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We are continually adding videos of various lengths to our show on YouTube. Below is our schedule for posting both new shows and suggestions for rewatching classic episodes. When you visit us on YouTube, help support our channel by hitting the “subscribe” button! We have also started posting shows on the free online streaming channel, Canyon Star TV.
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| April 5 |
16-up Mule Mule Hitch — A group of mule skinners and teamsters bring their mules and expertise to practice putting together a 16-mule hitch to be driven with a jerk line for the June 12-14 Trailblazer Days in Thermopolis, Wyo.Â
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| April 12 | Suffolk Training Part 1 — Ralph Rice begins a training regimen with a 2-year-old and yearling Suffolks to make them his go-to team for the forseeable future. He introduces the youngsters to a variety of equipment and tasks. | |
| April 17 | Bonus Footage, Pt. 1 — Here’s some bonus footage we shot while visiting Taylor Johnson as he thinned a woodlot near Springbrook, Wisconsin, with his Norwegian Fjord, Oley. | |
| April 19 | Suffolk Training Part 2 — Ralph Rice continues his training of his young Suffolk team and explains his philosophy for working with young horses. | |
| April 21 | Bonus footage: Taylor Johnson Pt 2 — This video is our second of three bonus episodes from the time we spent with Taylor Johnson in the woods in the summer of 2025. It is rough, unedited footage that didn’t make it into the full episode. | |
| April 26 | Tips from Donn Part 1 — Donn Hewes explains how he hooks and uIn the first of a series of videos about working a horse powered farm, Donn Hewes talks about bridles, how to put them on, what kind of bit to use, and the difference between an open bridle and one with blinders.. | |
| Taylor Johnson: Original Show — Here’s the original show we posted with Taylor where he is thinning the trees for a landowner wishing to promote wildlife. The harvested timber will be used for pulpwood. Taylor shows us a young Fjord horse he has recently started in the woods. | ||
| May 3 | Draft Animal Power Network SE Teamster Gathering — Footage and interviews we shot at the 2026 Draft Animal Power Network Regional Field Day held at the Shaker Village near Harrodsburg, Kentucky. We visit with several participants and event organizers about their work and animals, and film them plowing and skidding firewood. | |
| May 10 | The Kassine: An Innovative New Tool! — During the 2026 Regional Draft Animal Network Teamster Gathering, Georges Gawinowski demonstrated the innovative toolbar implement developed by Promata in France, called the Kassine, which is available now in the U.S. | |
| May 17 | Hooking and Unhooking Safely with Donn Hewes — Donn Hewes demonstrates the steps he follows and teaches for hooking and unhooking safely on the farm. | |
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Harnessing and Hooking with Western Style Harness — Donn Hewes takes us to Kingbird Farm near Berkshire, New York, where Michael, Karma, & Rosemary Glos raise organic farm products using draft animal power. A few weeks ago we showed you how Donn harnesses and hooks with a D-Ring harness. At the Glos farm, he and Michael show us how to do it with a western-style harness, sometimes called a belly backer or box breeching Harness. | |
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