T-Post T-Post or Tee-Post – a steel fence post which, when viewed from above, approximates the shape of the letter T. Also called a Star Post. Montage by Bob Lemen of a photo by Nova Development Corp (used under license) and a public domain photo courtesy of wikimedia.org.
Opera House Dudes perch on the “Opera House” while they watch the branding of a colt during the Quarter Circle U roundup in Montana. Photo by Arthur Rothstein, June 1939 Photo courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, LC-USF33-003288-M3 DLC.
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Is it possible for a person to ride a horse without using a bridle or reins of any kind (is it possible to ride a horse as big as a Percheron without even a saddle)? E. N. ANSWER: It’s possible to ride a horse […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Please could you tell me how to help heal my horse’s rope burn? It is on his back leg right above his hoof. I have been at it for almost two weeks…. Thanks so much. Bye, T. H. ANSWER: Are you certain your horse […]
Oxbow Stirrup Oxbow Stirrup, a narrow, rounded stirrup sometimes made of metal and often preferred by bronc riders. This antique ox bow stirrup is in the collection of the North Star Stampede Rodeo Museum, Effie, Minn. Photo by Bob Lemen. All rights reserved.
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Dear Bob, My daughter is worried that giving the horses vegetable scraps will cause foundering. The horses probably get a (dishwasher soup) pail of scraps a week: the scraps include: potato peels, carrots, and sometimes broccoli. Will the two horses founder from this amount […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Thank you Cowboy Bob. I am using information from your website for my Jr. High science fair project, “How horses show emotions.” If you have any unique facts about how and why horses show their emotion I would like to include it in my […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Hi! I am wondering if you can help me. I just bought an 8 year old percheron gelding. He was a rescue so I don’t really know much about him. I know he was supposedly sent to a trainer for 3 months for western […]
Cowboy Bob’s Campfire Conversations Table of Contents Cowboy Bob and the Bouncin’ Bovine The Philmont Mountain Lion The Dyin’ Gunfighter The Truth About Wild Horses Bunc Bradshaw and the Mexican Captain Cowboy Bob: Movie Star The Cowboy’s Wardrobe The First Bulldogger God’s Bit and Bridle The Adventures of Cheyenne Dawson Louis Remme’s Wild Ride Cowboy […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: I grew up spending my allowance on trail rides. I got serious about learning how to ride 10 years ago at age 42. I leased a push button trail/lesson horse for about seven years until he had to be put down because of age/health […]
Hawken Rifle A replica Hawken Rifle. A number of famous frontiersmen were said to have owned Hawken rifles, including Hugh Glass, Jim Bridger, Kit Carson, Joseph Meek, Jedediah Strong Smith, and even teddy Roosevelt. Public Domain photo by Mike Cumpstonother.
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Hi, Cowboy Bob What makes my horse have bad breath? And what can I do about it? Thank You, P. R. ANSWER: Horses rarely use mouthwash or mints, so their normal breath isn’t the sweetest thing you’ll ever smell. If, however, it smells unusually […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Hey, How do you know if you have a good barrel racing horse? Because I have this 2 year old colt and I wanted to know how to find out what he is good at and see if he would be a good barrel […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Dear Bob, my daughter and son love to listen to Riders in the Sky and also love to read “Hank the Cowdog” stories. We’ve come across a term that I thought might mean a lariat, but after searching your dictionary, may mean a steer. […]