October 2018 26 Saddle Up Realty and Property Management MAUREEN SERRANO 623-521-2355 mserranosellsre@gmail.com NEW LISTING Arizona Ranch style home with amazing views on top of a hill in Wickenburg Country Club! There is a pool, spa, small horse set up with large turn out and barn. The home boosts 2 master suites, one with it’s own private entrance! Almost 5 acres. $439,000 MLS 5777913 LAND FOR SALE 3 ACRES with runway privelages; shared well. Bring your horses and airplane! $99,500 MLS 5602101 8 ACRES HORSE PROPERTY flat and usable; private well + 4 shares in a shared well. $160,000 (agent/owner) MLS 5657012 47 ACRES HORSE PROPERTY that adjoins State Trust Land. private, secluded and easy access. $198,500 MLS 5382128 16 ACRES in Congress with water & power. Great views and borders State Trust Land. Horses welcome! Maybe split into two 8-acre parcels. $300,000 or buy 8 acres ($150,000-$160,000) 8 PRISTINE ACRES OF HORSE PROPERTY in the heart of Wickenburg. Great Views! Can be split into two - 4 acre lots (survey available). Build on one and sell the other! $189,500 MLS 5740224 When it comes to loading cattle I am pretty particular about how the animals are handled. When I am at someone else’s place I’ll do it their way. But at my place, I don’t want any turmoil stirring up my horse or my cattle. So you won’t see any ramming or jamming and you won’t hear any whooping or hollering when it comes time to put something in a trailer at my place. You can be lucky and get it done that way. You can get a cow to go in despite her better judgment. Cattle and horses fill in for us all the time. Maybe that’s what keeps people doing the same thing over and over. But if they’re not making it harder that day, they’re making it harder for the next day. I’d rather not rely on luck and then have everybody mad and frustrated when it doesn’t work out so well. By Buddy Uldrikson Buddy Uldrikson Training at Rancho Rio Bonita: buddyuldriksonhorsemanship.com Loading Cows doesn’t change, you didn’t back off soon enough! The amount of pressure and the time it takes depends on the cattle and the conditions you have to work with; whether it’s a small enclosure or out in the open. This is the art in it. Using just enough pressure so that the cattle leave you, then backing off when they go the direction you want them to go. When you back off, your horse gets a break, too, and he starts to learn and gets to watching for the cattle to yield. Everything gets better - and not just that day but for the next day too. Once I understood that it doesn’t have to be that way; that you can do it in a way that lets the cow decide, I’ve never had it not work. Whether it’s a single bull out in a pasture or a bunch of yearlings in a 200-foot pen, the approach is much the same. The bigger the cattle are the easier it is. I recall having to get a bull out of a bunch of cows and into a trailer in the middle of a large pasture. He was heavy and didn’t have a lot of stamina. All I had to do was put pressure on him going to the cows, and then take it off whenever his mind was going to the trailer. It didn’t take long for him to choose the trailer over the cows. If their mind is on the trailer, they’re as good as in it. Reward the thought: back off when there’s a change - or even better, back off just before the change. If it WHETHER YOU’VE GOT A MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB OR A TRAILER TO LOAD, IT’S A LOT EASIER AND LESS STRESSFUL WHEN IT’S THE COW’S IDEA. I used a similar approach when working in Colorado. I was gathering yearlings by myself and came across a lone steer. It was going to take a lot of running around in the rough, steep country to get the steer where he needed to be and where he could join up with the rest of the cattle and travel better. To save my horse the work, I roped the steer. I got him by a hind foot and took my turns, then left off when his head was pointed the way I wanted him to go. Whether you’ve got a mountain to climb or a trailer to load, it’s a lot easier and less stressful when it’s the cow’s idea.