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A Thank You! & Happy New Year
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Affiliate Program
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Long Toes/Coffin Bone Rotation
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Listening Carefully/Asking Questions
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What's Hot at Buckaroo Leather
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Words to live by from the Original Buckaroo!
John Wayne
"Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much."
Reportedly, this quote was an acting tip from John Wayne to
fellow actor Michael Caine.
"Any man who'd make an X-rated movie ought to have to take his daughter to
see it."
"Courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway."
Inscription on Mr. Wayne's headstone:
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at
midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts
itself in our hands.
It hopes we've learnt something from yesterday."
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Price:
$173.50
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A Big Country Thank You from Buckaroo Leather
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1/03/10
Buckaroo John,
As the new year is upon us
, we want to thank you
for helping us grow and become one of the premier American Made Tack
Manufacturers. We have seen a wonderful response on our
informative Blog, Squidoo
lenses and newly designed website. As we all look forward to a new and
more prosperous year in a rebounding economy, we want to take a moment
and thank you for all of your support and wish you a very Happy and
Healthy New Year.
At Buckaroo Leather, American Made
is not just a sales slogan, standing tall behind our Buckaroo logo is
honesty, hard work, dedication, sacrifice and integrity. During our
journey of the last 30 years, we have met many amazing artists,
business horsemen and women, craftsmen, and customers who still live,
as us, by American Made.
It is Current Impression and Common Talk, Buckaroo Leather is THE BRAND TO DEMAND!
Happy New Year!
John Brand
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sacrifice beauty.
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Buckaroo Leather's New Affiliate Program
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1/03/10
Buckaroo John
Horse Professionals and Associations Members, how would you like to add income to your horse related business. Buckaroo Leather is excited to offer an Affiliate program. We are
offering to people in the Horse industry the Opportunity to
"partner up" and share our Quality Leather Horse Tack and Accessories
with your clientele and customers to earn commissions.
Our family at Buckaroo Leather has been dedicated for 30 years in
serving the Western Horseman the safest most durable Quality American
made leather horse tack..
If you are a leader in your horse industry, an association member, or are in a horse related profession and share the Buckaroo way of life, sign up for this program. Click on the link below and follow the "trail" to earn extra income with Buckaroo Leather.
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Long toes and coffin bone rotation
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1/03/10
John Silveira
This article is about long toe / coffin bone rotation, neither of the two are of any benefit to our horses. The two aforementioned conditions go hand in hand yet when combined also contribute to other lameness maladies. A few would be Arthritis, blown ligaments, bowed tendons, navicular and others none of which you'd like to experience with your horse. Addressing the long toe issue will go along way toward prevention.
Several months back i got a new client ( Hello Pam ) she's probably reading. She has a really nice thoroughbred horse that was having foot problems when she called me. One of the first things she told me was the Farrier out at the barn where she boards came right out and told her he is straight up afraid to correct long toe condition. The point being , this is a quite common occurance with farriers. It's part of a controversy that rasping hoof wall weakens the hoof wall so many farriers have thrown up the red flag concerning this. Not to point fingers ( this time ) but even Vets will recommend not rasping hoof wall.
There is another practice in shoeing that has arisen from this fear of rasping and how to deal with the long toe. What is being done is the shoe is moved to the rear of the horse with the intention that by doing so the horses foot will act as if the toe is shorter - the shoe being moved to the rear of the horse eases breakover and the foot comes off the ground sooner theoretically improving what i'm talking about here. Ok - the key word was "In Theory".
I need to back up real quick here to explain Long toe - i got ahead of myself.
I'm not talking about length of foot as in when the horses foot has grown for 6 weeks. What i'm referring to is when the hoof wall has been allowed to increase "Out in Front" - i always use the example - "Like bozo the clown shoes" - very long in the toe. This is what i'm talking about - the horses shoe is much farther forward than it need be and this is what causes problems. Ok - now that that's cleared up.
Back to the practice of moving the shoe to the rear to shorten the toe , the problem with the practice is no toe is rasped back and the hoof protrudes over the shoe - it's the fear of rasping hoof wall already mentioned. So what happens is , yes the foot starts to break over faster but that's not enough in this case - the reason is as the foot continues to break over that part of the hoof that's still sticking over the shoe again comes in contact with the ground . The problem with that is the hoof wall registers the toe is still long and the pressures exerted at the toe of the foot continue to pull the foot forward in what i call "Stretch" and the hoof wall actually stretches forward which is undesirable and puts you right back to square one ( RISK OF LAMENESS ).
Without making this too complicated , when the toe stretches forward it actually drags the rest of the hoof with it - pulling the heels forward with it. When this happens the heels also sometimes start to roll under themselves / sheered heels and out of balance foot/ Quarter Cracks / lack of heel support which causes the foot to labor on the ground / stretched deep flexor tendons / excess pressure against the navicular bones / bowed tendons / blown check ligaments / improper gait movement / and the coffin bone rotation / and a horse that is just not HAPPY with it's own feet. The horse is not at optimum performance - it knows it - and many times horses become depressed from it.
So i'm going to post pictures showing how much toe can be safely rasped back. You'll be able to tell you farrier about this and get your own horses improved and reduce the risk for yourself and your horse. So later i'll discuss in more detail about the long toe / sheered heels etc issues . For now i want you to see the effects of coffin bone rotation so here's a picture .
in the picture you can see the bruising/ blood around the point of the frog. The consistence of the sole is healthy here but you'll also notice the traces of blood at the white line. The black spots around the nail holes is just metal leeching out of the nails and staining the sole. The bruising and blood at the white line as severe as in this photo should also give you a clue this horse actually had foundered. Also explains the coffin bone rotation.
Coffin bone rotation is exactly as it sounds - the point of the coffin bone is driven towards the ground surface of the foot pressing against the soft tissue inside the foot which results in the bruising you see there at the point of the frog.
Hopefully i've given enough example here for you to realize long toe and coffin bone rotation and feet that do not break over easily enough are severe issues that should be adressed. If you have a farrier that's afraid or doesn't know these things , well , he should find out. It's for the horses benefit and yours as well. The last thing you want with your horse are these kind of symptoms and lameness.
Ok - there you go enjoy yourselves ,happy and safe riding and remember to always care4Horses
thank you
john silveira
650-921-5287
Author Bio: John Silveira, Farrier, Aikido practitioner, spiritualist, born and raised in San Mateo California the bay area. For information on his shoeing method and the 100% track record just go toCare4Horses and leave contact information.
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Life Lessons From Horses -
Listening Carefully and Asking Quietly
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1/03/10
Jay Koch
One day I was teaching Sharkie, a Percheron/Appaloosa cross mare, how to drop her head on command. If a horse mistrusts you, she will keep her head high. As you develop more trust, she will relax and drop her head more readily. While I was trying to teach Sharkie this task, she taught me an important lesson about asking quietly and politely.
My goal that day was actually to prepare Sharkie for the farrier. She needs to be able to lift her feet and stand quietly while the farrier trims her. In between working with her feet, I would do other tasks so that the whole session is not just about her feet. The variety help keeps her mind busy and not focusing on one task.
I was asking Sharkie to drop her head by applying pressure with my thumb and forefinger on top of her head between her ears. When she dropped her head, even a little bit, I would release the pressure to tell her she made the right move. I noticed that she would drop her head on command, but would bring it right back up. I acknowledged that, but didn't pay a lot of attention because the feet were my main point of interest for the day.
Late that evening, I wandered out to the paddock just to be with the horses. I often do that just to feel their warm breath and share some quiet time together. Remembering the problem with head dropping, I figured I would make a game with it. I applied the lightest possible pressure between her ears. When she moved down, I rubbed her and tried again.
Sharkie was suddenly into the game. Her demeanor changed from "Yeah? Whaddaya want?" to "This is interesting. What are we doing?" She changed because I changed from telling her to asking her. And we played together to see how lightly I could ask and get a response. Soon, Sharkie was dropping her head to the ground and keeping it there with just a slight suggestion from me.
I am sure that there are a lot of leaders who don't realize that they are shouting at their followers. I was asking Sharkie with what I thought were polite requests, but she was getting defensive. By bouncing her head back up, she was telling me as much, but I wasn't listening. It may be harder to detect that reaction in people, but a good leader will know when to slow down and communicate more quietly. His followers will return the favor by paying more attention, responding more quickly, and appreciating the better leadership.
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You don't have to have a horse to learn how horsemanship will help you be a better leader. Let me share my life lessons I learned while astride my horse.
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