Baquera
11-04-2007, 06:19 AM
Following links I somehow found this page:
www.jbcattleco.com
Anyone familiar with this trainer - he did a mustang makeover, and even laid the horse down, and I watched the video of him on the mustang and he looked like he did a fine job with that horse. I was suprised and happy to see he is just down in Rosamond which is "close" to where I'm at in the Owens Valley, as it's only about three hours south.
I'm really pleased to see more Californio / Vaquero style horsemen creeping up this direction. The Bishop/Owens Valley area is kind of odd - it sits right next to Nevada, Tonopah being only 100 miles away - and is part of the Great Basin, so naturally, you'd think it'd be flat hats, wades and reatas out here. Yet lots of the local ranchers here (and there are still some cow outfits left here, family run operations) are not from the 'buckaroo school' - it's all double rigs, some rubber on the horn....I know of one exception being south of me down around Lone Pine, and there may be others.
I think back 70+ years ago you had a lot of reata / vaquero influenced men around here but when they died off the next generations kind of went with the rodeo style/short ropes stuff. You will see buckaroo-vaquero influenced hands who work for the pack stations up in the Sierras which form the backbone of our valley here. Also, during the famous Bishop Mule Days, a lot of buckaroo/vaquero influenced guys come into town. A lot of buckaroos I have known have come over from Elko area and spent a season out here packing for a 'break'. It's a gorgeous place to live, with the extremes of Mt. Whitney, Death Valley, and the Sierras, and reminds me a lot of Nevada. You have all the seasons, some snow, and best fishing in the world...FYI!!!
I think the horsemanship renaissance is finally coming out here. It's happening slowly. A lot of the locals who've been here for generations are pretty set in their ways - about a lot of things, not just horsemanship! It would be great to have a clinic by someone in Bishop and get more of this evolved kind of horsemanship thinking going on out here, so any of you trainers reading this, keep that in mind. I think there'd be a very willing audience. Anyhow, I'm tickled to see that Mr. Dunn has come over to 'the other side of California'. Well, I did it, and here's hoping there are more like him and me invading this place soon....!
www.jbcattleco.com
Anyone familiar with this trainer - he did a mustang makeover, and even laid the horse down, and I watched the video of him on the mustang and he looked like he did a fine job with that horse. I was suprised and happy to see he is just down in Rosamond which is "close" to where I'm at in the Owens Valley, as it's only about three hours south.
I'm really pleased to see more Californio / Vaquero style horsemen creeping up this direction. The Bishop/Owens Valley area is kind of odd - it sits right next to Nevada, Tonopah being only 100 miles away - and is part of the Great Basin, so naturally, you'd think it'd be flat hats, wades and reatas out here. Yet lots of the local ranchers here (and there are still some cow outfits left here, family run operations) are not from the 'buckaroo school' - it's all double rigs, some rubber on the horn....I know of one exception being south of me down around Lone Pine, and there may be others.
I think back 70+ years ago you had a lot of reata / vaquero influenced men around here but when they died off the next generations kind of went with the rodeo style/short ropes stuff. You will see buckaroo-vaquero influenced hands who work for the pack stations up in the Sierras which form the backbone of our valley here. Also, during the famous Bishop Mule Days, a lot of buckaroo/vaquero influenced guys come into town. A lot of buckaroos I have known have come over from Elko area and spent a season out here packing for a 'break'. It's a gorgeous place to live, with the extremes of Mt. Whitney, Death Valley, and the Sierras, and reminds me a lot of Nevada. You have all the seasons, some snow, and best fishing in the world...FYI!!!
I think the horsemanship renaissance is finally coming out here. It's happening slowly. A lot of the locals who've been here for generations are pretty set in their ways - about a lot of things, not just horsemanship! It would be great to have a clinic by someone in Bishop and get more of this evolved kind of horsemanship thinking going on out here, so any of you trainers reading this, keep that in mind. I think there'd be a very willing audience. Anyhow, I'm tickled to see that Mr. Dunn has come over to 'the other side of California'. Well, I did it, and here's hoping there are more like him and me invading this place soon....!