January 21, 2015
Wendel Elliott
As a rancher there are fewer times of high hopes, than that hope in a rain. It’s something that is vital to the ranching way of life. A good rain is always a welcome sight. Where you live it could be a rancher’s life line. You have to adjust your grazing patterns in you pastures […]
January 16, 2015
Jenn Zeller
The last thing any horse really wants to do is fidget. No, seriously, think about it. If you’ve watched them in the pasture, when they’re not eating, they’re lazing, and if they’re young and full of energy, they’ll play for a bit and go back to eating or lazing. They’d rather be at peace than […]
January 15, 2015
Tayler Teichert
Bunkhouse, bachelorette pad, house, shack, apartment, or my favorite, the vet room equipped with a space heater and cot, these are examples of buildings better known as home. Signing up for a ranch job can be scary, almost as scary as not knowing the condition of your “provided housing”. I am in no way complaining, […]
January 8, 2015
Jenn Zeller
With Winter in full-swing here in South Dakota (as I type this, it’s snowing, and the wind is blowing about 40 mph), it’s all I can do to bring myself not to pack up and head to Texas to ride for the rest of the winter. I still might – but I think that trip […]
January 5, 2015
Jenn Zeller
I purchased, “Branding: Roping and Stock Handling Techniques in the Great Basin” for our household for Christmas. Since I’ve previously shared that we are followers of the Great Basin/Buckaroos style roping here at the ranch, it makes sense that we’d add this to our collection. It was very well done, and really helped me […]
January 2, 2015
Wendel Elliott
If you’re a rancher or farmer then you may have had struggles with or had some experience in brush control. If you haven’t tried any “solutions”, then you’ve probably at least thought about ways to control the problem. Not too long ago, I was helping a friend gather some cattle and found myself following up […]
December 31, 2014
Tayler Teichert
The word goal has always been daunting to me. You tell me to set goals and I automatically think okay let me come up with a few extravagant ideas that I will never accomplish… and that’s just the way it is for me. I am more of a list/project sort of person. I like to […]
December 30, 2014
Jenn Zeller
One of the things I see, that many folks could do better, would be to properly utilize a polo wrap. Let’s face it, when we were kids we liked wrapping our horse’s legs because a). they look cool, and b). there are countless color options. But the truth is doing it wrong could cause more harm […]
December 27, 2014
Rachel Larsen
Wrangling, jingling, or gathering; whatever you call it, bringing horses to the corral on horseback is an essential part of our horseback experience. My husband and I were raised gathering horses in this manner. I prefer this method today. I was a cautious child and wrangling made me feel adventurous, The Man From Snowy River-esque, even […]
December 23, 2014
Kay Schrock
With their tails and manes rippling Hooves flashing fast in the running They flow down the hillside Then charge uphill in stride. The occasional neigh Is carried away, And all that drifts back to me Is thunder of hoof-beats, wild and free. Red roans and dark bays Bright paints and dull grays Running wild and […]