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Nora and Elle - Pole Bending - 29 July 2023 - Lenawee County Fair 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 .

Nora and Elle - mini down and back plus jumping - 29 July 2023 - Lenawee County Fair 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 .

Nora and Elle - mini Cloverleaf Barrel Racing - 29 July 2023 - Lenawee County Fair 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 .

Hazel riding Avi - English Pleasure - 26 July 2023 - Lenawee County Fair 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 .

Hazel riding Avi - English Equitation - 26 July 2023 - Lenawee County Fair 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 .

Nora and Elle Costume Class 28 July 2023 - Lenawee County Fair 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 .

Hazel and Avi Costume Class 28 July 2023 - Lenawee County Fair 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 .

Hazel and Avi - English Showmanship - 26 July 2023 - Lenawee County Fair 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 .

Walk-Trot Western Equitation Hazel riding Avi 26 July 2023

This video of Whitetail Deer on the Butler Prairie was taken while doing a training horseback ride on the morning of Monday 24 July 2023. I counted ten deer on the Prairie that morning - but the cover is good so I could easily have failed to see others. 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 .

Luke (11) riding Clara took 1st Place in Novice Trail at the Lenawee County Fair on Tuesday 25 July 2023. 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 .

Nora and her yearling mini filly, Elle, doing Mini in hand Trail Class at the Lenawee County Fair on Tuesday 25 July 2023. 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 .

Hazel (12) riding Avi (9) took 1st place in Walk-Trot Trail Class at the Lenawee County Fair on Tuesday 25 July 2023. 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 .

Many people struggle with trailering horses. Their horse is hard to load or hard to unload or fractious during the trip or perhaps all three. Sometimes people simply do not know what it should look like - sometimes people don't know the target they need to aim for. This video is to show what it should look like - the target to aim for. And just like with anything else "You don't practice until you get it right. You practice until you can't get it wrong." 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. 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 .

Yes IMO your horse(s) should load into the horse trailer just like this. You ask them to go in - they go in all the way - you shut the gate or put up the butt bar behind them - done. That is NOT going to happen without practice. And you don't practice until you get it right - you practice until you cannot get it wrong. 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 .

Many horse owners struggle IMO unnecessarily loading their horse(s) in the horse trailer. How about working on advancing trailering skills so you can send the horse in - rather than leading them in. Yes, tell them to hop in and they load themselves in the trailer and you just shut the divider behind them. That IMO is how well your horse should load because the time was spent to teach it and then that skill was practiced until they could not get it wrong. ----- And if you are leading them in - they should follow you in on a slack line - never taking the slack out of the line - they should be following their herd leader (you) where the herd (of two) is going. They should not be saying - I am not following you - which is simply letting you know they do NOT completely agree that you are the herd leader. There are two principles of horse training that MUST always be followed to succeed. 1) Make the right thing easy and the wrong thing hard. 2) Horses learn what to do by when the demand ceases - when the pressure is released. --- In over fifty years of working with horses and their people I cannot begin to tell you how many times I have seen people violate those two principles OR actually quite unintentionally apply the principles to a bad behavior and thus train their horse to misbehave more and more because that is what is easy and that is when the demand ceases. Ponder on that - and ponder on that yet more. Horses do NOT think like people - but people can learn to think like horses and can even learn to talk horse body language. Do both of those things and your ability to communicate with your horse will GREATLY improve - as will your enjoyment of your horse who now understands what you are trying to communicate with it - because you are talking horse to your horse. 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. 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 .

Combat - Saline Celtic Festival - 8 July 2023 The more colorful combatant, David, turned 77 this very day. We know him from the Ann Arbor Sword club. 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 .

Jousting Tournament Round One - Saline Celtic Festival - 8 July 2023 Our friend Andre Renier competed on his horse Riley. 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 .

I believe a horse should load and unload from the trailer willingly and calmly on command EVERY time. Leading them in and backing them out in hand is okay. IMO sending them in and tail tugging or voice commanding them out is BEST. This video shows the test portion at the end of session one on this topic for Faith the 20yr old QH mare. 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 .

What is comfortable for horses is quite different than what is comfortable for people. These horses have 24/7 access to both sides of a large loafing shed - which I shot the video from. Obviously their personal choice is to stand out in the storm with their rumps to the wind. Meanwhile people would tend to choose being under a solid roof. 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 .

Avi is NOT a Gymkhana horse - she is an all around ride/drive horse - she has done a bit of team roping, done a bit of Team Sorting, helped herd neighbor's cattle, ponied quite a few horses and ponies, worked the return alley at team roping events, pulled logs, pulled sleds loaded with cut firewood, run lots of errands and put on a LOT of road and trail miles. She has and is also helping a number of people learn to ride or learn to ride better. And she is great at giving kids horseback rides. So while she dropped to a trot (seemingly thinking it was silly to change leads every couple of strides when she could trot nearly as fast and not have to change leads) she IMO did pretty decent for a horse that is NOT dedicated to gymkhana with a time of 31.623 seconds which took Second Place at this show. We got beat by one of my farrier clients. ---- We took First Place in Indiana Flag with a time of 15.953 seconds. We took Second Place in Cloverleaf (Barrel Racing) with a time of 25.615 seconds. Candidly there where 4-H youth that got better times on their gymkhana horses. But IMO decent for a non-gymkhana horse. My sweetheart wife thought we would get DQ'd for dropping to a trot. If you stay on course and maintain forward motion you get a good time. You can trot. You could even walk. You cannot back up. You cannot go off course. You get 5 seconds added to your time for every pole you knock down. Just FYI. 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 .

Avi and Jack - Pole Bending practice - 20 June 2023 Avi did Walk-Trot Pole Bending practice and competition with Hazel (12) last week. This week Avi and I will practice up then compete on Friday, God willing. So this was the last run of our first practice. 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 .

Pole Bending Competition - Madie (12) riding Dakota, Luke (11) riding Clara, and Hazel (12) riding Avi -17 June 2023 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 .

Faith is a 20 yr old Quarter Horse mare. She arrived to start a 30 day refresher the evening of Wednesday 14 June 2023. Later that same evening she was taught to yield to a mounted horse and to be ponied off a mounted horse. The following day she was ponied 3.6 miles off a mounted horse to see how she handled trails and road. And then on Friday 16 June 2023 it was time to assess what she knows relative to being ridden and all the handling associated with riding. This is a raw, unedited combination of the 3 video segments of that First Ride Assessment. Candidly I did not have time to watch and see if you can even see well or hear well - I merely used Video Editor to put the 3 videos together in chronological order and then uploaded it to Rumble so you could see it. 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. 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 .

Hazel (12) on Avi (Brown and White Pinto) and Madie (12) on Dakota (lineback Dun) practicing Pole Bending - 16 June 2023 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 .