Schimke Ranch

09/02/2024

Beautiful April filly sired by JL Dash Ta Heaven and out of Huckleberry Martini (Tres Seis x Stoli). We are keeping this one, for now.

09/01/2024

One of the favorites this year!
☄️Aint I Metallic☄️
Late-April gelding by Aint Seen Nothin Yet, out of Special Nu Occasion (Metallic Cat x Spots Hot) better known as “Pokey”.
This mares babies usually sell in the first day or two after they’re born, and this guy was no exception. He’s staying local and we’re so excited to watch him grow up!

08/31/2024

😅Siblings😅
Palomino May filly by Aint Seen Nothin Yet. NFS
Bay June c**t by JL Dash Ta Heaven.
Both out of Three Tymes A Lady x Tres Seis.
Reserved.

Maternal siblings to several winners including Fallon Taylor’s “Puma”. 🦄

08/30/2024

Brother and sister from different misters.
Sorrel c**t sired by Al Cappone. Sold.
Blue roan filly sired by Metallic Malice. NFS.

Embryo transfers, born a week apart. Both out of Huckleberry Martini (Tres Seis x Stoli).

08/29/2024

2 of the sold weanling red head geldings!

Al Cappone x Huckleberry Martini (Tres Seis x Stoli)

Triple Vodka x Frenchmans Moon Dash (Dash Ta Fame x Frenchmans Guy).

08/27/2024

Two yearlings (left), two 2 year olds (middle), and a good old 20something babysitter mare.

08/25/2024

This beautiful c**t by Al Cappone and out of Huckleberry Martini (Tres Seis x Stoli) will be leaving for his new home soon. They grow up so fast!

08/14/2024

Just a low-quality cell phone pic but this late April roan c**t is so nice! Ain’t Seen Nothin Yet x Special Nu Occasion (Metallic Cat x Spots Hot). He’s sold and staying local so we’ll get to see him grow up.

08/05/2024

May c**t sired by Al Cappone x Huckleberry Martini x Tres Seis. We are loving the looks and the minds on these Al Cappone babies! This was our 2nd year breeding to him and we have another one on the way for ‘2025!
This guy is reserved.

08/04/2024

Can’t wait to get this girl back home and take her for a spin 🥰
Triple Vodka x Frenchmans Moon Dash x Dash Ta Fame
Thank you Rodney Yost Horsemanship!

I've got so much stored content on my phone 🫣 that I'm behind on getting posted due to the past few weeks of cattle work, sales, etc. but here's a great that is here for our friends at Schimke Ranch .

A young, but BIG black filly by Triple Vodka and out of the Schimke's standout mare, , that I started for them a few years ago, and has gone on to be a great one in many ways 🙌.... great-minded, and a pretty mover.... this will be another powerhouse Schimke Ranch mare when she reaches physical maturity, with an easy mile-long stride 🔥

x ▪︎

08/02/2024

Aint Seen Nothin Yet x Three Tymes A Lady sure made a couple nice flush twin fillies this year! This one was born 5/27/24. We are keeping both of them as “Rudy” has badly shorted us on fillies so far in her broodmare career. 😂

07/30/2024

This guy looks good even in a cell phone picture. 5/31/24 c**t by Triple Vodka and out of Frenchmans Moon Dash x Dash Ta Fame. We have kept every filly from this cross, the oldest of which is a 3 year old that we are very excited about. 🥰 This c**t is reserved and going to TX this fall.

07/28/2024

❤️❤️❤️

07/27/2024

We couldn’t be happier with this May blue roan filly sired by Metallic Malice and out of Huckleberry Martini x Tres Seis!
🔹🔹She’s NFS at this time.🔹🔹

07/26/2024

5/29/24 c**t by Triple Vodka out of Lil Miss Fame. This c**t is a full brother to “Felicia”, if you follow Red Hot Barrel Horses you know who Felicia is 😂
🥰 This c**t is reserved. 🥰

07/25/2024

End of April c**t by Aint Seen Nothin Yet x Special Nu Occasion (Metallic Cat x Spots Hot) 🥰 He is reserved!

07/24/2024

Born to be a barrel horse!
April filly by JL Dash Ta Heaven out of Huckleberry Martini (Tres Seis x Stoli).
NFS

07/22/2024

Peep Fallon Taylor & Three Times The Fury making a run at Cheyenne! 💜💜💜

07/21/2024

Just babies living their best lives!

07/20/2024

Horse world in one picture 😅
credits: Pinterest

07/19/2024

Boys will be boys! 😂

07/11/2024

💯💯💯

"New Home Syndrome"🤓

I am coining this term to bring recognition, respect, and understanding to what happens to horses when they move homes. This situation involves removing them from an environment and set of routines they have become familiar with, and placing them somewhere completely different with new people and different ways of doing things.

Why call it a syndrome?

Well, really it is! A syndrome is a term used to describe a set of symptoms that consistently occur together and can be tied to certain factors such as infections, genetic predispositions, conditions, or environmental influences. It is also used when the exact cause of the symptoms is not fully understood or when it is not connected with a well-defined disease. In this case, "New Home Syndrome" is connected to a horse being placed in a new home where its entire world changes, leading to psychological and physiological impacts. While it might be transient, the ramifications can be significant for both the horse and anyone handling or riding it.

Let me explain...

Think about how good it feels to get home after a busy day. How comfortable your favourite clothes are, how well you sleep in your own bed compared to a strange bed, and how you can really relax at home. This is because home is safe and familiar. At home, the part of you that keeps an eye out for potential danger turns down to a low setting. It does this because home is your safe place (and if it is not, this blog will also explain why a lack of a safe place is detrimental).

Therefore, the first symptom of horses experiencing "New Home Syndrome" is being unsettled, prone to anxiety, or difficult behaviour. If you have owned them before you moved them, you struggle to recognise your horse, feeling as if your horse has been replaced by a frustrating version. If the horse is new to you, you might wonder if you were conned, if the horse was drugged when you rode it, or if you were lied to about the horse's true nature.

A horse with "New Home Syndrome" will be a stressed version of itself, on high alert, with a drastically reduced ability to cope. Horses don't handle change like humans do. If you appreciate the comfort of your own home and how you can relax there, you should be able to understand what the horse is experiencing.

Respecting that horses interpret and process their environments differently from us helps in understanding why your horse is being frustrating and recognising that there is a good chance you were not lied to or that the horse was not drugged.

Horses have survived through evolution by being highly aware of their environments. Change is a significant challenge for them because they notice the slightest differences, not just visually but also through sound, smell, feel, and other senses. Humans generalise and categorise, making it easy for us to navigate familiar environments like shopping centres. Horses do not generalise in the same way; everything new is different to them, and they need proof of safety before they can habituate and feel secure. When their entire world changes, it is deeply stressful.

They struggle to sleep until they feel safe, leading to sleep deprivation and increased difficulty.

But there is more...

Not only do you find comfort in your home environment and your nervous system downregulates, but you also find comfort in routines. Routines are habits, and habits are easy. When a routine changes or something has to be navigated differently, things get difficult. For example, my local supermarket is undergoing renovations. After four years of shopping there, it is extremely frustrating to have to work out where everything is now. Every day it gets moved due to the store being refitted section by section. This annoyance is shared by other shoppers and even the staff.

So, consider the horse. Not only are they confronted with the challenge of figuring out whether they are safe in all aspects of their new home while being sleep deprived, but every single routine and encounter is different. Then, their owner or new owner starts getting critical and concerned because the horse suddenly seems untrained or difficult. The horse they thought they owned or bought is not meeting their expectations, leading to conflict, resistance, explosiveness, hypersensitivity, and frustration.

The horse acts as if it knows little because it is stressed and because the routines and habits it has learned have disappeared. If you are a new human for the horse, you feel, move, and communicate differently from what it is used to. The way you hold the reins, your body movements in the saddle, the position of your leg – every single routine of communication between horse and person is now different. I explain to people that when you get a new horse, you have to imprint yourself and your way of communicating onto the horse. You have to introduce yourself and take the time to spell out your cues so that they get to know you.

Therefore, when you move a horse to a new home or get a new horse, your horse will go through a phase called "New Home Syndrome," and it will be significant for them. Appreciating this helps them get through it because they are incredible and can succeed. The more you understand and help the horse learn it is safe in its new environment and navigate the new routines and habits you introduce, the faster "New Home Syndrome" will pass.
"New Home Syndrome" will be prevalent in a horse’s life until they have learned to trust the safety of the environment (and all that entails) and the humans they meet and interact with. With strategic and understanding approaches, this may take weeks, and their nervous systems will start downgrading their high alert status. However, for some horses, it can take a couple of years to fully feel at ease in their new home.

So, next time you move your horse or acquire a new horse and it starts behaving erratically or being difficult, it is not being "stupid", you might not have been lied to or the horse "drugged" - your horse is just experiencing an episode of understandable "New Home Syndrome." And you can help this.❤

I would be grateful if you could please share, this reality for horses needs to be better appreciated ❤
‼️When I say SHARE that does not mean plagiarise my work…it is seriously not cool to copy and paste these words and make out you have written it yourself‼️

07/06/2024

🤩 wow!!! 🤩 What a beautiful entrance!
So honored to have a very small part of a really great story!
(Peep the brand on left gate!🥰)

It was sure exciting to test fit the gates and awesome to see an idea in my head come to life. 🥹🦄 A tribute to the horses that have changed my life. 💕

07/05/2024

Come check Crazy Cowgirl Trick Riding out tonight and tomorrow night at the Wessington Springs Foothills Rodeo! 7PM!

Headed back west this weekend. Coming your way Wessington Springs this Friday and Saturday!

06/28/2024

The first of the recip mares that are “unemployed” returned to their pasture today! A few more will join them next week as we wrap up with breeding season. These girls get to freeload and live the good life for another 11 months, maybe they will get to carry babies again next year!

06/27/2024

For the most part, the 2024s are a friendly group! 🥰