This article originally appeared in Eclectic Horseman Issue No.72 When I meet someone for the first time I like to form my own impressions, based on my own sense of the person. I really try not to let any preconceived notions other people might have about them influence me. I want the chance to get […]
Written by Joe Wolter In 1978 I took a job on a yearling ranch in Carmel Valley, Calif. My job consisted of taking care of about 600 head of yearlings during the winter. They also had about 18 head of horses to work with. When I took the job the previous manager was still living […]
Written by Joe Wolter This article originally appeared in Eclectic Horseman Issue No.46 I am going to share something I learned the other day with a horse I was getting used to pulling a log. This mare was one I had ridden for quite awhile and was actually getting her ready to maybe show at a […]
Written by Joe Wolter This article originally appeared in Eclectic Horseman Issue No.45 In the late 70s and early 80s I was riding colts and doing day work for area ranchers in central California. At the Rana Creek Ranch in Carmel Valley a few of us were going to gather two or three hundred cow-calf pairs […]