One diamond Bar short course on some basic (very Western) horsemanship skills as practiced by cowboys in Kaycee Wyoming and throughout the west.

This can be tailored to meet the needs and desires of the participants. It is basically instruction on how to work around horses and cattle and can include fundamentals of cow work (horseback, of course), teaching a horse to hobble, ground tying, the basics of snaffel bit horsemanship and the making of a bridle horse, and an introduction to ranch roping and basic rope work - basic swings, simple catches and how to use a catch rope with a horse...

Tailored to meet the needs of the clinic attendees, we can start with the basics of building and swinging a loop, getting your horse used to a swinging rope and learning to catch a roping dummy to learning how to catch and tie down live cattle, as a team or all by yourself. This is a fun, exciting and safe way to learn to rope. The operative word is "quiet" with roping done from a standstill or a walk in a controlled setting. This is preferred in order to keep the young stuff quiet and healthy when branding and the sick stuff from getting sicker by not running them ragged. This is a great way to further your horse's training and your own.