April 2, 2015
Jolyn Young
You might be a cowboy’s wife if… …you spent the first week of your married life sleeping in a double bedroll. …you walk into Target and have to take a deep breath and tell yourself to act normal and not like a woman who hasn’t seen traffic signals or a paved parking lot in over […]
March 31, 2015
Jenn Zeller
Here at our ranch near Eagle Butte, SD, we offer a unique opportunity. We offer equine/horsemanship internships. Our equine internships are geared towards college students pursuing equine/ag/animal related degrees, but anyone is welcome to apply, so long as they’re over 18. We practice Ray Hunt/Buck Brannaman Style horsemanship here as well as low-stress cattle handling. […]
March 27, 2015
Lynn Kohr
I use this quick, easy wrap to tie horses often in a day for safe, and fast tie ups. I probably have all three of these situations at least once in a day that I use this simple tie up knot for: 1. Pull back horses 2. On the run gotta grab something tie-ups […]
March 25, 2015
Jayme Thompson
The other day I was driving the truck while Matt was feeding the cows. The sun shining on my face, deer running up the mountain beside us, Dawson playing on the seat next to me, and it occurred to me how truly blessed we are to get to live the life we do. The opportunity […]
March 19, 2015
Tayler Teichert
It is no secret that calving makes most people weird! I am no exception either… in fact I may be the rule. To help keep my sanity I try to find something fun and time consuming to do while I wait for heifers to calve. A few years ago I wrote a rap called, This […]
March 7, 2015
Rachel Larsen
Champ 1993-2014 Champ joined our family, as a four-year-old, with a trailer load of fellow Shetland/thoroughbred-cross ponies from Bozeman, Montana. Four ponies; buckskin, bay, black, and gray. We found new homes for them all, except for Champ the bay. He became my younger brother’s home school project. My brother and Champ’s relationship started off on the wrong […]
March 5, 2015
Jenn Zeller
In a previous post I wrote about doing groundwork, and why I believe it’s important. I’m often by myself around here though, and as such, it’s hard to get good video showing how to do it, plus I’m not nearly as good as some other folks when it comes to doing groundwork. So I figured […]
March 3, 2015
Jan Swan Wood
Handling bulls of any sort can usually be a bit risky, simply because they are bulls. Even a very gentle bull can surprise you with some sudden move, so they always bear watching. I was trailing a bull several miles across country, returning him to his cows. He had gone on a walkabout tour of […]
February 26, 2015
Jenn Zeller
I’ve heard it said that you don’t know what true fear is until you’ve been chased down by a mad mama cow. I do know, however, that according to the boys, most of the time they’re just bluffing. My experience, so far, has been that most of the time, the mama cows ARE bluffing. A […]
February 19, 2015
Jenn Zeller
I know that there are people reading this that have no experience in handling a rope, but I’m here to tell you it behooves you to get on board and learn to use one — even if you’ll never rope a live bovine. We rope the feet of all our horses. There are several reasons […]