[michaelk]

Yeah thanks anyway. There are 2 loggers each an hour away in opposite directions I will call when I get a chance. There was a fellow here in town but as far as I know he doesn’t do much more than drink beer anymore. Maybe I’ll do it myself! Thanks for the response anyway and good to hear you’re busy!
Mike

[michaelk]

Thanks for the response everyone. The beginnings of this for me will primarily be working my own property for a while getting experience, knowledge, and a feel for working with horses in the woods. Our property was logged very hard in 1960 and the result is too many trees trying to grow. Most of what I cut is firewood to thin out the future sawlogs and sugarbush, so a single draft pony would work quite well I believe. I know of a fellow about an hour away who logs with horses and I’ll be contacting him soon to inquire on a sort of internship. A local farm has a team of belgian/haflinger crosses and they are apparently quite a handful. They came from amish background and you can tell they were minimally trained and probably worked quite hard. I’m confident I won’t end up with such a cluster as I have a fairly good idea of what to look for in terms of temperment and training. I am certainly open to a cross breed and actually have more concern for personality and conviction than breed. Our ‘best’ dogs have always been mutts and I believe ‘best’ horses can be too. Anyway, thank you all for your response.

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