In this video (filmed almost entirely by Barry!) watch as young Clydesdale X stallion, Harvey - see his full training video from the other week - learns 'the logging job' under the watchful eye of Barry, whilst being handled by Rhi, who although has half a lifetime of work with horses and has done plenty of forestry before, has never had the chance to combine the two until now.

Barry talks about logging in general, training a horse for a new job and the safety and importance of basic groundwork commands for use when the horse is to be left entirely alone and at a distance. He also discusses bonding with the horse as an important part of working together as a team and how the horse's confidence in himself and his handler is essential for a good, safe working partnership.

Harvey is now home and working for his owner's agricultural forestry company, in situations where the woodland may be particularly sensitive to machinery, or else the landowner may have a preference for having their land worked by horses.

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