Bucking
V Outfit is owned by Donna & Daughters. We went from
over 100 ranch horses (in 1998, with 6500 acres of working cattle
& guest ranching) down to just a select handful today on a modest
few rented acres. Most of our horses are registered Quarter Horses
of Hancock, Doc Lynx, & Two Eyed Jack foundation bloodlines.
Over the years, with AQHA judging team competition background, and
large scale ranching experience, we have been fortunate to be able
to develop what we believe is a pretty nice quality little horse
program.
I work full time as a vet tech at Lockwood
Veterinary Clinic in Billings for a some good friends of mine,
Mark & Jody Anderson DVM.
My 2 cowgirls are grown now; Sterrin is a brand
inspector with the Montana Department of Livestock - she is the
second female market head in Montana state history; the head of
Montana Livestock Auction, Ramsay MT (Butte). Valene works in Billings,
at American Pharmaceutical; she is also a Notary Public, and has
served in the past as a 911-operator, and in the laboratory of a
bull collection stud (she is multi-talented). She is now also attending
college at MSU-B full time, while working full time (wow) and heading
for Pre-Veterinary medicine to become a large animal practitioner.
Both my daughters are good horsewomen &
good hands with stock. Against many odds, we continue to work together
to produce a FEW high quality working ranch horses with discriminatingly
high standards. Right now, we have maybe one or two babies born
per year.
Crow
Country Curly Horses. Update: I have used my domain curlyhorses.com
for my private Curly Horse program for years. But now, I am using
CrowCurly.com for my personal Curly Horse site.
So, along with AQHA horses, our secondary breed
is the North American Curly Horse, specifically (not surprisingly)
the Western cowhorse / stockhorse type - (rare) - which we are selecting
& breeding for improved size, conformation & cow sense.
Donna & Daughters became captivated by the rare Curly Horse
in 1996 when acquiring their first Curly bands. The Curly Horse
is hypoallergenic, and is known for their great durable easy-keeping
characteristics such as substantial bone, hard healthy feet, AND,
a very kind & steady temperament, with keen intelligence. The
last few head of our best Crow Country Curly Horses continue to
lead the breed standard for quality in the ranch horse type (Curly
Horses come in all equine types). If you love Quarter Horses but
are allergic to them, check out our beautiful alternatives. Not
all Curly Horses inherit the curly coat, and interestingly, some
of these "smooth-coats" (SCs) are also hypoallergenic. Our SCs look
like registered Quarter Horses, and actually carry more foundation
QH blood than a lot of registered Quarter horses do.
We will continue breeding a few curly babies
now and then, and will be selecting for sizey (roan AQHA Hancock
X) stockhorse type Curly Horses suitable for allergic people needing
horses for ranch work, roping horses, ranch horse competition and
trail riding.
North American Curly Horse Registry (NACHR). By 1999 I realized
that entrenched tunnel vision & politics in the Curly Horse
industry were threatening to ignore the genetic health & diversity
of the breed, so I purchased this domain, and the domain curlyhorses.info
for a pedigree database, and formed the International Curly Horse
Organization (ICHO) with the very dedicated & talented help
of several more "dissidents." ICHO is a non-profit international
organization. Its branch registry is NACHR; but it is so much more
- it is the leading resource for unbiased information about the
Curly Horse, combining current research from leading world-renowned
equine scientists with a comprehensive educational approach; an
organization with a studbook and inspection program for breed development
& improvement and public awareness & education about this
rare hypoallergenic horse.
Update: I used to do the comprehensive reference
website for ICHO, but in recent years, after I quit that, the reference
material has been largely lost to the public. Amy and I will be
bringing it back in 2011 on the new CurlyHorses.com. Check it out!
Curly
Horses.com including Curly
Horse Web and Curly
Horse Classifieds, (go post a free photo ad any time). Amy
Stein and I started up this general portal website for the Curly
Horse industry years ago, but now with the participation of the
newly formed Curly Horse Marketing Co-op, CurlyHorses.com will stand
as a premiere reference site for these versatile hypoallergenic
horses. CurlyHorses.com will include the original Curly Horse Classifieds
(CHC), Curly Horse Web (CHW), and my original ICHO reference pages,
with a breeder & stallion directory, articles, links, and reference
pages for links about equine colors, horse trainers, and as complete
as a return of my original resource directory to horse haulers &
transport services on the web. We also provide free Do-It-Yourself
links & equine photography tips. We keep the directory listings
free, and pay for our time & expenses with advertisements &
occasionally some webdesign. We invite submissions.
Hancock
Horse Breeders Group. I started HancockHorses.com with Michelle
Thompson out of Alberta, when we saw the need for it in the Quarter
Horse industry. We keep the directory listings free, and reimburse
our time & expenses with advertising. See the article about
Hancock Horse Breeders Group written by John L. Moore (Miles City
MT cowboy / author) in the April 2008 issue of America's Horse (AQHA
membership magazine). We are also on Facebook.
Montana-Ranch-Horses.com.
I started this website in response to requests to photograph &
consign nice quality horses for sale on the internet, owned by local
friends & acquaintances. I have barely begun on this site -
lots of work left to do. We don't expect great quantities here,
but as for quality - we won't be listing anything on it except sure-enough
nice horses. We will also take requests if you are looking for something
in particular. (This site is a bit neglected, I have been too busy
to work on it very much or promote it any this past year; but -
we'll see.) I also have it on Facebook. I do accept submissions
on it; no sale, no commission.
Homozygous-Horses.com.
I started this website in response to requests on Hancock Horses.com
to list homozygous roan stallions outside of the Hancock bloodline.
This site is just in its beginning stages, but is already a
good equine color reference site for breeding horses with homozygous
dominant trait genes: roan, tobiano, curl, as well as heterozygous
dilutes and rare colors & unusual markings. Lots of networking
& cooperation w/ equine experts, geneticists & breeders
of the world. Already used by many as a quoted internet resource.
This site will also remain a free listing directory, with photo
advertisements & webdesign to help offset the cost of maintaining
it. Submissions are welcome; this site is ready to take off this
year.
Montana
Rope Halters. Darn slow getting off the ground. I have tied
rope halters off and on since my college graduate days in Bozeman,
originally tying for Pete Melmeker who started Double Diamond Halters.
I have a buddy who is experimenting with a clamping machine, and
when he gets the kinks worked out, we will be able to use copper
clamps on the ends, and start official production. Hey! Got that
done, AND the actual Halter Jig - Now in final stage, saving $ to
purchase first rope order... Hoping the girls will help me tie when
we are ready to start taking orders. I will move the Trading Post
items, local Crow artisans' beadwork etc, over to this site.
Rez-Dogs. Just
a dream now, so I purchased this domain, but in the future when
I get a place of my own, I would love to work with Rez-Dogs
- helping reduce unwanted dogs on the  Native
American Reservations. This will involve networking with neutering,
rehab & adoption programs. I have been doing this all along
as I am able to on an individual basis, but one day I want to become
organized. Rez-Dogs are just different - they sure don't have pedigrees
but they typically have unique looks, unique temperament (extreme
love & loyalty), super intelligence & boy, are they survivors
(tough!) that inspires admiration. Many choose their own owners.
They are very special & incredibly rewarding to own! If you
are interested, let me know!
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