Bill’s Equine Solutions

Little Dapples🖤🌵

Two year old Sister coming right along. Streetcorner Special 76 Cattle Company

Sister and Bill doing a little groundwork before their ride yesterday.

Snazzy’s first ride!! Short and sweet she did great!

9/10 our colts have their first few rides with absolutely no buck/shenanigans. Instilling good groundwork as soon as possible in a colt’s life leading up to the first rides not only makes them safer and quieter for the rider but creates a calmer minded colt who is in tune and focused. Gunny here is one of our personal horses and has been having lessons in ground work since he was a yearling. He turned two in April and has had two rides as of today. Gunny is super athletic has an amazing personality and picks up quickly on what is asked of him. While at the same time tends to use the reactive side of his brain at times therefore having good solid groundwork as a foundation creates a better situation for the rider to bring him back in tune should he have a spooky moment. Streetcorner Special 76 Cattle Company

Two year old Gunny and Bill during a ground work lesson Monday night.

Dapples getting in some round penning and ground work tonight.

I know summer just started but I can’t wait for Fall and the Wayne Co Fair to show my beautiful mares. Saturday July 15th there will be a clinic held at the Wayne Co Fairgrounds. This clinic will be FREE and will entail a lot of vital information on in hand showmanship!! Great for beginners! For more information shoot us a message😄

New client horse in for 30 days for a refresher on groundwork and respect. Owned by Melissa West.

Beautiful Palomino mare in with us getting a refresher with Bill under saddle and on the ground.

🌟New golden girl at the barn🌟

Bill and I working together to place a solid first ride on two year old Gunny last night. Leaving him with a good experience. By using the method we do we almost always get through every first ride with no blow ups and everyone is safe. Gunny did fabulous as expected. Can’t wait to see him progress.

A few clips of Bill Minchew and Fame getting some work in tonight.

Two year old, Houston We Have a Prob, out of the round pen and doing some bending with Bill around the trees. 🤠

Another clip of Gunny’s first saddling. Like I said before it couldn’t have gone any smoother…but hey, what do you expect, he’s already a smooth moving guy to begin with😉 Streetcorner Special 76 Cattle Company Bartlett Milling Company

Don’t get me wrong we like them gentle but we like them even more when they’re well mannered. Only a difference though that time, sweat and dedication can create. 🤠

Houston We Have a Prob, two year old stallion, coming along very nicely with his training in the program. A few clips from his last two sessions. 🤠

Two year old, JF Trailerpark Gal, ridden today by seven year old Leah. This young mare is one in a million in my opinion. Quiet minded, smart, and gentle as a kitten. We are very impressed with how she is progressing in every aspect. Streetcorner Special 76 Cattle Company

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⚡️Past Horse Post⚡️ August 2022 Just wanted to share a little bit of some training Bill Minchew has been doing with Summer’s Bridge (Stellar). Owned by Frankie Piscopo. A professional barrel racing horse who is/was TERRIFIED of cattle and ponies. This fear makes it difficult for his owners to haul him to barrel races and rodeos where cattle are present. Day one: Bill worked extensively on ground work/manners as soon as Stellar stepped off the trailer. His tools were a long whip, long lead and a four knot rope halter. Gaining respect and attention from Stellar on the ground immediately. This horse is smart and caught on quickly as he has had prior training by some awesome horse trainers. The gelding’s mind was everywhere as there is machinery and equipment on the property. Along with the smell of the cattle which instantly made him nervous. This gelding is literally terrified of cows to the point of harming himself to get away. So in order for him to stay on this property it was crucial for him to get over his phobia quickly if possible. Moving forward, Bill makes Stellar keep his feet moving. Lunging in circles, changing directions, backing up and yielding hindquarters. Everytime the gelding would spook, balk or stop and blow Bill would continue to make him move. By doing this he geared Stellar’s mind into working instead of focusing on everything else around him that was scary. Along with making his feet move and focusing his mind as he asked Stellar to stop Bill would desensitize with his tool (whip) never hitting the horse but simply moving it all around him to show him it was not there to hurt him. Next the cattle were called in as you see in the video clip. Stellar immediately went into flight mode and was blowing and was visibly nervous. Bill put him back to work. If you notice as Bill lunges Stellar he continues to move the horse closer to the panels of the round pen more towards the cattle. We then put one cow inside the round pen with