Posts Tagged ‘buckaroos’

Take Action: Life Lesson From A Trainer

March 17, 2017
Jolyn Young

“Do something, even if it’s wrong!” Years ago, these words were spoken to me by a horse trainer that I once worked with. I loped horses for a cutting horse trainer in central Texas, and Ben started the two-year-olds. He worked them on cattle after the head trainer was done for the day, and I […]

Rimfired: What To Do

March 13, 2017
Jolyn Young

I went down in a bad rimfire, I went down, down, down and the hooves went higher. And it burns, burns, burns rimfire, rimfire. Wait, that’s not quite how the classic Johnny Cash song goes. Must be a remake from the (in)famous Luke Beaumeister, who currently buckaroos at Nevada’s Maggie Creek Ranch and used to […]

Training and working a colt while horseback

February 13, 2017
Jolyn Young

Training a colt while riding another horse can benefit both animals and the cowboy by sharpening everyone’s skills. It helps desensitize a horse to ropes and the presence of a person above his back. It helps the saddle horse by making him more responsive to moving his hips and shoulders independently of each other as […]

New Cowboy Styles

January 27, 2017
Jolyn Young

We recently traded the snow drifts and sagebrush of northern Nevada for the milder winters and prickly vegetation of northern Arizona. Going from buckaroo country to cowpuncher territory is a big change for a cowboy family who has lived in Nevada for years, but we are looking forward to seeing new country and learning new […]

A Two-Rein Horse

January 20, 2017
Jenn Zeller

I thought I’d take a moment and share with you a quick video about the two-rein. I’ve just recently moved my horse into this set-up. He is the first two-rein horse I’ve ever made, and so I’m watching a lot of DVDs on how to NOT mess this up! I really enjoy the teachings of […]

Ranch Country Neighbors

November 20, 2016
Jolyn Young

I loaded up my kids the other day and drove an hour north to visit some neighbors who had just moved to the IL Ranch. In the Great Basin ranch country, our “neighbors” sometimes live many miles away, often down a rutted dirt road. I love the drive to the IL. While still on the […]

Working A Corner

October 24, 2016
Jolyn Young

Do you know how to work a corner? No, not THAT kind of a corner! I mean a fence corner. With cattle. And roping. Working a corner (either kind) requires a certain amount of finesse and skill, but this post addresses how to rope calves out of the corner of a corral or branding trap. […]

Get Short

October 22, 2016
Jolyn Young

Say you’re out cowboyin’, just doin’ your thing, and you rope a big calf. You let some rope slide through your dallies to ease him to a stop, but then realize you’re a little long on your rope. What’s a person to do? You can either A) get short or B) turn your horse, drive […]

Our First Sale Horse

September 7, 2016
Jolyn Young

We’re putting our first horse in a sale this month. At first I was apprehensive, then I was sad, and now I’m proud. So many emotions! We’re selling Bob, the first horse my husband bought as an adult. Jim rode Bob through a divorce, across numerous Great Basin ranches, to Texas and back home to […]

Waiting For The Feet

August 31, 2016
Jolyn Young

Most colt-starting theories and clinicians urge people to get their horse’s feet moving freely at all three gaits as soon as possible. If you’re not trotting and loping in the round pen on the first ride, you better be movin’ by the second. It’s a great theory that works on all horses except for the […]