Brenda, after Earl had his moment of unease with the shafts. You went to his head and gave him a rub and pat. He really calmed down from there. Jim isn't the only one doing great with the colts. All your time brushing is also building a good relationship. Respect to all you both do.

Thank you Jim for talking to Earl and petting him when he does good😊

I just found you! Great ❣ I really want to thank the person who is doing the video! You really are great at getting what needs to be seen and how to follow a horse and driver!

I whole heartedly agree with Jim, I’d rather an animal get shocked, scared or anything rather than hit by a car. My blue tick thought he’d say “hi” to the horses eating next to an e-fence, he got snapped, he howled for a 1/4 mile all the way to the front porch where he stayed for the next 8 hrs. That dog hasn’t crossed a fence line or roadway in 9 years. I’m ok with that.

Lady looks into the camera, priceless

Love Earl, he's a unit! Such a strong arched neck, he's very impressive!

Well done Earl. He is certainly in capable hands with Brenda and Jim. Lady looks good.

I didn't realize how beautiful Earl is until today, seeing him work alone!

Hi Brenda and Jim. I think Pansy will catch on to the grass eating after she spends some time with horses and cows who eat it. She just doesn't know ❤Earl did awesome for his first time alone. Nice to see a horse still listening when very nervous about a new situation. Keep up the good work 😊

Thank you Jim and Brenda. The Suffolk Punch are really a good breed.

A lot of learning and encouraging today. Pansy eating grass and an electric fence. Earl is building confidence and patience. And as always Jim teaches us how and where to start. Brenda you're getting all fancy with your editing and such. I love the horse clopping down the black top. We've all learned a lot. Thank you so very much for inviting us into your everyday living. So glad you started this channel.

Good to see Earl do so well🙌🏼Congratulations Madeline🎉👍🏼👏So glad Pantsy has started too eat grass and has a friend👏 I see there is so much Benifits of teaching them to a team first👍🏼 Wish I was able to have teammate for my guy, but circumstances prevented it. Awaiting anxiously for Lady to have her foal, hope it is another filly,🤠🇨🇦

I enjoyed the crunching sounds from Pansy and her young friend. So happy to see her enjoying the grass. ❤

Great to hear a "Newfie" won the weight contest !! Great Video Jim.

❤Earl doing good when he's not in comfort zone,them young horses are going to be great, from what I've seen, they stay pretty darn calm

Thank you so much I will wear my hat with pride .my husband and I watch your videos all the time and look forward to each and every one.I’m from Carmanville, Newfoundland box 121,

Love your videos and enjoy watching them. May the lord bless and protect you and the horses and working with the horses

Good boy, Earl!! He did very good being single hitch! One thing for sure, he doesn't have Baron's beautiful prance though! He and Duke are just as handsome as their brother and half-brother, Baron, though! Poor Pansy, she looked so lonesome. I'm glad you put a steer with her the second day! She even began eating grass by watching him eat!! I think she will fair better being with your other cows! I was surprised Lady hadn't gained more weight. She actually looks bigger this pregnancy than she did with Bree. I'm anxious to see if Bree gets a baby brother or sister!!!!!🥰

So close! 2lbs away. Happy for the winner. Can’t wait to see ladies foal when it gets here.

excellent ! Earl did so well and has a great teacher.

Great job Earl 👏 👏👏 Jim you always do a great job in training your horse's as they all work well with one another. Pansy just needed company not to feel lonely. She will now be just fine with a steer along side her. God bless you Jim and Brenda..

Even though I’ve been around horses all my life, it still amazes me how much control we have of them or the potential harm they could do. Horses have so much trust in us. Great video, thank you.

Jim, Brenda said about how nervous earl was when first put in the shafts but then settled down. I think his ability to calm down comes from working with other horses plus his trust in his trainer. You're ability to train and bring on a new horse takes a lot of insight and understanding.

Well done, Earl! And Pansy, too! 💛

I thought Earl acted like he was a little confused when you were first trying to hook him to the cart. He acted like he wasn't sure which side of the shaft he was to be on, and there were two of them to boot. Another interesting video. Thank you

Wow it's going to be hard to pick a favorite from here on. Earl is doing so well.

Well done lovely to watch you show your experience with your horses and patience.

🧐 Liked the training sessions particularly horse also cow , does require patience 👏👍

Congratulations on Earl doing such a fine job. Yay Pansy, for finally actually grazing on the grass. Brenda, I see you have many dandelions in bloom. Have you ever tried making dandelion jelly? It's very nice.

Congrats to Madeline from New Foundland Canada!!😄

I am always impressed at how you work with your horses so well. “Jim the horse whisperer.” Well you sure keeping good shape with all the work you do every day. And hey, Brenda is fabulous to keep walking with you and the horses doing her filming.

It's so cool to see her eating grass the first time

like many I guessed too high on Lady's weight. Earl doing well, it is due to great horsemanship. Well done Jim, thanks for the video Brenda.

Earl is doing fantastic, especially with Mr. S.Nudnik running around him!

Lol Brenda!! "Don't be so happy about it"!! 😂

I’m gonna say I’m sorry upfront. I feel really sad for Pansy. She just looks so lost.

I would say this was a very successful all round video 😊 Earl did really well he really did.Pansy eats grass,and you had a winner on Lady's weight and doesn't Lady look well,being in foal dose suite her she's very maternal and contented.Great all round video thankyou for sharing dear friends ❤

Homestead Horsemanship mention you on his channel tell how good you are and he is just learning how to care for and train his Clydesdale .he is hoping to talk to you some day. All the KZfaq videos that i watch I love your the most. keep the good work up

It is all about trust Jim gives them confidence and you as well Ms Brenda ! They aim to please! When they understand what you want. You and Jim are so kind ,patient and consistent with these animals. It is spiritual to see. Thank for sharing this content.

Quite an event filled video today. Glad to see Pansy eating grass. I wonder if she wonders why she waited so long to enjoy that lush green feed. Will it increase her milk production? And Earl is doing so well. It's obvious that your experience with training horses really makes a big difference in how well they do. It's curious that none of the horses seem to react with Skippy running all around them now. I've seen riding horses react badly when strange dogs bark at them on a trail ride. Well, another fine video.

That Earl is going to be a beautiful creature on your cutter. like Baron is or was last winter.

Lady how are you doing ? we wait....

Looks like you have made that old cow very happy giving her a young friend to hang out with. She really needs to be around her own kind as cows are a social animal.

Guessing your horse's weight or the date of Ladies birth, is why I never play the lottery.

Thanks for the insight on Duke

Ya to Newfoundland from New Brunswick Canada

Earl did great! especially outside. Ours are usually started inside and usually have to have two people most times, I'm talking about our other horses the saddlebreds. I watch all the videos and never miss. I just have one thing I wish you could do and I know Jim could do it. Could you teach Skippy to stay out and away from the road. If he were to get killed I could hardly stand it. I love that little guy. Thank you for listening. God Bless.

I have seen a video on Facebook in the Netherlands, a big Dutch draft horse the Roan bay kind, in pasture and the farmer gave the commands from the side of the pasture, left, right, stop, trot and he did! Without a bridle or even a halter. I wanted to share this with you guys it was so cool 😎

So much of Earl's lesson looked just like my weekend working with Pearl and Ruby my 4yo Percheron fillies. They've been working as a team and mixed with other older horses, both sides of the pole, and are quite calm and confident with a teammate. Ruby seems to be comfortable in the shafts after just one day. Pearl is catching on after two days. Other than time and miles, do you have any suggestions to help a young horse grow more confident and less nervous when working or driving single? I watch every video and all of your advice and ideas are greatly appreciated! 👍😎👍

Good job Early-bird!

Love your tie stalls and watering system . Pansy has hit the dairy cow jackpot on your farm . The ear tag gone and the one on one handeling , Pansy will just thrive . Who milks Pansy if you must go away . William I presume . Trudy or Abby maybe ? Got to be home for evening milking . We milked 5am and 5 pm , 7 days a week . Brenda better you than me . I don't miss milking cows .😊😊😊

Well I was way off. lol Congrats to the individual who won.

The place for the whip is called a "Whip Socket"!

Wow what an incredible video. Thank You both so very much!

Very, very good observations, Brenda. Probably 90% of keeping out of trouble with horses is self control, keeping your own emotions in check, not panicking when the horses panic, being the calm place in the storm they can depend on and turn to when they are scared. They don't want to be scared. They want a port in the storm where they don't need to be scared. You also need self control in order to keep working to get them back under control, and not give up and let it happen. If you keep fighting to maintain or regain control, most of the time you will succeed. If you drop your hands, you can end up in a world of hurt. Years ago I was breaking a half Arab half/Shetland pony for a friend. He'd had an accident in a cart years before, not hooked to the cart but got caught up in it in a field, and he was quite afraid of carts. As we were turning a corner, a wheel came off the cart and he totally lost it and took off. My passenger in the cart started screaming and everyone around me started yelling, but I tuned them all out and just got busy fighting to regain control. I got control of him within a few strides and got him stopped with no one hurt, but we did bend the metal cart shafts to about 45 degrees straight up in the air. No matter, I had a cob-size spring wagon, so we drove him in that thereafter, and he wasn't afraid of it. He ended up being a really nice driving pony, 13:2 hands, dapple grey, really pretty and really dependable. Earl is doing very well. He wasn't bothered at all by the shafts, but he has had a pole on either side, so the only thing new is having a shaft on each side at the same time. Bentwood shafts would help, because they are closer to four feet apart at the back rather than two or three, but horses can work fine in straight shafts. They just need to learn it. One of the reasons I don't consider any horse fully broke until they can ride and drive is because of all they learn from being in shafts. A saddle horse learns to cross his feet and side pass very well from being driven. They learn to be more agile and more aware of where they are in space, much more mindful and smart, from working in shafts. Getting a horse who is broke to drive to do a perfect 30 meter circle is no big deal, they are used to being limited and not falling in on a circle. Horses that are only broke to ride miss so much, and their owners miss so much. I do notice that Earl is a bit of a looky-loo about whatever is on the ground. He spooked that one time about the marks on the ground when you had harrowed the driveway, and I think the reason he kicked into low gear today was the puddles in the driveway. That said, if slowing down to look at puddles is the only problem you have the first time you put him in a cart, that is phenomenal and abnormal. Most horses are not quite this easy. One thing I fear is that your viewers will think this is normal, and get discouraged or afraid if it doesn't go this well with their own horses. Most horses take more repetition and more patience than this to get them started. Glad to see Pansy finally grazing. I guess the spring grass really shows the difference in climate between you and us. Around here, horses will founder in a heartbeat in the spring grass, and they balloon up to rolling fat. Most of the horses around here are wearing muzzles right now.

I couldn't help see the similarity between how God deals with us & how Jim was allowing Pansy to go toward the boundary & get zapped to teach her what will happen when she steps outside the boundary. Boundaries keep us safe from things that bring death and destruction. Just like that road would cause sweet little Pansy much harm. So while I'm with you Brenda about Jim not having to like seeing Pansy get zapped, Jim I can see how while it doesn't necesaarily bring you joy, you do like that it helps Pansy stay safe. Sorry if my little lesson is too much, just couldn't resist after seeing the clear example. I'd rather learn boundaries without getting zapped, but hey, whatever it takes to keep me safe.

Praying for a good foal

There's nothing wrong with a little snap on the butt with the lines, It's not like you're beating them! My dad snapped my butt a few times with the lines, and straightened me up! The old cow just needed a mentor!

they all looks so healthy

hey!! First one here!! good luck Lady!

I am beaming for first time in single mode.

Very good video. Thank you for sharing. Enjoyed all parts of it.🐴🐂

Jim, you have a good sense of humor, 😅 a young stock may teach a thing or two (have to eat grass)

EARL

Hey Jim and Brenda, I was only 96 lbs. too high my estimate on Lady's present weight. But I was pleased to hear that a Lady from Newfoundland Canada which part of the Atlantic Provinces of Canada and I hail from New Brunswick. Jim your really making progress on driving Earl single in the cart. It's so great to follow your training style with your calm approach , Backed up with your low key voice commands .Such as Careful Step, Gee and Yaw and of course the important one Whoa !!! At the end of the video it was obvious you had made a lot of progress with Earl today as he was quietly driving along the road like a good potential driving draft horse returning with William from your neighbor Andy's Place. In my own later years of training and driving younger horses in a high wheeled cross country cart . I harnessed and hitched up mostly working by myself . So i employed your method of tying the horse to the hitch rail outside the barn and then I brought the cart to horse. When i picked up the cart by the shaves the shaves were already approximately 3& 1/2 ft. above the ground and I was able to easily pull the cart forward with one hand and easily guide the shave through the shave loop on the harness followed by the hold back strap that I fed through under side ring on the shave. When I was ready I release the snap on the hitching rail and quickly gathered up my lines and quickly climbed aboard the cart and asked the horse to stand for couple of minutes before asking it to move. Sorry about the long winded comments. But this is why I enjoy and find "WORRKING HORSES WITH JIM "\so entertaining.

Great instructional video. Brenda, you sure do a good job of videoing.

Earl is a beauty and did fairly well… I’m glad to see pansy has a choice to graze on grass if she wants with the little area you made for her, she doesn’t even know what to do, a little sad but she’ll come around 😊

The baby goats learn this way too.

I didn't try to guess Lady's weight but she does look in fine condition.

Congratulations Madeline

He’s a good boy

Very, very interesting. Could you talk about the difference in temperament and learning between the three Suffolk please.

Can You hand feed a handful of grass to Pansy to get her started eating grass?

If Miss Pansy succeeds with grazing grass you’ll have more cream. Yum!

Skippy “King of the log 🪵 pile!”… lookin good!

This is a very good an awesome video 🎉🎉

Have you picked grass and put it in her feed bucket inside to get her to taste it?

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I enjoy watching you work your horses as much as you enjoy doing it. Is there anyway you could give the size of the shutters on your house. My wife wants some. Thank you. Jesus loves you all.

Great video ❤❤❤

Great video !

Are you seeing any honeybees on the Dandelion blossoms? They should be out collecting Pollen & Nectar, if a colony is in the area.

It looks like she is on her way.

3:19 ❤❤❤❤

How about scattering hay on top of the grass? She would get grass with the hay. Just small piles in that little pen

I bet Duke and Earl will be sold!

A hat!!! Maybe Jim could use a decent hat?

Brenda,,noticed your garden has not been plowed yet.

Thankyou .this is wonderfull .yhe closes thing ill get yo drive a horse .You dhoe thete is so much patience and yime in training at yhe end you seid no or was it hoe . I didnt hear well . It was realy nice to watch . Lady looks so healthy . Pansie is funny . Was she indoors all yhe yime ?? .poor girl . Shes in good hands .

WHOO HOO Canada, my guess was 1821...When guessing a lady's weight you should always go light LOL

Pansy looks healthier now ..

Brenda how do you pasteurize your milk?

Hi I Duke would make a good milkman horse slow but sure, he started a bit like Baron, but went back to his slow ways 😊

I know that overchecks have a long tradition in the US, even for workhorses, but they are not really necessary. They are not used in many countries and the horses work just as well.

Hi Jim, as a Ex Dairyman/stockman in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇬🇧 , would you not try to scythe some fresh grass in front of cow to learn her and encourage to graze of grass.

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Did you all get to see or film any of the northern lights?

I wonder if you put pansy out with the cattle would that work

I see you still have dandelions. In NE Ohio our dandelions usually die out by May 1. I was wondering when this video was actually filmed?

If the cow does not eat grass, I would think that would keep parasites out of the milk.