Teaming Up: Bethel Man Trains Rescued Draft Horses
Bethel — A drizzly morning last week found Carl Russell at Stitchdown Farm, ready to trim his new draft horses’ hooves. He whistled, and Tom and Mike jogged up to him. But the animals, recently rescued from a Massachusetts farm, were boisterous, jostling one other and darting around the paddock. “You’re full of beans today,” Russell said before ducking into the barn. He wouldn’t chase them — the attention would reward their behavior,...
