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Bienvenue, t’es ou au Quebec?

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Nice team!

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Nice looking animals!

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I don’t have a lot of experience but I’ve found that if you can keep them at a walk from the start and not let them trot at all they get used to it after a while. I’ve got one horse that stays pretty quiet until he has to pull hard and then wakes right up and is a bit of work to hold back.

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Love to get it, getting anxious.

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I usually aim for 8 weeks but have gone as far as ten. I once had to put it off longer than usual and cracked a heal. Won’t do that again.

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The D-ring helps to keep your traces pulling square on your collar regardless of how high your whippletree is off the ground.
Chris F.

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No I bought the harness second hand as is. I’m sure it wouldn’t be a really expensive conversion to do though. Here in Quebec D-ring harness is pretty hard to find. It seems it used to be really popular but I guess people got away with it as horses started to be used more for pleasure than work.

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I use a D-ring harness with a belly backer system. It keeps my traces pulling good and square on my collars regardless of how high my whippletrees are and I don’t need jockey yokes. However it doesn’t take any of the pole weight off the horse’s neck. Maybe this would be a good option for you.

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Hey Stephanie I’m in Rawdon Quebec, I use my horses as much as I can both in the field and in the bush and am working towards buying a farm with the intention of cutting the hours of the real job, and increasing the horse work. I’d like to know if you find out about anything horse related events this side of the border. Good luck. Chris chrisfalle@hotmail.com.

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My rack is only held from moving forward and backwards with pieces in front of the front bunk and behind the rear. I have a small chain tied loosely from hooks on the rack to the end of the bunks that allow it to move somewhat independantly from the rest of the sleigh and keep the rack on if the sleigh upsets.

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Yes I bought two, one off the shelf with no smell and one ordered that smelt like a wet dirty dog. I figured maybe it had got wet or something but maybe not.

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I live i Rawdon Quebec and I’d like to eventually work at least part time with my horses. I have not decided if that would be in the bush or farming. Wood is pretty much worthless these days around here so starting to log with horses isn’t too interesting. The price of farmland is going up all the time and has hit as much as 6000$ an acre for quality land which makes it very hard to get startred as well. For right now it’s more of a long term plan but the sooner I could make it work the better.

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I’m 24. I bought percheron 4 years ago traded for my belgian after a year and bought a second belgian this year. I’ve always been interested in hitching horses so When I bought my house and had room to keep horses I bought one. For now, due to a lack of land and to much work I don’t use them as much as I’d like but I’m hoping to buy some farm land and some bush in the next few years. For the time being I can work them on my uncles farm. I’ve had them on the side rake, the plow, the discs and the binder. If times got hard there would be a lot of things to get sold off before the horses.

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I’d try clear l.e.d.’s off of big trucks. They’re quite a bit more expensive but If I’m not mistaken they draw a lot less power. You can get 4” rounds and 2”x4″ ovals that I have seen.

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