Stacy Westfall’s Video Diary Series Premier

By | Trainers

“Have you ever wondered how a professional begins evaluating a horse? Watch as Stacy Westfall evaluate Jac’s raw reactions before she begin training. She discuss confidence, leads, level of fear, which side Jac wants to keep her on, training vs. evaluating, planting seeds, reading a horse’s body language and increasing…

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Rural Radio

By | Media

I’ve become a serious listener of Siris XM’s channel 80 which is dedicated to things western. Lots of interesting programs and I recommend it. It’s now the default channel in my vehicle! From their press release: On July 15, 2013 Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) and RURAL RADIO, L.L.C. —…

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Beal Wire Fence Tightner

By | Ranches, Tack

I posted this back in 2009 but came across a photograph of a real one which I’ll include above along with the original post. William Harvey Beal (1866-1958), my great grandfather, had tried farming but was going broke. He became a traveling bible salesman and went around with a barbed…

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Fog Fever

By | Cattle

Some of my friends recently had cattle die from fog fever. I’d never heard of it but definitely something to be concerned about if you’re raising cattle. From The Cattle Site. Also known as Acute Bovine Pulmonary Edema and Emphysema (ABPEE). Fog fever is an acute pneumonia of adult cattle…

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