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Photo Provided by Julie McNeary Ivery rarely just lead my horse somewhere. I back my horses up everywhere. Like most of you, I have a limitedamount of time to actually spend with my horses, so as long as I’m with them, I might as well be teaching themsomething. So I could drag a horse from Point A to Point B and would get to where I needed to go. Or I could

back him there and I would still get to where I needed to go, plus he would have learned something by the timehe got there. I try to use every opportunity as a training opportunity. It gives me a chance to gain respect from myhorse as well as fine-tune the control I have of his feet. I’ll back a horse in and out of his stall, into the arena, all theway back to the barn, etc. The better a horse backs up, the better he’ll do everything else. !

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This Wasn'tIn The

BrochureSo, How YOU doin’?

Written by Julie McNearyof the Purple Rose Ranch

This month's column was supposed tobe all about the Grand Canyon Muleride I was taking with 3 other women

my age, but you know the old saying, "Wantto make God laugh? !Make plans". !Now,after a year of planning and waiting inAugust, my husband Mark had a slight heartattack and thankfully came out of it OK. !Soback to our plans...

In October, a week after the KingmanPRCA rodeo, he had a stroke. ! I've learnedseveral things from these exper -iences. !1) !That if you drive 90 mph down I-40 with your hazard lights on, people actual-ly get out of your way. !Both times I got himto the hospital 35 miles away in recordtime. ! 2) Friends and neighbors will cometo your aid and news travels faster in thecountry than in the city. !3) I'm tougher thanI thought.

Mark was airlifted to a hospital in LasVegas, when I caught up with him I told himif he had wanted a helicopter ride Iwould've taken him.

I slept in the hospital in a straightbacked chair and when I couldn't stand thatanymore I slept in the back of my truck inthe parking lot, only to be awakened by jetsflying overhead and security guards onthose 2-wheeled stand up Segways. ! ButGod was on our side. He regained hisspeech and the paralysis went away. He'schanged his diet and is taking it easier onhis business and social responsibili ties. !Healways seemed to strong, now I realize weare all vulnerable. ! I brought him home,caught up with the housework and laundry,and just when I thought we were gettingback to a "normal" life, our dog impaledhimself on a stick, so it was off to the vet's forsurgery for the dog. !So right now I'm in themiddle of taking care of my guy, training mymare with a refresher course each morning,taking my medication, giving my dog hismedication and making sure Mark takes hismedication and I'm just hoping I don't getthe medications mixed up. ! I get myselfthrough these things by saying "This is onlya temporary situation." So far it hasworked. !So in closing, I would like to thankthe Drs., the hospitals, the flight crew and allof our friends and neighbors for your sup-port during this crazy time and especially toGod for letting me keep my husband, mylover, and my friend for a while longer. !

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My wife and I have been traveling by trike this month....By the time we arrive back home it will be about 5500 miles...we have stopped in Seligman, Az for the 16 annual trike in...We are members of the Brotherhood of the third wheel....Marti and I belong tothe Pokie Okies....our home is in Ada, OK...We are staying at the Canyon Lodge it is run by the nicest folks you would ever wish to meet... And this is the first time we have been to this trike in...We were welcomed like long lost friends...makes one appreci-ate people a little more...As we travel around the states and meet folks it is a pleasure to see the smiles on their faces and the amazed looks when they realize two 70 plus folks are having this much fun...We were given a copy of Horse n around the moun-tains by Nick Mock director of West end Chapter (BTW) seligman, Az...As i read your article This Wasn't in the Brochure people do need people...i felt i had to let you know...Yes people do read your articles and love what you have to say...the next time wecome this way will look for this paper again...have a great life...may all your wishes come ...May prosperity and happiness find you.P.S. be careful what you wish for..true – Dale

If you have a horse that’s too busy eyeing uphis next meal on the trail rather than pay-ing attention to you, use these easy steps to

put yourself back in control.

Put His Feet to WorkA horse can only think about one thing at

a time. He’s either got his attention on you oron his next snack. If you’re walking down thetrail and your horse grabs a mouthful of grass,he’s obviously not thinking about you. Youneed to redirect his feet and make him hustle.As soon as he snatches grass, bend himaround in a circle and kick his side with yourinside leg. Wake him up and get his attentionback on you. You’re saying to the horse, “Hey,you don’t have time to be eating grassbecause you’re too busy listening to me andhustling your feet!”

After you make your point, put the horseon a loose rein and dare him to take anotherbite. It’s important to ride on a loose rein sothe horse can commit to the mistake. If hewants to take a mouthful of grass, let him.Think of it like this: You can’t arrest somebodyfor standing outside the bank with a gun. Youhave to wait until they go into the bank withthe gun and then you can arrest them. Thatdoesn’t mean that you let your horse stop andgraze for 20 minutes; just wait for him tochomp at the grass and then hustle his feet.

When I say, hustle his feet, I do mean,hustle his feet. This doesn’t work if you let thehorse graze for five minutes and then barelyget him to move. If you let him drag his feet,he’ll be too busy chewing on the grass anddreaming about his next snack to pay anyattention to you. If he grabs a mouthful, makehim hustle his feet like his life depends on it.Do serpentines, lope him in a circle, gallophim in a straight line, it doesn’t matter what

you do, but get some energy to it. Remember,horses are basically lazy creatures and theworst punishment you can give them is hardwork.

Squeeze, Cluck, SpankIf your horse stops at a patch of clover

and refuses to move even if you’re bumpinghim on the sides, you need to get moreaggressive. Remember to use Squeeze, Cluckand Spank. Squeeze the horse with the calvesof your legs to get him to move. If he ignoresyour squeezing, cluck to him with yourtongue, “cluck, cluck.” If he still isn’t moving,spank him with the end of your reins or adressage whip. Squeeze is politely asking thehorse to go. Cluck is warning him that thespank is going to come if he continues toignore you. Spank is doing whatever it takesto get the horse’s feet to move. You may haveto really get after him if he’s being disrespect-ful. With horses you have to be as easy as pos-sible, but as firm as necessary.

Make The Wrong ThingDifficult and the Right

Thing Easy If making the horse move his feet isn’t

working, try popping him in between his earswhenever he tries to snatch a bite. Use theend of your reins or a dressage whip to taphim firmly enough so that he says “Oh man,that wasn’t fun.” It’s almost like a big surprise.Every time he opens his mouth, somethingquickly smacks him on the top of his head. Ifevery time he takes a bite of grass somethingwhacks him between the ears, he’ll eventual-ly stop going for the grass because he’ll bethinking that he’s making himself feel uncom-fortable. Remember, timing is very important;you want your horse to think that he is the one

causing the pressure between his ears notyou.

Be PreparedThe best piece of advice I can give you is

if you know your horse has a habit of eating onthe trail, don’t go walking down the trail swap-ping recipes with a buddy. Be prepared foryour horse to make the mistake, and thenmake the correction. You’ll find that if you putthe horse’s attention back on you and givehim direction, he’ll stop eating on the trail andbecome an overall better trail partner. !

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DMS GETS DONATED PICNIC TABLES FOR SPECTATORS TO SIT ONToday at the monthly DMS Gymkhana, Danielle was presented with three picnic tables for spectators to sit on while theevents were happening. Seating was scarce, one grandstand, furnished by Greywood Stables or “bring your own chair”for a long time. Jeff Hammond and Amy McGrath have spent many a day at the Greywood Stables as a spectator and Amy,a sometime participant, of DMS Gymkhanas. Last year Jeff and Amy got an idea to try and get sponsors to sponsor a tablethat people could sit at as the crowds that attended got bigger. Thanks to the donations of West SideDisposal, Chas Barker Leather Works and Rocky Mt Slots, that dream came true. Jeff and Amyassembled and painted the benches that ACE hardware had shipped to the Kingman Store. Jeff saidhe would like to add about three more and if you are interested in sponsoring one you can contact:

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VET WRAPWhy Weigh

Hay?Written By

Erika Cartwright, DVM

Do you know how much hayyou are feeding yourhorse? Many owners know

how many flakes of hay they fed,but really don’t know if they arefeeding the appropriate amount.Horses should be feed between 2-2.5% of their body weight (2-2.5lbs/100 lbs) in feed each day. Sofor a 1000 pound horse theyshould eat 20-25 lbs. of feed daily,with >90% of that amount comingfrom dry matter or hay. To mini-mize feed costs while keepinghorses at a healthy weight horseowners should weigh their hay. Itis well known that all flakes are notcreated equally. The flakes at theends of the bale are lighter thanthe more densely packed flakes inthe middle of a bale. Weighingeach meal is easily done by usinga packer’s scale and a fire woodsling.

It is easy for horse owners toestimate their horse’s weight byusing a weight tape. Weighinghorses is necessary to monitorweight changes, calculate theproper amount of wormer andother medications that should begiven. First find a weight tapesuitable for your horse’s build.There are different weight tapesfor ponies, horses and drafts.Place the tape over the horsesback just behind the withers andcatch the other side under thehorse. Position the tape so it pass-es over the girth groove and take areading.

Once the proper weight hasbeen determined calculate theamount of feed necessary for yourhorse. Next, determine if yourhorse has additional nutritionalneeds. Though forage shouldmake up 90% of a horses dietsome may require additional sup-plementation (i.e. grain) if they aregrowing, breeding or working.For additional information on feedrequirements for growing, breed-ing or working horses contactwww.horse.purinamills.com !

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This is something we all need to startdoing and not just for Christmas!

As the holidays app-roach, the giantAsian factories are kicking into high gear toprovide Americans with monstrous piles ofcheaply produced goods — merchandisethat has been produced at the expense ofAmerican labor. This year will be different.This year Americans will give the gift ofgenuine concern for other Americans.There is no longer an excuse that, at giftgiving time, nothing can be found that isproduced by American hands. Yes there is!

It’s time to think outside the box, peo-ple. Who says a gift needs to fit in a shirtbox, wrapped in Chinese produced wrap-ping paper? Everyone — yes EVERYONEgets their hair cut. How about gift certifi-cates from your local American hair salonor barber?

Most of us have animals so a gift cer-tificate to your locally run feed store is anexcellant idea.

Gym membership? It’s appropriate forall ages who are thinking about somehealth improvement.

Who wouldn’t appreciate getting theircar detailed? Small, American owned detailshops and car washes would love to sell youa gift certificate or a book of gift certifi-

cates.Are you one of those extravagant

givers who think nothing of plunking downthe Benjamins on a Chinese made flat-screen? Perhaps that grateful gift receiverwould like his driveway sealed, or lawnmowed for the summer, or drivewayplowed all winter, or games at the local golfcourse.

There are a bazillion owner-runrestaurants — all offering gift certificates.And, if your intended isn’t the fancy eaterysort, what about a half dozen breakfasts atthe local breakfast joint. Remember, folksthis isn’t about big National chains — this isabout supporting your home townAmericans with their financial lives on theline to keep their doors open.

How many people couldn’t use an oilchange for their car, truck or motorcycle,done at a shop run by the American work-ing guy?

Thinking about a heartfelt gift formom? Mom would LOVE the services of alocal cleaning lady for a day.

My computer could use a tune-up, andI KNOW I can find some young guy who isstruggling to get his repair business up andrunning.

OK, you were looking for somethingmore personal. Local crafts people spin

their own wool and knit them into scarves.They make jewelry, and pottery and beauti-ful wooden boxes.

Plan your holiday outings at local,owner operated restaurants and leave yourserver a nice tip. And, how about going outto see a play or ballet at your hometowntheatre.

Musicians need love too, so find avenue showcasing local bands.

Honestly, people, do you REALLY needto buy another ten thousand Chinese lightsfor the house? When you buy a five dollarstring of light, about fifty cents stays in thecommunity. If you have those kinds of bucksto burn, leave the mailman, trash guy orbabysitter a nice BIG tip.

You see, Christmas is no longer aboutdraining American pockets so that Chinacan build another glittering city. Christmasis now about caring about US, encouragingAmerican small businesses to keep plug-ging away to follow their dreams. And,when we care about other Americans, wecare about our communities, and the bene-fits come back to us in ways we couldn’timagine.

THIS is the new American Christmastradition. !

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On Saturday October 1st, the Mohave County 4-H Horse Program celebrated the successes of the 4-H members during the annual Horse Award Ceremony held at the Mohave County FairGrounds. It was a fun night for the kids, leaders and the parents to share in the achievements from a tough show year. Congratulations to everyone for all of your hard work that goes into theshow season.

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This month I need to tell you one thing tostart: Darcy Downs Vollbracht wrote A QuestFor Cash’s Obituary. Ok now that we got thatstraight. I will tell you what happened fromthat story. I was searching after Cash hadpassed away, and even years before for a coltthat we had raised and then sold. I found thepeople’s name on the AQHA web site butcould not get in touch with them. So I gave uptrying to find him. Two weeks ago a womanemailed me after reading the obituary and

said she thought she had a horse I maybeinterested in. It was him—the long lost son ofmy stud horse. I was so excited to see him Icouldn’t stand it. So my husband and I wentfor a ride to the ranch where he was. I could-n’t believe my eyes!! We found him at last andwe bought him and brought him home.

It’s funny how things workout sometimes,the story of his father brought us to Quest. Ifind that really neat!! I have been slowly leg-ging him up and getting him in shape. I thinkQuest will be a great horse. He is over 16hands, a beautiful red line back dun. His twosisters are here with him. It was like a familyreunion. I will photograph all three of them formy next story and you can see how three hors-es all with the same mother and father are stillvery different. All beautiful and talented intheir own way. Some things are the same andsome different. I am so glad that he is homewith us. He is very beautiful and so kind, helooks right at you like he’s thinking very bigthoughts. Have a great month of riding andKeep it Safe. !

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Cerbat Hay and Feed opened in 2009by Dennis and Beverly Gaddis. Theywere located on Northern Ave.

behind the car wash. At that time they wereso small that when they got a load of hay thatwould not fit in the barn, they would haul ithome and back every day until they hadroom. It was a friendly little store, with thecustomary dog greeting all the customersand a corner filled with toys for the grand-kids and kids that might wander in. Theirfirst customer was Joe Hancock of HancockFarms, his dollar still hangs today on thewall. They have since moved to 4435 N. BankStreet to accommodate the need for space.Soon they will be expanding into the backlot and inside remodeling is planned aswell.

They started it with one motto in mind,"to open a quality feed store with greatprices and great customer service." Thatmotto is still in place today as they strive tokeep their prices low for the customers.Their customer service is top notch and atany given time you can get clear answers toyour livestock and pet needs by just asking.Beverly and Dennis support Local organiza-tions and events, such as 4H and FFA by

offering discounts on birds for fair projects,as well being the only feed store to buy ananimal at the auction this year. Additionally,they sponsor DMS Events and County Fairhorse shows and they compete in both.

Their feed is from the USA. Star Millingproducts is the only line they use for theirlivestock feed. The dog food brand they sellis Ultra Balance, all USA ingredients with nobyproducts or fillers. They have expandedtheir inventory to carry Catus Ropes andhorseshoeing supplies. They carry a full lineof equine products ranging from fly sprayand wound care and everything in between.They carry a range of pet supplies for yourcainine and feline pals as well. If they don’tcarry it, Beverly will assist in getting it foryou.

Beverly and Dennis are Kingmanites,with two children and three grandchildrenthat help out in the store when needed. Thebox of toys is still available to play with.They are proud of the fact that they are oneof the few businesses in Kingman wherelocal money is invested and they recycle itback into the community. If you have theneed for FEED, stop by, you will be greetedwith a smile and great customer service. !

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Written by Andrea Smith

If you have ever been faced with a medicalemergency with your horse and you are ina situation where a veterinarian is not

always available or distance can create a sit-uation where you have to act and think fast in

treating your horse for an emergency until avet arrives, there are some things you can doand actions you can take to prevent the situa-tion from escalating and becoming worseand could result in the horse becoming moreill or even resulting in the loss of the animal.

For many horse owners who live too farfrom veterinarian services time is always ofthe essence when you are treating a horse formedical emergencies until the vet arrives.

Colic, being my first and primarily mybiggest fear as a horse owner is something Ihave dreaded and feared all these years ofhorse ownership. To face this horrid ordeal issomething I wish every horse owner could bespared. Unfortunately, it can hit at anytimeand any horse. Colic is indiscriminant when itcomes to attacking horses. It can kill the bestof them and it does.

Not too long ago, a riding resort inMohave County posted a memoriam to one oftheir most popular and prized horses thatsuccumbed to colic. This was a prized animaland the reputations of the horse owners areabove reproach. They are pros. But theirattempts to save their beloved horse werefutile.

As a novice, I learned a few tricks of thetrade of emergency treatment for colicbefore a vet could arrive. I used them in treat-ing colic on two horses successfully thatrequired the use of enemas and walking thehorses for several hours. It is a tedious andlaborious job, but a labor of love when itcomes to your horse’s survival.

Sadly, I lost my Palomino, my dear, sweethorse, to colic so quickly that I am still inshock over the sudden loss. It is still like abad dream. I’ve never seen anything work sodangerously quick and deadly as colic. I feltconfident that I had won after eleven hours ofkeeping her up and mobile and treating her.I was fooled into thinking that she was fine, asI felt sick with relief when I spent her finalwaking hours hugging and petting her andfeeling proud of my efforts. Little did I knowthat it was simply her saying goodbye. Ourlast time together. She knew.

I felt as if I had failed. I felt sick anddefeated. But then I remembered other horseowners who had their own ordeals with treat-ing not just colic, but other medical emergen-cies until a vet arrived...and in absence of aveterinarian, either because of monetary rea-sons or because time wouldn’t allow for a vetto arrive.

Some were successful in their treatmentof their horses, others weren’t. Some horseowners know when it is time to say goodbyeand humanely have the horse euthanized.Others, especially some of the ranchers Iknow, still use the cheapest method of all...asingle bullet! Usually only when the horse isin such severe pain and suffering and timedoes not allow for a veterinarian.

I have assisted in the berthing of friend’sgoats and calves in the middle of a field on a

cold nigh without a vet. I have applied band-ages and ointments to wounds of horses andlivestock. I have bathed and dipped sheepand plucked lice and ticks from their coats.All without a veterinarian. I have given pillsand shots to horses. And I also had to learnthe grim task of how to shoot an animalquickly and painlessly as possible that wasmauled by a rogue coyote or mountain lionand left for dead.

All in all, pretty much mandatory thingsthe horse or livestock owner needs to learn.But there are also dangers in not having a vet-erinarian present during an emergency withyour horse.

I had a neighbor in California, who rou-tinely shoved mineral oil down her horse’srectums for fear of colic. It might haveworked, but like anything that is self-pre-scribed or acting like a vet based on her per-sonal fears and without the supervision of anactual veterinarian, she could have been set-ting herself up for something even more dan-gerous than what she feared. As she discov-ered later, her daily use of enemas on herhorses were similar and as dangerous to theaction of bulimic celebrities! Her vet put heron a safe and effective preventative treatmentfor her horses.

Treating minor cuts and gashes are onething, but second-guessing a diagnosis ofyour horse and using any kind of medicationon your horse without consulting a veterinar-ian first is not advisable and extremely dan-gerous and can result in harming or killingyour horse.

What’s advisable are steps we can alltake in emergency care of our equinefriends:

l. Stay calm2. Have your vet’s number handy...even on

speed dial if possible.3. Keep emergency over the counter med-

icines recommended by your vet ready-to-use ! and available

4. Follow directions carefully in use of allmedications.

5. Contact your vet for ANY questions.Even for over-the-counter meds.Treatment of your horse is not some-thing you should rely on as discussedover a cup of coffee at the local cafe!

A lot of heartache can be spared whentreating our beloved horses if we ourselvesare best prepared for emergenciesand...well, use a little horse sense! n

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Andrea Smith is a freelance writer inMohave County and contributer toHorse ‘n' Around The Mountains

She is the owner and Director of theTri-State Therapeutic Riding Facility in

Mohave Valley and Kingman


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2011 Mohave County Fair Gymkhana Winners1st Place - Saddle: 10 & Under - Kali Lewis • 11 to 14 - Kinsey Masten • 15 to 18 - Lindsey Soles • 19 & Over - Krystal Symonds2nd Place - Belt Buckle: 10 & Under - Samantha Roer • 11 to 14 - Baylee Hammond • 15 to 18 - Sammi Miles • 19 & Over - Veronica Spencer3rd Place - Headstall: 10 & Under - Cody Humble • 11 to 14 - Sierra Vasquez • 15 to 18 - Stacie White • 19 & Over - Angelina Westercamp4th Place - Saddle Pad: 10 & Under - Gracie Forsse • 11 to 14 - April Sorace • 15 to 18 - Taryn Gilliland • 19 & Over - Sharie Brock5th Place - Boot Barn Gift Card: 10 & Under - Shea Medin • 11 to 14 - Jordan Ownby • 15 to 18 - Raylee Hatch • 19 & Over - Renee Timm6th Place - Boot Barn Gift Card: 10 & Under - Faith Campa • 11 to 14 - Reyna Hatch • 15 to 18 - Maggie Partridge • 19 & Over - Jeanie Keitz7th Place - Boot Barn Gift Card: 10 & Under - Jason Benson • 11 to 14 - Ashley Baker • 15 to 18 - Lacey Lamacki • 19 & Over - Sue Callahan8th Place - Boot Barn Gift Card: 10 & Under - Brooke Forsse • 11 to 14 - Kimberly Wright • 15 to 18 - Alexis Timm • 19 & Over - Teri Ann Curry

Other Participants Who Deserve An Honorable Mention Area: Anyia MaBry, Eliza Telford, Madison Lewis, Kylie Wright, Samantha Newman, BreezyWeber, Phebe Partridge, Kirsten Lewis, Jasmine Grizzle, Alyssa Duran, Rachel Townsend, Angel Adams, Kaylee Newby, Gianna De’Maria, Carrie Cranford, TaylorOverson, Jessica Somers, Alana Salazar, Kristi Parks, Brittany Brodar, Kimberly Lafferty, Tandra Shaefer, Kimberly Beck, Jennifer, Jones, Jacquie Tarvin, andMelissa Timm.

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Formed in May of 2010, andapproved by the Back CountryHorsemen of Arizona as a chapter,

this group of horsemen and women arededicated to maintaining open eques-trian access on public lands. Membersof the group volunteer to provide trailmaintenance across Arizona, especiallyon local trails in the Black, Cerbat andHualapai Mountains.

As an “official” chapter of the BackCountry Horsemen of Arizona, theKingman chapter is structured similar tomany other service organizations in ourtown. Members meet monthly (currentlyon the first Wednesday of each monthbeginning at 6:30 PM at Calico’sRestaurant), and have a full schedule ofevents, including participation in com-munity events.

These events include group trailrides rated on a scale of one to four(indicating increasing difficultydegree), allowing riders to participate at theircomfort level, group presence on horsebackat area community parades, horsemanshipworkshops and trail building and improve-ment work days.

In keeping with the intent and purpose ofthe national Back Country Horsemen ofAmerica, who’s purpose, from their website(www.backcountryhorse.com), is “to perpetu-ate the common sense use and enjoyment ofhorses in America’s back country and wilder-ness; to work to insure that public landsremain open to recreational stock use; toassist the various government and privateagencies in their maintenance and manage-ment of said resource; to educate, encourageand solicit active participation in the wise useof the back country resource by horsemenand the general public commensurate withour heritage; and , to foster and encourage the

formation of new state Back CountryHorsemen’s organizations.”

On scheduled trail rides, trail etiquette isstrictly observed, and novice riders are givenspecial consideration and tutoring by more

skilled equestrians. The group’s mostrecent ride, held in September, was listedas a “level two” ride: “Fairly easy, reason-ably smooth, more ups and downs [than alevel one ride], minor obstacles, step-overs, some rocky areas.” This ride was allthat was promised: beginning at the endof Silver Springs Road, east of Kingman,the ride crossed flowing streams, climbedover small hills, wended its way throughcottonwood groves and passed barkingranch dogs and an occasional cow orthree. Eight riders participated and noone experienced any problems witheither horses, dogs, or gear.

Upcoming events include theNational Trails Day trail maintenance andbarbeque in Dolan Springs, Yellow PinesRanch trail maintenance and a group ridethrough Secret Pass in the BlackMountains. !

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Written by Jimi Owen

He’d come ridin’ in slowly from the westside of the valley, looking neither left orright. He seemed to notice nothing. Not

the people on the plank walks, the dog yap-ping at his horse’s heels, or the children thatwere playing in the street. But I knew; a feel-ing I had told me that this man missed noth-ing; nothing at all. He was riding a sorrel,blaze faced, stockin’ legged stallion with abeautiful flaxen mane and tail. This horsespoke of royalty, in the way he moved, and inthe way he carried himself. ! ! Like the manwho rode him, he dismissed all in his passing.There was nothing common about either ofthem.

They reminded me of a knight of old I’dread about, in a book called “Ivanhoe.” ! ! Thestallion walked up to the water trough andstopped to drink. The man’s hand had nevermoved its position. It was like they knew eachother’s thoughts! When he’d finished drink-ing, the stallion raised his head, and with littledrops of water falling from his mouth andnose, he turned by himself, and came acrossthe street. He stopped at the hitch rail in frontof my saloon, and slowly, the man dismount-ed.

His boots, gun belt, saddle, and bridlewere all handmade, and of exquisite work-manship and detail. On the bridle and reinswas some of the most beautiful rawhide braidwork that I’d ever seen. !“This was no ordinarycowboy,” I thought, as I eyed his gear and theway he wore the gun belt, tied at the leg, andpositioned for easy, quick access to the wal-nut grip of his pistol.

I’d been sitting in a chair on the porch ashe rode in. Now I stood, nodded hello, and

walked in ahead of the man. He’d stopped,and waited at the porch edge until I wentthrough the door first. Only then, did he followme inside. As he walked to the bar, I noticedhis movements; smooth, fluid, effortless. Likethe gracefulness of a cat, as it glided along insearch of prey. Here was one very dangerousman!

He stopped at a corner of the bar, wherehis back was to the wall, and everything in thebar, including the door, was in his line ofsight. !“What’ll it be, sir?” I asked. Only thendid he look at me. A shiver ran the entirelength of my body, as he said, “Whiskey,please.” ! Those eyes were a piercing, darkbrown in color, and you felt instantly like theywere gazing right into your soul. Again, I feltthe shiver.

But, along with the piercing gaze, Inoticed a sadness. An overpowering sense ofloneliness, and despair that whispered of aninner torment of the soul. A yearning, and aneed, for something, or someone to reallycare. To maybe, just once in his life, need him,not just his gun. !I felt this last, more than I sawit. After owning a bar for twelve years, and siz-ing people up for nearly forty years, I’d gottento where I could not only read people, but feelthem, too. I’d stayed alive that way, more thanonce. I knew this man would be a loyal andtrusted friend. But he would also be the mostdangerous, ruthless enemy anyone wouldever have. They wouldn’t have an enemy forlong, though. They’d be dead! ! “Thanks,” hesaid in a soft, but overpowering kind of voice,as I sat the shot glass full of whiskey on thebar in front of him.

With his left hand, he picked the glassup, and sipped a little of the whiskey, letting itset in his mouth, and then trickle slowly down

his throat. He looked at me and smiled. “Mycompliments on the quality. This ain’t yournormal rot-gut,” he said. ! “I’ve got whiskey,and then I’ve got whiskey,” I replied. “I fig-gered you for the last one.” ! I returned hissmile, thinking as I did that even his smile hada painful kind of sadness to it.

I’d given Harvey a drink, and was wipingdown the bar with a wet cloth. Harvey was anold yellow cat that showed up one day, andnever left. He kept the mice away, in return fora bowl or two of beer every once in a while.He didn’t care to be petted, or messed with.Just give him his beer, and he was happy. Theman at the end of the bar stayed and sippedmaybe three shots all night. First, though, he’dgone out and taken the stallion to the liverystable down the street. !He’d walked and ledthe horse rather than ridden him. That in itselfwas unusual in a cowtown. Most cowboyswouldn’t walk across the street! ‘Course, hehad loosened the cinches on the horse whenhe’d first dismounted, too. You never saw that.One thing I’d give him. If he loved it, he caredfor it beyond measure. It was that simple. Andhe loved, and respected that stallion, as thestallion did him. It showed in both theiractions. When he’d led the stallion down thestreet, the reins were looped around the sad-dle horn. That stud had followed him, like adog with no leash would follow its belovedmaster.

When he came back in, an hour or solater, he resumed the same place at the bar.We’d talked a little off and on, and he relaxeda little around me, but never missed anythinggoin’ on around us. ! “Anyone hirin’ aroundhere,” he asked. Without thinking, I said “Nogun jobs! Most times it’s pretty peacefularound.” Instantly I regretted what I’d said. He

withdrew a little, and sadness and resignationleaped back into his eyes. But only for aminute. He’d come to expect such answers“Cowboyin’”, he said. A cow camp out in themiddle of nowhere for the winter. Somethin’like that.”

Now I knew, or felt, that he didn’t careabout a job. He didn’t need one. He’d paid allnight in gold!” He just wanted away from theworld. Maybe for good. I figgered he’d be asgood with a rope and cattle as he would bewith his gun. Just a feelin’ I had, but somehowI knew I was right. Perfection almost has asmell. “Let me ask around a bit. There’s someboys in tonight from the outfits. I’ll tell ‘em it’sfor a friend, and leave you out of the conver-sation. By the way, I’m sorry for my remarkabout the gun job.” ! He looked at me for aminute, then said, “Forget it. It’s an honest mis-take. You ain’t the first, nor the last. Thanks foraskin’around for me”. He smiled again. I’dbeen forgiven. That was important to me,‘cause this man I liked, and understood. Morethan most folks knew, or ever would know,about my past. But he knew. Again, just a feel-in’!

I came back, after filling drinks up anddown the bar. I brought the bottle from theshelf, and refilled his glass, too. “No charge,friend,” I said, as he reached for the money inhis pocket. !“Thank you,” he replied, and wefell into another conversation. !We talked, asonly lonely men can. About dreams, the past,and the future. Revealing our soul, withoutreally revealing anything. Like I said, I under-stood him. And him, me. I told him of the ranchI wanted someday. A little spread, where Icould raise good horses, and maybe a kid ortwo. Nothin’ big, or fancy. Just a home.


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O N E N A T I O N U N D E R G O D

ALONG THE WAY...with Pastor Roger Gorham

Pastor of Cowboy Church of Mohave County

Riding The Fence

There’s a couple things a ranch cowboyhas got to do that isn’t always the mostfun stuff, but it’s got to be done. One is

breakin’ colts so you can use them and theother is fixin’ fences.

Years ago I had a two year old red colt(Rusty) that we had raised, he was gentleenough and took to the saddle fairly well, butone of my daughters had taken a special likin’to him and so I was breakin’ him to be herhorse. Bein’ older and wiser than I had beenin my younger years, I put my son on him andlet him take the first round of buckin’...

One day I decided that I would rideRusty, green-broke as he was, on a fence fixin’trip... get him used to havin’ “stuff” hangin’on him and lots of stopping, standing, ham-merin’ and wire stretchin’. Things were goin’along pretty good until Rusty decided he hadhad enough of fence ridin’ and haulin’ me andmy stuff around.

He took to buckin’ and throwed me rightoff onto the barbed wire fence! While I wasextractin’ myself from the fence, Rusty went tothe barn. I won’t say I rode like Pecos Billcause it wasn’t the first time I was throwed, butit was the first time I ever got cut up in barbedwire from bein’ throwed. The barbed wiresure took a toll on my good denim shirt and

ripped up my belly some. I didn’t like bein’on that fence.

When you get old you think about stuffand I found that God’s Word talks about fenceridin’ and bein’ on that fence. There’s twosides to every fence. God’s Word describes agood side and a bad side, we must decide onwhich side we’re gonna ride, and you gottamake a decision ‘cause you can’t ride barbedwire forever, it will eat you up.

James 1:6...... be sure that your faith is inGod alone. Do not waver, for a person withdivided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of thesea that is blown and tossed by the wind.7Such people should not expect to receiveanything from the Lord. 8 Their loyalty isdivided between God and the world, and theyare unstable in everything they do.

Joshua 24:15.......” choose today whomyou will serve..... But as for me and my family,we will serve the Lord.”

Maybe it’s time you got off that fence. Wetalk about stuff like this at Cowboy Church.Along The Way..... You might like it.... comeand see.... !

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ARENA TEAM/Castle Rock Arena Schedule of events (2nd Saturday / mo)

2011 December 10

Team roping – #6 and under rope around Barrels – (open & peewee)

2012 January 14 - Stick Rodeo (all ages)

Bull Riding, Bronc Riding (mechanical) Team roping, Barrels, Poles, ribbon pulling, Flag Drop

February 11 - Team roping, Event (TBA)

Contact: Kimi Locke 702-419-7668 for pre-entries, and any questions! All Ropings start at 9 am, books open at 8.

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SACRED GROUNDS RESCUE NEEDS3/4 or 1 ton 4x4 truck and Horse/livestock

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FANTASTIC TRAIL HORSE!Madonna is a small 10 year old Mustang,extremely friendly. Dark brown, Fat and in

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LOST DOG115 lb black & white Alaskan Malamute.

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Congratulations to LindseySchuerr for competing in the4-H State Horse ShowOctober 19th -21st at WestWorld Equestrian Center inScottsdale Arizona. Lindseycompeted in the WesternShow Classes, Horse Judg -ing and English Showman -ship.

Her hard work paid off earn-ing an 8th place ribbon inHorse Judging and 6th placeribbon in English Showman -ship out of a class of 20 Sr.4-H members, from all overthe state. We are very proudof your hard work and dedi-cation throughout the year,and looking forward tocheering you on to a suc-cessful show season nextyear.

Photo Provided by Kassie Schuerr

Giving Thanks to the LordAnd when you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, offer it of your own free will..................................Lev 2:29Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the Gentiles, And sing praises to Your name............ 2 Sam 22:50Oh, give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples! ............1 Chron 16:8Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever ..........................................1 Chron 16:34... stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at evening ......................................1 Chron 23:30Both riches and honor come from You, And You reign over all. In Your hand ispower and might; In Your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.“Now therefore, our God, We thank You And praise Your glorious name .” ..........................................1 Chron 29:12-13.

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His eyes showed the greatest pain anddespair that I’d ever seen. The torture in hissoul was so real, you could almost taste it! “Iknew a man who had all that once. Four sec-tions, a little house, and barn. A wife, pregnantwith their first child. He even has…” he fal-tered. “Sorry. Had a stallion, and some mares.Life was good. Then she was killed bycholera. Her and the baby both. He rodeaway, and didn’t look back. Well, sometimes Iguess he does.” He looked away for amoment, but I hadn’t missed the moistening ofhis eyes.

I felt so privileged. I knew that this wasthe one and only time he would ever talkabout this part of his life again. And he’d cho-sen me to confide in. You can’t understand thepride, and the flood of emotion I felt. I knewhis pride, his anger, and resentment. His pain.Once, long ago, I too had someone! He’d been

sipping on his drink as we’d talked, and it wasempty now. I moved to refill it, but he raisedhis hand. “No more, thanks. I need to go see tamy horse.” !As he moved to go, the batwingsopened, and I looked, as he did. Instantly, hechanged! Instead of the quiet man he’d been,he was instantly transformed into a ruthless,cold blooded hunter of prey! It showed inevery part of his body, and the stance thathe’d taken. Feet apart, hand close to his gun,he stood there like a warrior of old. And hiseyes were as black as polished ebony, in aface full of hate.

Jason Chloe had just stepped in, with thethree riders he employed at his little ranchoutside of town. ! He was a bully, a braggartthat rode roughshod over anyone that got inhis way. I didn’t like him, but his money wasgood, and he never had been much of a prob-lem in here. The first night he’d tried it, hewound up staring into the twin muzzles of my“Greener” shotgun. Since then, he’d been notrouble. Not that he was afraid of me, he justknew I’d use it. He hadn’t noticed the strangernext to me, or he would’ve left, providing hecould of. There was something about thechange that I didn’t comprehend until it wasover.

“Evenin’ Jase,” the smooth voice sound-ed like thunder in the room. Jason stopped inmid-stride, and went white. “What? Nothin’ tasay to an old friend? Turn around now. You canturn shootin’, or with your hands in the air. Idon’t care, ‘cause I’m gonna kill you!” Theroom full of men had gone completely quietand then everyone hurried to each side of theroom, and out of the line of fire. “What? Noguts? You had plenty with a pregnant woman,who’d never been anything but kind to you.You want to tell ‘em or should I? Gents, meetJase Cholera. I don’t know what name he usesaround here.” !“That was an accident. I didn’tmean to hit her that hard,” Jason answered.The terror in his voice was vibrant and real. “Itreally doesn’t matter, Jase. You’re dead. Youjust ain’t laid down. Turn around, or die like

the yellow dog you are. NOW!!”The men with Jason were hired guns. He

paid ‘em. He fed them and they took hismoney. They might not agree with what hadhappened, but they still rode for thebrand. !Slowly, they spread out on either sideof their boss. Two on the left, and one on theright. Jason turned, too. Lowering his hands,he said, “Guess yore gonna get all four of us,huh? Didn’t figger on this, did ya? She alwaysdid want me ‘stead of you. She just didn’tknow it.” His swagger was back now. “So youshowed her, by killing her? That proved yourpoint, did it?” Sarcasm and death echoed inevery word. “As far as the trash next to you, Idon’t care about them. They can deal in or out.But you, Jase. You ain’t got any choice at all!”

One of the gun hands on the left kindagot insulted by the word “trash”. Even whenit’s true, most people don’t like being pointedout for what they are. !“You son-of-a-bitch”, hesaid and grabbed for his pistol. !As men dovefor the floor on each side of the saloon, thestranger’s first bullet took the man who’d spo-ken in the right eye, driving it back, into, andthrough his skull. !As he centered on the sec-ond man, he was just clearing leather. Henever made it. As the forty-four spat flame afull eighteen inches, the bullet hit the man inthe chest, lifting him up, and then slamminghim to the floor. !Jason and his other gunhandwere firing as I lifted my “Greener” fromunder the bar. Even as I aimed, I saw Jasontake a bullet just below his left eye, and startto fall. His body jerked three more times, asthe stranger fired into it. He was oblivious tothe other man, and all he was focused on wasJason. !My “Greener” spoke twice, and rippedJason’s last man almost completely in two. Ashe crashed to the floor, through the smokyhaze made by the gunfire, I saw the strangergo to his knees. Dropping my shotgun, Ileaped over the bar, and ran to his side. Hisgun was empty, but he just kept firing at Jason,hate in his eyes.

I knelt down in front of him, and gently

pried the gun from his fingers. Slowly, theblack left his eyes, and brown replaced it.Three holes bled in his chest, and one in hisneck. From the froth on his lips, I knew they’dgotten a lung in the battle. He was dyin’, andyou could see he didn’t care! “He’s dead,friend. He’s dead. You got him.” Gently, I laidhim down on the floor, and one of thebystanders gave me a coat to put under hishead. As they gathered around, he looked atme again. No pain, no sadness, only peacelooked out from those brown eyes. ! “Youheard. You all heard him. He was shot, and Ibrought him home. My wife fixed him up andthen one day, while I was gone, he tried tohave her. She fought him, and he knocked herdown. She hit her head on the fireplace, and itkilled her.” !He had to gasp to get his air now.It wouldn’t be long before my friend wasdead.

“In my saddlebags is money from thelast ten years. You know how I made it, but itdon’t matter now. You’ve been there!” I don’tknow how he knew, but he knew. “They calledme Jim Storm the last few years. No one elseneeds to know that, huh?” “No,” I replied toone of the most infamous killers of all time.“They don’t!” !“Take the money, and buy yourranch. Take the stallion too. Start that ranch forboth of us.” He gasped again. “At least one ofus made it to our dream.” ! “We both did,” Isaid. “Yours was just stolen from you. Yourname, what is it?” “Jim Talbot,” he replied. Henodded, closed his brown eyes, and as the lastbreath left his body, he smiled.

Sittin’ on the porch, staring at the horsesand colts in the pastures, and the two childrenplaying in the yard, I squeezed by wife’sshoulder. The stallion was over by the tree,where Jim Talbot is buried, eating grass, and Ihave a son named Jim. I smiled! !

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Quarter Circle JD Riding Stablesbased at the Grand Canyon Cavernsnear Seligman, Arizona offers an oldfashioned western riding experi-ence that genuinely lives up to theirpromise, “where memories are madeone ride at a time.” Here in the highdesert of the Colorado Plateau, youcan give your horse its head andforge your own trail, riding fromridge to ridge amongst the sagebrush and pinion trees of Coconino& Yavapai Counties in company ofthe amiable husband and wife teamof Jimi and Donna Owens and theirgrandson, Tyrell Smith, 14 (Photoabove from left to right: Jimi, Donnaand Tyrell). !Their quiet self-assur-ance and good-natured banter iscathartic and slowly rubs off thoserough edges acquired through cityliving, until it’s just me, my horseRascal, and old friends ridingthrough the bunch grass and IndianPaintbrush, laughing, chatting,admiring the scenery and watchingthe evening shadows as they gradu-ally lengthen until the sun dips slow-ly beneath the horizon and bidsfarewell to the desert for anotherday.

It’s easy to let Jimi, 54, andDonna, 50, convey you back to abygone age of cowboying. Just headout to their stables at the GrandCanyon Caverns on Route 66 andfind out what a trail ride should real-ly be like. have been at the GrandCanyon Caverns since May 2007when the previous riding stable quitbecause they didn’t feel the moneywas worth their time.

It’s extremely tough making aliving on this - now bypassed - sec-tion of old Route 66. The GrandCanyon Caverns – one of the largestdry caverns in the US – and theHualapai reservation’s horse-shoeshaped glass skywalk at GrandCanyon West are the major localattractions and - along with theHualapai Lodge in Peach Springs –the primary source of local employ-ment. With such slim pickings, I won-dered why Jimi and Donna would laydown their hat in such a challengingbusiness location. “We’ve lived insome prettier country…but…as far

as an all around place to be able todo what we are doing this would def-initely be the best place…this ishome, this is our mountain,” saidDonna. Although the stables areopen year-round, the season - otherthan Spring Break -! runs from May1st-September 1st and visitor num-bers start to drop off when wintersets in. “We’re still just trying to get itto where we can hold our heads up,”said Jimi and then added, “We’vealways been independently poor, soit’s not a big deal.”

There’s no question that Jimi isthe genuine article having learnedfrom an early age how to ride, rope,saddle and bronc’. He grew up onthe Colorado Plateau on the eastside of Arizona in the Mogollon Rimand White Mountains area leavinghome at fourteen to blaze his owntrail. He went to breaking horses andcowboying all over the westernUnited States including Arizona,Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington,Colorado and New Mexico. Jimi methis bride-to-be in a pub inSpringerville, Arizona. “I was sittin’over in a dark corner of a booth,”said Jimi, “and she walked in and itwas like there was nobody else inthe whole room.” Even the toughestcowboy still knows how to cut a rugand whether it was his two steppin’,his rugged good looks, or his abilityto get past Donna’s Pit Bull guarddog, Duchess, Donna and Jimi havebeen inseparable ever since. “We’vealways done everything together,”said Donna. The result is six childrenand sixteen grandchildren - ages 1-16.

Living life on the range can betough on a family. You ride out forlong hours in all weather conditions,herding, branding, roping, breakingcolts, baling hay and mendingfences. “I’ve cowboyed twenty-sevenyears and we’ve raised the kids onthe ranches. There were places wewent to sleep by a coal oil lamp cos’there wasn’t any electricity, the watersupply came from a walled in creekup the canyon a mile…from aspring,” said Jimi - and Donnachipped in, ”It was the sweetestwater you ever tasted.” Jimi contin-ued, “I had a garden that was a fullacre and the kids just loved it, grow-ing their own plants and weeding

‘em and then gettin’ to eat the stuff. Itwas just awesome. When we do thebranding and everything it was afamily affair. The kids were all outthere helping give shots and brand,and me and Lil’ Jimi were doing theropin’…life was good. “It was like itwas one big picnic when it was timeto do all the work,” said Donna, “wejust got out there and had fun, had aheck of a good time. The kids lovedit, we loved it.” When Jimi wasn’twrangling, he used to team rope atthe rodeo and Donna barrel-raced,an event that showcases a horse’sspeed and agility and a Cowgirl’shorsemanship. Jimi also took to writ-ing poetry and short stories and hisfirst book is to be published laterthis year – it will be availablethrough their website – !- and at theCaverns.

Jimi and Donna currently have astring of seventeen horses, thoughonly eight are deemed suitable to beput on the line and Donna explainedwhy this is the case. “The horseshave to meet certain criteria or theyare not going on the line…they havegot to have a good mindset. That’sthe main thing, but they have got tolook decent too,” she said. “They’vegot to be the calibre that you can puta kid up on there,” said Jimi. “Kidsand first time riders are sacred. Theyrule the entire ride,” added Donna.

JD Riding Stables are extremelyfamily oriented which no doubtstems from raising six kids on aranch on a limited budget. So, andespecially in these hard times,they’re focused on giving every fam-ily a good time. If a family “show upand mom and the three kids aregonna go and dad’s not, I’ll throw abridle on that next horse. Dad’sgoing. It doesn’t cost him nothin’. Weremember what is was like to not beable to have both of us go on theFerris wheel…those two rides, thehalf hour and the hour we do for fam-

ilies. Period,” said Jimi. JD RidingStables have deliberately kept the "hour and 1 hour ride prices low, toencourage families to ride together,though naturally anyone can takeadvantage of this great deal.

I don’t ride very often, usuallysaving this activity for those occa-sions when it can facilitate the explo-ration of new areas like Jammu andKashmir in India or riding in theshadow of the hoodoos of BryceCanyon in Utah. The Arizona highdesert near Peach Springs is prettyenough, but here on the crest of aridge on the open range, bathed inthe afterglow of a golden sunset andaccompanied by the most importantwomen in my life - my wife and mymum - I know at this moment there’sno place I’d rather be.!And that’s whyyou’ll keep coming back, becausethat’s what does best, “making mem-ories one ride at a time.”

To contact Jimi & Donna call: 1-928-422-4842 or E-mail: or visit: !

Quarter Circle JD Riding Stablesis located at the , Mile Marker 115 onRoute 66, Arizona.

The Grand Canyon Caverns!RVPark! is set! within 800 acres ofArizona high desert. The camp-ground has 50 full hookup RV sites(50 amp) and additional sites withpotable water only. Flush toilets andshowers are available at the camp-ground. This is a quiet and secludedcampsite which is adjacent to theQuarter Ranch JD Riding Stables.There’s a restaurant inside the GrandCanyon Caverns building and one atthe Hualapai Lodge in Peach Springs- nine miles west on Route 66. !

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Written by Julian Gothard, Freelance WriterStory Originally Published in the RVing Examiner

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