Cowboy Ranch Hand Internship

Hands-on ranch-hand/Cowboy training in ranch skills. Cattle herding, horse care, riding, solar installation, house/barn repairs, monitoring forage, etc. […]

A Cattle Herding Vacation for Cowboy Karl

Karl on his Cattle Herding Vacation

We had a wonderful guest here at the Double Circle Ranch last week. Karl Lentini from Los Angeles came to the Double Circle for a cattle herding vacation. He spent a week riding and herding Texas Longhorns. He chose this ranch because he didn’t want to go […]

Buckaroo Horsemanship

There seems to be a slightly different philosophy about horses between cowboys and buckaroos. Cowboys value their horses and take care of them. They are the carpenter’s equivalent of a good saw and hammer – tools to be used and well taken care of. Buckaroos come from the old Spanish horsemanship school. They too value […]

Buckaroo Horse Riding Gear

Getting back to the differences I’ve observed between the traditional cowboys and the buckaroo we’ve hired, here’s what I’ve noticed about their riding gear. […]

Cowboy Fashion vs. Buckaroo Fashion

We recently hired a Nevada buckaroo here on the Double Circle Ranch. I am learning the differences between the Texas, Oklahoma, and Arizona cowboys we usually have working at the Double Circle Ranch and a buckaroo. And there are a lot of differences! These are some observations of mine and are certainly not true in […]