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Farah DeJohnette
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SidePull Bitless Bridle
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Win a 4 Stall Barn
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Saddle Bred Horse Shows
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Buckaroo Deal- Quick Change Headstall
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The Cowboy Vocabulary
Arizona Strawberries - Red Mexican beans. Also called "Prairie Strawberries."
Belly-cheater - A cook.
Coffee Pot - Cowboy slang for a steam locomotive.
Dixie - A 10 dollar bank note issued privately by a French bank in Louisiana prior to the Civil War. So-called because the French word for ten -- "dix." -- is printed on the bill. Eventually, the southern U.S. became known as "the land of Dixie."
Finer than Frog Hair - Extremely fine. "Finer than Frog Hair Split in Half" is about as fine as a thing can get.
Graybar Hotel - A slang term for jail. So named because of the steel bars that characterize such a housing establishment.
Hen fruit - Eggs.
Knacker - A merchant who purchases old or dead livestock and sells meat or hides.
Moss-back - Someone who is old-fashioned, behind the times, or slow to learn new methods. The imagery is of an individual who is so slow that moss would have time to grow on his or her back.
Ride for the Brand - To be loyal to your employer.
Wheel gun - a revolver
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Quick Change Headstall
Reg. $59.75
Beautiful double & sewn with dyed edges and double cheek adjustment for the perfect fit.
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Farah DeJohnette, Horse Trainer |
3/21/10
Buckaroo John
Buckaroo Leather is proud to join forces with Horse Trainer Farah DeJohnette in spreading the knowledge and information about a popular piece of Horse Tack, the Sidepull Bitless Bridle.
I met Farah, by "fortune" or misfortune" depending on how you look at it, her old sidepull broke and she needed to purchase another one.That same day while on Facebook- Farah noticed that I had sent a "friend" request- Farah contacted me and I was able to design a custom made sidepull bitless bridle for her.
Farah uses the sidepull bitless bridle in her training of horses. This simple, but versatile piece of horse equipment allows her to train in all disciplines. The bitless bridle allows her to attach, training lines, long lines and dressage lines with ease.
Below is a little bit about Farah and her training philosophy,
Farah DeJohnette has over 20 years of horse training expertise. Her talent in competitive horse training blended with her Natural Horsemanship and Holistic programs make her a uniquely skilled Trainer.
Farah's scope is broad and embraces many different methods. To sum it up Farah's approach is a blend of Dressage based training meets Natural Horsemanship meets balanced seat riding or "Integrative Horsemanship".
Farah's Own Words:
"I would like to state that it is my personal pledge to myself and my current and future customers to continue to learn, grow, and stay open to new information and techniques so that I can be the best that I can be.
I am not defined by one training method: I am a horseman. There is only one kind of training and one kind of riding. It is called Horsemanship. And that is what I do. I study all disciplines and I learn from each one to create a rich knowledge base to draw from. This has allowed me the versatility to be able to work successfully with all types of breeds, temperaments, disciplines, and levels.
In the end, the horses have been the greatest trainers I've ever had. Too numerous to count, each horse I've worked with has provided me with their own unique lesson. In fact, most of the things I learned about life, I learned in the presence of a horse."
Farah will be in the May issue of Today's Horse Trader Magazine. Below is a sneak peak form the article of Farah discussing her motivation behind her video's and why she uses the sidepull bitless bridle.
As a big believer in setting yourself up for success and not failure, I
am doing short video clips about how to introduce the feel of the Side
pull to your horse which will be on youtube soon. This starts with
ground working in it to help the horse get accustomed to where and what
the communication will feel like. At this point you will be able to
evaluate how your horse responds, good or bad, from the relative safety
of the ground. Then possibly work with them until you both feel
confident. If it works well, I decide to mount up and try it, I do so
in a round pen or arena enclosure.
When I introduce any new piece of
equipment, I first try it on the ground. Then if I feel it is working
positively, I will try it mounted in an enclosed area, always
practicing the same things I do in any other equipment to make sure my
horse and I are in sync. Then if I feel good about that, I will go out
in fields or trails depending on the individual horse and our readiness.
I
ask the rider to ask themselves honestly how confident they feel about
going to the next step. Whatever that step may be. And of course never
to be in a hurry to get there and to seek help if they are unsure or
feeling unsafe.
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3/21/10
Buckaroo John
Buckaroo Leather has many styles available of the sidepull bitless bridle. Below is just a few examples of this versatile piece of horse tack equipment.
Hermann Oak quality 5/8" Harness leather LH225L Side Pull Headstall
regular horse size, flat leather nose, double & stitched with soft
chap lining; hand edged, rubbed and oiled for a soft supple feel. It
features adjustable throat latch, chin strap. It is finished with
decorative rawhide loops. Included in this bridle set is our famous
oiled soft and supple lined harness one piece style reins 5/8" LR2887.
This is the quality AMERICAN made western leather hackamore bridle you
hear about from the cutters and anyone wanting a bitless bridle. This
is a round caveson hackamore designed to fit low on your horse's nose
and, because it is round, it works more like a sidepull than a
hackamore. Has our working 3/4" harness leather double cheek adustment
headstall with a hand braided fiador (throat latch), which is adustable
to hold the fine quality braided rawhide noseband-caveson in position.
Complete Hackamore Set includes an all natural color beautifully hand
braided 16 plait 5/8" All rawhide core (no cable core) rawhide bosal
w/ Hermann Oak harness browband with traditional fiador (throat
latch)and Mohair or Mane Horse Hair Mecate 5/8" - 22' long, 6 Strand
Braid. Beautiful Quality hand braided feel and communication on mane
hair or Mohair, but is much easier on the hands, especially the rider
with a softer grip. Mohair has pretty much the same body and feel as
the good mane hair mecates. These are the best we have found braided in
the old California Vaquero style. This Hackamore features our best
quality all rawhide core bosal; a beautiful piece of "Old Style"
rawhide braiding.
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Win a 4 Stall Barn or $5000 Cash!!!!
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John Brand
BUCKAROO LEATHER is proud to support Safe Haven Horse Rescue Fund raising by giving 1 Free ticket to win a 4 Stall Barn ($14,750.00 value); from Barns By Harrahs, or $5000.00 cash, with any order of $100.00*.
*Regular priced items only, discounted and Bargain Barn items excluded!
We all have important values and ideas, things we care about and want to share. We feel that Safe Haven can expand the lives of so many through interaction with the horses. We want to let people, whether they are young or just young at heart, know how they can join in and expand their lives and their hearts while helping the horses.
Safe Haven is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization dedicated to the rescue and care of abused and neglected horses. There are so many horses that are living a terrible life of abuse and neglect. We are trying to provide a better home for as many of these enchanting creatures as possible. While we have wonderful hopes and dreams for Safe Haven and the horses that call it home, we have limited funds and space. Being non-profit, we rely on the kindness and generosity of equine lovers.
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Saddlebred Horse Shows and Show Shoeing
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3/21/10
John Silveira
Hello all.
Anyone here familiar with Saddlebreds? I love these horses and they're powerful movers. I happen to have shod for the Saddlebred horse show circuit for several years. It's an amazing arena where pride of ownership and care for horses is unmatched. But when it comes to shoeing this breed and particularly the show circuit, shoeing better be absolutely correct or simply put "you'll most likely not win" and worse, the risk of lameness.
So a couple weeks ago I got a comment from a woman wanting to understand and asking me why these show horses are shod so hideously and how could it be a good practice and safe for the animal. So this is a rather deep topic, which is typical when it comes to shoeing but I'll do my best. I'm going to have to include "Fox Trotters" in this group as well as they also have some pretty unusual shoeing done. I'm talking Automotive Tire Tread on wooden blocks.... anyway.
Most horses that we ride, the pleasure/backyard pony/cutters/western etc horses typically have feet about 4-1/2 inches long maybe 5 inches. I consider and call these horses "Short footed" because by contrast the Show circuit - Saddlebreds and Fox trotters can sometimes have the hoof nearly 2 inches longer approaching easily 7 inches in length. You'll find very long feet in the first place, then a one inch thick "Nail pad" is nailed to the hoof/foot now a custom shoe is made usually quite heavy in the neighborhood of 1-1/2 pounds rather than 11 ounces to which a thick leather pad is attached and it's all then fastened to the nail pad already on the foot. Wow. When I say custom shoes I'm implying toe grabs - heel caulks - and usually more weight added in the form of Lead Weights screwed into the leather pad all in the attempt to gain a certain precise motion in the way the horse moves it's legs and feet - "The High Stepping" action so sought after.
The Fox trotters can be another story all together. Shoes fastened to actual blocks of wood fastened to the feet along with Tire tread from automobiles. And I have to agree the gait of true show fox trotters is something that looks far from natural to me, nevertheless the horse is capable of it.
Unless one of these show horses has naturally perfect gait "high stepping" then measures need to be taken to enhance the step. One of the most successful methods is to change the angle of the feet either higher or lower in the heels so sometimes the limits of what a horse can endure regarding angles is stretched. Lowering the heel for example causes the foot to "Pop" off the ground at break over which raises the foot higher into the air, and the weights of lead on the foot will travel more due to extra weight momentum.
Whether these types of shoeing are damaging to the horse or not is obviously a controversial subject - some people scream at the sight of these horses being shod this way. Animal rights activists I'm sure start to go through the roof in alarm. Anyway.
The answer to "is it hurtful to the horse" is "Yes and no". Yes, if everything's not done correctly. Alignment of the shoe, angles, etc need to be close to perfect or at the length of those feet the leverages magnify and torque magnifies and you're bound for trouble and yes the trouble does happen. But it does with short feet too that aren't shod correctly. This whole issue of lameness with these specific long footed horses is one of those brain twisters. I'll just come right out and say it. When the feet get long as in these cases of 7 inch and more feet you're pushing the limits of what's safe "Even if everything is correct". The longer the feet get the more stress. You simply cannot have a 7-inch or more foot without changing load and increasing torques on the feet. Length equals leverage and when you stand 1,200 pounds on those feet the leverage can play havoc on joints and bones. No escaping that reality.
So I guess I just threw the red flag out on that didn't I?
On the performance / show level though even when the feet are long if the horse is shod correctly the gait is as it should be and can be very correct - if not shod correctly the feet are flying this way and that and it's a mess - "You're not going to win". From the lameness perspective in regards to length it's also quite the same as the lameness race horses get with bowed tendons due to long toes which are left long purposely to gain the extra speed. Interestingly enough blown tendons and bowed tendons are common to both race and show circuits.
So there you go, that's how I see it. When I decided to talk about this I was hoping I could say in regards to the show circuit that " If everything is shod correctly it'll all be ok" - it is as far as you can certainly get the gait to be correct - but it isn't ok from a risk / lameness perspective. This is one of those topics you could hash out quite a bit and argue one point after another, but bottom line is some things increase risk of lameness and length of foot is one of them. A short foot is a safe foot.
If you're involved in the Saddlebred / Fox Trotter show circuits "Never" is it more important to have your horses shod as correctly as possible, not only from the most important aspect of lameness but also if you intend to WIN.
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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