Trail Horse Adventures

Tri-zilla I took Trifecta out to the outdoor arena for a driving session. Ellen thought she would give me some extra challenges by setting up some poles and cones.  I led him around a bit, ...

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 My camera lens was smudged--and I ended up with some strange and kinda cool results.

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Baby Driver Ellen, Kevin and I just watched the movie "Baby Driver."  Kevin and I had already seen it, but we thought Ellen would like it, too.  She did. Anyway, I have my own "Baby Driv...

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Leap of Faith Kevin on Starry, Shari on Bella and me on Cole were out on a trail ride the other day--and we were having a great time.  It was one of those cold but sunny days.  All the horses...

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Project Ground Driving As many of you know, I planned to teach Trifecta to ground drive.  He is the first horse that I have started that I used ground driving as a training tool.  I always th...

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Ground Driving Snafu Ellen and I had our plan to introduce Trifecta to ground driving with the help of clicker training.  My first step was to teach Trifecta to stand still so I could attach t...

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Update on Trifecta Blogging has been tough.  Life has gotten very difficult, and my concentration levels have decreased.  If you may recall, my dog, Maggie, passed away in November.  At the ...

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A New Direction I suppose a lot of people are wondering why they haven't read anything about me using clicker training with Trifecta.  I just wasn't in any hurry about deciding if I was going ...

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Learning to Drive I decided to teach Trifecta to ground drive.  I could tell he really isn't into lounging.  It doesn't take long for him to get bored and then he starts to get into trouble.�...

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My Sister Years ago, I always drove Camaros.  My third one was a 1981 maroon Z28.  Shortly after I bought that car, my sister, Ellen, bought a Camaro.  It was a little older--but it was maroo...

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Update on Trifecta Everyone may have wondered where I have been.  My dog was sick and eventually passed away.  It was a hard time, and I had no desire to write.  Other things started happe...

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 Pictures of the Boys

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 Cole Train

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The Boys  

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  Teaching a New Skill Trifecta is lounging pretty well, but I don't want us to get bored of it.  We felt it was time to try something new to make it more interesting.   Ellen laid a p...

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Update on Trifecta I thought when I got Trifecta, it would inspire me to write all about his adventures.  The truth is, there haven't been many adventures.  He has been a pretty easy horse...

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We Went Down to the River It seems that we have been rather cursed with rainy weather ever since we got Trifecta.  I did take him down to the river a couple of times to visit the water, but...

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Trifecta Meets the Farrier Trifecta had his feet trimmed a few days before we met him.  My farrier, John Warner, was scheduled to come out about a month later, so he didn't need his feet trimm...

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  When Dante Meets Trifecta   ...

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Day 8 and Day 9 Things are going well with Trifecta.  I have been taking him on plenty of walkabouts on the property, we have practiced stopping, cleaning feet, turning, crossties and traffi...

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  Trifecta and the Inflatable Cow This was really cute.  Starry grabbed the cow and dragged it a couple feet in Trifecta's direction.  He dropped it and walked away.  Trifecta then went up ...

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 Trifecta Meets Uncle Starry

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Today We Worked on Whoa Trifecta is doing great.  We have been going on little walks around the stables and all around the yard.  I have been breaking it up into a couple sessions a day--most...

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