July 29, 2001 — Nice Folks I was driving home on a Friday evening, and the setting summer sun turned the cumulus clouds into a skyful of silver-tinted cotton-fluff mountains. It was a perfect backdrop for a photo of a farm on Highway 200 west of Jacobson, so I stopped my car, grabbed the camera, […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: What does, “Stay straight in the saddle” mean? B. M. ANSWER: “Stay straight in the saddle” is a rather general way of wishing someone well. It implies a hope that your cinch won’t slip, you won’t lose your balance, and that nothing will knock […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Am I stressing out my horse?? I am a big guy, 260 lbs. and fairly green in the horse riding experience. My horse is also a big guy 16 hands and approx. 1350 lbs. Am I putting too much stress on my horse and […]
Return to Trophy Case 1 | Return to Trophy Case 2 The Cowboy Bob Book of World Records – The World’s Youngest Willy Rider – By far the youngest kid ever ever to perch on Willy’s saddle, Lydia Aultman was six months old – to the day – when this picture was taken. Truthfully, we […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: As a horse owner/rider, I realize how very much manure even one horse produces, and how often they defecate – while standing as well as when being ridden. I love all those good old Western TV shoes: Cheyenne, The Virginian, High Chaparral, Bonanza, Have […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Hi, I have been going through your Questions and Answers and noted your comments on the Australian Stock Saddle. I was wondering what your thoughts were on the hornless saddles. My husband was injured when my mare reared up and went over backwards, landing […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: We have a paint horse with a sore mouth so I have been soaking his food… one scoop per day. After several days of that, he has started limping and has lost a lot of weight. Could the wet food have foundered him? Any […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: I have a six-year-old Arabian. I don’t know much about his history. My problem is I have a hard time getting him to take a bit. We have tried hackamores, snaffles, and straight bits. We just got him three months ago. We would like […]
Click Here to return to the Weather Lore page Okay, now it’s time to see if you’ve mastered the art of cowboy weatherlore! The photo above is of a woodblock print, titled “Angus Sunrise,” by the incredibly talented Minnesota artist, Charles Beck of Fergus Falls. I was waiting for a doctor’s appointment at the local […]
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Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: …When everyone in the group wants to pick up the pace a little, and if he isn’t in the lead, my horse will rear up a little or crow hop. Do you think he may be in pain? Or under conditioned? He goes out […]
Return to Questions and Answers Index Q&A Questions and Answers: QUESTION: Dear Bob, I’m a novice horse owner and have a problem. Let me start from the beginning. I started taking lessons this past October from a very good trainer. I had ridden before this, but never owned a horse or took lessons before. Well, […]
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I still haven’t figured out what I want to be when I grow up. (Fat chance of that ever happening, right?) When I’m pushed for an answer to what I’d like to do in the future, however, I usually reply that my one remaining career objective is to be the first horse rancher on Mars. […]