The Texas Dexter Breeders Association is headed by President Don P. Giles from Bandera, Texas and is a member-driven association for the purpose of enhancing the economic value and membership benefits for Texas owners/breeders of their ADCA-registered Dexter cattle. What are Dexter Cattle? Dexters are an old, established and naturally…
Today’s guest blog is by Heather Smith Thomas who has written here before about Dealing with cold stress In cattle. This article originally appeared in New Mexico Stockman magazine. In a normal, unassisted birth, the calf is stimulated to start breathing as soon as his umbilical cord breaks (since that’s…
Padlock Ranch is a working guest ranch in Wyoming that has 11,000 cattle. From their website: “The Padlock Ranch Working Cowboy School gives participants the chance to learn working cowboy traditions while riding and working beside some of the West’s best cowboys. Understanding the instincts of animals and working with…
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I’ve written before about cowboy Martin Black who I consider one of the best cowboys around. He has a new book out which I just completed and highly recommend. It’s one of the Western Horseman magazine series and is called Cow-Horse Confidence: A Time-Honored Approach to Stockmanship. From Western Horseman’s…
