Today has been a day of phone calls. You ever have those days where your phone rings off the hook? Well, I was both receiving the calls and making the calls.
First off, congratulations to Chad & Mikelann on the birth of their second son! I prayed it would happen before I headed to California-thank God for answered prayers!
Second, I have been making phone calls. My last winner was Bradley of Butler, PA-who won a conversation with me at the time of his choosing. And one more special phone call to Jesse James-you know who you are.
Well, gotta go, the phone is ringing!
Stacy Westfall
P.S.-If you get a chance visit me on Facebook, I've been talking a lot recently!
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Stacy & her horses choose Buckeye Feeds
After almost a year of learning more about horse feeds, talking with companies and feeding her horses selected feeds Stacy Westfall has chosen to feed Buckeye Feed, a division of Mars Horsecare, to her horses.
"When I was deciding on what to feed I based my decision on the results seen with my horses, the amount of information backing up the results that the company could provide and a willingness on the part of the company to explain and educate me. I feel that Buckeye excelled in all these areas."
The website 'The Horse-Podcast' is a great source of information and shows the companies desire to educate horse owners and complements the Buckeye Nutrition website well.
Stacy looks forward to the continuing partnership with Buckeye. If you have any feed related questions you would like to see answered, please click here to send them to Stacy.
Most of you have probably seen Stacy and Roxy’s Championship Ride at the 2006 All American Quarter Horse Congress. The image of a woman, dressed in white, riding a beautiful black AQHA mare, bareback and brideless, to Tim McGraw’s song “Live Like You Were Dyin”, is most likely engrained in your mind. The history making ride was made even more special when Stacy dedicated the ride to her father that had recently passed away before the competition.
About a year later someone posted the video on YouTube and the ride went viral. Most of you have perhaps received Stacy’s video via e-mail. Early in the year of 2008 the video had even made its way to Ellen Degeneres. The video has been posted numerous times on YouTube by various users. Most of the videos that are now on YouTube have no sound….so Stacy has made a newer video.
Stacy’s new YouTube video is still the same 2006 Championship Ride, but with an added twist. The new video is narrated by Stacy Westfall. While watching the video you will be able to hear some of Stacy’s thoughts about the ride. She talks about her father’s passing and how that affected her as well as the ride, Stacy talks about some of the thought processes that were going on in her mind as she was competing bareback and bridleless, and she also explains some of Roxy’s body language.
Well, now I have taken Chloe through all of the steps in the Basic Groundwork DVD as well as the Starting Young Horses DVD. This means that she has been sacked out with balls, tarps, stick & string, tarps on lunge whips and things dragging near her. She was sacked out standing still and sacked out in motion (important for emotional control). She has had the saddle pad on and I have made it fall off, same thing with the saddle, all to teach her how to respond correctly when something falls from her back (just in case :)
She knows how to lunge over and around things, how to turn both directions, how to disengage her hind end and how to come to me when I back away. She accepts the bit and the saddle. Was accustomed to the cinch because of the use of a rope before I saddled her. She can bend and stand still and she can bend and move...and she knows when to do each because of the use, or lack of, leg pressure.
Chloe also learned to ground drive. She can walk, trot, and lope while ground driving. She can turn right and left and trot figure eights as well as reverse directions. You can toss a small tarp under her feet (tied to a lunge whip) and she has stopped striking at it. You can wrap the same tarp thing around her hind legs as she trots and she is quite about it (many kick a lot).
And all of this was done before I mounted the first time.
By the first ride so much was done that the ride was easy! Now I am walking, troting, and loping on her. The first day I walked each direction a few steps. The second day I walked and trotted both directions. Repeated this on day three and four and then I added loping. I don't ride long. More time still goes into the prep than the acutal ride. I double check the things listed above to find any 'holes' that may have developed in the training. You would be surprised at how the horses will sometimes have a little memory loss and suddenly be surprised by something (tarp, ball, etc) just because they are having a bad day.
Weaver Leather and Stacy Westfall have come together to create this DVD, Ride Safely on the Trail. Go for a trail ride with Stacy and learn how to solve training issues that you and your horse may encounter while riding on the trails. This DVD is FREE with any purchase of a Weaver Leather product.
To redeem your FREE DVD just visit Weaver's website, answer three simple questions about your product purchase, supply your shipping information, and you will receive your FREE DVD in the mail. It's as easy as that! Happy trail riding!
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Dear Stacy,
Just wanted to say thank you for making such an informative and easy to understand and follow DVD instructional series. The attached picture proves it works! This was the result after 7 30 minute sessions! Sunshine progressed quickly and now only needs slight help holding her hoof up and a verbal cue to back up. You're an excellent trainer of horses and people too! I highly recommend your DVD series and products to anyone wanting to further their relationship with their horses!
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Today has been a day of phone calls. You ever have those days where your phone rings off the hook? Well, I was both receiving the calls and making the calls. 
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