Nutmeg - learning to be ponied at walk and trot, etc. - 20 May 2024
Training horses always involves some risk of injury (or even death) to the horse, the trainer, any spectators, equipment used, etc. - this risk is totally your own as you will be making your own judgements on what to do. As with any suggestions on any subject you must weigh them out for yourself and proceed accordingly - at your own risk.
Nutmeg, the 3yr old Gypsy Vanner filly/mare came into training Friday evening 17 May 2024 and her owner led her twice around the small lot fence in both directions to ensure she knew where the fence was. On Saturday 18 May 2024 I did the first training session which also included trimming her hooves. You can see that video here if you would like to - Trimming Nutmeg's hooves 18 May 2024
https://rumble.com/v4w1j2t-trimming-nutmegs-hooves-18-may-2024.html -- This video shows most of the very next training session done mounted on my mare Avi who is my helper horse. I apologize for failing to get the camera angle set optimally at the start. I ended up cutting 19 minutes and 20 seconds of video out due to that time being spent primarily where the viewer could not see what is happening. I initially worked on "controlling herd movement" which is the job of the boss mare in a herd - thus by controlling herd movement the trainee learns that you are the herd boss. This is done just as slow and calm as possible because horses like us humans learn better when we are calm and much more poorly when we are anxious. I then taught Nutmeg to pony (be led off a horse) at a walk and later in the video at a trot. And I also spent some time using a small flag to acclimate Nutmeg to being touched by something unfamiliar and also having something unfamiliar move rapidly near her on either side and on top of her. During much of the video I am too far from the mic to be heard. So ask questions if you have a question come to mind - no need to guess - just ask.
Remember to intentionally, on purpose, learn of God each day by prayerfully reading, studying, and pondering upon God's word each day. Talk to God in prayer as your Heavenly Father who would like for you to be His friend. Find out what He would like you to do for Him as His friend and go and do it for Him as His friend. Yes very intentionally, very much on purpose, become the friend of God. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
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Jewel ponying Bandit at Running Walk 15 May 2024
Jewel (TWH mare) ponying Bandit (her TWH yearling foal) at Running Walk 15 May 2024 at Waterloo Recreation Area near Grass Lake, Michigan. Rider and owner is Jack Griffiths - my friend who says his name the same way I say mine though we spell it differently.
Remember to intentionally, on purpose, learn of God each day by prayerfully reading, studying, and pondering upon God's word each day. Talk to God in prayer as your Heavenly Father who would like for you to be His friend. Find out what He would like you to do for Him as His friend and go and do it for Him as His friend. Yes very intentionally, very much on purpose, become the friend of God. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
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Trimming Nutmeg's hooves 18 May 2024
Training horses always involves some risk of injury (or even death) to the horse, the trainer, any spectators, equipment used, etc. - this risk is totally your own as you will be making your own judgements on what to do. As with any suggestions on any subject you must weigh them out for yourself and proceed accordingly - at your own risk.
Nutmeg, the 3yr old Gypsy Vanner filly arrived not quite 24 hours before this video was recorded. Per her owner she had only ever had her hooves trimmed in stocks by the Amish. He told me she definitely needed her hooves trimmed but he did not know how she would stand when not in the stocks. This video is raw and uncut showing the entire train and trim session starting from after I grabbed my farrier tools until the last hoof was trimmed. All the goofing around she did (never anything big and violent) made it take 2-3 times as long as it would have taken had she stood perfectly still and cooperatively. IF you wisely wish to teach your own horse to stand calmly and cooperatively while it is having its hooves trimmed or is being shod I outline 3 methods of training on this webpage https://griffes.tripod.com/stand.html
Remember to intentionally, on purpose, learn of God each day by prayerfully reading, studying, and pondering upon God's word each day. Talk to God in prayer as your Heavenly Father who would like for you to be His friend. Find out what He would like you to do for Him as His friend and go and do it for Him as His friend. Yes very intentionally, very much on purpose, become the friend of God. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
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Reign carrying USA flag 6 May 2024
Training horses always involves some risk of injury (or even death) to the horse, the trainer, any spectators, equipment used, etc. - this risk is totally your own as you will be making your own judgements on what to do. As with any suggestions on any subject you must weigh them out for yourself and proceed accordingly - at your own risk.
Reign, the 3 yr old TWH, was first acclimated to the flag being near her, flapping in the wind above her, and eventually actually touching her body, neck and head while saddled but in hand (me on the ground.) Then while in hand I carried the flag as a lead her around our driveway turn around loop - leading her first from the near side (left) and then next from the off side (right). I then set the flag against the picket fence - so it would not blow over - and also so after mounting I could side pass over and pick up the flag. I then carried the flag around without putting it in the flag carrier until Reign proved she was going to be civil - then set it back against picket fence. We then picked it back up and this time put it in the flag carrier attached to my right stirrup and walked around more including what was captured on video which included side passing both directions carrying the USA flag on Monday 6 May 2024.
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Reign - electric clipper training - 4 May 2024
Training horses always involves some risk of injury (or even death) to the horse, the trainer, any spectators, equipment used, etc. - this risk is totally your own as you will be making your own judgements on what to do. As with any suggestions on any subject you must weigh them out for yourself and proceed accordingly - at your own risk.
Reign is still working on completely understanding that her best choice is to stand still completely calm with her head down low enough that a person can see what they are doing while using the electric clippers on her. She is proving to be a VERY slow learner about this skill - as she has with some other skills. But I trust that once she finally figures this puzzle out she will do it well just like she has with other skills she struggled to learn but now does very well.
If you would like to teach your own horse, at your own risk, to calmly accept the electric clippers this webpage will help. https://griffes.tripod.com/Electric_Clipper_Training.html
Remember to intentionally, on purpose, learn of God each day by prayerfully reading, studying, and pondering upon God's word each day. Talk to God in prayer as your Heavenly Father who would like for you to be His friend. Find out what He would like you to do for Him as His friend and go and do it for Him as His friend. Yes very intentionally, very much on purpose, become the friend of God. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
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Colt Starting Trainer - contact me to get your horse on my waiting list
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Avi getting bridle path trimmed with electric clippers
Learn how to teach your own horse to stand calmly while being trimmed up with electric clippers here using the horse training principle called "advance and retreat" https://griffes.tripod.com/Electric_Clipper_Training.html
Remember to intentionally, on purpose, learn of God each day by prayerfully reading, studying, and pondering upon God's word each day. Talk to God in prayer as your Heavenly Father who would like for you to be His friend. Find out what He would like you to do for Him as His friend and go and do it for Him as His friend. Yes very intentionally, very much on purpose, become the friend of God. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
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Colt Starting Trainer - contact me to get your horse on my waiting list
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Slow motion team roping dummy catches
Slow motion team roping dummy catches https://rumble.com/v4t1sp6-slow-motion-team-roping-dummy-catches.html
(1) Heading catch of horns - from behind
(2) Heeling catch of both hind legs - from behind
(3) Heeling catch of both hind legs - from right side behind
The roping dummy is a RopeSteer dummy https://ropesteer.com/ we did some slight modifications on to make it pull down the gravel road better - with more ground clearance and added weight to give it less inclination to fish tail if it hit a pothole.
Remember to intentionally, on purpose, learn of God each day by prayerfully reading, studying, and pondering upon God's word each day. Talk to God in prayer as your Heavenly Father who would like for you to be His friend. Find out what He would like you to do for Him as His friend and go and do it for Him as His friend. Yes very intentionally, very much on purpose, become the friend of God. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
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Colt Starting Trainer - contact me to get your horse on my waiting list
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Reign progress test 30 April 2024
Reign, the 3yr old TWH filly, started in training on 15 March 2024 and today 30 April 2024 we are doing a bit of a progress test. Testing some of the skills she is learning. Being sent into and tail tugged out of a horse trailer. Stand-Stay for currying and saddling. Being responsible to pick up your rider. Three basic lateral movements - pass around the haunches - pass around the forehand - side pass. Four methods of working a gate - push away walk through - push away back through - pull toward walk through - pull toward back through. Checking the mail. This is a horse being started - NOT a finished horse - so she doesn't do anything perfectly - she does it like a horse that is learning. In the process of learning Reign has logged 121.4 road and trail miles while in training to date - from 15 March - 30 April 2024.
Remember to intentionally, on purpose, learn of God each day by prayerfully reading, studying, and pondering upon God's word each day. Talk to God in prayer as your Heavenly Father who would like for you to be His friend. Find out what He would like you to do for Him as His friend and go and do it for Him as His friend. Yes very intentionally, very much on purpose, become the friend of God. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
Certified Farrier accepting new clients in my core area https://griffes.tripod.com/farrier.html
Colt Starting Trainer - contact me to get your horse on my waiting list
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Reign learning to work a gate 26 April 2024
Reign the 3yr old TWH filly is learning to work a gate. She does pretty well for a beginner - doing two of the four methods - push away walk through - push away back through. Reign started in training 15 March 2024 - this video was filmed 26 April 2024.
Remember to intentionally, on purpose, learn of God each day by prayerfully reading, studying, and pondering upon God's word each day. Talk to God in prayer as your Heavenly Father who would like for you to be His friend. Find out what He would like you to do for Him as His friend and go and do it for Him as His friend. Yes very intentionally, very much on purpose, become the friend of God. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
Certified Farrier accepting new clients in my core area https://griffes.tripod.com/farrier.html
Colt Starting Trainer - contact me to get your horse on my waiting list
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2 horses send in and tail tug out repeatedly - 9 April 2024
Reign the 3 yr old TWH has largely mastered being sent in to the trailer and being tail tugged out of the trailer calmly. So today we took it up a notch and had Reign go in before Avi - then after - then before - repeatedly. So how did she do? You be the judge.
Remember to intentionally, on purpose, learn of God each day by prayerfully reading, studying, and pondering upon God's word each day. Talk to God in prayer as your Heavenly Father who would like for you to be His friend. Find out what He would like you to do for Him as His friend and go and do it for Him as His friend. Yes very intentionally, very much on purpose, become the friend of God. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
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Colt Starting Trainer - contact me to get your horse on my waiting list
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Reign picking up rider 9 April 2024
Reign, the 3yr old TWH filly had a hard time learning to pick up her rider from a raised mounting platform. So does she have it figured out now - the fifth time we have worked on it?
Remember to intentionally, on purpose, learn of God each day by prayerfully reading, studying, and pondering upon God's word each day. Talk to God in prayer as your Heavenly Father who would like for you to be His friend. Find out what He would like you to do for Him as His friend and go and do it for Him as His friend. Yes very intentionally, very much on purpose, become the friend of God. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
Certified Farrier accepting new clients in my core area https://griffes.tripod.com/farrier.html
Colt Starting Trainer - contact me to get your horse on my waiting list
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Reign - pick up your rider from a raised mounting platform - 5 April 2024
Reign has decidedly struggled with learning to pick up her rider from a raised mounting platform. Her first session, which is where most horses have the basic concept very well figured out, she never seemed to figure it out at all - ended seeming totally clueless about what was being requested. Second session she made a big step forward and yet barely started to figure it out - still not where most horses are in the middle of their first session. And in this third session she still struggled at first but then the light switch seemed to click on - like "oh, I understand what you are asking me now." So here is hoping she now is well on her way to mastering the skill of picking up your rider from a raised mounting platform.
Remember to intentionally, on purpose, learn of God each day by prayerfully reading, studying, and pondering upon God's word each day. Talk to God in prayer as your Heavenly Father who would like for you to be His friend. Find out what He would like you to do for Him as His friend and go and do it for Him as His friend. Yes very intentionally, very much on purpose, become the friend of God. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
Certified Farrier accepting new clients in my core area https://griffes.tripod.com/farrier.html
Colt Starting Trainer - contact me to get your horse on my waiting list
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Reign - send in tail tug out - 5 April 2024
Reign, the 3yr old Tennessee Walking Horse filly, has pretty well mastered being sent in to the horse trailer and being tail tugged out of the horse trailer. In this video she does it just out of the pasture - then gets saddled and does it again with full tack on. She will keep getting better and better at this skill as it is used but she has mastered the basics now.
Remember to intentionally, on purpose, learn of God each day by prayerfully reading, studying, and pondering upon God's word each day. Talk to God in prayer as your Heavenly Father who would like for you to be His friend. Find out what He would like you to do for Him as His friend and go and do it for Him as His friend. Yes very intentionally, very much on purpose, become the friend of God. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
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Reign - send in tail tug out of slots 1-4 - 1 April 2024
In this training session Reign was sent first into slot 1 (furthest forward) and tail tugged out - then slot 2 - then slot 3 - then slot 4. She has got the send in part down pretty well. She understands the tail tug back up signal but has not committed to do it a long ways - definitely better doing it just a short ways.
Remember to intentionally, on purpose, learn of God each day by prayerfully reading, studying, and pondering upon God's word each day. Talk to God in prayer as your Heavenly Father who would like for you to be His friend. Find out what He would like you to do for Him as His friend and go and do it for Him as His friend. Yes very intentionally, very much on purpose, become the friend of God. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
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Reign - send in and tail tug out of slots 2-4 - 30 March 2024
This session to advance trailer loading and unloading skill started sending Reign, the 3yr old TWH filly, into slot 2 and tail tugging her out multiple times. Then slot 3, and finally slot 4. You can see that Reign is now eager to get in the trailer and her anxiety about backing out is now barely evident.
Remember to intentionally, on purpose, learn of God each day by prayerfully reading, studying, and pondering upon God's word each day. Talk to God in prayer as your Heavenly Father who would like for you to be His friend. Find out what He would like you to do for Him as His friend and go and do it for Him as His friend. Yes very intentionally, very much on purpose, become the friend of God. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
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Two horses - send in and tail tug out - 28 March 2024
For part of Reign's training session today I sent Avi in to slot 3 in the trailer, closed the divider, then sent Reign into slot 4 (hardest one). Then I tail tugged Reign out and then voice commanded Avi out. So watch the clock and see how long it takes to load two horses and also how long it takes to unload two horses - both perfectly calmly.
Remember to intentionally, on purpose, learn of God each day by prayerfully reading, studying, and pondering upon God's word each day. Talk to God in prayer as your Heavenly Father who would like for you to be His friend. Find out what He would like you to do for Him as His friend and go and do it for Him as His friend. Yes very intentionally, very much on purpose, become the friend of God. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
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Reign - more work on send in and tail tug out - 27 March 2024
If a horse "loads and unloads well" that IMO means you send it in the trailer, it goes all the way in, you just close the divider and then when it is time to unload you unlatch the divider, grab a small bit of the tail and gently tug the tail to tell it to back out, when it gets to the edge you vocally tell it "down, down, down" so it knows when the drop off is coming and is NOT surprised by it. --- Reign, the 3yr old TWH filly, is working towards that.
Remember to intentionally, on purpose, learn of God each day by prayerfully reading, studying, and pondering upon God's word each day. Talk to God in prayer as your Heavenly Father who would like for you to be His friend. Find out what He would like you to do for Him as His friend and go and do it for Him as His friend. Yes very intentionally, very much on purpose, become the friend of God. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
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Reign - send in - tail tug out of trailer - 23 March 2024
Up until today Reign has been being led into the trailer and then backed out of the trailer while standing next to her head in the trailer. Today, to serve as a good example, I sent my mare, Avi, in to slot 3 in the 4 horse slant load trailer and closed the divider. Then I sent Reign in several times and also began to teach her to back out via a tail tug. I thought the video was running for the entire process including sending Avi in but something went awry and my bluetooth button to turn on the video did not turn it on. So once I noticed the video was not being recorded I turned it on by hand - and you see the rest of this portion of today's training work - which also included over two hours learning to stand tied calmly - and being ponied through the village of Onsted by Avi.
Remember to intentionally, on purpose, learn of God each day by prayerfully reading, studying, and pondering upon God's word each day. Talk to God in prayer as your Heavenly Father who would like for you to be His friend. Find out what He would like you to do for Him as His friend and go and do it for Him as His friend. Yes very intentionally, very much on purpose, become the friend of God. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
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Reign ponied by Avi through Onsted - 23 March 2024
This quick video was taken while riding Avi and ponying Reign through the village of Onsted in Lenawee County, Michigan. This was Reign's first time in the village. She did very well - did not really spook at anything - just very much followed Avi's lead while Avi from experience was solid. Soon enough we will see how Reign does riding solo to and through the village.
Remember to intentionally, on purpose, learn of God each day by prayerfully reading, studying, and pondering upon God's word each day. Talk to God in prayer as your Heavenly Father who would like for you to be His friend. Find out what He would like you to do for Him as His friend and go and do it for Him as His friend. Yes very intentionally, very much on purpose, become the friend of God. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
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Reign - Session 2 wrap up - trailering training - 20 March 2024
This is the wrap up of trailering training Session 2 with Reign the 3 yr old TWH filly. During this session Reign was much less resistant to coming in the trailer than she was at the beginning of session 1 and she was also much less worried about backing towards the exit as well. So she made definite improvement which suggests she is beginning to understand more fully as we work toward truly loading well by the "send in" method and truly unloading well by the "tail tug" method as demonstrated by my personal horse in this video https://rumble.com/v4kfg89-how-a-horse-should-load-and-unload-from-the-horse-trailer-avi-20-march-2024.html
Remember to intentionally, on purpose, learn of God each day by prayerfully reading, studying, and pondering upon God's word each day. Talk to God in prayer as your Heavenly Father who would like for you to be His friend. Find out what He would like you to do for Him as His friend and go and do it for Him as His friend. Yes very intentionally, very much on purpose, become the friend of God. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
Certified Farrier accepting new clients in my core area https://griffes.tripod.com/farrier.html
Colt Starting Trainer - contact me to get your horse on my waiting list
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How a horse should load and unload from the horse trailer - Avi - 20 March 2024
This is a 1 minute 8 second demo of how IMO a horse should load and unload from a slant load horse trailer OR a straight load horse trailer. By that I mean "send in" and "tail tug" to back out OR voice command to back out. I suggest tail tug to avoid having multiple horses all trying to back out when you use the voice command. Obviously this is not the starting point - rather this is to show you what it looks like when a horse is well trained to load and unload calmly on command. By seeing what it should look like you can then move in that direction by successive approximation.
This is my personal horse, Avi, doing the demo. She is a brown and white pinto half TWH who does the flat foot walk but has never offered to do the running walk, at least not thus far.
Jack Griffes
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Reign and Avi first time loose together - 15 March 2024
Reign arrived for training Friday 15 March 2024. Initially she was shown the high tensile electric fence in the small lot via walking her around the inside perimeter twice in each direction while tapping the top strand of wire with the end of the lead to make it wobble to ensure she saw it. First direction was with me closer to the fence - twice around (the leader should be in the more risky position - this makes sense to the horse.) Second time - Reign closer to the fence (because I already showed her it was safe to be near the fence wobbling about). Why both ways? - so the horse processes it with both sides of the brain via seeing it with each eye independently. Then Reign's halter was pulled off and she was allowed to graze and get used to the new place on her own for a couple of hours with Avi (my mare) across the fence from her. ---- Then I saddled up Avi, worked the gate while horseback to get in with Reign and gently herded Reign around with Avi to teach Reign that Avi and I as a team controlled her movement - in other words we taught Reign that Avi and I as a team are the boss because we control the movement of the herd. After just a few minutes of gentle herding Reign understood and I dismounted and put one of my 4 Knot halters on her with a 12 ft lead tied to it. We then moved to teaching her to pony - apparently she had been ponied before but she did not act like she understood that while being ponied her job is to keep herself in the proper position relative to the horse ponying her - which is with her head next to or very close to the rider's knee - not to lag back - not to try to get ahead. We worked on ponying both directions in the small lot until she seemed to have a basic understanding then while mounted and ponying I worked the gate to get into the front pasture. With Reign closest to the fence we then went around the inside perimeter of front and back pasture fences twice. (If we went the other way the horse doing the ponying would block her view of the fence.) We then went on a 3.4 mile trail and road ride which included a little second gait and 0.1 mile cantering while being ponied. Upon returning while I was still mounted Reign was released into the front pasture, then Avi was unsaddled and released into the front pasture. This video was started just a few seconds after Avi was released. It shows the first time Reign and Avi are loose together.
Remember to intentionally, on purpose, learn of God each day by prayerfully reading, studying, and pondering upon God's word each day. Talk to God in prayer as your Heavenly Father who would like for you to be His friend. Find out what He would like you to do for Him as His friend and go and do it for Him as His friend. Yes very intentionally, very much on purpose, become the friend of God. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
Certified Farrier accepting new clients in my core area https://griffes.tripod.com/farrier.html
Colt Starting Trainer - contact me to get your horse on my waiting list
https://griffes.tripod.com/startright.html
Constitution Coach
Freedom is the cure - Learn, Love, Live the Principles of Liberty https://griffes.tripod.com/Learn-Founding-Principles.html .
How did your federal and State reps and senators vote in relation to the Constitution they are oath bound to defend and uphold?
https://thefreedomindex.org/ .
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Avi is my helper horse take two 6 Feb 2024
Avi is my 9yr old half TWH mare. She is my helper horse - helping me with many jobs. In this video she is helping me with firewood. It is too muddy to use a tractor because of the deep ruts the tractor would leave. So we use REAL horsepower instead.
Remember to read, study, and ponder upon God's word each day and also pray each day to find out what God needs you to do today and then do it. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
Certified Farrier accepting new clients in my core area https://griffes.tripod.com/farrier.html
Colt Starting Trainer with a waiting list
https://griffes.tripod.com/startright.html
Constitution Coach
Freedom is the cure - Learn, Love, Live the Principles of Liberty https://griffes.tripod.com/Learn-Founding-Principles.html .
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Avi is my helper horse 3 Feb 2024
Avi, my 9yr old half TWH mare, is my helper horse. She helps me do a LOT of different things. On 3 Feb 2024 she helped me haul firewood logs - first pulling them out of a small ravine. Then once loaded on a wood runnered sled she pulled them nearly a half mile home. Praise God from whom all blessings flow!!
Remember to intentionally, on purpose, learn of God each day by prayerfully reading, studying, and pondering upon God's word each day. Talk to God in prayer as your Heavenly Father who would like for you to be His friend. Find out what He would like you to do for Him as His friend and go and do it for Him as His friend. Yes very intentionally, very much on purpose, become the friend of God. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
Certified Farrier accepting new clients in my core area https://griffes.tripod.com/farrier.html
Colt Starting Trainer - contact me to get your horse on my waiting list
https://griffes.tripod.com/startright.html
Constitution Coach
Freedom is the cure - Learn, Love, Live the Principles of Liberty https://griffes.tripod.com/Learn-Founding-Principles.html .
How did your federal and State reps and senators vote in relation to the Constitution they are oath bound to defend and uphold?
https://thefreedomindex.org/ .
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REAL horsepower pulling firewood log out of a small ravine 3 Feb 2024
Avi, my half TWH mare, provides REAL horsepower to pull firewood logs out of a small ravine at Squaw Creek. This was repeated five times to get the trunk of that tree out of the ravine so we could then pull it home on the wood runnered sled.
Remember to intentionally, on purpose, learn of God each day by prayerfully reading, studying, and pondering upon God's word each day. Talk to God in prayer as your Heavenly Father who would like for you to be His friend. Find out what He would like you to do for Him as His friend and go and do it for Him as His friend. Yes very intentionally, very much on purpose, become the friend of God. And have a blessed day!!
Jack Griffes
Certified Farrier accepting new clients in my core area https://griffes.tripod.com/farrier.html
Colt Starting Trainer - contact me to get your horse on my waiting list
https://griffes.tripod.com/startright.html
Constitution Coach
Freedom is the cure - Learn, Love, Live the Principles of Liberty https://griffes.tripod.com/Learn-Founding-Principles.html .
How did your federal and State reps and senators vote in relation to the Constitution they are oath bound to defend and uphold?
https://thefreedomindex.org/ .
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