Skidding firewood with Will and Abe

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  • August 28, 2011 at 12:58 am #43009
    Tim Harrigan
    Participant

    Great weather here in Michigan today. Had a great day ground skidding with Will and Abe.

    August 28, 2011 at 4:11 pm #68924
    oxdrover7
    Participant

    Awesome video Tim! The music was great!

    Matt, Zac & Zane

    August 28, 2011 at 5:58 pm #68918
    CharlyBonifaz
    Member

    great to watch! thank you

    August 29, 2011 at 6:01 pm #68913
    Scott G
    Participant

    Very nice, Tim!

    August 31, 2011 at 11:55 am #68923
    Baystatetom
    Participant

    I love it. Been wanting to make my own video as a tribute to Carl’s “Behind the Lines” but you did a better job then I could have.

    August 31, 2011 at 4:29 pm #68921
    Andy Carson
    Moderator

    Thanks for the video. I really appreciate the gentle yet firm handling and it seems the oxen appreciate it too. It’s nice to get back to work when the weather cools off. Do you burn the wood yourself? It seems like you could amass a pretty big pile…

    September 2, 2011 at 11:04 pm #68917
    bivol
    Participant

    thanks Tim for making the effort to make this vid! it’s great!

    at 2:07 i thought: “the stoneboat could fit a folding chair on it!”:D

    September 7, 2011 at 5:52 pm #68915
    dominiquer60
    Moderator

    Been meaning to respond to this one for a while, Love It! Glad to see some one else using the “ready” command, I picked it up from doing a bit of agility with my dog and thought it would make a good “I need you to focus on me” command for the cattle as well.

    Erika

    September 7, 2011 at 7:01 pm #68920
    Tim Harrigan
    Participant

    I guess it helps me focus as well. 😉

    September 7, 2011 at 10:14 pm #68919
    fabian
    Participant

    I use the German word for “Attention” when starting the team or after a little bit longer time without a command.
    while pulling straight forward it seems sometimes the cows are dreaming. The word “attention” wakes them up. 🙂

    Wolfgang

    September 8, 2011 at 12:55 am #68916
    dominiquer60
    Moderator

    Wolfgang,
    Exactly! When my steers are in “park” I have 2 requirements, 1) feet don’t move 2) heads stay up (no grazing), but if their minds drift to the tractors in the distance or a bird pulling worms I don’t hold it against them while I am working on something else. The “Ready” command just lets them know that I am ready for their help again. I will let them lean into the yoke at this command but they are not to move forward with their feet until they hear a different command. I find they start a load better with this transition command too. This seems like one of those things that the books never touch on and you just learn by doing.

    September 10, 2011 at 12:33 pm #68922
    Robernson
    Participant

    Great Video!
    As a side note I like to watch videos set in the woods in different parts of the country so that I can see what they look like. I know I’m weird. =)

    September 11, 2011 at 2:08 am #68914
    J-L
    Participant

    Thanks for the video Tim. Nice job on the video and very nice job on the team.

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