July 7, 2008
Volume 4, Number 13

Hello, Friends!

I hope all of you enjoyed the July 4th Weekend. It was a great weekend, getting to experience the fireworks and the first fresh sweet corn. The fireworks experience was a little challenging, however. You see directly across the road about a ¼ mile away there is a tremendous fireworks display put on by some folks that make it a yearly tradition. Then directly behind our place the neighbors were having their own party with their fireworks. It was like “Shock & Awe” in the Rodina neighborhood where I experienced the fireworks in a round pen trying to keep mares and foals from jumping the fence and leaving the country. The good news is after it was all over if I ever wanted to shoot elk off the back of these horses, you probably could now.

A highlight of the weekend is talking to our son, Luke, in Iraq. He is scheduled to get home the later part of September. Please keep him and all of our servicemen and women in your prayers.

The Better Horses Radio Show will soon be heard in the Springfield, Missouri area. On July 19th , 92.9 FM Bass Country will begin airing our weekly show. I really want to thank Randy Little who owns PFI Western Store for making this possible. We will air at 5:00 am on Sunday, and I figure we will have a diverse group of listeners. We will get the horse owners that might be getting up to fish, the horse owners that are getting up early, and those horse owners that might be just getting home. Needless to say, we are excited about getting in this market on a great station.

Don’t forget to check out www.omoleneuniversity.com and www.betteranimals.com . . . these are great websites filled with valuable information. I need to direct my attention to working on the Unbelievable Horse Happening this October at the American Royal.  It will be held the same weekend as the American Royal’s Pro Rodeo’s Prairie Circuit Finals Oct. 23, 24, & 25th in Kansas City. You won’t want to miss this!  Be watching for more information on www.betterhorsesnetwork.com and www.americanroyalprorodeo.com.

Let me know if I can be of any help.
 

Happy Trails!

Ernie

NEED YOUR HELP -- STOLEN TACK MISSING IN KEARNEY, MO

Nancy Ellerman's barn was broken into on June 6 (vicinity of 92 Highway and Cameron Road) and all of their show and working tack was stolen.  The dressage saddle was not quite a month old and the hunt tack had a lot of regional/national memories.  Please forward to any horse owners, auction houses or equine businesses that you think may be of help.  If you have any information regarding this missing equipment, please contact Nancy at (816) 305-9613 or the Clay County Sheriff's Department.  For more details and pictures of the stolen equipment, Click Here.
 

Events in the News:

History was made last month in Oklahoma City when NRHA Two Million Dollar Rider Shawn Flarida and Wimpys Little Chic won the NRHA Derby Championship!  The 4-year-old mare is now the only horse in NRHA history to ever win the top three events this sport offers! 
                    Click Here to read more details on this incredible Purina Mills-sponsored horse and rider.

Calendar of Events:

The Better Horses Radio Show

            Tune in to one of the stations airing our show:
              
                Saturday    9:00am - 10:00am         KMDO 1600 am - Fort Scott, KS
                Saturday    4:00pm - 5:00pm          KFRM   550 am - Clay Center/Salina/Wichita, KS
                Sunday      5:00am - 6:00am           KOMG  92.9 fm - Bass Country, Ozark, MO
                Sunday      6:00am - 7:00am           KTPK   106.9 am - (Country Legends) Topeka, KS
                Sunday      6:30am - 7:30am           KFEQ   680 am - St. Joe, MO
                Sunday      9:00am - 10:00am         KDKD  95.3 fm - Clinton, MO
                Sunday      4:00pm - 5:00pm           KOFO  1220 am - Ottawa, KS
                Sunday      4:00pm - 5:00pm           KTJJ    98.5 fm - Farmington, MO

PLUS . . . we've gone cross-country with the Better Horses Network!
  WOCA - Ocala, FL       WLEG - Lexington, KY  
 

             

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New Classified Ad Listing!  Check out our "Real Estate - Rental" section for some nice horse property for rent just south of Kansas City, MO!
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LISTING EVENTS IN OUR NEWSLETTER -- If you are an organization or business who would like to list your event in our Calendar Section, click on the Event Listings box above for rates.  Then contact Jo Ann Riggs at e-mail address listed with your request.

CLASSIFIED AD LISTING --  If you are interested in a Classified Ad listing, click on the Classified Ad box above.  Rates and placement information is located directly below the box.  Simply click on "please click here."  Be sure to check our Classifieds each newsletter as ads are changing all the time.

NEW CATEGORY FOR WEBSITES -- Due to many requests for website listings, we have a new section in our Classified Ads called WEB LINKS.  Check this section from time to time as we add website links that may be of interest to you.  Enter our Classified Ads and click on Web Links, then click on the name listed and you will be taken directly to that party's website. 

 Our subscriber list has grown to over 8,600+ recipients -- almost entirely horse-owning households! 
 Our ad and event services are a great way to reach those people!

Horse Management Tip

The Three-Second Response

Let's say your horse does something you don't want him to do. Your response to his behavior must be within 3 seconds. If you are longer than that, the horse has no idea what you are correcting him for. Actually the consequences should be during the behavior. This lets the horse make the connection between his behavior and your response.

This also applies to good behavior. If we reward him with a release of pressure, then this is when he learns what you are working to teach him.

The next time you correct him for not responding to your command, make sure you correct him in the "three-second period", because after that the horse is already thinking about something else.

By Sally Dwyer
Seven Oaks Ranch &
Timbercrest Stables

Horsey Treat Recipe 

For a great treat on a hot summer's day, try this special quick-and-easy dish for your favorite horse:

Chilled MoCarrots

Ingredients:   Molasses
                    Large Carrots
                    Oats (Any Kind)
Directions:
Cut carrots into pieces about 2 inches long.  Then, in a bowl, mix oats and molasses.  Roll carrots in mixture.  Chill in refrigerator and
feed to horses when hardened.

Thoughts To Ponder
      By Charley Green

Mistakes

                           "Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment."   - Will Rogers

We've all made a mistake or two concerning business, life choices or relationships.  Now, one thing I've realized after doing some soul searching, forgiveness work and reading is that nowhere could I find we're only entitled to one mistake in our lives.  The lesson is what we do with the experience -- relive it or repeat it as some folks are prone to do -- or make amends, learn from it and work at getting better at those things causing the mistakes in the first place. 

If we're too stubborn to learn from our mistakes, just remember what someone once said:  "Beauty may only be skin deep, but stupid can go clear to the bone."

To read a little more about Charley, Click Here. or visit Charley's website at www.willrogersandcharley.com.       
       

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Timely Reminder

                                            If you have any horses with any special needs issue, Purina’s NEW WellSolve™ Diets are now available. 

As always, let me know if we can be of any help to you and your horse operation.  When it comes to Equine Research, Purina Mills is the company that can say . . .

“WE FEED OUR FEED TO OUR HORSES, BEFORE WE ASK YOU TO FEED IT TO YOURS!”

Useful Websites For Horse Owners    (For direct link to any of the useful websites listed below, Click Here):

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Happy Trails Everyone!

Ernie Rodina