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A Quick Update on Our Progress

September 22, 2015 by John Leave a Comment

A quick updateA Quick Update on Our Progress

Scratch and I have been working hard. We’ve ridden almost every day. We are working on a liberty routine that I don’t think will be ready, but we’ll keep trying.

On today’s show I give you a quick update and talk about next week’s show. Thanks for your support!

What do you think of this?

Storytelling has always fascinated me.  History, particularly oral history, fascinates me too.  What better way to hear a story than from the person telling it?  While I know I’m not the best storyteller, I have an idea for another podcast (or transform this show into something else) and I would like your help.  There are many great old stories cowboys tell.  Wouldn’t it be wonderful to hear them as a podcast?  A storytelling show takes a bit more effort than an interview show, however, and I wonder if there is anyone out there who would like to collaborate on such an adventure.  I explain the rough concept in this show.  If you are interested, I hope you contact me at john@whoapodcast.com.

Links on the show

Sponsors

Bakersfield Large Animal Hospital

Matt Sheridan Performance Horses

Supporters

Rancho Rio Stables

Sean McRoberts Horseshoeing

Joanne Galbraith

Downunder Horsemanship

Boone Campbell Horsemanship

Blog about Scratch

About Us

Welcome to the Whoa Podcast about Horses and Horsemanship.   I am your host  John Harrer.  Along with my wife, Ranae, each week on the show we talk about some aspect of owning a horse.  It could be feeding or supplementation.  It could be bits and bridles, tack, or cowboy boots.  We cover training problems, or competing in shows.  We talk to farriers and horse chiropractors.  We talk about movies, books and magazine articles.  And, we travel to places we think you would like to take your horse.   That’s what the Whoa Podcast is all about.

Contact Us

We have well over 90 episodes up now and you can find them all for free on iTunes, with our Android App in the Amazon store, and now Stitcher, or wherever podcasts are distributed.  Get the Stitcher app and let us know how it works.  It’s Free.  You can also find every episode and more about the show at whoapodcast.com.  Please take a moment and join our email list. Get in on the conversation with Facebook and Twitter – just look for WhoaPodcast.

You are a big part of why we do this podcast.  We really love getting your feedback.  Please let us know your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions for the show.  You can email us at: John@WhoaPodcast.com

I blog at TrainingJessie.blogspot.com and I have a new blog about my Louisiana Leopard Catahoula puppy named Buster at BusterBrownDog.blogspot.com and if you want to know even more – and I can’t imagine why – it’s all at JohnHarrer.com

Thanks for listening,

John & Ranae

Episode #71

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Filed Under: The Podcast Tagged With: competing, Fun Stuff, horse, Horsemanship, Training, Vaquero

Halfway to the VHTC

August 25, 2015 by John Leave a Comment

Halfway to the VHTC

VHTC

 

We are 2 months in to the competition and Scratch is making progress.  It has not been without its ups and downs.  Get an update on Scratch’s progress and hear what happened at the Tehachapi Mountain Festival Parade.

We are working hard to make a decent showing at the event.  There are many very good trainers.  I hope if you are near the southern California area, you will consider stopping by and cheering us on.

What do you think of this?

Storytelling has always fascinated me.  History, particularly oral history, fascinates me too.  What better way to hear a story than from the person telling it?  While I know I’m not the best storyteller, I have an idea for another podcast (or transform this show into something else) and I would like your help.  There are many great old stories cowboys tell.  Wouldn’t it be wonderful to hear them as a podcast?  A storytelling show takes a bit more effort than an interview show, however, and I wonder if there is anyone out there who would like to collaborate on such an adventure.  I explain the rough concept in this show.  If you are interested, I hope you contact me at john@whoapodcast.com.

Links on the show

Sponsors

Bakersfield Large Animal Hospital

Matt Sheridan Performance Horses

Supporters

Rancho Rio Stables

Sean McRoberts Horseshoeing

Joanne Galbraith

Downunder Horsemanship

Blog about Scratch

About Us

Welcome to the Whoa Podcast about Horses and Horsemanship.   I am your host  John Harrer.  Along with my wife, Ranae, each week on the show we talk about some aspect of owning a horse.  It could be feeding or supplementation.  It could be bits and bridles, tack, or cowboy boots.  We cover training problems, or competing in shows.  We talk to farriers and horse chiropractors.  We talk about movies, books and magazine articles.  And, we travel to places we think you would like to take your horse.   That’s what the Whoa Podcast is all about.

Contact Us

We have well over 90 episodes up now and you can find them all for free on iTunes, with our Android App in the Amazon store, and now Stitcher, or wherever podcasts are distributed.  Get the Stitcher app and let us know how it works.  It’s Free.  You can also find every episode and more about the show at whoapodcast.com.  Please take a moment and join our email list. Get in on the conversation with Facebook and Twitter – just look for WhoaPodcast.

You are a big part of why we do this podcast.  We really love getting your feedback.  Please let us know your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions for the show.  You can email us at: John@WhoaPodcast.com

I blog at TrainingJessie.blogspot.com and I have a new blog about my Louisiana Leopard Catahoula puppy named Buster at BusterBrownDog.blogspot.com and if you want to know even more – and I can’t imagine why – it’s all at JohnHarrer.com

Thanks for listening,

John & Ranae

Episode #70

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Filed Under: The Podcast Tagged With: competing, Groundwork, horse, Horsemanship, Inspiration, Training, Vaquero

VHTC Update on Scratch

August 11, 2015 by John Leave a Comment

VHTC Update on Scratch

VHTC UpdateAs you know I’m working with a Wild Horse of Oak Creek for the upcoming Vaquero Heritage Trainers Challenge October 9-11, in Tehachapi, Ca.  My horse is Scratch and we’ve had some ups and downs in the eight weeks we’ve been together.  We have also accomplished many things.  Scratch trailers well.  Scratch has had a veterinary checkup thanks to Bakersfield Large Animal Hospital.  He has been saddle and ridden.  We are up to about our 17th ride.

VHTC UpdateThis show is a VHTC update on Scratch and I talk about some of the ups and downs of this experience and how we keep working toward our goal of having a safe and trusted saddle horse.  We will be competing against seven other very competent trainers.  One of the more challenging aspects of this experience is to try and put those feelings aside and concentrate on the horse I have and what I can teach him.

Links on the show

Sponsors

Bakersfield Large Animal Hospital

Matt Sheridan Performance Horses

Supporters

Rancho Rio Stables

Sean McRoberts Horseshoeing

Joanne Galbraith

Downunder Horsemanship

Blog about Scratch

About Us

Welcome to the Whoa Podcast about Horses and Horsemanship.   I am your host  John Harrer.  Along with my wife, Ranae, each week on the show we talk about some aspect of owning a horse.  It could be feeding or supplementation.  It could be bits and bridles, tack, or cowboy boots.  We cover training problems, or competing in shows.  We talk to farriers and horse chiropractors.  We talk about movies, books and magazine articles.  And, we travel to places we think you would like to take your horse.   That’s what the Whoa Podcast is all about.

Contact Us

We have well over 90 episodes up now and you can find them all for free on iTunes, with our Android App in the Amazon store, and now Stitcher, or wherever podcasts are distributed.  Get the Stitcher app and let us know how it works.  It’s Free.  You can also find every episode and more about the show at whoapodcast.com.  Please take a moment and join our email list. Get in on the conversation with Facebook and Twitter – just look for WhoaPodcast.

You are a big part of why we do this podcast.  We really love getting your feedback.  Please let us know your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions for the show.  You can email us at: John@WhoaPodcast.com

I blog at TrainingJessie.blogspot.com and I have a new blog about my Louisiana Leopard Catahoula puppy named Buster at BusterBrownDog.blogspot.com and if you want to know even more – and I can’t imagine why – it’s all at JohnHarrer.com

Thanks for listening,

John & Ranae

Episode #69

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Filed Under: The Podcast Tagged With: Horsemanship, Scratch, Training, Vaquero, VHTC

Whoa Podcast Changes for the Summer

July 7, 2015 by John Leave a Comment

Making some changes for the summer

changes for the summer

Scratch

Producing a weekly show as a one man project is a big task.  I’ve done it for over 100 episodes now.  Recently, I acquired a horse to train for the summer.  Instead of chasing guests, setting up interviews, editing, posting, and other marketing chores, there are changes for the summer.

I invite you along to follow my training progress of Scratch, a gelding from the Oak Creek Wild Horse herd.  I have Scratch until October.  We are competing in the Vaquero Heritage Trainers Challenge.  You might remember the shows I produced from last year’s event (listen to them Here and Here).  Scratch was in the wild on June 13th.  I picked him up the 14th.  It’s my goal to have him broke and gentled so anyone can ride him anywhere.  This is the first horse I’ve started.  I’ll be using much of the techniques I learned watching my Downunder Horsemanship DVD’s.  While I’m not sure how Scratch and I will fair – there are a lot of great trainers in the competition – it won’t be from lack of effort.

Horse Health at BVHCaring for a horse for 4 months is costly.  I’ve received some sponsor-ships and I could use a couple more.  Bakersfield Veterinary Hospital is going to perform a dental exam on Scratch and give him his vaccinations.  Downunder Horsemanship has donated a halter and lead rope for my training progress.  It’s great to get there help.

With all this going on it was necessary to make changes for the summer.  There will be fewer guests on the show.  I may not be able to produce a show every week.  I hope you understand.  Training Scratch is a great opportunity to learn more about my horsemanship and I intend to maximize the experience.

Follow along my progress with Scratch at Oakcreekhorse.blogspot.com

About Us

Welcome to the Whoa Podcast about Horses and Horsemanship.   I am your host  John Harrer.  Along with my wife, Ranae, each week on the show we talk about some aspect of owning a horse.  It could be feeding or supplementation.  It could be bits and bridles, tack, or cowboy boots.  We cover training problems, or competing in shows.  We talk to farriers and horse chiropractors.  We talk about movies, books and magazine articles.  And, we travel to places we think you would like to take your horse.   That’s what the Whoa Podcast is all about.

Contact Us

We have well over 90 episodes up now and you can find them all for free on iTunes, with our Android App in the Amazon store, and now Stitcher, or wherever podcasts are distributed.  Get the Stitcher app and let us know how it works.  It’s Free.  You can also find every episode and more about the show at whoapodcast.com.  Please take a moment and join our email list. Get in on the conversation with Facebook and Twitter – just look for WhoaPodcast.

You are a big part of why we do this podcast.  We really love getting your feedback.  Please let us know your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions for the show.  You can email us at: John@WhoaPodcast.com

I blog at TrainingJessie.blogspot.com and I have a new blog about my Louisiana Leopard Catahoula puppy named Buster at BusterBrownDog.blogspot.com and if you want to know even more – and I can’t imagine why – it’s all at JohnHarrer.com

Thanks for listening,

John & Ranae

Episode #68

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Filed Under: The Podcast Tagged With: competing, Downunder Horsemanship, Fun Stuff, horse, Horsemanship, Inspiration, Training, Vaquero, veterinary, wild mustang

Early Californios

May 12, 2015 by John Leave a Comment

Skills of the Early Californios Rancho


Early CaliforniosThe more I learn about the Early Californios the more I am impressed with their horsemanship.  There is a show coming up in Santa Barbara that, if you are anywhere close, you will surely want to see.  The Early Californio Skills of the Rancho Show is taking place June 5th-7th at the Earl Warren Showgrounds and admission for spectators is FREE!  On today’s show we have  Bruce Sandifer who has been a student of the Early Californios for some time.  Bruce explains some of the origins of this unique style of horsemanship. The Early Californios evolved a little differently than the cowboy horsemanship that was going on in other parts of the country.  The traditions and equipment they use are kept alive by the California Bridlehorse Association.

The event in Santa Barbara will him in conjunction with a working equitation show organized by the USWEA.  What is really cool about this show is that the equitation judges will grade the Early Californio tradition riders in their equitation.  Then, the cow people (sorry, not sure what they are called) will judge the working equitation riders in their cow work.  It is guaranteed to be a lot of fun.

Early Californios Skills of the RanchoAlong with the show there will be all kinds of vendors – bit makers, tack, clothing, even a bootmaker.  If you are like me, you really don’t need a reason to visit Santa Barbara, but just in case you do, this is it!

Links mentioned in the show

Skills of the Rancho Facebook Event Page

California Bridlehorse Association

Bruce Sandifer’s Website

Books Bruce Mentioned to Learn More

United States Working Equitation Association

Contact Us

We have well over 90 episodes up now and you can find them all for free on iTunes, with our Android App in the Amazon store, and now Stitcher, or wherever podcasts are distributed.  Get the Stitcher app and let us know how it works.  It’s Free.  You can also find every episode and more about the show at whoapodcast.com.  Please take a moment and join our email list. Get in on the conversation with Facebook and Twitter – just look for WhoaPodcast.

You are a big part of why we do this podcast.  We really love getting your feedback.  Please let us know your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions for the show.  You can email us at: John@WhoaPodcast.com

I blog at TrainingJessie.blogspot.com and I have a new blog about my Louisiana Leopard Catahoula puppy named Buster at BusterBrownDog.blogspot.com and if you want to know even more – and I can’t imagine why – it’s all at JohnHarrer.com

Thanks for listening,

John & Ranae

Episode #061

http://traffic.libsyn.com/duhpodcast/Skills_of_the_Rancho_Podcast.mp3

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Filed Under: The Podcast Tagged With: adventure, competing, Equitation, Fun Stuff, horse, Horsemanship, Inspiration, Vaquero, working equitation

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