Sunday, November 8, 2009

Colt Update




Ride #42 this morning when the temp was below freezing. We'll keep working him until winter prevents it. He is way ahead of the game as far as training. Next spring we'll put him on some cattle and see how he does




Monday, October 12, 2009

THE BEAST


New addition to the ranch---Ruthie will show him at fair in the summer of 2010 when he is double his current size



Monday, September 28, 2009

More of the Colt




Deck is up to 20 rides and is doing super. Great attitude, good mind, and very calm. Does what we ask and is learning ques quickly.










Sunday, August 30, 2009

Working the Colt




Deck is coming along fine and Ruthie has put 4 rides on him...but every once in awhile he gets disrespectful as he was today...so Ruthie put him to work. He bucked a couple of laps around the round pen then settled into a lope.












Saturday, August 22, 2009

Our Tenants




These guys live on our ranch. They are not the biggest bucks we have in residence. With archery hunting season just days away the big guys have gone into hiding. Sometimes these bucks will come over to the sheep pasture and go nose to nose with our sheep.






Monday, August 10, 2009

Decks First Ride

























Ruthie rode Deck for his first ride. I kept the lead rope on him for safety reasons but all went well and next time Ruthie will ride with no lead. Click on the attached to see a little of the ride. The entire ride was much longer with the horse backing, as well as turning left and right. He's just 2 yrs old so he's off to a very good start

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeB9ppi6X4A

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Fawns


We have three pair of fawns who bed down on our place. Here's one pair with the doe





Sunday, August 2, 2009

ABCA Border Collie Stud Service Available




Our very athletic male, Luke, is available for stud service. For details see our Border Collie site:




Feedback received from buyers of pups sired by Luke has been excellent in terms of temperment, physical conditioning, and working ability

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

PICTURES

YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY PICTURE ON THIS BLOG AND ENLARGE IT

Riding the Paints



Susie (6) and Jerry riding on the ranch, July 2009




Jerry riding Rain (4)










Colt Training
















Deck, our 2 year old gelding, is in the final stages of ground work training and we anticipate putting 10 easy walk rides on him by Fall. Then we will let him be a horse until the Spring of 2010 when we will begin to finish him as a good riding horse. Deck is a solid color paint out of one of our ranch mares. He is big (15.5 hands at 2 years) with more height and of course quite a bit of filling out to come. Deck will be for sale in the summer of 2010 once he is more than just green broke under saddle.

Deck has a very mellow temperment and learns quick--and he retains what he learns. As an example he was trailer loaded in the Fall of 2008 and then not trailered again until April of 2009. He stepped right in like he's done it every day of his life. He is easy to groom, bathe, and trim. Our farrier is very happy with his calm demeanor when it's time to do his hooves. Deck has been exposed to all sorts of "scary" stuff and generally yawns his way through it. As you can see from the photos he's a good looking guy. While we have not put any rides on him yet Ruthie and I have both sat in the saddle on him and he is willing to just stand. He does not move away from the mounting block like some colts do and when working him on the ground at all gaits with a saddle on and bit in his mouth he does not offer to buck. I have a feeling he will be like a Mustang we once owned that rode off easily the first time we put a ride on her.

To see a brief video of Deck being worked on long reins see:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_kgx8TVBCo


BORDER COLLIES

The Border Collie pups out of our dam Lady, sired by our male Luke have all sold and moved on to very happy buyers. The feedback we are receiving regarding these ABCA pups is very positive. Now a few months old, the pups are proving to be smart and very athletic just like their parents.

We will be breeding again so if interested in a quality working Border Collie check here in the spring of 2010 to see what we have available.