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Features it’s Time for the 34th annual gallop stallion services auction. .......................... 4 Details announced for the northwest Horse Fair & expo 2017 Celebrating the spirit of the Horse. ...... 16 leave no Trace seminar in spokane

by Ken Carmichael ................................. 32 sensible Trailer loading, Part Two

by Ann Kirk ............................................. 22 Veterinary Knowledge Ageless Horsemanship To blanket or not to blanket Dr. Bob Peters, DVM ............................... 28 baxter black On The Edge of Common Sense a Family affair ........................................ 36

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Do not Miss this Year's Gallop on Sunday, January 29th!

Make sure you take the time this year to attend the Annual Gallop Charity Services Auction, it’s an event you do not want to miss! They are now celebrating their 34th year!

This year the Auction is offering an incredible line-up of stallions from all over the United States with breeding fees ranging from $750 to $5600 per service.

This year’s lineup includes Congress and National Champions, and World & Reserve World Champions. Nearly half of the line-up is Two-Time World or Reserve World Champions, while many others are Leading Sires in the Industry!

This is a great opportunity to expand your breeding program, and help a very worthy Charity at the same time, as all proceeds benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Spokane The event opens at 11am, with the Opening Ceremony kicking off the

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event at 12pm Noon with some amazing local singers and songwriters.

You are welcome to bid while at the event, but if you are unable to make the trip to Northern Quest, the entire auction is live streamed on the internet at our website, www.GallopAuction.com This allows both International and National bidders to participate by calling in on our toll-free lines..

There is no better time to shake that cabin fever. The Gallop Annual Charity Stallion Services Auction and Ronald McDonald House Charities of Spokane look forward to seeing you all on Sunday, January 29, 2017 at the Northern Quest Resort and Casino Family Pavilion.

Northern Quest is located at N. 100 Hayford Road, Airway Heights, WA. For further information about the event, contact Gallop Coordinator, Barbara Turner at 509-990-4167.

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Kit Kat Sugar

Cats Merada

Whizkey N Diamonds

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NCHA Horse Of The Year NCHA Open Super Stakes Reserve Champion Lifetime Earnings of $240,903

Four-Million Dollar+ Sire!

NCHA Futurity Open Semifinalist NCHA Reserve World Finals Champion Bonanza Classic Champion Lifetime Earnings: $177,900

AQHA World Champion - Senior Reining NRHA Open Derby Co-Reserve Champion NRHA Shootout Reserve Champion NRHA Futurity Sire Award Winner Lifetime Earnings: $225,000

NRHA Open Futurity Champion AQHA World Champion NRHA $75,000 Shootout Champion Lifetime Earnings: $268,103

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Blazing Hot

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VS Flatline

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APHA World Champion Junior Reining Horse Reining By The Bay Open Derby Champion Sire of NRHA Futurity Open & Derby Champion Lifetime Earnings: $81,000+

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It’s Time for the 34th Annual Gallop Stallion Services Auction It’s just around the corner, don’t Equine Events! Gallop is ranked as miss this year’s Gallop Stallion one of the best events to purchase Service Auction presented by Rhodes Stallion services in the country! Each River Ranch and held at Northern year the Stallion line-up gets better Quest Resort & Casino on Sunday, and better and new stallion owners January 29th, we are now in our join the ranks! This year Gallop has 34th year! The event will kick off at stallions from Washington, Texas, 12 Noon PST, which gives time for California, Oklahoma, Illinois, both our National and International Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio, bidders! All stallions & auction items North Carolina, Minnesota, Georgia, will be presented on 30 foot screens Colorado, Arizona, Idaho and British in Northern Quest’s Pavilion. Plus, Columbia, Canada. the Auction is live-streamed on the Stallion breeding fees range from internet & our online viewers will be $750 to $5600 per service. “We like able to watch and then bid on both to keep a pocket book range so stallion & auction packages by calling everyone has a chance to be a part of our toll free number and speaking to the Gallop event and help our mission, an operator. as well as help raise the bar of their Highest Selling Stallion Service, “VS Flatline” Gallop would like to congratulate breeding program” explained Gallop our top high selling services from the Event Manager, Barbara Turner.

2016 auction. The highest selling service was, VS Flatline. His The event this year offers Services to National & Congress service was purchased by Paul Tarap of Napa, California. The Champions, World & Reserve World Champions. Many of the Second Highest Selling Service was Cats Merada, purchased stallions are Two-Time World

by Ronald Wheeler of Macomb, Illinois. Gallop’s third highest Champions, one is a Nine-Time selling service was tied World Champion; and another between VS Code Red, is a Seventeen-Time World purchased by Dan Champion!

Patton of Dublin, Ohio Many of you will recognize and his sire, Blazing the Stallion names, as they are Hot, purchased by leading sires of their breed who Lisa Naive of Walton, have produced multiple World Kentucky.

Fourth and Reserve World Champion Highest Selling Service offspring. You will have the was Spooks Gotta opportunity to purchase services Gun (who was also to some of the finest Halter, the Highest Selling Western Pleasure, Hunt Seat, Paint Stallion and Working Cow, Cutting, and Second Highest Selling Service Paint/ Quarter Horse Reining stallions in the world!

“Cats Merada” Third Highest Selling Service Stallion), purchased The 2017 stallion lineup is (tied) “VS Code Red”

by Roberta Thompson now complete, and the website of Indian Wells, California. is nearly finished listing all our non-service auction items.

Gallop would like to thank all the owners of the 2016 line This is a great time to do some homework on transported up. Their support and dedication to Gallop’s mission will help semen costs, mare care facilities and breeding procedures for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Spokane be able to stallions and ranches that are of interest to you. It also gives continue helping families you an opportunity to do some research on the stallions. Visit in crisis who have travelled the Gallop website for to be near their child in a more information, www. hospital and need a place GallopAuction.com.

If to stay. A big ‘thank you’ you are considering goes out to all the breeders transporting semen, who have participated in make sure you do some bidding on Gallop’s fine research and contact the stallions! stallion owner before bidding to confirm costs.

This is your opportunity In addition, check on to help a family in need!

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Can’t make it to the event in person? Pre-bidding is currently being accepted, or you can wait and bid live the day of the Auction by calling our toll-free number and speaking to an operator, starting at 11am. Watch live at our website, www.GallopAuction.com and have your credit card ready! If possible, try to call within one or two services ahead of the Stallion you are interested in.

Not going to be near a computer? On the road, working or hauling home from a horse show! Don’t worry, let Barb Turner know and arrangements can be made for you to bid on the service you are interested in prior to it hitting the auction block!

Gallop would like to acknowledge their event underwriter, Rhodes River Ranch, who proudly sponsors the Auction for the 17th time. Rhodes River Ranch is located at the foothills of the Cascades, just an hour and a half north of SeaTac in beautiful Arlington, Washington. The Ranch is dedicated to breeding, raising and training future World Champion performance horses, and providing top quality service to their clients. They also offer some of the finest performance prospects with bloodlines such as, Peptoboonsmal, High Brow Cat, Smart Chic Olena, Dual Rey, Gunner, Smart Little Lena, Topsail Whiz, CD Olena, Soula Jule Star, Nic It In The Bud, Starlights Joy, Shine

By The Bay, TR Dual Rey, CD Lights, Shine Like Hail, Magnum Chic Dream, and their top AQHA World Champion Reining stallion, Whizkey N Diamonds. They welcome visitors to tour their site and contact them for more information regarding a service, one of their stallions, sales or just to visit! To learn more about the Ranch, go to www.RhodesRiverRanch.com.

The Gallop Charity Auction is indebted to Jean Rhodes and

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Just as outstanding as the breeding services are the nonservice packages!

These items are auctioned inbetween breeding services and they Gallop Phone Bank bidding for those calling offer a chance in which constitutes 80% of the winning bids for anyone to get involved, not just those in the equine industry! They will be adding non-service items right up until the day of the event, so check the website frequently!

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Or, maybe you are interested in bidding on a trip for two to attend the American Music Awards, with two lower level tickets, two tickets to the Grammy Museum, and a three-night hotel stay & includes airline tickets!

Up for a cruise? Enjoy an Ocean View stateroom for two for a (4 or 5) night cruise of your choice to Bermuda, Bahamas or the Caribbean, available year-round! How about a Music Lovers’ getaway? Enjoy lower level seats to a concert of your choice. Whether you like rock, country, or classical music, this is your chance to hear your favorite performer.

Choose from thousands of concerts within the 48 states including Taylor Swift, Jason Bruno Mars Live 2017 – 24K Aldean, Pitbull, Billy Joel, Magic World New York Concert, Luke Bryan or Jimmy Buffet.

Two-Night Stay & Airfare for (2) Select from venues large and small, including Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall and New York’s Madison Square Garden. This package comes with Lower Level Seats of your select U.S. concert, with a two-night stay and airfare for two. Or maybe you’d rather attend Bruno Mars 24K Magic World Tour at Madison Square Garden in New York City, with a two-night stay and airfare for two. Details on all these vacation packages are located on the Gallop website at www.GallopAuction.com The excitement doesn’t end here! There is always our silent auction too! Items on the tables will include: tickets to Triple Play and Silverwood Theme Parks, dining & Western Store gift certificates, Western Art from North 40 on Trent in Spokane, horse tack, two 1lb boxes of Sees candy, a pair of top of the line Whites Boots, multiple Valentine’s gifts, new packaged Breyer horses; Ariat, Tin Haul, Roper and Wrangler attire, beautiful gift baskets, and much, much more!

If at all possible, make a trip out to Northern Quest and watch our Opening Ceremony at Noon. Watch as the stage comes alive with entertainment that will astound you! Gallop welcomes actress & singer, Valerie Stichweh back to the stage. She has been performing at the Gallop entertaining the

audience, online viewers and countless Ronald McDonald House children for over ten years. Valerie has opened up for major named acts such as Freddie Fender, Sherrie Austin, Big House, and Doug Supernaw. She has performed at private parties entertaining guests like Wayne Newton and Jack Hannah.

She has also worked with amazing songwriters like Bill Byrne and Michelle McCammond, and had a once in a lifetime experience to work with Oscar and Academy Award winning actress and legend Patty Duke in the Attend the American Traditions Of Christmas musical. She Music Awards will be one of the featured vocalists on an upcoming album called “Together.”

She additionally has been a headliner performing a tribute to vocal giant Celine Dion in a Vegas style production called Showstoppers Live, as well as performed a tribute as Carrie Underwood in Las Vegas! She is a performer not to be missed!

Gallop also welcomes back the very talented actress & singer, Courtney Biggs. Courtney has acted in films and commercials, being cast with Bella Thorne, Billy Zane, Steve Guttenburg, and Curtis Armstrong, to name just a few.

Courtney is a co-writer on several songs, some of which have appeared in film soundtracks. These songs were co-written with Ariel Winter Gray (who plays Alex on Modern Family), Michelle McCammond and Mike Biggs. A Brazilian band called Supertoy, noticed Courtney on YouTube and together, they co-wrote the bilingual song and created the music video, “My Heart Follows You.” Last year Courtney had the pleasure of opening for country singer, Keith Anderson and she lit the up the stage! Gallop is looking forward to her performance at this year’s event!

Singer Christy Lee will also be joining the other performers at Gallop this year. She placed in the top-three for the Inland Northwest’s “Best Of,” the gritty texture of Christy Lee’s voice is one of the best you’ll hear! Over the past five years, Christy Lee’s been in and out of Nashville pursuing her music career, touring and sharing the stage with the likes of: Rascal Flatts, Randy Houser, Franky Ballard, Hunter Hayes, Bryan White and Blake Shelton, wowing audiences wherever she performs!

You’re all in for a treat as Singer & Songwriter Luke Yates takes to the stage at this year’s Gallop! He has performed over 2000 concerts across the United States. Over the past several years, Luke has been writing, recording and producing throughout Nashville and Los Angeles and has several videos on YouTube, which have accumulated hundreds of thousands of views. Luke is no stranger to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Spokane. He included one of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Spokane’s children, Gabby, into his successfully released video, “Smile.” Check out all of this year’s performers on Gallop’s Facebook page, or see the website, www.GallopAuction.com All of this excitement will help the Gallop Stallion Services auction meet it’s primary goal of raising funds to help the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Spokane helping them to continue their mission helping hundreds of families Imagine if your child was sick. What would you do if you had to fly to a hospital in a different city far from your home? Would you know where to go? When you arrived at

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the hospital, where would you put your extra clothes?

Where would you shower?

Where would you wash your clothes? Who would you turn to for help? These and many other questions are all answered daily by the volunteers at the Ronald McDonald House Charities Gallop’s Ambassador of Good Will of Spokane.

Production Number. Performers: Families are provided Courtney Biggs, & Val Stichweh temporary lodging, comfort with Gallop Ambassador Layton & and support while their older sister children are accessing medical services and overcoming medical struggles. The House provides a consistent and caring helping hand, lessening the mental and financial strain on families. It allows them to focus on the most important thing ... supporting their children.

Such is true of Zoe’s family …

The 12th Annual Cobra Polo Classic kicked off this past September, and while guests arrived, 15-year-old Zoe was there, looking skyward. She was waiting to see a skydiver come down carrying a banner with her name on it. For this brave young woman, the event represents much more than an afternoon of fun and frivolity in raising funds for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Spokane. It was an opportunity to take a break from a life that has been turned upside down, and to represent the place that she has called home during the hardest four months of her life.

Earlier this spring, Zoe could never have imagined that she

would be living in Spokane, undergoing aggressive cancer treatment. She was a normal, active high school student in Moses Lake, busy with school and the swim team, excitedly thinking about getting a driver’s license. When she started feeling tired, she assumed that she was just pushing herself too hard. When she started getting excessive nose bleeds, her doctors told her it was severe allergies. But then, on May 3rd, she went into the urgent care center. Doctors drew blood, and after analyzing her white blood counts, told Zoe and her Grandma Debbie the unimaginable, Zoe likely had Leukemia. They were sent home to pack their bags, and leave immediately for Spokane.

When Zoe and Debbie arrived in Spokane, their worst fears were confirmed. Not only did Zoe have leukemia, she had both types, Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia and Acute Myeloid Leukemia. As Debbie explains, “Most people don’t have that.

They have one or the other… there’s a handful of cases in the United States that have both.”

Zoe spent the next two weeks in the hospital, while her Grandma and Grandpa tried to figure out how to make things work. When a social worker at the hospital told Debbie about the Ronald McDonald House, a burden was lifted off her shoulders. They decided that Zoe’s Grandpa would stay home in Moses Lake to take care of Zoe’s 11-year-old brother Zane, while Debbie would relocate to Spokane for the duration of Zoe’s treatment.

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Ann Kirk Sensible Trailer Loading - Part 2 Last article, we talked about the principles of trailer loading… such as patience and expectations, building trust, developing a pattern of approaching any obstacle with confidence, etc. This article will detail the steps I use when teaching the trailer loading lesson. I have used this method on hundreds of horses and have only been unsuccessful twice.

The first was when I tried to load a mare into a trailer that was too low for her. She had hit her head in a trailer loading incident before. Though she tried to comply, she was just too scared. I switched to a taller trailer and she loaded fine.

The other was when I tried loading in very poor weather conditions. The ground was frozen with mud and water on top. It was rainy and I wanted to get done so I pushed the horse too soon on the trailer when he needed more time just learning basic ground rules. After far too long, I finally conceded that it was not going to happen and I never got another chance with that horse… my mistake for sure. I should never have started on a day with such conditions.

As I said in the first article, if you approach trailer loading as a test to see what your horse has already learned, you will pay closer attention to the lessons that are solid and the areas that need work. Your horse should be solid on leading, giving to the halter when excited, yielding to your space, head-down cue, responding to a “go forward “ cue, etc. If you can not put your horse wherever you want away from the trailer, you will not be able to put him into the tight, noisy confines of this

form of transportation.

So assuming your horse is good at most of the items on the above list, let's start by teaching the “goforward” cue. I use a halter and lead and a dressage whip. If your horse is not good on the halter, you can put a snaffle on and hook the lead to the bit on the left side. This lesson is taught before approaching the trailer and often it is best in a semi-confined space so you don't lose the horse if it should pull away.

When I teach this lesson, I want a verbal sound to be the cue, not the whip. For me, that sound is the kissing sound.

When taught correctly, even when I don’t have the whip, I can request and achieve forward motion. But to get it taught this well takes concentration and practice. I suggest you never attempt to load your horse without the whip until he becomes perfectly submitted to the notion.

Stand on the left side near the shoulder. The left hand has hold of the lead directly below the clip. This allows you to be very specific in guiding the horse's nose where you want it. The right hand holds the whip as it rests on your right shoulder in a neutral position. Kiss to the horse. If the horse does not move forward, continue kissing as you move the whip at a medium speed towards the point of the hip. If

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the horse still does not move forward, start tapping the hip lightly in time with the kiss cue, increasing the strength of the tap slightly each time until the horse begins to move a foot forward, then immediately stop the kiss and the tap at the same time. Return the whip to your shoulder and praise him.

Wait a few seconds and ask again.

Don’t move until the horse moves. Don’t walk off as you cue the horse or lead him forward. You cannot pull a horse into a trailer. When the horse moves, you go with him but if he stops, you must stop also and cue him to go forward again. Be sure he is walking forward, not sideways when you release. If you have to tap fairly hard to get him to respond and he starts moving off to the side instead of forward, soften the taps after his feet have started moving but don’t stop cueing until he takes a step forward.

The same is true if he backs up. Don’t stop cueing and try to lead him back forward. Go with him, increasing the taps until he goes forward, then release. If you stop cueing while he is backing, he learns he can get a release by backing away from the trailer instead of going forward. Practice the “go-forward” cue until it is consistent. You can even practice “loading” onto boards and bridges, into stall doors, over logs, etc. before approaching the trailer.

When you are confident your horse knows the forward cue, take hold of the lead close to the clip, point his nose towards the trailer and cue him forward. He may only take one step and stop or he may walk all the way up to the trailer…either one is okay. Wherever he stops is your starting place for loading. Let him stand for a few seconds to a couple minutes, then cue him again. Let him go as many steps as he is comfortable and stop when he wants.

If your horse has had some traumatic loading lessons before this method, you will need to be patiently persistent to advance him to the trailer without raising all the red-flags.

Remember, you cannot put a time limit on this lesson. It may be best spread over several days so each step can be practiced a couple hundred times before moving on. Once he will approach and stand quietly at the trailer, you are ready to ask him to put a front foot in.

If I am loading into a straight-load, I stand on the ground; if an open trailer, I step into the back, staying to the left to protect my feet. I'm ready to step out if the horse decides to back too far away from the trailer. Up to this point, I have asked the horse to step forward then let him shift back a bit on each release. Now I will immediately cue him forward when he shifts back, until he knows he must stay forward.

Remember to release on the forward and cue on the back, no matter how many reps it takes. When his front feet are as far forward as they can go, then focus on the back feet moving forward before releasing until you have his back feet up under his belly.

This is not an easy position for the horse to maintain. If you wait, he will tire and either put a front foot into the trailer or shift back at which time you cue him forward again. If he puts a foot in, let him take it back out right away and praise him enthusiastically. Wait a few seconds and cue him again.

The sound of his foot on the trailer may scare him at first but be persistent until he will step one foot in consistently. If he paws the floor, he is just reassuring himself that it's safe so don't try to stop him from doing so. Repeat until he will

consistently put a foot in.

The next step is to keep one front foot in until you ask him to take it out. It can be either foot and he may alternate as you work this step. This is done just like when he shifted back away from the trailer. Cue him forward and when he puts his foot in, stop the cue. But as soon as he starts to take his foot out, cue him back forward, repeating the sequence as many times as it takes for him to leave his foot in the trailer. Then count to 30 or so and back his foot out. Repeat until he will leave his foot in however long you want him too. Don't forget to praise him and release on all forward movement.

Now for both front feet to be in the trailer… same sequence.

At first when he steps up with the second foot, he may back out with both feet. Cue him back to standing at the back of the trailer and praise him. Ask again, slowly shortening the time he stands outside and lengthening the time he keeps both front feet in the trailer. Let him smell around but do not let him turn his head outside either towards you or away from you as this gives him an escape route. Keep your left hand ready to guide his head forward.

Now it is time for the back feet. Here is where a lot of people get stuck. I have done loading lessons on lots of horses that will load the front feet just fine but not the back.

Some horses will just step the rest of the way in when you use the sequence, but many are worried about what is happening under their bellies, in the blind-spot they can't see. Advancing them the rest of the way into the trailer again takes patient persistence to accomplish. The good news is, it is done by doing the same thing you have been doing so far. Again, allow him to put a rear foot in and take it right back out to start with. Then advance him to leaving it in longer and longer until he keeps it in. Then add the other foot.

This lesson is far from over but I am out of space. Next article, I will talk about some of the avoidance tactics your horse will try and how to correct them. We will also talk about what to do now that you have your horse in the trailer… such as how to tie him safely, close all the dividers and doors, get him used to the sounds and movement of the trailer and how to unload him without getting him or you hurt. God bless you and yours until then… —Ann Ann Kirk is available for Sensible Horsemanship Clinics or Workshops in your area. For more information and other Sensible Horsemanship articles, go to www.annkirk.com. Beginning Sensible Horsemanship is available in a DVD series with a new addition Sensible Trailer Loading.

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“Notorious BP” is a rare beauty, as he is ONE of only two black Arabian sons in the United States sired by ‘Magic Magnifique’... stated to be the most EXOTIC black Arabian stallion in the world! Magic’s extreme ‘type’ comes from the blend of very influential Arabians starting with his sire, ‘True Colours’ (also sire of Double World Champion ‘Royal Colours’), and is by the legend & Multi Champion stallion ‘Thee Desperado”, (great & also great great grandsire to ‘Notorious BP’). ‘Magic Magnifique’ is out of a mare know world wide for her exquisite beauty & type, ‘Magic Mon Amour’, now standing in Dubai Stud.

‘Notorious BP’ is out of a stunning black daughter of ‘PFC Trevallon’, (by Magnum Psyche) the gorgeous black champion producing stallion in the Middle East.

As you can clearly see, ‘Notorious BP’ has a very impeccable bloodline top and bottom. He is not here by accident… rather, he is here to continue some of the greatest bloodlines out there today!

With tremendous size, he has an amazing dished, short petite face with that tea-cup muzzle. His big, dark ‘bubble eye’ set on a broad forehead will just take your breath away! When showing off his tremendous action, you can’t help but be taken by his long swan neck, beautiful topline & amazing croup. He lacks nothing!

We want to extend our most heart warming appreciation to our very good friends Kevin Mansfield & Bill Chaney of Birch Park Arabians for making our “Magic” dream come true in the purchase of ‘Notorious BP’.

We have black Arabian foals arriving in 2017 from ‘Ferric Bp’ and ‘Bellagio RCA” !!

2 weeks Photo by Kevin Mansfield & Bill Chaney of Birch Park Arabians

Reference Sire…

Magic Magnifique Owned by Sweden Arabian Stud

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Gold Champion Colt Travagliato B Show Italy 2010 Gold Champion Colt Porto SantElpidio B Show Italy 2010 Gold Champion Colt Italian Nationals 2010 Gold Champion Colt Giardini Naxos Italy 2011 Classwinner All Nationas Cup Aachen 2010 Bronze Champion Colt Norwaigian International B Show 2012 Best Heads Colts 3 place World Championship Paris Gold Champion Egyptian Heritage Stallion Breeder Finals Scottsdale USA 2014

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Happy New Year …

Mr Bo Button

APHA True Black “Homozygous Tobiano” Stallion

Sired by: World Champion Producer ‘The Cash Button’ x Sonnys Tru Amigo, daughter of Two Time World Champion ‘Sonnys Amigo Bar’ 2017 Fee: $850 5 Panel DNA: N/N Fresh Cooled Transported Semen Multiple Mare Discount APHA BREEDERS TRUST

Available for purchase.

2016 APHA bay “Homozygous Tobiano” colt by Mr Bo Button.

Massive, huge body & hip to die for…show quality.

We have quite a line of foals due in 2017 across the United States!

in foal to Mr Bo Button, due February 17…

Sheza Switch Kidder 4 Time World Champion, 7 ROMs Sired by: Multi-World Champion “Ima Switch Hitter” and out of ‘Perpetual Grace’, own daughter of Perpetualism by Kid Clu

APHA BLACK & WHITE HOMOZYGOUS PAINT HORSES www.MeadowStarr-Ranch.com • email: kwinnop@hotmail.com • Kettle Falls, WA • 509-675-1223 JANUARY 2017 • HORSE PREVIEWS • PAGE 27

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To Blanket or Not to Blanket…

Dr. Bob Peters, McKinlay & Peters Equine Hospital

The question of the hour among horse owners is whether or not they should blanket their horse. Seems like a reasonable question. For some reason this debate seems to evoke visceral responses from horse Dr. Bob Peters, owners and experts alike.

McKinlay & Peters Equine Hospital I took a moment and looked at what Facebook had to say on the subject and in the span of a couple of minutes I read many diametrically opposing views. The first camp proclaiming a person is cruel and evil and their horses should be taken away if they are not blanketed. ”Would you go outside in the winter with no clothes on?” they ask. The other side of the spectrum proclaims that “a person is an idiot if they put a blanket on a horse.” “It is not what nature intended!” So, where in this blather lies the truth? In my humble opinion, not surprisingly, it’s somewhere in the middle. A little plain common sense helps us sort this one out more than emotion or supposed irrefutable science. I discussed this with a colleague at our hospital, Dr. Jennifer Earnest. She owns two horses and proclaimed that she blankets one and not the other - so she

is covered both ways!

I try, sometimes over try, to distill things to their simplest form. What is a blanket for? To keep something warm. If your horse is cold put a blanket on it! Simple, I know, however, there is much more involved than that. The real truth is there are a lot of variables as to whether a horse should wear a blanket or not. Age, job, general health, weight and available shelter are all important factors.

It should be noted that different horses have different hair coats. Icelandics, Fjords, Minis and some buckskins have hair coats so dense you can’t wiggle your fingers down to their skin if you tried. Others look like they just stepped off the trailer from Florida. If your horse has a dense, 4 inch long hair coat and you have a blanket on it, he’s probably plenty warm.

A healthy horse with a body score of 5 or higher, that has access to shelter does not need a blanket for the most part.

An adequate shelter is a barn, a 3 sided covered shed, or possibly just a dense tree thicket on the back side of a hill to block the wind. This is assuming, of course, that adequate feed and water are provided. Now, you take that same horse and put it in a bare, wide open pasture at 10 below with nothing to block the 40 mile an hour wind but the wire fence, then putting a blanket on that horse would be a smart thing to do.

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One of my biggest pet peeves is the owner that puts blankets on in November and never takes them off till March.

Then they call the hospital in a panic because the horse has large sores that the blankets hid for months. You CAN’T be a lazy horse blanketer. Any blanketed horse should have their blanket removed every couple of days. Brush the horse, then let him and the blankets air out and/or dry out. Otherwise, moisture accumulates, that moisture grows mold and bacteria, and then the mold and bacteria do bad things to skin and hair coats.

The show horse that is ridden throughout the winter 3-5 days a week probably needs a blanket. Most horses in this scenario are clipped so that it does not take 1.5 hours for the horse to dry out after every ride. If that horse is in a heated barn it usually does not NEED a blanket. If the barn is not heated, or if it is drafty, a blanket is a good idea, as this will help the horse stay warm and protect the hair coat. Just remember to follow the good blanketer protocol.

So, where are blankets REALLY necessary? They are most necessary in the underweight horse. This, not always, but very often is an aged horse. It takes a tremendous amount of energy/calories to stay warm in the winter. Much of this is accomplished by the heat released during the fermentation process feed undergoes in the gut and the insulating properties of a fat layer. If a horse is underweight, it may be impossible for it to eat enough to maintain its weight and stay warm, let alone gain weight. In that instance, a blanket helps offset the fact that the horse does not have enough of an insulating fat layer.

A couple final notes - I have read and heard over and over that if you blanket a horse you have to keep it blanketed all winter. This is not true. It is perfectly safe, and appropriate to blanket for short periods of severe weather and then take it back off. This will not cause all the horse’s hair to slip so that he will freeze the rest of the winter.

And also, don’t get hung up on just the temperature. Wind and wet make things much worse. There are many more old horses that are found down and hypothermic in cold, wet, windy weather than calm cold weather. Forty degrees, windy, and rainy for several days is much worse than 10 degrees, calm, and clear.

May you and your horses be warm, fat and sassy this winter!

-Dr. Bob Peters

Jed McKinlay, DVM • Bob Peters, DVM Misty Parker, DVM • Robert K. Schneider, DVM Freya Stein, DVM • Jennifer Earnest, DVM Intern 509-928-MPEH (6734) • Email: debbie@mpevh.com www.McKinlayPetersEquine.com

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Leave No Trace Seminar in Spokane

By Ken Carmichael, Back Country Horsemen

The Leave No Trace (LNT) program is for all recreational endeavors to help protect our natural resources as we enjoy visiting our favorite recreational spots. Practicing LNT principles makes a difference in our acceptance on public lands.

Leave No Trace is taught by Master Trainers skilled in presenting the seven Leave No Trace Principles. Now for the first time Back Country Horsemen of Washington (BCHW) is bringing their award winning program to Spokane.

This class will provide information on how we as individuals can make a difference protecting our natural resources and keeping equestrians on public land.

Recent studies confirm that 90% of equestrians never ride in the back country. Our class offerings also reflect the education needs of front country riders.

Class objectives include knowledge, understanding, appreciation and practical application of the 7 Leave No Trace Principles. Class members will learn how to perform LNT skills. All 7 principles will be taught hands on; fires will actually be built, high lines will be put up, tents will be used and cat holes will be dug. This is NOT a packing clinic or a horsemanship class.

Leave No Trace ideas are not hard and fast rules. LNT is

a guide to minimum impact camping and stock use techniques for all riders. There are many judgements we must each make. LNT helps us do this.

Bring your group, or represent them, to help make the right decisions.

To investigate the Ethics of Leave No Trace further see: www.lnt.org.

Class at Riverside State Park, near Spokane, starts on the evening of Friday, April 7 and continues to noon on Sunday, April 9. Camping is available or you may commute. Class size is limited and registration is on a first registered basis.

Registration closes March 21.

For further information please contact Ken Carmichael at 509-466-2225 or kcarmichael2225@gmail.com or look on the Ponderosa Back Country Horsemen website www.pbchw. com. We also invite you to investigate the benefits of being a Ponderosa BCH member. We help keep trails open to equestrians and have fun doing it.

Help keep equestrians on public and private land, learn and practice Leave No Trace Principles.

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On The edge Of COmmOn SenSe

by Baxter Black, DVM

A Family Affair If you live in a rural community, you can probably name many examples of a multi-generational family that operates a ranch or farm. Their lives are built around the animals or crops they raise. Last August I spent a couple days gathering and branding calves for a local rancher.

It was obvious that Dad was in charge and every member of this tight-knit family knew his job. You expected things would move smoothly along, in part due to the up-to-date facilities and reasonably calm livestock. He said a prayer for the gather, then sent us out to bring in the 100 or so cows.

When we got the pairs to the corral we sorted the 250-pound calves off into a separate pen. “We” is defined as the four hired help plus the Dad, the Son and the Daughter, all family members over 6’2” feet tall…and tough! I was assigned to fill the holes, sort of a quality control position. Ropers rotated. We had at least three muggers on the crew that seemed to take pleasure doing the flanking. I got tired just watching them!

By noon it was 96 degrees and the dust was thick as diesel fumes. Dad had a Nord Fork calf holder he wanted to try. It reduces labor by holding the front quarters while the roper

holds the hind legs. The muggers ignored him. Every time he attempted to hook up his Nord Fork the muggers stepped in front and dove at the calf!

We were down to the bigger calves. Roper drug a big’un by the hind legs into the sweat-soaked, dirty crew. I reached down to hold the rope tight so Roper could take up slack.

The rest of the story is still blurry in my memory; visions of Gettysburg, Moby Dick, Star Trek, the Ziegfeld Follies and Jurassic Park clash, wherein Captain Ahab gets his harpoon line tangled around Dr. Spock’s ankle who is fishing for Jaws.

Shrek is water skiing, Cat Woman is juggling the vaccine gun, a branding iron, an ear tagger, open pocket knife and a can of fly spray. This whole extravaganza is accompanied by Beethoven playing “Ship My Body Back to Texas if I Die Out on the Trail!”

The calf got one hind foot loose. Daughter dived on top of the calf. From my view looking up, Dad’s silhouette is trying to get his Nord Fork on the front end but gets sucked into the vortex and crashes forward onto the growing pile. This is when Son jumps on top of Sister; alias Daughter. Mind you, Brother, alias Son, weighs as much as the calf which makes Sister a 500 lb sandwich!

This is a moment when I stood up and took an imaginary photograph. I titled it “Killer Whales attacking a Writhing Porpoise.”

PAUSE. The calf rose to his feet; castrated, vaccinated, tagged and branded. He stared at the creatures around him.

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Watch for new specials & on‑sale items in 2017. Don’t forget we have lots of new & used saddles & trade‑ins are taken daily, watch our Facebook page for new items, up to the minute additions & special offers! We offer amazing deals on multiple purchases of items for your whole team, just ask. Need a special order? We have contacts at over 60 different companies, and we’re happy to help! Add your name to our email list so you can receive exclusive specials! We support High School equestrian teams (WAHSET) & 4H members. Major credit cards accepted, convenient layaway program. Buy, sell, trade. w w w. Wi l l R o g e r s S a d d l e . c o m 509/466‑0106 Mead

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