Functional Horsemanship
Monday, August 17, 2026

Gracey Ranch Rescue Update

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Saturday 15 August Update on the Gracey Ranch Rescue. This day was the day scheduled for a Veterinarian visit by Paws-n-Hooves Mobile Vet...
Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Trail Rides Okay, Arena Work is Not

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I took a phone call from Cindy who wanted some ideas on how to approach a solution for her horse problems. She said her horse is good at t...
Friday, July 31, 2026

Terrible Equine Abuse Situation

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I hope God judges animal abusers harshly. I think He will and He must have a special place in his heart for horses and dogs as they bring...
Saturday, July 25, 2026

National Day of the Cowboy 2026

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Today, Saturday 25 July 2026, is The National Day of the Cowboy. The 21st year that the fourth Saturday was recognized by an act of Congr...
Monday, July 20, 2026

Differences in starting Young Horses and Restarting Old Horses: Jasper, Part 1

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A friend of mine stopped by a few days ago and asked what I had been doing. I replied "in the process of starting a 4 year old and j...
Friday, July 3, 2026

New Horses and Good Rope Halters

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Before I write about rope halters, I wanted to just note briefly that along with my 4 year old who had a delayed start, I am also re-start...
Sunday, June 14, 2026

New World Screwworm Threat to Livestock

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You have likely heard of the New World Screwworm recently discovered in Texas and New Mexico. This threat to livestock did not materialize...
Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Colt Saddle

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A fella named Jerry M. contacted me to ask who made the saddle he saw on my 4 year old Curly Zeke that I have been dropping articles on, ...
Friday, May 29, 2026

Third Ride Outside the Pen on Curly Zeke

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I really, really like a horse that I can smoothly open and close gates on. In fact, it's manditory, although when I ride a green hors...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Continuing the Starting of Zeke

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I am continuing starting Curly Zeke which I began as a long 3 year old, after the diagnosis of this gelding missing his lateral patella lig...
Monday, May 11, 2026

Equine Dental Exams and Floats

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I have written before on the importance of getting horses' teeth checked regularly. All my horses over the 26+ years have had dental ...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Cowboy Knives - Custom v Production

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These days you can't hardly find anyone not carrying a knife, usually a folding knife with the ever recognized clip showing outside a ...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

Curly Zeke, Part II Questions on Lateral Flexion

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Just a couple days after I published the article on working on lateral flexion on starting Curly Zeke, my coming 4 year old QH gelding, I r...
Friday, April 10, 2026

Curly Zeke Part II, Getting Lateral Flexion

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Continuing with starting Curly Zeke, I have been working on him understanding and following the feel on the lead rope or reins when I ask ...
Friday, March 20, 2026

Curly Zeke_Part I

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In May 2024 I picked up a well bred 2 year old Sorrel Quarter Horse Gelding. This is his story, so far. At the annual sale, which was a ...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Blindfolding your Horse

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Many years ago I wrote about blindfold training and what prompted me to do so was two incidents (each time a different horse) where I was ...
Thursday, January 29, 2026

Does Performance Dictate Training, and Training Dictate Performance?

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I was thinking about this subject the other day when I was remembering trail rides I would go with my late wife, and thats been awhile sin...
Monday, January 12, 2026

More thoughts on pre-ride ground warmup

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I have written before about owing it the horse to get him warmed up in both his body and mind before throwing a leg over and heading out. ...
Thursday, January 8, 2026

The Cowboy and Western Art of Susan K. Guile

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I wanted to do something so people other than locals could see the Cowboy and Western artwork of my late wife, Susan K. Guile. Susan, 5 M...
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