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     Whether you are just looking to improve your skills of handling cattle while horseback, or wanting to implement planned holistic grazing I can help you. Keeping your cattle calm when being handled reduces shrink, help get higher gains and make things less stressful on you, your help and horses. It can also let you utilize land you have always thought was impossible to graze.

      This can help you to maintain your herd size through the current drought and increase numbers when the drought ends. If  you want to discuss this further, email me your phone number and I'll give you a free phone consultation. Cost for on ranch training $2,000 a week plus expenses.
 


If you would like me to speak at your convention or banquet, I am available at the rate of $500 per day plus expenses.


Reduced Stress Cattle Handling For The Feedlot
      It is often overlooked that the pen riders are the foundation of the feedlot. A good pen riders, using low stress methods will save their feedlot millions of dollars a year in unseen profits. To be a good pen rider, one not only needs to recognize sick cattle, but also know the instincts of how cattle will react to their own actions and how to handle their horses in order to capitalize on this. This is not something that can be learned from a video or simply watching a demonstration for an hour. It is also a fact that many pen riders despise these kinds of training sessions and look for reasons why the methods won't work. There is also the problem of pen riders who are off on the day of training who have no possibility to benefit.

     My program consists of six days riding with your pen riders in their daily work. I go over the basics of cattle instinct and how to use their horses to capitalize on these instincts. In order to give you the most benefit, I ride with each section two full days, and split those days so that the person who was off on the first day will get training the second. This also allows a follow up day if someone has questions. 
$2,000 plus expenses.


                                                    Clinics
I have resisted holding clinics for years. Recently I have had some requests and suggestions for clinics. After careful consideration I have designed a clinic format which will offer the maximum knowledge comprehension and retention. These clinics are limited to five participants plus two riders from the sponsoring ranch crew. We will be concentrating on the following:
Day One
  • Horsemanship in relationship to cattle handling
  • Cattle instinct to act as a herd and handling individually
Day Two
  • Settling fresh cattle
Day Three
  • Sorting cattle in a pen
  • sorting cattle in an alley
  • Optional- heat detection - best time and methods to handle your hot cattle
Day Four
  • Moving cattle outside and having them stay where you want
Day Five (optional)
  • Roping in the branding pen and outside doctoring. This will concentrate on using your horsemanship to set yourself up for different shots in the branding pen and/or doctoring cattle without having to chase them.To assure the least amount of stress possible, breakaway hondos will be used.

If you are interested in hosting a clinic contact me.  Prices will be $500 per person with a minimum of four / maximum of five participants to hold the clinic. This is an opportunity to  get your yearlings settle and turned out without hiring extra help. I can also hold similar clinics for feedlots.

Feel free to contact me about these programs or to discuss streamlining your infrastructure by email or calling me at 432.284.1553. With over 35 years handling cattle in all environments but swamps, I am here to help you with all of your cow herd management problems.


        


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