[Lane Linnenkohl]

@longshot38 21447 wrote:

if i were down that way i’d jump all over it. have you had any offers yet, looks fantastic.

too far away dean.

I have had some serious interest, but as of now the farm is still for sale.

[Lane Linnenkohl]

Hi Vicki. Nope, I don’t have any Dexters left. I sent you a couple of emails.

[Lane Linnenkohl]

@dlskidmore 19831 wrote:

Unfortunately we’ll be looking in a very small radius around hubby’s existing career… Looks lovely!

Thank you.

[Lane Linnenkohl]

Moving back to NE Illinois to be closer to family. I have found a small farm to rent up there so I’ll keep farming and working horses.

[Lane Linnenkohl]

Some photos posted here:

http://smallfarmopportunity.webs.com/

[Lane Linnenkohl]

@jac 15433 wrote:

I thought the belly band was ment to pass through the loop on the end of the martingale ?? it may be just the way it looked on my tiny screen but I thought it was hanging right over the belly band.
John

That’s just your basic western brichen harness. It doesn’t have a martingale.

The quarterstraps are too lose for my taste, but I’m sure someone could come up with criticism of my harness as well.

[Lane Linnenkohl]

That makes me sick.

[Lane Linnenkohl]

unfortunately, it didn’t. We picked a time based on availability of our friends to help, so the scheduled day wasn’t the best. A Thursday between the holidays. I did have interest, but no takers in the end. Then that turns out to have worked out because our friends ended up catching a virus over the holidays and weren’t able to make it out.

The hog still breathes, and we’re scheduling by the seat of our pants, which is why we haven’t re-advertised it. Our plan right now is to video the butchering, edit it down, and make it available for sale in DVD format.

[Lane Linnenkohl]

Being a living historian, and using my horses in my demonstration, I’ve been looking at tack history for quite a while.

Hame covers seem to really become popular in the 1800’s in America. Where I first see them show up is on freighters and commercial haulers. The early Conestoga waggoners liked to dress up their teams with fancy harness using wide leather straps, hame covers and bells, and their wagons with showy iron work. The hame covers seem to have come about for two reasons, 1. to protect the hames and collars from the dust and grime generated from early dirt roads, and 2. a way to dress up the harness and appearance of the outfit.

[Lane Linnenkohl]

Wonderful!

[Lane Linnenkohl]

There are still hands on and observer slots available.

[Lane Linnenkohl]

Thank you Carl. We’re looking forward to it.

[Lane Linnenkohl]

I second what Don said. If you can have an experienced person with you the first time or two in harness, it’ll do a lot for your confidence.

[Lane Linnenkohl]

@Jean 11148 wrote:

DBF – NEVER would be the answer. He would get driven 1 or 2 times a week. Never very hard. Maybe in the winter when he was pulling the sleigh, but with the wheels on the cart he has had a simple work load with me. I did not trot him more then a couple of yards at any given time.

I know what you are thinking and I am not going to say you are anything but right. He needs to turn the color of sweat and if he was somewhere with someone that could make that happen he would not be a problem horse. However he is with me and I have been learning as I go and I was not ready myself to get that out of him. We may be the classic green with green.

Jean

I appreciate your honesty.

My opinion, for what it’s worth… If you want this horse to be more than a pasture ornament, you need a heavy sled, something with a wide base that won’t flip and good seat that you can stay in. Then drive him on that sled every day for minimum of 30 days. Don’t skip a day for the first 14. Make him tired, so tired he forgets who he is. Then keep going. Don’t take him home until he can whoa and stand quietly. Then walk home at your pace. If after 30 to 45 days your problem hasn’t vastly improved, then find ya a new horse.

By the way, you don’t have to be an experienced teamster to do this, just more stubborn than the horse. If your schedule can’t commit the 30 days to this horse, then you need to move on and find an older, well broke, calm horse.

[Lane Linnenkohl]

Jean, if you don’t mind me asking, how often does this horse get worked? And I don’t mean driven around the ring, I mean until he has sweat dripping off his belly.

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