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ell it's that time of year again. People are sending out Christmas cards, some meaningful, some just so the people that sent them cards don't feel slighted. With the economy the way it has been, we've stopped sending gifts. Well all except one to my grandkid, just so she can remember me. Sometimes I feel like Scrooge, but when you reach your mid-sixties, what do you really need? And if you need something, you just make plans to buy it, we don't need a holiday. Christmas is for kids. Our first Christmas here on the ranch was very simple. Gone were the 5000 lights my husband used to put up. We are on solar, so that was scrapped. We didn't decorate much because our families lived far away. One crazy thing we did, when I still allowed my husband to ride horses, (He keeps falling off, so he grounded.) , was to saddle up, put on our Santa hats and red sweaters and rode out on the ranch on the service road that ran along 93. We were riding and talking and waving at the passing cars, when the subject came up about the Laughlin Biker Run. I mentioned that some of the girls go topless and we laughed. Then he said, "Why don't you go topless while you are riding?" I looked at him in disbelief and said, "Two reasons, number one being if my horse goes any faster than a walk, I'll beat him to death, and second, if I went topless, the people on the highway
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t’s funny how horse people find each other. Maybe it’s the insanity that draws us close, or that aura of someone who finds their piece of heaven on a dusty trail shared by coyotes, hawks and burrowing owls. We just seem to know each other when our paths cross. Could it be the spurs and the ever present dust on our clothes? Or the faint odor of hay and manure??? Hmmm, could be a clue.
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Knowing nothing about horses or riding when I arrived in Mohave County four years ago, I was fortunate enough to meet some horse people who became great teachers and friends. I have invested in a lesson or two and I highly recommend them. Mary Iozzo and Karen Babcock are among the best and I recommend them without hesitation. But my best and preferred teachers have been friends who have had the patience to ride with this beginner, despite my clumsiness and nervous chatter. My friend Caroline and her Dad Mike are truly my favorites. I first met Carolyn when I purchased a retired head horse. Bandit was a huge muscled bay beauty, whose response to even the slightest leg pressure scared this rookie to death. He was clearly too much horse for my inexperience, but my friend Carolyn just loved him. She rode with me and my little buckskin paint Teddy every weekend and holiday, challenging me to get off of the flat roads and venture into the desert and washes. She is always calm and encouraging, which is a tremendous help. Ever so subtle in her support,
Carolyn upped the ante with every ride. She knew that with a light hand and relaxed seat that we could take our horses darn near anywhere and they would get us home safely. With Carolyn and Mike I have grown in my riding skills, always secure in the knowledge that I have experienced riders with me who are capable and willing to come to my aid if necessary. We have seen some stunning country on our rides, from the sheer rocky cliffs of the Black Mountains to the deep eroded gorges along the Sacramento Wash out in the Yucca desert. I have been fortunate these past few years, and have acquired some very nice horses. I try to pass on what was shared with me, inviting friends to ride them with me whenever I can. I’ve had some interesting horses to be sure, and have lost some hard earned cash along the way. I learned the hard way to acquire a horse only from someone who you know and trust. A farrier or friend’s recommendation can save you a small fortune, and a feed lease is a great way to test a horse before committing to a purchase. I find the
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would think I'm riding with two saddle bags around my neck". So the subject was dropped. Christmas is a time for family, whether close or far. It's a time for kids to believe in Santa Claus. It's a time for adults to try and remember what it was like to be a kid. The commercialism of Christmas seems to have taking over the whole holiday. Make Christmas a time for love and sharing. And don't forget your horses.....give them a few extra carrots. Happy Holidays! ■ ____________________
Written by Julie McNeary of the Purple Rose Ranch E-mail: purpleroseranch@hotmail.com
Say You Read it in Horse ‘n Around The Mountains ability to relax and trust your horse is a must for those of us who didn’t grow up on horseback. Not a bad idea either for those who find the idea of sailing through the air off of a bucking, so called “beginner friendly” mount more than a little disconcerting. At the ripe old age of 39 again…………… and again, and again………………… well let’s just say that I’m a bit too old for hitting the ground. This desert is definitely at a lack of good places to land, so best avoid the flight! Well Bandit has since moved on to live in Henderson with a more experienced rider. Carolyn and Mike have purchased horses of their own, two beautiful black and white paint mares. We still ride together as often as we can, and God willing have many more adventures ahead. I cannot imagine a more wonderful life, and am grateful for the friends and family who share my love of horses. Until next month, enjoy the ride! ■ ____________________
Written by Annie Foncerrada of Golden Valley, Arizona
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“You’re gonna die!”
y wife's mare was throwin' a fit and actin' out. She never was a kids' horse, always spunky and determined. I attribute it to not bein' properly broke and trained. She was what she was when we got her. I rode her and knew she had some bad habits before I bought her, but she was a beautiful buckskin and had just raised a great colt. I thought she would be a good brood mare and also fill the need for my wife as a trail horse, she was, and we kept her until her last days. Her name was Kilo. One day she was actin' out too much and I decided to ride it out of her. She had a habit of ignorin' a bit and decided she would jus' show me who was master. She took off and ran under some big Oaks along our fence line. She ducked under a stubbed off limb and I didn't duck low enough. It took one hundred and sixty stitches to sew my scalp up. While the Doctor was puttin' my head back together, he found a tumor in my back, it turned out to be Melanoma and had metastasized into my lymph system. There was no effective medical treatment for such advanced stage of Melanoma cancer in 1974. I was thirty years old with a wife, three little kids, and not much money. My doctor, a straight-shootin Christian country doctor, said "You're gonna die, you need to take care of business." God had been dealin' with me since I was sixteen to work for HIM, but, for a lot of reasons, I ignored HIM and did as I pleased. Two prior times, at age nineteen and again at age twenty-three, in the hospital, doctors said there was nothin' more they could do for me. Two different unrelated freak medical emergencies had me on my last leg. Both times I prayed, "God, get me outta this and I will preach for you." Both times miraculous recovery came overnight. Then, I would crawfish and say, "Lord, let me get this done, that cleaned up..." and I refused to preach. Cancer is scary... you got time to think and at age thirty, dyin' of cancer, I said, "Lord, whatever time I
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“The Divine Mirror” Written by MICHAELLA WALKER Michaella Walker Horsemanship
Horses function from the premise of a herd identity. Thus, they struggle to include us in their concept of a herd. A prey animal from birth, they come into this world with traits and instincts that are essential to survival. We as horsemen and women must learn how to capture the mind, influence the instincts and work with their god given traits in-order to develop a calm and collected domesticated horse. What is the first step towards a successful journey? Processing Intent is the first step to success. Now you’re asking, what part does intent play in riding successfully? Of course as horse lovers our intentions with the horse are always good even when they don’t turn out the way we intended them to. So what intent am I talking about, that can make a difference? I’m talking about a simple intent that the horse understands and response to. The horse is not a complicated animal but it is a prey animal therefore we must develop trust and respect in our horses, from moment to moment, one dot at a time, so that they can understand we are not the predator. Horses are very adept at sensing energy. The objective is to keep the horse processing as a herd animal when ever you work together. My intent is to always work in a quite consistent fashion around and with my horses so I can develop herd value. This puts me in the herd as a trusted and valuable entity. I use an organized process of intent to communicate with a horse. Remember a horses senses and awareness are much more acute then ours, thus our encounters with the horse many times are interpreted as an assault rather then what we intended it to be. The horse senses our energy and simply processes it as aggressive, predator, or valued herd energy. The horse doesn’t see the big picture like we do. We think in terms of what we want the horse to do rather then how do we create a partnership by making our idea the horse’s idea. To be truly successful in your dealings with a horse you must consider the horse. This is done with intent and intent is energy processed. A clear mind works best. If you come into the horse’s awareness space with a nervous, mad, or frustrated energy he will mirror your emotions. I have seen people get ready for a ride. Not all, but many people get nervous about the ride. They probably don’t trust their horse. Well it all starts to unravel right there, with that emotion and how it effects our intent as well as our approach. The horse gets nervous; he in return doesn’t trust the rider. It is his awareness of all this human intent gone haywire that sets his instincts on alert, and the horse’s natural reaction makes the rider even more nervous because now the horse won’t stand for the saddle or for the rider to mount. Even after the rider does get on he has to reel in all that energy and try to keep the horse under control. No wonder the rider gets nervous just thinking about the wonderful time he or she could have on the trail if only the horse would listen. I say it’s hi time you start listening. Just look into the mirror and you will see your horses looking back at you. Allen J. Hamilton in his book Zen Mind Zen Horse, The Science and Spirituality of Working with Horses explains it best. He writes about Intention and how the horse senses energy. He writes about the sequence to Chi (Energy). This is how the sequence might be translated in terms of energy: Chi Collected (INTENTION) Chi Focused (ASSEMBLY) Chi delivered (ACTION) Chi Dissipation (RELEASE) The idea of conceptualizing our thoughts and behavior in terms of their energetic content may seem a bit strange at first. Once we start understanding the reactions of the horse are directly linked to our energy levels and our intent then we can recreate our relationship with the horse through a language that he understands. In my training every intention is focused, executed and released. I move from one intention to the next as I extend my dominate frequency as the Alpha horse or in my case Alpha Mare. This is how I motivate the horse, with a language the horse understands and trusts. I stay consistent as I work with the horses natural
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responses to build trust and respect. The one thing you don’t want to do is lie to your horse because he will remember it and it will slow down the process. I think Einstein said, “For every action there is a reaction.” This is true for horses as well. I’m sure there have been times when things just didn’t go as expected. If a horse questions the status of a person on his back there is no telling what he might do to save his own skin. The status of Alpha must be maintained from the ground into the saddle to keep respect and trust in a practice pen, on the trail or in a show. When that status is in question the horse begins to react with his God given instincts and the fear to flight intention is set into motion. The horse reacts with his instinct and then, the trail ride goes bad. The training session falls apart. The horse learns to rear, buck, twist and run to escape the predator on the trail. How many of you have found yourself on the ground because the horse reacted to an unknown bugger in the woods or at a show or in a training pen? If the rider is not equipped with the tools to extinguish the fear and re-establish trust and respect all could be lost. Many times this is interpreted as the horse being bad but in my mind it means the human is using the wrong intent. In so many cases the horse is only mirroring the human’s reactions. The human is just trying to control the horse so they don’t get hurt. All that intent turns into fear on both the horses end and the humans end. One feeds the other and soon it escalates to a dangerous situation for the horse or human. In our minds, we are thinking I have to ‘Save myself’, I must get control. The horse is just mirroring our intent because he’s thinking I have to ‘Save myself’. At this point nobody wins because both horse and human lost their trust and respect in each other. It is our natural differences that keep us from processing the same, therefore we don’t think alike. It is our calling to strive to be the best horseman we can be. To understand what draws us to the horse and why it is an honor to be a good horseman or woman. It takes time and lots of listening to understand this beautiful four legged creature. Through a skilled interpreter – our equine partner - we can see our selves clearer in the mirror. In many cases, through divine intervention the horse finds the right human or the human finds the right horse but in many cases the horse is never given a chance to learn through respect and trust, keeping his spirit and dignity. Many horses break because of forced fear or restraints with more leverage then a crow-bar. They are never given the chance to take the right road that leads to a partnership with humans. Just look in that divine mirror that helps us consider the horse and the horse to consider us. The results from building a successful partnership between you and your horse through understanding, trust and respect are profound. For more information on what matters to the horse please go to my blog site at HORSE TALK on michaellawalkerhorsemanship.com decisions. Think it out and talk it over. ■ ____________________
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ne night in the bunkhouse, the cowboys was playin’ cards, and one said he’d heard that she’d got married ta some hi-fallutin’ gent back east.It hit him right where he lived, and he’d got up from the card game, ridden ta town, and spent three days in as big a drunken stupor as he could. The boys from the ranch found him as he was headed ta her dad’s place with a gun on his hip. They got him stopped, and while they was talkin’ ta him, one snuck up behind him and knocked him out cold with a gun barrel. When he come to, he was in the bunkhouse with a sick stomach, a powerful hangover, and a head that throbbed with pain. From the booze and the gun barrel. He’d never drank again, but he’d never forgiven her folks, or her. He’d loved her with all that was in him. His heart and soul and spirit. There had never been another love in his life since. Just an occasional visit ta Mable’s place on the other side of the tracks. It’d been ten years, or more, since he’d been there even. He just quit carin’ or wantin’ anything like that. He heard years later that she’d been killed in an accident with a train car. He thought maybe he could finally put her ta rest and ease his mind, but it hadn’t happened yet. If anything, it was worse. “Oops! Almost rode by that broke wire,” he said ta the burro. “Can’t ya at least bray or somethin’, ta let me know these things?” The burro just twitched a long ear, dropped his head as they stopped, and went ta eatin’. “He never missed an opportunity ta eat”, the old cowboy thought. It was getting’ on ta evenin’ time when they rode up ta the creek, so after unsaddling, the cowboy watered his horse and burro, and picketed ‘em in for the night. Then diggin’ into his camp gear, he brought out some fishin’ line and books that he kept for just such momentous occasions. Most cowboys wouldn’t eat fish, but he loved ‘em. He turned over some rocks on the bank and found a couple of grubs that would do for bait, baited the hook, and dropped it into the water. Inside of ten minutes he’d caught two nice rainbow trout, and in another five minutes they
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was sizzlin’ in a fryin’ pan with carrots and spuds from the boss’s wife’s garden. She always kept him supplied that way. Why, even in the winter, he had home canned fruits and vegetables ‘ta eat, thanks ta her. She was an exceptionally nice woman and had always treated him good. As supper cooked, the coffee was boilin’ and he poured a cup, rolled a smoke, and leaned back in his saddle ta think. He recalled the time he saw this big six-by-six bull elk as he came off a ridge headed for the ranch. He got ta’ thinkin’ how the boss’s wife had mentioned how she’d like elk for Christmas dinner that year. Everybody had agreed, ‘cause beef was a bit tiring day after day, and some elk backstrap would be a special treat. No sooner said than done, thought the cowboy, as he tied his horse out of sight and started making a slow, careful, quiet stalk on the monster elk. “Not only will I get a Christmas elk, I’ll get the mestizo ta’ tan the hide for me, for my bed,” he figgered, as he made his way off the ridge and through a stand of aspens that still had some of their fall colors of red, brown, and yellow leaves. Step by silent step, he eased through the last of the trees ta the edge of the meadow. There standing in all of his glory, head up and sniffing the wind, was the majestic bull. As the man watched, and admired the bugling of this monarch rang across the vast stillness. The cowboy took careful aim behind the shoulder, and try as he might, he couldn’t pull the trigger. The bull was just too big and beautiful. Slowly, he lowered the rifle, and was about ta turn and walk away, when a smaller two point bull stepped from the grove. The man again aimed, drew in a long breath, held it, and slowly exhaled as his finger put pressure on the trigger. He never felt the gun go off, as he was so aware of the elk and the moment when life becomes death. The younger bull collapsed in a heap, and didn’t move again. The cowboy looked over at the monarch bull, who was still standing where he’d been. Their eyes met, and as they stared at each other the cowboy got the weirdest feeling that the
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since. “Too many wrecks,” he thought again. “And way too many miles,” his conscience added. He’d finished with supper, cleaned the skillet, fork, and plate and put them away, then poured another cup of coffee, and rolled a smoke. Inhaling gently, he blew the smoke ring as he gazed at the flickering flames of the camp fire, and watched the sparks rise into the darkness, as the pitchy pine knots crackled into the heat of the fire. At last he made out his canvas covered bedroll, and lay down. He watched the stars as they flashed and twinkled in the heavens above, and saw one streak across the sky as it fell. “Ah,” he said. “A good luck sign.” He grinned a little, as he thought of the life he’d led, and things he’d seen. He set his cup down, flicked the cigarette butt into the fire, and closed his eyes. The grin was still there. That’s how Joe and Smitty, two cowboys from the ranch, found him at noon the next day. With his smile. The cowboy had returned home to meet his maker, and to better pastures, sweeter times, and no more pain or cold. His fence work was all done!! ■ ____________________
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