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December 2011Issue No. 13

Quote of the Month   
 

"The only place you'll find free cheese 

is in a mousetrap."

 

- anonymous - 

Publisher/Editor message for Christmas, 2011

 

Well folks, as 2011 winds down and our troops arrive home from Iraq just in time for the Holidays, I'd like to wish everyone the best for this Christmas season and for 2012.   

 

My heart is warmed this Christmas knowing that WR magazine is right there with you as you tend your critters and take care of neighbors, friends and family that may be in need.    

 

Be safe, and don't forget what's its all about.

 

God Bless our troops and God Bless America.

 

 

Tim O'Byrne

Video of the Month



Click Here to view this video on our Working Ranch website!

Once there, select:

Steak for Troops

All American Beef Battalion Feeds U.S. Troops a Steak 

from the Program Guide  

 

 

Check out the website of this talented cartoonist  

Dr. Robert M. Miller

 

Click Here   

Sneak Peak at the Jan Feb 2012
Working Ranch magazine
 Ask The Vet


Barnyard Yoga

At the end of the summer our health insurance company decided that it was time for me to take another physical exam and a set of screening tests. After my required procrastination, denial and good intentions to make an appointment, my wife took over and arranged a physical exam at our local human clinic.

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WR Blog Stop

- by Jeanne Joy Hartnagle-Taylor


I've told these stories before, but they are worth telling again, especially as ranchers are gathering their cows, and making clean up rides. 
 
One winter, Joe Taylor and his brother D. L. were tracking a couple of wild young bulls through about eight inches of snow on the ground and followed them into the junipers and thickets. "We had been chasing them long enough they were pretty tired. Normally, I would have never gotten off my horse, but I had just won the Working Cow Horse class that spring and I didn't want my mare to get hurt. Wild cattle are usually afraid of you when you are on foot, so I got off and tied her up, but the next thing I knew, I was being charged by one of the bulls. He was about 1500 to 1600 pounds. I had no warning. I grabbed the horns. As he hit me, my hand slipped off the near horn. He knocked me down and started mauling me. All of a sudden I felt the pressure released, so I started crawling back towards my horse.

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