If you are reading this then the term "Cowboy Up" likely means, to you, things like enduring discomfort to get the job done and...

I've never been a fan of horse racing, or for other futurity competitive horse events where young, physical immature horses are rode. Y...

We are fortunate enough to host a Randy Rieman clinic this coming May 4-5, 2019.  In fact, I just announced this and we have filled 10 o...

Cowboy poetry is one of the purest American forms of entertainment and really is actually an art form. Hope you will enjoy Cowboy Poetry C...

Why might you want or need to back a horse from the ground? By this I mean the handler standing still and moving the horse back using a voi...

Happy New Year to Everyone. I hope that 2019 grants you all success with your horses and other pursuits. I have high hopes for the coming...

I have received a few e-mails and comments on a previous article I did about loading a horse into the trailer using a butt rope. So I recko...

I try not to give too narrow of advice about feeding horses as there are just too many factors to consider. There are cases were somethi...

It was sad to hear of the passing of Margaret Dorrance, 16 October 2018, wife of Tom Dorrance who we revere as the founder of the "Na...

We have concluded the 2018 4th Annual Functional Horsemanship Arena Obstacle Challenge which saw another rise in the level of  competitio...

Years ago I was talked into attending a reining clinic - they needed one more person to attend to make the minimum number of paying rider...

Every year at the Functional Horsemanship-Red Bird Ranch Arena Obstacle Challenge (AOC) we have a raffle to support Perfect Harmony Horse ...

Although I have had many forms of alternative medicine and therapy - chiropractor, massage, and ultra sound mainly, it took me awhile to ...

President Trump, on yesterday 10 July, issued full pardons to Dwight Hammond Jr and his son Steven Hammond, two Oregon ranchers whose impri...

Much like many other American holidays, culture, tradition and practices have somewhat dulled the original meaning of what we celebrate. ...

I recently went back and forth on e-mail with a friend of mine living up North who attended a horsemanship clinic where she was lunging h...

The Battle of the Little Bighorn, began 142 years ago, as Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho, led by Crazy Horse and Chief Gall, alm...

The annual Arena Obstacle Challenge, our 4th Annual Functional Horsemanship - Red Bird Ranch AOC, is scheduled for Saturday 29 September 2...

Leslie asked about some ideas for Arena Patterns and I e-mailed her back saying that I really think given her imagination combined with wha...

I get the occasional e-mail from people with questions on previous articles I've posted on what I fed my horses.  More questions are ...