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Well it's that time of yearagain.  People are sendingout Christmas cards, some

meaningful, some just so the peoplethat sent them cards don't feel slight-ed.  With the economy the way it hasbeen, we've stopped sendinggifts.   Well all except one to mygrandkid, just so she can rememberme.

Sometimes I feel like Scrooge,but when you reach your mid-six-ties, what do you really need?  And ifyou need something, you just makeplans to buy it, we don't need a holi-day.  Christmas is for kids.  Our firstChristmas here on the ranch wasvery simple.   Gone were the 5000lights my   husband used to putup.   We are on solar, so that wasscrapped.  We didn't decorate muchbecause our families lived faraway.  One crazy thing we did, whenI still allowed my husband to ridehorses,  (He keeps falling off, so hegrounded.) , was to saddle up, put onour Santa hats and red sweaters androde out on the ranch on the serviceroad that ran along 93.  We were rid-ing and talking and waving at thepassing cars, when the subject cameup about the Laughlin Biker Run.   Imentioned that some of the girls gotopless and we laughed.   Then hesaid, "Why don't you go toplesswhile you are riding?"   I looked athim in disbelief and said, "Two rea-sons, number one being if my horsegoes any faster than a walk, I'll beathim to death, and second, if I wenttopless, the people on the highway

would think I'm riding with two sad-dle bags around my neck".   So thesubject was dropped.  

Christmas is a time for family,whether close or far.   It's a time forkids to believe in Santa Claus.  It's atime for adults to try and rememberwhat it was like to be a kid.   Thecommercialism of Christmas seemsto have taking over the whole holi-day.  Make Christmas a time for loveand sharing.

And don't forget your hors-es.....give them a few extra car-rots.  Happy Holidays! �

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Written by Julie McNearyof the Purple Rose Ranch

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It’s funny how horse people findeach other. Maybe it’s the insani-ty that draws us close, or that aura

of someone who finds their piece ofheaven on a dusty trail shared bycoyotes, hawks and burrowing owls.We just seem to know each otherwhen our paths cross. Could it bethe spurs and the ever present duston our clothes? Or the faint odor ofhay and manure??? Hmmm, could bea clue.

Knowing nothing about horsesor riding when I arrived in MohaveCounty four years ago, I was fortu-nate enough to meet some horsepeople who became great teachersand friends. I have invested in a les-son or two and I highly recommendthem. Mary Iozzo and KarenBabcock are among the best and Irecommend them without hesitation.But my best and preferred teachershave been friends who have had thepatience to ride with this beginner,despite my clumsiness and nervouschatter. My friend Caroline and herDad Mike are truly my favorites.

I first met Carolyn when I pur-chased a retired head horse. Banditwas a huge muscled bay beauty,whose response to even the slightestleg pressure scared this rookie todeath. He was clearly too muchhorse for my inexperience, but myfriend Carolyn just loved him. Sherode with me and my little buckskinpaint Teddy every weekend and hol-iday, challenging me to get off of theflat roads and venture into the desertand washes. She is always calm andencouraging, which is a tremendoushelp. Ever so subtle in her support,

Carolyn upped the ante with everyride. She knew that with a light handand relaxed seat that we could takeour horses darn near anywhere andthey would get us home safely. WithCarolyn and Mike I have grown inmy riding skills, always secure in theknowledge that I have experiencedriders with me who are capable andwilling to come to my aid if neces-sary. We have seen some stunningcountry on our rides, from the sheerrocky cliffs of the Black Mountains tothe deep eroded gorges along theSacramento Wash out in the Yuccadesert.

I have been fortunate these pastfew years, and have acquired somevery nice horses. I try to pass onwhat was shared with me, invitingfriends to ride them with me when-ever I can. I’ve had some interestinghorses to be sure, and have lostsome hard earned cash along theway. I learned the hard way toacquire a horse only from someonewho you know and trust. A farrier orfriend’s recommendation can saveyou a small fortune, and a feed leaseis a great way to test a horse beforecommitting to a purchase. I find the

ability to relax and trust your horseis a must for those of us who didn’tgrow up on horseback. Not a badidea either for those who find theidea of sailing through the air off of abucking, so called “beginner friend-ly” mount more than a little discon-certing. At the ripe old age of 39again…………… and again, andagain………………… well let’s justsay that I’m a bit too old for hittingthe ground. This desert is definitelyat a lack of good places to land, sobest avoid the flight!

Well Bandit has since moved onto live in Henderson with a moreexperienced rider. Carolyn andMike have purchased horses of theirown, two beautiful black and whitepaint mares. We still ride togetheras often as we can, and God willinghave many more adventures ahead.I cannot imagine a more wonderfullife, and am grateful for the friendsand family who share my love ofhorses.

Until next month, enjoy the ride! �____________________

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My wife's mare was throwin' afit and actin' out. She neverwas a kids' horse, always

spunky and determined. I attribute itto not bein' properly broke andtrained. She was what she was whenwe got her. I rode her and knew shehad some bad habits before Ibought her, but she was a beautifulbuckskin and had just raised a greatcolt. I thought she would be a goodbrood mare and also fill the need formy wife as a trail horse, she was, andwe kept her until her last days. Hername was Kilo.

One day she was actin' out toomuch and I decided to ride it out ofher. She had a habit of ignorin' a bitand decided she would jus' show mewho was master. She took off andran under some big Oaks along ourfence line. She ducked under astubbed off limb and I didn't ducklow enough.

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There was a little Baptist Churchacross the way from our place inTexas. I took the family over therefor the first time, it was "dinner onthe ground" and the old preacherpreached. I talked to him about whatGod had told me to do and he said,"Better do it then!" The old preacherwas fillin' in from another town andsix weeks later I was the Pastor ofUnion Grove Baptist Church. Thatwas almost thirty-eight years ago.My only regret, besides all my sin-nin', is that I didn't answer the callwhen I was sixteen. From sixteen tothirty there was a lot of destructionand I hurt lots of folks, I'm sorry forthat.

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The weather has been so nice!We have been riding everyweekend and during the week.

Peter will be 8 months old this week.The time is flying by. It won’t belong and he will be ready to startunder saddle. He has been on manytrail rides with me. I pony him withmy good mare GG. We go up anddown the hills and ditches. Throughsmooth ground and rough. He learnsto trot and not break gate until I askhim to either walk or stop. He hasstarted to be very good about all ofthat. It helps him learn balance andcadence before he has me up thereto deal with. The more I can teachhim now the easier it will be once heis started.

I teach him to yield to pressure,side pass, pivot, turn on the forehandand back. I teach him to be goodwith his feet and to spook in place.He knows how to disengage his hidequarters. Which will be his one reinstop.

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Michaella Walker Horsemanship

Horses function from the premise of aherd identity. Thus, they struggle to include usin their concept of a herd. A prey animal frombirth, they come into this world with traits andinstincts that are essential to survival. We ashorsemen and women must learn how to cap-ture the mind, influence the instincts and workwith their god given traits in-order to develop acalm and collected domesticated horse. Whatis the first step towards a successful journey?

Processing Intent is the first step to suc-cess. Now you’re asking, what part does intentplay in riding successfully? Of course as horselovers our intentions with the horse are alwaysgood even when they don’t turn out the way weintended them to. So what intent am I talkingabout, that can make a difference?

I’m talking about a simple intent that thehorse understands and response to. The horseis not a complicated animal but it is a prey ani-mal therefore we must develop trust andrespect in our horses, from moment to moment,one dot at a time, so that they can understandwe are not the predator. Horses are very adeptat sensing energy. The objective is to keep thehorse processing as a herd animal when everyou work together. My intent is to always workin a quite consistent fashion around and withmy horses so I can develop herd value. Thisputs me in the herd as a trusted and valuableentity.

I use an organized process of intent tocommunicate with a horse. Remember a hors-es senses and awareness are much more acutethen ours, thus our encounters with the horsemany times are interpreted as an assault ratherthen what we intended it to be. The horse sens-es our energy and simply processes it asaggressive, predator, or valued herd energy.The horse doesn’t see the big picture like wedo. We think in terms of what we want the horseto do rather then how do we create a partner-ship by making our idea the horse’s idea.

To be truly successful in your dealingswith a horse you must consider the horse. Thisis done with intent and intent is energyprocessed. A clear mind works best. If youcome into the horse’s awareness space with anervous, mad, or frustrated energy he will mir-ror your emotions. I have seen people getready for a ride. Not all, but many people getnervous about the ride. They probably don’ttrust their horse. Well it all starts to unravelright there, with that emotion and how it effectsour intent as well as our approach. The horsegets nervous; he in return doesn’t trust therider. It is his awareness of all this human intentgone haywire that sets his instincts on alert, andthe horse’s natural reaction makes the ridereven more nervous because now the horsewon’t stand for the saddle or for the rider tomount. Even after the rider does get on he hasto reel in all that energy and try to keep thehorse under control. No wonder the rider getsnervous just thinking about the wonderful timehe or she could have on the trail if only thehorse would listen. I say it’s hi time you start lis-tening. Just look into the mirror and you will seeyour horses looking back at you.

Allen J. Hamilton in his book Zen Mind ZenHorse, The Science and Spirituality of Workingwith Horses explains it best. He writes aboutIntention and how the horse senses energy. Hewrites about the sequence to Chi (Energy).

This is how the sequence might be trans-lated in terms of energy:

Chi Collected (INTENTION)Chi Focused (ASSEMBLY)Chi delivered (ACTION)Chi Dissipation (RELEASE)

The idea of conceptualizing our thoughtsand behavior in terms of their energetic con-tent may seem a bit strange at first. Once westart understanding the reactions of the horseare directly linked to our energy levels and ourintent then we can recreate our relationshipwith the horse through a language that heunderstands.

In my training every intention is focused,executed and released. I move from one inten-tion to the next as I extend my dominate fre-quency as the Alpha horse or in my case AlphaMare. This is how I motivate the horse, with alanguage the horse understands and trusts. Istay consistent as I work with the horses natural

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 itwill slow down the process. I think Einsteinsaid, “For every action there is a reaction.” Thisis true for horses as well.

I’m sure there have been times whenthings just didn’t go as expected. If a horsequestions the status of a person on his backthere is no telling what he might do to save hisown skin. The status of Alpha must be main-tained from the ground into the saddle to keeprespect and trust in a practice pen, on the trailor in a show. When that status is in question thehorse begins to react with his God giveninstincts and the fear to flight intention is setinto motion. The horse reacts with his instinctand then, the trail ride goes bad. The trainingsession falls apart. The horse learns to rear,buck, twist and run to escape the predator onthe trail. How many of you have found yourselfon the ground because the horse reacted to anunknown bugger in the woods or at a show or ina training pen? If the rider is not equipped withthe tools to extinguish the fear and re-establishtrust and respect all could be lost.

Many times this is interpreted as the horsebeing bad but in my mind it means the humanis using the wrong intent. In so many cases thehorse is only mirroring the human’s reactions.The human is just trying to control the horse sothey don’t get hurt. All that intent turns into fearon both the horses end and the humans end.One feeds the other and soon it escalates to adangerous situation for the horse or human. Inour minds, we are thinking I have to ‘Savemyself’, I must get control. The horse is justmirroring our intent because he’s thinking Ihave to ‘Save myself’. At this point nobody winsbecause both horse and human lost their trustand respect in each other.

It is our natural differences that keep usfrom processing the same, therefore we don’tthink alike. It is our calling to strive to be thebest horseman we can be. To understand whatdraws us to the horse and why it is an honor tobe a good horseman or woman. It takes timeand lots of listening to understand this beautifulfour legged creature. Through a skilled inter-preter – our equine partner - we can see ourselves clearer in the mirror.

In many cases, through divine interven-tion the horse finds the right human or thehuman finds the right horse but in many casesthe horse is never given a chance to learnthrough respect and trust, keeping his spiritand dignity. Many horses break because offorced fear or restraints with more leveragethen a crow-bar. They are never given thechance to take the right road that leads to apartnership with humans.

Just look in that divine mirror that helps usconsider the horse and the horse to considerus. The results from building a successful part-nership between you and your horse throughunderstanding, trust and respect are profound.

For more information on what matters tothe horse please go to my blog site at HORSETALK on michaellawalkerhorsemanship.comdecisions. Think it out and talk it over. �

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One night in the bunkhouse, thecowboys was playin’ cards, andone said he’d heard that she’d

got married ta some hi-fallutin’ gentback east.It hit him right where helived, and he’d got up from the cardgame, ridden ta town, and spent threedays in as big a drunken stupor as hecould. The boys from the ranch foundhim as he was headed ta her dad’splace with a gun on his hip.

They got him stopped, and whilethey was talkin’ ta him, one snuck upbehind him and knocked him out coldwith a gun barrel.

When he come to, he was in thebunkhouse with a sick stomach, a pow-erful hangover, and a head thatthrobbed with pain. From the boozeand the gun barrel. He’d never drankagain, but he’d never forgiven herfolks, or her.

He’d loved her with all that was inhim. His heart and soul and spirit.There had never been another love inhis life since. Just an occasional visit taMable’s place on the other side of thetracks. It’d been ten years, or more,since he’d been there even. He justquit carin’ or wantin’ anything likethat.

He heard years later that she’dbeen killed in an accident with a traincar. He thought maybe he could finallyput her ta rest and ease his mind, but ithadn’t happened yet. If anything, itwas worse.

“Oops! Almost rode by that brokewire,” he said ta the burro. “Can’t ya atleast bray or somethin’, ta let me knowthese things?”

The burro just twitched a long ear,dropped his head as they stopped,and went ta eatin’. “He never missedan opportunity ta eat”, the old cowboythought.

It was getting’ on ta evenin’ timewhen they rode up ta the creek, soafter unsaddling, the cowboy wateredhis horse and burro, and picketed ‘emin for the night.

Then diggin’ into his camp gear,he brought out some fishin’ line andbooks that he kept for just suchmomentous occasions. Most cowboyswouldn’t eat fish, but he loved ‘em.

He turned over some rocks on thebank and found a couple of grubs thatwould do for bait, baited the hook, anddropped it into the water. Inside of tenminutes he’d caught two nice rainbowtrout, and in another five minutes they

was sizzlin’ in a fryin’ pan with carrotsand spuds from the boss’s wife’s gar-den. She always kept him suppliedthat way. Why, even in the winter, hehad home canned fruits and vegeta-bles ‘ta eat, thanks ta her. She was anexceptionally nice woman and hadalways treated him good.

As supper cooked, the coffee wasboilin’ and he poured a cup, rolled asmoke, and leaned back in his saddleta think.

He recalled the time he saw thisbig six-by-six bull elk as he came off aridge headed for the ranch. He got ta’thinkin’ how the boss’s wife had men-tioned how she’d like elk forChristmas dinner that year.

Everybody had agreed, ‘causebeef was a bit tiring day after day, andsome elk backstrap would be a spe-cial treat.

No sooner said than done, thoughtthe cowboy, as he tied his horse out ofsight and started making a slow, care-ful, quiet stalk on the monster elk. “Notonly will I get a Christmas elk, I’ll getthe mestizo ta’ tan the hide for me, formy bed,” he figgered, as he made hisway off the ridge and through a standof aspens that still had some of theirfall colors of red, brown, and yellowleaves.

Step by silent step, he easedthrough the last of the trees ta theedge of the meadow. There standing inall of his glory, head up and sniffingthe wind, was the majestic bull.

As the man watched, and admiredthe bugling of this monarch rangacross the vast stillness. The cowboytook careful aim behind the shoulder,and try as he might, he couldn’t pullthe trigger. The bull was just too bigand beautiful.

Slowly, he lowered the rifle, andwas about ta turn and walk away, whena smaller two point bull stepped fromthe grove.

The man again aimed, drew in along breath, held it, and slowlyexhaled as his finger put pressure onthe trigger. He never felt the gun gooff, as he was so aware of the elk andthe moment when life becomes death.

The younger bull collapsed in aheap, and didn’t move again.

The cowboy looked over at themonarch bull, who was still standingwhere he’d been. Their eyes met, andas they stared at each other the cow-boy got the weirdest feeling that the

elk was saying, “thank you?”“Go on, old timer. Maybe another

day it’ll be your turn, but it won’t bemy rifle that does it.”

The bull slowly turned and walkedinto the forest, never looking back.That’d been one of the good times. Bythe way, he got backstrap forChristmas dinner, and the boss’s wifegot the elk hide, along with the ivoryteeth!

Savory smells, rising from the fry-ing pan, brought him back ta now. Itwas time ta eat. Scooping his dinnerfrom the pan, and filling his cup withcoffee, he eased back ta his seat, afteradding a chunk of wood ta the fire.

“Sure seems like the nights getcolder every year,” he thought, as hemoved a bit closer ta the fire. Lately,he’d gone ta wearin’ his wild rag andlong johns. He hated doin’ it ‘causethen he was admitting ta hisself thatwinter was comin’ on.

He knew what that meant any-more! Throbbing, achin’, joints andback, with throbbin’ pain in his leftknee and foot. The last was compli-ments of a gray bronc that’d buckedoff the side of a ridge one day, a fewyears back.

They’d made the bottom all right,although he wasn’t sure how! Then thehorse had slipped on some ice, underthe snow, and had broke the cowboy’sfoot, damaged his knee, as well asbreaking the horse’s leg. Bill laid therefor two days before someone foundhim, and helped him ta get back ta theranch. His knee had never been right

since.“Too many wrecks,” he thought

again. “And way too many miles,” hisconscience added.

He’d finished with supper,cleaned the skillet, fork, and plate andput them away, then poured anothercup of coffee, and rolled a smoke.

Inhaling gently, he blew thesmoke ring as he gazed at the flicker-ing flames of the camp fire, andwatched the sparks rise into the dark-ness, as the pitchy pine knots crackledinto the heat of the fire.

At last he made out his canvas cov-ered bedroll, and lay down. Hewatched the stars as they flashed andtwinkled in the heavens above, andsaw one streak across the sky as it fell.

“Ah,” he said. “A good luck sign.”He grinned a little, as he thought of thelife he’d led, and things he’d seen. Heset his cup down, flicked the cigarettebutt into the fire, and closed his eyes.The grin was still there.

That’s how Joe and Smitty, twocowboys from the ranch, found him atnoon the next day. With his smile.

The cowboy had returned home tomeet his maker, and to better pas-tures, sweeter times, and no more painor cold.

His fence work was all done!! �____________________

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There is nothing like raising ababy.  It can be a human baby,a puppy, a kitten, even a baby

goat, but the miracle of such a smallliving thing is amazing.  Itboggles my mind how small animalsknow certain things naturally, with-out learning from an adult.  If you’venever raised one you should, itbrings laughter to your heart, its avery rewarding feeling.

In the last issue of Horse nAround the Mountains you met ourBaby Zoey.  The Rescue picked herup on Oct 6th and estimated her ageat 6 weeks old.  Just a infant really,she had been away from her Motherfor 5 days.  Being so young 5 dayswithout milk was critical, luckily herowners called for help and savedBaby Zoey’s life. The very first day atthe Rescue she took to being bottlefed, and believe me this little girlhas an appetite!

At first it was about getting herstabilized and between the volun-teers we were feeding her about aquart of milk replacer 6 times a day.If your not familiar, milk replacer isbasically powdered milk, there areseveral brands to choose from.  Webegan with Land of Lakes, actuallybecause we keep a 8 pound bucketon hand at the Rescue.  We have itfor baby goats but it can be used forseveral animals.  Then because ofthe volume needed for Baby Zoeywe switched to the 25 pound bags ofPurina/Mills.  It doesn’t last long, injust a month we went through 35pounds.  Thank goodness a few peo-ple cared enough to help.

Baby Zoey is doing excellent!  Tosee her handler Ashley Dazzo workwith her in her pen would marvelanyone.  They are quite  the lovingpair.  Baby Zoey has become verypopular with the kids too, beingcloser to their size and all.  And asshe gets a little older we get to seethe progress each and every day.Just a few weeks ago Baby Zoey tookher first drink of water, and it wasn’tjust a small sip either.  We’ve had thebucket in her pen all along just incase, but in the early days its allabout the milk.  Every week we’d

pull her bucket and clean it out andreplace the fresh water, but sheshowed no interest.  Well she drinkswater daily now.  And about thesame time she began nibbling onfresh alfalfa hay.  She doesn’t reallyeat hay as a meal, just nibbles it asan extra.  Ofcourse as time goes onshe’ll begin eating more and morehay.  It is important to have a goodquality alfalfa available.

After raising her this last monththe pride strings are alreadyattached to the heart.  Standing backaway from her pen and just watchingher eat some grown up food like haybrings a warm smile to your face.And personality, oh my gosh! this lit-tle girl flows with personality.  If youcould only see her stamp herlittle  hoof impatiently when shewants to be fed, right now!  Sure Imight be mixing up a fresh batch butshe wants her food!  And she’ll pacethe pen as long as it takes to walkover to her with her bottle, whichnow is a 1/2 gallon size.  But when Iget there and am ready to feed her,she acts like, too late, I’m not hungrynow.  But just as quickly changes hermind and drains to bottle dry.  Ormaybe when  we’re working she’llwant to get  our attention and she’llstart jumping around her pen buck-ing and kicking just so we’ll noticeand come over.  She is really some-thing special and has become a partof many peoples lives already.  Likemy Dad says, burros are earthangels.

If you would like to help BabyZoey or any of the Rescue animals,you can send your donations toSacred Grounds Rescue, POBox 967,Wikieup AZ 85360, we are a nonprofit organization so it is a taxdeduction.  Please, if you do haveanimals of anykind, please try yourbest to take extra good care ofthem.  Baby Zoey and all the animalshere at The Rescue wish you thevery best this Holiday Season, shareyour love. �

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