. This has made it much easier to find horses to look at, and I believe that I may have found a great horse which was younger than I started out looking for, as well as a little larger than I wanted, and definately without the specific skills for logging that I wanted, but I believe it has happened. I will keep you posted.

    Thanks for everything and I am looking forward to becoming a more integral part of this community.

    March 2, 2009 at 2:34 pm #49863
    ADKLogger
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    Thanks everybody. I believe I have the horse that will work for us. He is a 5 yr old Percheron Gelding, broke for driving and general farm work. We have used him in the woods several times alreadly and he seems to be working out just fine. And seems to meet all of our criterion, except he is younger thatn we were originally looking for.:)

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