Send in to trailer - Tail Tug out of trailer - Faith - Session 1 - 28 June 2023
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
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Colt Starting Trainer - contact me to get your horse on my waiting list
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Horses standing out in a Summer storm 25 June 2023
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
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Pole Bending Competition - Jack and Avi - Second Place in Adult Division - 23 June 2023
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
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Avi and Jack - Pole Bending practice - 20 June 2023
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
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Pole Bending Competition - Madie (12), Luke (11), and Hazel (12) - 17 June 2023
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
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Faith - First Ride Assessment - 16 June 2023
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 .
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Hazel (12) and Madie (12) practicing Pole Bending - 16 June 2023
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
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Kendalyn working gate on Avi 6 June 2023
Kendalyn is just learning to ride. This is literally the second gate she has ever worked. I think she deserves a hearty BRAVO!!
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 with a waiting list
https://griffes.tripod.com/startright.html
Constitution Coach
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Electric clipper training - Session Two - Cinnamon the 3yr old Gypsy-Shire - 20 May 2023
This is the full second session of electric clipper training for Cinnamon the 3yr old Gypsy-Shire on Saturday morning. I trimmed the long hairs off her jaw. Trimmed again her bridle path and both ears. The first electric clipper session was on Tuesday.
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 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
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Constitution Coach
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Electric Clipper Training - Cinnamon the 3yr old Gypsy-Shire - 16 May 2023
Electric clipper training on Cinnamon the 3yr old Gypsy-Shire filly. This is the entire session - I show how I get her to willingly accept the clippers - I trim her bridle path and both ears. All of the training and clipping is completed in about 14-1/2 minutes.
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 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
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Nora (10) and Elle (nearly 1) - Liberty work - 15 May 2023
This coming yearling mini filly named Elle was purchased by/for Nora (10) about 5 weeks or so before this video was taken. With me working with and coaching her on a weekly basis Nora (10) is training her yearling mini filly - the very first horse she has ever trained.
Nora is learning to communicate with the horse mainly via body language. She is getting better and better at controlling the movement of her horse from a distance while the horse is at Liberty.
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
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Colt Starting Trainer with a waiting list
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Constitution Coach
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Follow your master at Liberty - Nora (10) and Elle (nearly 1) - 15 May 2023
This coming yearling mini filly named Elle was purchased by/for Nora (10) about 5 weeks or so before this video was taken. With me working with and coaching her on a weekly basis Nora (10) is training her yearling mini filly - the very first horse she has ever trained.
Two weeks earlier Nora (10) got Elle to begin to follow her master (with no lead rope) and stick with her a few steps. Nora made a HUGE improvement since the previous week. https://rumble.com/v2mudtw-young-girl-and-her-yearling-mini-follow-your-master-work-8-may-2023.html Nora continues working to make the mini responsible to keep itself in the proper position relative to its master - and working to improve its understanding of what the "perfect" position is so that step by step (by Successive Approximation) it learns to do better and better for longer and longer.
Note that the coming yearling filly is NOT wearing a halter - it can choose to stop and eat grass - it can choose to go somewhere else within the pen - but it is instead choosing to follow its master. Likewise we must choose to follow our Master despite many things tempting us to do other things.
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
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Constitution Coach
Freedom is the cure - Learn, Love, Live the Principles of Liberty https://griffes.tripod.com/Learn-Founding-Principles.html .
First saddle mount & first ride under saddle - Cinnamon - 15 May 2023
Cinnamon the 3yr old Gypsy-Shire filly arrived Thursday evening. Friday I used my Start Right!! process to prepare her and mount her bareback from both sides a number of times - in about an hour start to finish. Saturday in under five minutes from right up close and really fast I did a Start Right!! review and then mounted her from both sides bareback. Monday with no review I mounted her bareback from the near side only. I had planned to ride her bareback a few days before saddling her but she was too "dead sided" - too unresponsive - did not want to move. So knowing that I might possibly have to get after her quite a bit to get her to move I knew that might result in explosive motion when she finally did move - so I opted to saddle up, just in case. I apologize that I didn't get the first two times the saddle was put on her on film. But you get to see how I get her used to being saddled via the Rancher Toss Up method - which uses your body momentum to get the stirrup to clear the horse and then ease it down on the horse. You then get to see how uneventful the first saddle mount is on a horse that is started using my Start Right!! training process. And you get to see how I work to get Cinnamon to begin to recognize that leg pressure means to move and do circles. You also get to see how to do a tighter still gentle circle to get the horse to begin to learn to stop when requested. Everything at a walk this first time moving under saddle or bareback. Just working to get them acclimated to all this new stuff without giving them reason to be stressed out.
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 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
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Constitution Coach
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Start Right!! - Safely mounting a totally green horse for the first time. Defusing the four anti-predator triggers associated with mounting a horse.
Decades back the Lord guided me to notice that common issues with mounting a horse the very first time (or two or three) revolved primarily around the horse misidentifying what the human (an omnivorous apex predator) was doing. Basically noticing that the horse was believing that the human mounting was a predatory threat to its life which very naturally would then trigger in the horse an instinctual anti-predator response to get that predator off their back. This is only the second time we have filmed the process I have been using for decades. This video is raw, uncut, unedited - you see the entire process start to finish with me both working with the horse and also narrating. The horse I am working with is Cinnamon the 3yr old Gypsy-Shire filly. She has never had anyone on her back before today Friday 12 May 2023 when this video was recorded. This process is described in writing here. https://griffes.tripod.com/startright.htmlhttps://griffes.tripod.com/startright.html
Our first video of this process showed Joel (my youngest son) doing the process on a horse to assess what it knew and to fill in gaps left by a previous trainer many years before. That video is just over a half hour long while this one is nearly an hour long. https://rumble.com/v1ds7nx-start-right-defusing-the-anti-predator-responses-associated-with-mounting-a.html Since every horse is different and it is important to correctly read the body language of the horse it may be wise to watch both videos and also read the description of the process to get a better understanding.
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 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
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Electric clipper training - Session 2 - Avi & Romeo - 11 May 2023
Second session of electric clipper training for both my mare Avi and also Romeo the fox trotting TWH. Both horses very recently had their first ever experience getting their ears "pasture trimmed" with electric clippers. So this is a second session for both of them. Romeo is still learning Stand-Stay and initially thought he was out to graze on the bluegrass - once he understood he was to Stand-Stay he did pretty good at it.
If you would like to see their first session - those links are below.
Electric Clipper training - Avi - 4 May 2023
https://rumble.com/v2m3uic-electric-clipper-training-avi-4-may-2023.html
Electric clipper training (bridle path & both ears) Romeo - 10 May 2023
https://rumble.com/v2n4vj2-electric-clipper-training-bridle-path-and-both-ears-romeo-10-may-2023.html
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 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
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Electric clipper training (bridle path & both ears) Romeo - 10 May 2023
Electric clipper training on Romeo the fox trotting mostly white pinto Tennessee Walking Horse gelding. This is the entire session - I show how I get him to willingly accept the clippers - I trim his bridle path and both ears. All of the training and clipping is completed in less than 25 minutes.
His current owners have only ever used scissors to trim his bridle path. So pretty good odds that this was his first experience with electric clippers.
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 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 .
Follow your master at Liberty - Nora (10) and Elle (nearly 1) - 8 May 2023
This coming yearling mini filly named Elle was purchased by/for Nora (10) about a month before this video was taken. With me working with and coaching her on a weekly basis Nora (10) is training her yearling mini filly - the very first horse she has ever trained.
One week earlier Nora (10) got Elle to begin to follow her master (with no lead rope) and stick with her a few steps. At this coaching session Nora got Elle to follow her master at Liberty (no lead rope) all the way around the Round Pen in both directions and began working on getting her to follow at a trot. Basically working to make the mini responsible to keep itself in the proper position relative to its master - and working to improve its understanding of what the "perfect" position is so that step by step (by Successive Approximation) it learns to do better and better for longer and longer.
Note that the coming yearling filly is NOT wearing a halter - it can choose to stop and eat grass - it can choose to go somewhere else within the pen - but it is instead choosing to follow its master. Likewise we must choose to follow our Master despite many things tempting us to do other things.
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 .
Electric Clipper training - Avi - 4 May 2023
This video shows how I went about getting my nearly 9 yr old mare Avi so she was willing to have her ear clipped for the very first time ever in her life. https://rumble.com/v2m3uic-electric-clipper-training-avi-4-may-2023.html
Avi's original owner had clipped her bridle path with battery operated clippers which did not work well - so she typically just used scissors (I have also used scissors to trim Avi's bridle path prior to this).
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 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 .
Romeo working his first gate 3 May 2023
Romeo the fox trotting tall pinto TWH has been in training since 13 April 2023. He initially struggled catching on to do the pass around the haunches on cue. After doing some ground work he finally made the connection and he also caught on to the side pass from that same ground work session. Learning to work a hinged gate is moving to a practical application of the lateral movements he has been learning but is far from having them mastered. Often horses struggle with working a gate - they are afraid the gate is going to hit them OR that they are going to hit the gate - they are afraid to get close enough to the gate to work it - and so forth. So watch how I work Romeo through two different methods of working the gate - this first time he has worked a gate.
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
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Constitution Coach
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Fox Trot gait in Slow motion - 2 horses - Romeo & Hank
Fox Trot gait in Slow motion - 2 horses - Romeo the tall pinto Tennessee Walking Horse & Hank the Missouri Fox Trotter
The fox trot is a diagonal uneven four beat smooth gait in which the front hoof in the diagonal pair lands first followed soon thereafter by the opposite hind landing. Uneven four beat means that the four beats are not all evenly spaced from each other in time.
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
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Teaching Romeo to pick up his rider from a raised mounting platform - Second Session - 26 April 2023
When you are training horses you use the principle of Successive Approximation. You know what the goal is. You work at getting the horse to approximate the ideal a bit closer as you work with it. So in this second session you will note that my expectation of Romeo has increased - I know that he already knows what to do - he knows the answer - so I am expecting him to do better. And I am also working towards getting him to respond more off voice command with less need for any reinforcing aid to be used. Eventually I want Romeo to simply recognize as I climb up on something that he needs to move over so that I can easily mount him - in other words - I want Romeo to accept it as his responsibility to get himself in position so I (or any rider) can easily mount him from any sort of raised mounting platform anywhere.
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 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
Constitution Coach
Freedom is the cure - Learn, Love, Live the Principles of Liberty https://griffes.tripod.com/Learn-Founding-Principles.html
Certified Farrier accepting new clients in my core area - Colt Starting Trainer with a waiting list https://griffes.tripod.com/farrier.html .
Teaching Romeo to pick up his rider from a raised mounting platform - First Session - 25 April 2023
This is the first session teaching Romeo, the tall pinto Tennessee Walking Horse gelding, to pick up his rider from a raised mounting platform. It is also the first time he has had this bit in his mouth - which he is getting acclimated to via fiddling with it.
The objective is to get the horse to move itself over very very near to the raised mounting platform the rider is standing upon and then stand there until told to move - no matter how many times the rider mounts and dismounts - no matter if a little kid is saddling the horse and has to get up and down repeatedly from the raised mounting platform to get it done.
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 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 - Colt Starting Trainer https://griffes.tripod.com/farrier.html
Freedom is the cure - Learn, Love, Live the Principles of Liberty https://griffes.tripod.com/Learn-Founding-Principles.html
Re-Establishing and Protecting Our God-Given Right to Self-Defense (Silently read and ponder)
Silently read and ponder the 20 slides regarding "Re-Establishing and Protecting Our God-Given Right to Self-Defense"
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
Constitution Coach
Freedom is the cure - Learn, Love, Live the Principles of Liberty https://griffes.tripod.com/Learn-Founding-Principles.html
Certified Farrier accepting new clients in my core area - Colt Starting Trainer with a waiting list https://griffes.tripod.com/farrier.html .
10 month old Gypsy Vanner learning to stand for the farrier 20 March 2023
As initially presented this youngster was not trying to stand for the farrier but rather was defying - snatching away its hoof - moving to leave - etc.. So I used "control of motion" as a means to establish who the herd boss was. I backed her away - so she understood that IF I step into what had been her space THEN I (as herd boss) was claiming that space as mine. In "horse talk" that is a mini version of driving the horse out of the herd because it broke the herd rules. I then IMMEDIATELY invited it (on a loose line) to follow me back to the same spot with same orientation - to rejoin my herd acknowledging me as "herd boss" and by so doing making a unilateral promise to follow the herd rules (which at the moment are focused on stand calmly for the farrier and let him trim your hooves). Once this was repeated a few times the horse (being location conscious) picked up on the fact I wanted it to stay standing in a particular spot. And it at a horse level of reasoning reasoned out that I did not intend it any harm and thus it was safe to let me hold up a hoof and work on it - which is an act of partially giving away its primary means of defense (flight). As the owner starts the video you soon see the 10 month old (coming yearling) trying to smell me and trying to move closer to me (a gesture of respect when you also note it is NOT trying to take it's hoof away from me). You hear me calmly telling it to think harder about just standing still - not sternly rebuking it. So it is obviously moving a little - why am I encouraging it rather than rebuking it? - because it is trying - it is trying to keep the hoof I am working on still even while it turns a bit - I am rewarding the TRY. Eventually I had to straighten it back into the spot I had told it to stand on and you see the owner restart shooting video with the coming yearling back straight and this time it better understood what it was supposed to do and didn't move it's front end - though it again did turn to smell me as a gesture of respect - wanting to smell and thus remember better the herd boss.
And while you personally may not have seen it (yet) please believe me when I tell you from experience that a foal can be trained so it stands perfectly for the farrier the very first time it is ever trimmed. At this link I outline 3 of the many ways you can train your horse (of any age - of any level of current training) to stand perfectly calm and perfectly cooperative for the farrier. https://griffes.tripod.com/stand.html And yes it is an owner responsibility to present the horse (of any age and any background) trained to calmly stand and cooperate with the farrier, veterinarian, equine dentist, chiropractor, massage therapist, etc. - prior to their arrival. When the farrier (or other horse professional) arrives then a little acclimation to a new person and new tools is all that is needed to complete the training.
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 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
Constitution Coach
Freedom is the cure - Learn, Love, Live the Principles of Liberty https://griffes.tripod.com/Learn-Founding-Principles.html
Certified Farrier accepting new clients - Colt Starting Trainer one year waiting list https://griffes.tripod.com/farrier.html .