Monthly Archives

December 2009

Cowboy Spurs

By | Clothes, Cowboys, Tack

Spurs are a metal tool worn on the heels of boots that are used to motivate horses into paying attention. Spurring a horse, however gently, sends the message “I’m serious about what I just asked you to do”. They should be the last thing you use to communicate to the…

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Horse Microchips

By | Horses

Horses do wander away and do get stolen. That’s a fact of life. In recent years a new technology has evolved that can help shelters, vets and law enforcement identify who the legal owner of a horse is. A small microchip is embedded under the horse’s skin and it can…

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Day of the Gaucho Waning in Argentina

By | Cattle, Cowboys, Ranches

Argentina’s Beef Debate: Feedlot or Grassland? By Juan Forero Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, September 10, 2009 The world’s top cattle producing countries have been penning up cattle for years, and now Argentina, which has slipped from the international beef dominance it once enjoyed, is following the trend. But a…

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The Lone Ranger

By | Media

The Lone Ranger was a fictional masked Texas Ranger who rode with his Indian sidekick Tonto. His ‘Hi-yo, Silver, away!” saying and his white horse were, and actually still are, famous throughout the world. Growing up I loved hearing his program and I’m sure it helped inspire me to become…

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