Everything Horses and Livestock® Magazine May 2018 Vol 3 Issue 2

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Being raised by an Avid Outdoor Sports Writer, it was only natural for me to start our Magazine, Everything Horses and Livestock ®.

In my youth, I talked with my father about writing some small books on living off the land in our area and caring for animals. Out of high school, I gave riding lessons, trained horses, boarded, produced a variety of events and sold items from my own retail business, while also working for others. I wrote articles on proper feeding and horse management for magazines, websites and newsletters. It was very enjoyable to listen to my father edit them for me. He said, “It’s good to write how you feel, what you believe, just get rid of the extra words!” My father and I never got around to writing our booklets before he passed away November 1, 2009. I have many fond memories of my father and our time together. He worked at the same publishing company for 62 years. My passion is proper care and feeding of all animals and helping others enjoy their ride. Our family loves to hunt, ride and team rope. Flip through our pages. Enjoy articles, photographs, cartoons, word search, & fun news! This magazine is dedicated to my dad, mom, sisters, husband, son, family, friends, and everyone out there enjoying the ride! ~Jana T. Harrington Barcus

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A Ride Down Memory Lane

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To show, you must be an ASHA member and your horse must have his competition license. (You can sign up for both at any show) Being a member of our Midwest Stock Horse group is optional but there are “perks” to joining. What’s the Schedule; Saturday Clinics The Saturday clinics are set so you and your horse can learn and grow in all the classes. From pleasure, trail, reining, and working cow horse you get an opportunity to learn from great area clinicians. The clinics are $35.00 or if you are a MWSH member they are $25.00 (MWSH member is $16.00 adult & $8.00 youth) You can have fun and learn in all four clinics or choose 1 or 2, it’s your choice. Where can you have this much fun on your horse learning for that price! Sunday Shows On Sunday, contestants can enter classes to check their skills under ASHA approved judges. There is a schooling class (some call it exhibition class) added that is $15.00 for whichever class you choose. These “schooling” classes have no prizes or points but can help you and your horse shake off those pre-show jitters. Next up is your class! Now you are ready to jump in, no fear and have a great time doing your best for the day. What do I need to complete to show; You will need to purchase Continued on Page 25

Stock Horse Events Coming by Jana Barcus

The Midwest Stock Horse group will be hosting 4 weekends of American Stock Horse Association approved shows this summer at the Better Equine Arena in Paola, Kansas. On May 19th, Robert & Stacy Jo Hartley with the American Stock Horse Association group flew in for an introductory day, judges testing and clinic weekend. On Saturday, participants watched videos on all four classes, ask questions, enjoyed good company, and ate great food from Smokey’s BBQ. Several people took the ASHA judges test later that evening. On Sunday, everyone saddled up for the clinic. Even with the adverse conditions from all the

rain, we had a great time. The clinic covered all four classes and gave participants and their horses the opportunity to learn from Robert, Stacy Jo, Gary Webb and his son. Gary Webb is a professor in animal science at Missouri State College. Their group has been producing ASHA shows for several years now. These shows are for everyone. Young, old, never participated in a trail class, reining, working cow or pleasure class to professionals bringing horses that need a chance to compete in a great atmosphere, it’s affordable and fun.

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percentage of the product. However, the actual intake of trace minerals is less obvious and requires different methods of calculation. Let’s look at how to

10 PPM Cu, which is a good upper limit for most grass hay products. Along with this let’s use an extreme level like Total Sheep Mineral that contains 1,000 PPM Cu. At first glance this is very extreme and would be very toxic. In reality, this is a safe level when the consumption of both hay and mineral are considered as follows: 4.5 LB hay per day = 2.043 KG = 20.043 MG Cu/day 0.35 OZ Mineral/day = .0099 KG = 9.931 MG Cu/day Total Cu intake per day = 29.974 MG Cu/ day = 14.67 PPM So, when reading a feed tag use this method to understand the total PPM of trace minerals and then consider the bioavailability of the sources

PARTS PER MILLION (PPM) Parts per million (PPM) are units that appear on every feed tag guaranteed analysis and are poorly understood. First of all, PPM is not a unit of measure that can be directly applied to how much of whatever nutrient expressed in this way. Legally this is the unit that must be used for all trace minerals and several other small inclusion items in a feed. A much better unit of measure would be milligrams per lb. and I will explain why as we go through this. Let’s look at how the units of measure relate to each other. The following is how the comparisons can be calculated to understand what an animal actually consumes based on PPM.

derive at this number. To show this I will use a recent controversial item and that is Copper (Cu)intake by sheep and how this created a concern by many people when they looked at the level of copper in Total Sheep Mineral. The accepted toxic level of Cu in a sheep diet is 25 PPM as an upper safe limit, so to calculate the safe MG copper per day for a mature female sheep it would be calculated as follows with an

estimated dry feed intake of 4.5 lb./day: 4.5 LB = 2.043 KG 25 PPM for 2.042 KG intake = 51.075 MG copper per day So, if 51.075 MG Cu per day is the upper safe level, how do you calculate the safe intake order to do this, the Cu level in all feed the sheep consumes must be considered. Assume this sheep is consuming a forage product that contains of any given product? In

1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

Kilogram (KG) = 2.20264 Pounds (LB)

KG = 1,000 Grams (GM) GM = 1,000 Milligrams (MG) LB = 16 Ounces (OZ)

1.0 OZ = 28.375 GM PPM = MG/KG

When we read a feed tag, what we want to know is the actual units of any nutrient that the animal derives from that product as that is the important number to know. Calculating the intake of a nutrient such as protein or calcium is simple since they are expressed as a

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it contains as that will have a dramatic impact on the amount the animal actually can absorb and use, but that is a separate topic to be dealt with at another time.

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from predators that seek to destroy them. Mustangs spend their lives just trying to survive, wandering from place to place, hoping to avoid the stresses life throws at them. If a mustang must try to survive on its own, the probability of survival is hopeless. Being lost from the herd and isolated from the safety of family usually means facing the fear of death every moment of every day. In 2007 I was in a horrible horse accident which drastically changed the direction that my life and my Horse training career was headed. I was feeling very lost, unwanted and alone. No longer was I physically able to continue down the path of a successful training career and at a loss on how I was going to survive and help provide for my family. I was introduced to the idea of a mustang, wild horse competition where Trainers would have 100 days to start a wild horse and then compete for money and fame. Even though I was very broken physically, this is the direction I felt lead by God to take. Even though I really didn’t want to work with a feral wild worthless horse, I thought that maybe over that 100 days I could get better physically and produce a well-trained horse that would accelerate my career back on track to being “successful”. When I first saw the little black mustang that was chosen randomly for me I was pleasantly surprised of his beauty. He was a diamond in

BY CINDY BRANHAM

D o you ever feel lost, unwanted or alone? Or do you know someone who struggles with finding their place in this world? If we truly look within ourselves, we can relate to one of those feelings. This life is a daily struggle of finding balance between striving to survive physically and emotionally. We worry about providing for our personal and our families physical and emotional needs,

the point that fear, and worry become the foundation to how we survive. The English word “Mustang’s” origin comes from the Spanish word mestengo "wild, stray, ownerless," literally "belonging to the mesta," The Mustang horse is an ancestor of the Spanish horses from our countries past generations. Settlers and rancher’s horses

From left to right: Alyssa H, Morgan S, Madision B

that escaped over the past 100 plus years that have survived on their own. Without the care of a human owner, feral and wild horses survived the harsh and rugged climate by clinging to a family group, depending on each other for safety in numbers. They work together as a unit to protect each other

often falling short to our own expectations. The choices we make for ourselves and our families can determine the outcome of ours and their future. And yet many of us, “mustang” through our lives wandering from place to place trying to find peace and a true home but isolate ourselves to

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became, “Saving One Mustang at a time”. During that time, I was also introduced to Dextor Hedricks the Director of the Hutchison Correctional Wild Horse and Burro Inmate horse training program. This program takes incarcerated men and teaches them how to gentle and train BLM Wild horses, which are then offered to the public to be adopted already gentled and trained to ride. I have spent time volunteering at the facility, teaching the inmate trainers and helping to find adopters to again, save one horse at a time. This has been a very rewarding part of my career, not only to see so many mustang’s lives changed, but to see the changes the experience of working with these horses had done to change these men’s lives for the better. Fast forward to 2018

The Mustang Beginnings Challenge. The Mission of The Mustang Beginnings Challenge is to give youth ages 8 – 18 the opportunity to take part in gentling a BLM wild horse and preparing the horse not only for the Mustang Beginning Challenge competition, but also for the rest of the horse’s life. We also want to promote building good character, responsibility and work ethic in our Youth Trainers also preparing them for their future as adults. The Mustang Beginnings Challenge is being produced with the support of the Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse & Burro Program providing Wild Horses for the competition. The Mustang Beginnings Challenge will have 2 trainer

Madison and Seven

the rough. Unknown to me at the time, that little black horse was chosen for me, ordained by God to completely change the direction of my entire life and career. What I found in that unwanted and worthless horse was a genuine spirit of survival. A heart that was seeking out someone to help ease the worries and fear in his life that had almost given him no hope in his future. Joshua the mustang is a lifelong partner that has blessed not only my life, but my daughter’s life as well. That first experience with an American BLM Mustang changed not only the direction of my career, but my whole training program. Joshua the Mustang renewed my hope that even though I was injured and now “worthless” in my mind to do my job and be successful, maybe, just maybe my future still held promise of success. Over the next several years many more mustangs influenced my life through more 100-day competitions. My motto

Alyssa and Chester

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Our Featured Writer: Brandy Von Holton

Bonding with Your Mule or Donkey I can say without a doubt that my mule enjoys being around humans. Sometimes life gets too chaotic and I end up not going out to the pasture. If I had a goal of getting on or spending time each day with my beloved equine, we would have a better bond. Just wanting to not miss putting a simple little check mark in a box can help you have a better bond with your mule/donkey. Equal Training Time

a highly visible area and look at them regularly. Instead of trying to achieve a momentous goal; divide your main goal into smaller goals. Just as someone might set out to lose 20 pounds. The first goal would be to lose 5 pounds. Vague goals such as “I want to ride more” do not really give you anything to measure. Make a goal that sounds like “I want to ride 200 hours”. Now you can get busy with setting weekly and monthly goals to reach your ultimate goal of 200 hours.

T racking your time in the saddle or driving your mule can be exponentially beneficial. Using a tracking system can be fun and rewarding. Let’s explore reasons to track your time and the effects of your efforts, either intentional or unintentional. Goal Setting To accomplish something, you need to set goals that have achievable and measurable markers. Writing your goals in

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With my husband and I owning a trail riding facility with rental horses and lesson horses, I could not survive without my equine training log book that I designed. We have had several trainers host clinics here that have sent clients to us just to purchase a log book. One major area I was not efficient in was equally training all our equine. Some equine require more time. For example, some of our rental horses I ride one time for every five times they are rented. Some of our other rental horses require a one to three ride ratio, some a one to ten ride ratio. Setting a goal can equally space your training out or ensure that you are giving the correct amount of time to the different personalities in the herd. Fitness Riding more is going to increase your fitness and your equine’s fitness level. This is just way healthier for everyone involved and could increase the longevity of your mule. One of our smaller equine needed shorter rides but consistent rides at the beginning of her training. It was imperative to stay on top of her training to develop muscles, but at a slow rate. By setting goals and tracking my seat time, I now have a “muscled up” stocky equine that has a high level of fitness. Friendship If you are going to spend more time either driving your mule or riding your mule, bring a friend. There are five main love languages of people.

Quality time is one of those love languages. Join a saddle club, set a goal of competing, travel to another state and visit a trail riding facility. Just do something and take a friend along. These cherished moments can be started with setting a goal and There are so many different associations and clubs that have riding programs. The North American Saddle Mule Association (NASMA) has a tracking program that awards plaques for 50, 100, 250, 500, 750, 1,000, and 2,000 hours. To enroll into the Versatility Trail tracking your time. Prizes and Awards

squared up before you walked

forward, that would be just good horsemanship. Or if you ask him or her to back up with a soft cue, that would transfer to a soft back up while in the saddle. The partnership and extra little training would add up to a huge positive step in the right direction. Most people are so focused on the riding that they miss the time that they did not intend upon. It you aren’t training, you are still training. Some people do not care about tracking their time or miles, but some people do. I enjoy tracking my time to set goals, bond with my mule, make sure I spend the appropriate amount of time with each equine, keep everyone more fit, create new friendships, and to win prizes and awards. Get a pen and start logging!

Program (VTP) with NASMA, you can contact me directly at vonholtenranch@yahoo.com since I am the chair of the VTP program. Unintentional Training Moments Think about how much time you spend leading your mule. If you made sure and ask for him or her to back up and get

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Hey everyone, hope you all are doing well and getting started with your roping season. The weather has started to finally break, and we are booked full of clinics and lessons. I wanted to talk about partnerships this time and how important they can be. What is expected of each individual and what can we do to help each other in and out of the arena. Picking a partner can be tough sometimes. A lot of the time there are guys that we think should rope together, but don't for one reason or another. The first thing we look for is similar goals. I've had partners that have had the same goals as myself and I've had ones that did not. I can tell you this for sure, it's a lot easier when you're on the same page. Having a common goal to work toward keeps everyone focused and responsible for holding up their end of the deal. Another common denominator is logistics. How far apart do you live from each other? Being

make an effort to practice. My partner and I alternate traveling to each other's houses to rope. We've been trying to make sure we rope at least once a week during the slow months so that we are prepared when we're busy rodeoing. We live

nothing more frustrating to me than working my tail off and driving 1000 miles a weekend to rope with someone who couldn't make time to run a few either with me or at least at home. The downfall of any team is lack of confidence in each other,

3 hours apart, so we try to get two sessions in each time we go. However, neither of us is opposed to going the same direction two weeks in a row if that's what it calls for. Practice makes the best teams, period. Speaking of practicing, pick someone who enjoys practicing almost as much as they love competing. There's

confidence comes from running a lot of steers together. If you're going to commit, commit to all of it, including the work. Be willing to talk to each other. Don't hold back your opinion just because you think it might hurt someone's feelings. It's way better to talk about what you're thinking than to let it build. Could be anything from

able to practice together is a must if you want to

maximize your wins. I personally won't rope with guys that won't

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handles to entering, talk each other through it. Build each other up. If you're both putting in the work, morale shouldn't be an issue. Sometimes guys can be afraid to voice their opinion only to find out later that the other guy was thinking the same thing. Assume separate responsibilities. Most of the time, one guy does all the entering. That way there's no confusion on entry day. Headers need to be responsible for seeing what steer you draw and figuring out the score. Heelers are responsible for finding someone to push your steer and helping to tail other teams’ steers. As long as you take care of your assignments, everything is easier. Let the guys that drive better at night do

that. If you're not a night driver, do your share during the day. So many guys I've travelled with do more to get out of driving and then one guy is too tired to focus when it's time to compete, be fair. In summary, being a good partner is definitely a second job, it's a big responsibility. More so in the team roping because you have another person relying on you to hold up your end. If you can't hold up your end when someone asks you to rope, be honest up front and give them a chance to decide whether or not they want to put up with that. Hope this helps, I know everyone is busy and has different schedules, but if you want to have success together, you both have to be all in.

Thanks for taking the time to read, God Bless. Until next time, PRACTICE HARDER.

God bless, Chad Mathes

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“One of our problems with Urban was being able to keep weight on him. Urban is a 16 year old appendix bred quarter horse and by no means an easy keeper. He seemed to lose weight just standing around. I tried many different combinations of feed and supplements, with an unlimited sourse of brome hay. Nothing seemed to work. Since switching to Total Equine in December of 2017, Urban has turned into a completely different horse. He continues to gain lean muscle and the quality of his coat has improved dramatically. Urban is the barrel horse of a 16 year old and since switching to Total Equine he has the desire to compete. Amber can tell when she is heading to the arena gates, that he is ready to go. He never really seemed to have the drive he does now. He is able to maintain weight, has the ability to focus, but most importantly he doesn't get hot and out of control. " Desiree Garcia, Berryton, Kansas

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11 Year Old Cowgirl Mustang Ambassador Goes International

America’s mustangs may have just had their youngest ambassador abroad. Angeline Saliceti, an 11yr old from Topeka, Kansas just returned from representing the Brand in Europe. As the Extreme Cowboy Association’s reining Young Guns World Grand Champion with her mustang Samson, Angeline was invited to compete at Equita Lyon in France for one of the largest equestrian events in Europe. In 2012, Angeline’s family adopted Samson through the Hutchinson Correctional Facility’s training program. Once considered unridable, time, patience and persistence built a bond between the 6yr old and her horse. She asked to join the Ultimate Horsemen’s Challenge

Association in Kansas and enter Extreme Cowboy Association racing with Samson. By the end of their first racing season Angeline and Samson had accumulated enough points to qualify for Craig Cameron’s Extreme Cowboy Association’s World Championship in Texas. At seven years old she was the youngest competitor to qualify. After two days of racing, Angeline and Samson qualified for the top 10 to make finals, where they placed sixth overall. They had been together less than a year, which to us was astonishing! For the past 5 years, Angeline and Samson qualified for finals in the EXCA World Championships, and last year under the coaching of Lee Hart,

she earned the Young Guns Day 1 and Day 2 High Point World Champion, as well as the Young Gun EXCA World Finals Grand Champion! They also earned the 2015 EXCA Kansas State Grand Champion, 2015 EXCA Missouri State Grand Champion, 2015 EXCA Mid Central Grand Champion, 2015 UHCA Buckaroo Grand Champion, 2015 4H Racing Grand Champion, 2015 4H Performance Grand Champion, 2016 EXCA Missouri State

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Grand Champion, 2016 EXCA Mid Central Grand Champion, 2016 UHCA Buckaroo Grand Champion, 2016 EXCA Cowboy Classic Grand Champion, 2016 EXCA Mid Central Horsemen Grand Champion, 2016 4H Racing Grand Champion, 2016 4H Performance Grand Champion, 2016 4H Western Performance Grand Champion, 2016 4H Master Showman, 2017 EXCA Oklahoma State Grand Champion, 2017 EXCA Mid Central Regional Grand Champion, 2017 UHCA Fall Series Champion, 2017 UHCA Buckaroo Grand Champion, 2017 4H Reserve Racing Champion, 2017 4H Total

Performance Grand Champion, 2017 4H Performance Grand Champion. In 2017, due to Angeline and Samson’s success, Angeline was invited to compete in the European World Cup in Lyon, France at Equita Lyon. The event was scheduled for the same dates as the Extreme Cowboy World Championships, but Angeline made the decision to give up the opportunity to defend her World Championship title, and instead go to France to represent her country and the BLM Mustangs. Her family could not afford to send Samson with her, but she wore his brand on her chaps

with pride, keeping a piece of him with her. Sponsored by WALTI Stables outside of Paris, Angeline trained for a week on one of their stallions and made the trip with Team France to be the lone US competitor. Upon arriving in Lyon, in addition to training, Angeline gave multiple interviews for magazines, newspapers, radio, and television, even appearing on live TV to talk about her strong relationship Continued on Page 19

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GOAT NUTRITION – SIMPLE OR COMPLICATED? By Dr. Harry Anderson

performance of goats. We now have a considerable amount of experience and history in improving both fertility and growth in goats as attested to by many customers over the years. So, what are the simple things that accomplish this: 1. Fiber digestion improvement – there are several things that can improve the digestibility of fiber in a ruminant animal. a. Feed the bacteria as if they are the main cells being fed and allow them to grow more rapidly and they digest fiber more quickly and completely so the goat gets more nutrients from each bite and uses less fiber. b. Feed the proper levels of trace minerals and more importantly the best and most bioavailable minerals. c. Check the fiber and digestibility of the source of grass and hay and know when the goats need to be supplemented. Forage assays are very cheap compared to being surprised after you realize the animals are not performing. d. Know when added protein is needed in the

Goat nutrition has long been depicted as very simple and the old cartoons of a billy goat eating a tin can while standing on a garbage heap did not make it look complicated. In reality, goat nutrition can be rather simple as most goat breeds have developed in very harsh condition and have adapted to be able to reproduce gesand grow with limited resources. This has made them useful in arid and semi-arid environments. If you just want to get by with limited resources and management then goat nutrition seems simple. To me the goat is a very responsive animal to good nutrition that involves more than simple forage and a bit of mineral. The goat (all breeds) is simply a small ruminant and if we manage the nutritional program their reproduction and growth can be dramatically improved as compared to the norm. Once the health and parasite program is well managed, what are some of the simple, yet complex things we can do to dramatically improve the

program. This is a false economy to not feed protein when needed to save money – it costs profit. 2. Feed the most soluble and digestible supplemental product when it is needed in the program. a. Whole grains and pellets are not as soluble and digestible as extruded product. 3. Include Ascophyllum nodosum in the feeding program to enhance not only the digestive tract health and digestibility, but also enhance fertility (multiple births) in females and sperm quality in males. 4. Provide a good mineral program free-choice all year. This is one of the least expensive and performance enhancing parts of any program; and make sure it contains the most bioavailable trace minerals and Ascophyllum nodosum. These are just some simple

things that make a good program complex, but not complicated.

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about international mustang makeovers. At only 11 years old, she found a way to be an international ambassador and get her homework done. As the youngest rider in the competition, and competing in a higher division, she placed third only one point out of first place. This was an exciting time for Angeline in which she honorably

with her mustang, adoptions, the mustang training programs, and EXCA racing. In addition, she was introduced to the audience at the conclusion of the Longines Grand Prix Championship. Her representation generated a lot of interest in international adoptions and questions

represented the United States, promoted the mustang program, and EXCA.

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Raise Your Expectations by Matthew Jobe

cannot get them to do if we ask them correctly and show them the way, and only accept the correct answer. I am fortunate enough to travel and assist horses with their people problems all over our great Country. Rather helping people communicate with their horse or riding a training horse myself, I spend the day finding NO, then turn it into a ya, and then change it to a YES MA’AM/ SIR. This can be as simple as our horse standing still when we stop to talk to someone or as complex as you can imagine. We often compete in obstacle competitions; we ask our horses to cross tall bridges, drag things, maybe ground tie next

to a scary moving object. When we have prepared them to always say YES MA’AM/Sir they give us their all and we can go home with the blue ribbons and/ or buckle! I utilize a ground tie almost daily, often at my clinics I will step off to help someone else, I EXPECT my horse to stand right where I left her until I return. A ground tie can be easily taught by placing your horse in a spot then walking away and return quickly and praising them. Move away again, further each time, always returning and praising them. If they do move, I get their feet. moving for a moment then place them back in the same exact spot we started. I EXPECT them to stay and I repeat the

Are you getting everything you can out of your horse? Are you as far along as you want? Or are you just excepting whatever you get? Thinking back to growing up, did our parents expect us to drop out of school? Be homeless, a meth head living under the viaduct? OF COURSE NOT! They had visions of us perhaps becoming a doctor, nurse, teacher etc. They dreamt of grandbabies, they envisioned us becoming a productive member of society. Horses are an amazing creature. I am always in awe with all they put up with from us and the simple fact they even let us climb aboard. Horses are so smart, there isn’t much we

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process. We cannot get more from our horses if we don’t EXPECT more. I EXPECT a horse to take off at any speed I ask of them. I often ask a horse to lope off from a stand still, I EXPECT the very first step to be a lope! In the beginning I of course usually don’t get that. So, I start by getting a YA which is them finally loping. Then I refine it a bit and get a YES, I continue until I get the YES MA’AM/SIR that I was striving for. Typically, I’ll ride with a 3ft dressage whip, I’ll ask the horse to lope off by squeezing my legs and pushing my hand forward, then I’ll add a smooch, and then I whack their hiney with the dressage whip until they lope off. I repeat as many times as needed. Usually after only two or three times of this process I can simply smooch, and they are loping off from a stand still. It doesn’t matter what you want from your horse, be consistent with how you ask and correct timing with your pressure and releases and you can accom- plish anything! EXPECT your horse to do more and to do it correctly all while giving you a YES MA’AM/SIR! EXPECT more and you will get more!

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Horse Treat Recipe

1 packet Quaker oatmeal (dry) 1 handful sweet feed 2 spoonsful applesauce 1 spoonful honey or molasses 1 handful Cheerios 4 sugar cubes Pinch of brown sugar 1/2 cup water

You can mix this right in your horse’s feed bucket. Mix the oatmeal with the water. Add sweet feed and applesauce. Stir together. Add the Cheerios, brown sugar and honey or molasses. Mix again and place sugar cubes on top. This serves one horse.

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stays with the life of the horse. Whether you keep or sell that horse, the ASHA license number stays with them. You can have this done to save time before the show or sign up when you arrive. To check these great educational weekends out and learn more, go to the Midwest Stock Horse website

at MWStockHorse.com There you will find the event flyer, entry forms and an easy to do list to follow that will help you be ready for the first show coming up June 9 & 10, 2018 Please feel free to give us a call 913-333-2657 and we can help you get started! We are so excited about these fun shows coming to the area. As the American Stock Horse Association’s slogan says “Helping People Ride a Better Horse “

a membership to American Stock Horse Association (Adult Membership is only $25.00 and Youth $15.00) and submit a competition license for each horse you will be showing. The horse competition license is a onetime $15.00 fee that

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It's Our

Passion

Riding horses has always been my passion. From the time I was 5, I've had my own horse thanks to my father and grandfather. I had the opportunity to grow up on a family farm raising cattle and horses for a living. I learned from the old timers and how they trained their horses. It was that moment when I knew being a horse trainer is what I too wanted to do for a career. In middle school, I purchased two horses to train and sell. This allowed me to buy my first rope horse, Bruce. He is still with me at the age of 30 where he lives out his days in my pasture. Bruce is a huge reason as to where I am in horsemanship and riding today. I have worked under a handful or trainers and studied numerous disciplines. My goal is to be better than I was yesterday. My main focus has been on roping, reining, cutting and ranch versatility. In the past, I have trained horses here, there and by word of mouth. I am now pursuing this industry head on, full time. I believe in creating a solid foundation with the horses and having a nice soft handle on them. A handle that will help one to excel in any direction they go. My son JW Knight carries on my passion by helping me with the horses at

only 3yrs old. I am very thankful to have him to pass this on to. This year my goal is to take on new clients, increase the number of outside horses I take in for training and really expand my business. My current show horse is one I have owned since she was only 5 months old. I trained her myself and now compete with other high- level Reiner's and cutters. I am thankful to have such a nice horse to carry me at all my shows for the 2018 season. I want to thank the following people; my wife for telling me to follow my passion with horses, my friends for their help - Billy and Tammi Pickett, Ray Saucier and Landen James. My sponsors; Advantage Hair and Day Salon - for keeping us looking good and on the road for the 2018 show season.

For additional questions and inquiries on training please contact Lee Knight Horsemanship on my

Facebook. Thank you Lee Knight

Seymour, TN 865-315-4789

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Signs of Heat Stress in your Cattle can cause significant heat

Signs of stress have been documented in cattle to include decreased activity, not wanting to lay down, opened mouth and laboured breathing, sweating and excessive drooling to name a few.

Should you need to work your cattle do so in the early morning hours. During the summer months make sure you check your cattle often, the key to survival from heat stress is early intervention.

stress in cattle. If your cattle are experiencing any of the signs of heat stress you should minimize the stress immediately. Make sure you provide additional water, provide shade and avoid handling,transporting, or moving cattle.

Recent summer temperatures combined with high dew points

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be held for the top-10 highest scoring competitors. Ribbons and Prizes will be awarded to the Top 10 finalists. We are currently seeking Sponsors for the event to help with prizes! When I was presented with the possibility of helping produce a mustang training competition I was very excited. My goal of helping save one mustang at time, now had the potential to be involved in helping many mustangs being saved all at once. I also felt like this was an opportunity to help shape young peoples lives. So many of our youth are feeling lost, unwanted, and alone. They are seeking out ways to survive this world and many of them find a path that can lead to destruction, much like our wild horses. By giving these junior and youth trainers the opportunity to gentle a wild horse, my hope is that they to will see themselves in these horses. That every person and horse, no matter what society sees as being worthless, actually has the potential for greatness. That learning to trust and lean on someone that can take care of their needs will lead to success not only in life’s goals but emotionally and spiritually as well. Joshua 1:9 Fear not for I am with you. Cindy Branham- Trainer/ Clinician from Tecumseh, Kansas. www.cindybranham. com Cindy Branham is a graduate of the John and Josh Lyons Certified Trainer Program. She has had a very successful Coaching and

Training program for 20 plus years. From coaching students from the start of their equine education to them winning local, National, and World Championship titles and year end awards. Students of all ages have excelled under the direction of Cindy Branham. Mustangs have been a huge part of Cindy's life in the past 11 years, starting in 2007 in the very first Extreme Mustang Makeover, Cindy has been a top competitor making it to the finals and Reserve Champion Mustang Magic. She and her horse Tucker the Mustang have been finalists in Extreme Cowboy Races, The Televised America's Favorite Trail Horse Competition, Reserve Battle of the Breeds Champion Equifest of Kansas, and The World’s Most Beautiful Horse Breed Competition Champion. Cindy Branham has been a featured guest on Rick Lambs RFD TV Show and multiple times in the Extreme Mustang Makeover RFD TV Specials. Cindy Branham is sponsored by Total Equine.

divisions: Junior 8-13-year old and Youth 14 – 18-year old’s. All trainers competing in the event purchased/adopted their mustangs for $25.00 and can choose to keep or auction/sell their mustang at or after the event. The 22 Selected trainers had to go through an application process where they had to provide letters of reference from their legal guardians on the trainer’s personal experience and work ethic when working with horses and from a Professional Trainer or accomplished horse person that agreed to mentor the young trainers during the training process. The Junior and Youth Trainers picked up their assigned Mustang in Hutchinson, KS at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility on Saturday May 12, 2018. The Yearling Gelding Mustangs were pre-assigned to the trainer randomly prior to pick-up. Trainers will have from the day they pick up their Mustang until the day they arrive at the event to train and work with their Mustang. The Mustang Beginnings Challenge will be held at Mustang Days at the Kansas State Fair, Hutchinson, KS Sept 15 & 16, 2018. The competition Preliminary classes will include Condition & Handling, Trail and Free Style. A finals competition consisting of a pattern in hand class including a “Free Choice” maneuver will

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down the driveway, pasture, or anywhere you would drive your cart. Make sure and whoa, stand quietly for a time, and repeat. In every training step, I concentrate on whoa and stand. Both commands are huge important to keep you and your mini safe. On average, I have found that it takes anywhere from 3 days to 6 weeks for them to be comfortable dragging these poles. If your pony can not handle the pressure of dragging the poles, then go back a step to the ground driving. All this monotonous ground work, will lead to a mini that is a true pleasure to drive. Always remember to end your sessions on a good note. Praising and encouragement goes a long ways. Don’t miss our next issue for more Miniature Horse Driving. – Delana “Dee” Hay 785-418-2770 deehay@centurylink.net

By Delana Hay Jilek

In our last issue we finished our session with harnessing and ground driving. Only move on when you feel they are ready to proceed to the next training step. If they need more time ground driving, continue with this step until they seem comfortable. The next step is to teach them to drag an object. My go to for this step is 2 – 3/4” pvc pipes. I have drilled a hole in each pipe to add a snap using a string to hole them on. This makes it easy to attach the pipes to the

well as works to desensitizing them to something dragging behind. You can put a string at the bottom to hold the poles together or let them stay loose. Some people prefer to add a short piece of pvc at the bottom to form a travois. I prefer them loose. The dragging poles will bother some and not others. Most of them will accept the poles within a few minutes. The dragging poles help desensitize them to the cart. As you are line driving your pony around, the poles touch their legs working on desensitizing them. Do not back them with the poles. Continue to drive them around the yard,

rein turetts on the saddle of the harness. These poles resemble the feel of the cart shafts as

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This Months Shooting Tips....... Shooting Off a New Horse by Matthew Jobe

1. Prior to shooting off a new horse I like to have them as trained and desensitized as possible. 2. Stay off of the horses face. Often times we will have our horse wear a halter and/ or reach forward and grab a handful of mane to avoid pulling on the horse’s mouth. Even if the horse does not jump a nervous rider may startle and pull the reins causing the horse to jump instead of the horse actually being scared of the gun fire. Which in turn the rider teaches the horse to associate gun fire with pain and therefore scared of gun fire.

3.In the beginning I do not shoot while my horse is standing still, trotting or loping. I always make sure they are moving forward at a walk. While my horse is walking I stay out of their mouth, perhaps by reaching up and grabbing mane, shoot behind the cantle, and for the next few seconds I let my horse go forward as fast as he needs to without correction. Then I will ask him to come back to a walk. When he is

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calmly walking I will repeat the process. 4.It is best to shoot with your arm level and at the 4 o’clock position or behind the cantle of your saddle. Shooting behind your horse will drive your horse forward which is the safest and easiest for the rider and least scary position for the horse. Shooting too far in front of a new horse may scare the horse to stop or move backward/ sideways.

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