Joe Weitekamp Clinic at Shiloh!

Joe Weitekamp Clinic
Saturday, May 1, 2010
9am at Shiloh

Please join us on May 1, 2010 at Shiloh as we welcome Extreme Mustang Makeover participant, Joe Weitekamp, for a special clinic. A perfect opportunity for those who have horses who need some help. Joe will be teaching his techniques of handling and gaining the respect of a difficult horse on the ground and building a stronger relationship with your horse.

For more information, please click HERE

Thursday 2/4/10

Augustus and I had an amazing day in the saddle. Gus is really going to make a great trail horse. We accomplished lots of directional work, trotting, loping, Round Pen, Arena, exploring the ranch, and a couple of bucks later I finally dismounted. :) After all that, Gus spent the rest of the afternoon with Sawyer and Iceman in the turnout, enjoying the soft, sandy area while soaking up the sun and the 60 degree weather. My buddy, Dave, snapped an awesome picture of one of our ranch sunsets the other day, so I included that for your enjoyment as well.

It was a perfect day at the ranch.

Snow, Rain, and Mud....

We have had some crazy weather around here lately. Lots of rain, more rain, then more rain followed by snow, some more snow, and then even more snow all around the mountains. The ranch is a mudhole right now and we are all slipping and sliding all over the place. Gus (along with all of the other animals at the ranch) could definitely use a bath! Even though the weather has put a damper on getting alot of work done, it has provided us with some beautiful scenery.

Mustang Hooves

This is a perfect, strong, and healthy Mustang hoof. :)

Rummage Sale to benefit Mustangs!

Just wanted to share an email that I received from my friend, Paula Isengard. Feel free to forward this information along to others who may be interested. This will be taking place in the Las Vegas, NV area.

Thanks,

Eric

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To all my friends, equine and otherwise:

As all of you know, I spend most of my time, effort, energy and money rescuing horses that would otherwise be mistreated, starved or sent to the Fallon Feedlot. Currently we have six horses in rescue. Although we do have two adoptions pending there never seems to be enough time, money or hay. The Mustang geldings we have are very lovely boys and we know that their best chance for a good, permanent placement will be if they are saddle trained. To that end, we would like to have a rummage sale to raise the funds to send them to college at the Diamond W Ranch where they will be trained by Joe Weitekamp. I am hoping to have the sale on February 20 at Lake Mead Hardware. All proceeds will go towards the training of the Mustangs.

If you have household items, clothing, electronics or tack sitting around gathering dust, please consider donating them to the Mustangs and our rummage sale! And of course, if you would like to volunteer to work the sale, I’d love that too. We appreciate every single bit of help we receive. You can call me to donate or for more information at 702-437-3367 or text to 702-858-3542. Thank you!

Please feel free to forward.

Sincerely,

Paula Isenbarg
The Huppie Syndicate

Wild to Mild

Mustang/Colt starting Clinic

Joe Weitekamp will be picking up a new Mustang for the Norco Extreme Mustang Makeover on February 12th 2010 and will be holding a clinic on February 13th and 14th. Come on out and join him as he starts his new Mustang.

What to expect:
Joe will be working with his Mustang and explain what he is doing and why as he starts laying the foundation of trust, respect and leadership, that is required for further training.

There will be question and answer periods where you can ask more specific questions

This Clinic will be audit only

Where: 8425 Jakes Pl.
When: February 13th and 14th
Time: 9:00 am to ?
Refreshments: Cold drinks will be provided however food will
not. Please bring a picnic lunch.
Cost: $30 each day or $50 for both (If purchased by
February 10th)
$40 each day or $70 for both ( if purchased after
February 10th)

Please visit www.diamondwranch.net to reserve your place or call 702-664-4381. Space will be limited so reserve yours early. All purchases are final and non-refundable but they are transferable.

Thursday / Fun Day

I got to the ranch before the sun came up on Thursday. It is always no nice to see the sun come up over the mountains and it proved to be the perfect day to do so. The weather was great, and it got so warm that it was T-shirt weather! Augustus got loose today, but wound up having so much fun with the Wanderers that I let him enjoy it. He ran, kicked, bucked, and farted all morning with them. It is always so cool to see that "Wild Spirit" kick in and imagine what he would look like if he was still out on the range. After his morning, we did some light riding and then he spent the rest of the afternoon in the turnout with his friends while I went to work with Iceman. As always, it was a great day.