Russell B. Hunston - Central Oregon Professional Horse Trainer - 541-323-6945

  THE BLACK DOG THIS IS A TRUE STORY AND THERE WILL NOT BE ANY IMAGES WITH THIS STORY. THERE WAS NO TIME FOR TAKING PICTURES SINCE THE MAJORITY OF THIS STORY TOOK PLACE IN DARKNESS. THIS IS...

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WORKING TO GENTLE TWO WILD HORSES FROM YAKIMA FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD MAMA GEORGIA (WE'LL CALL HER FOR NOW) AND HER DAUGHTER WERE ROUNDED UP IN YAKIMA WASHINGTON APPROXIMATELY 9 MONTHS ...

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MAGICAL HORSES   "RUSSELL IS TRULY AN INSPIRATIONAL AND WISE HORSEMAN. PEOPLE AND HORSES ARE FORTUNATE TO LEARN FROM HIS EXPERIENCE AND SKILL. WE HIRED RUSSELL TO START OUR YOUNG STALLIO...

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A GOOD HOME FOR A LITTLE MUSTANG MARE     ALICE CALLED ME ONE DAY SAYING SHE HAD A MUSTANG MARE THAT SHE DID NOT FEEL CONFIDENT WITH. SHE HAD ONLY HAD THE MARE FOR A FEW MONTHS AN...

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THE MUSTANG AND THE WIND     TO THE WIND OUT ON THE PRAIRIE THERE'S A WONDROUS PLACE IT'S BORN TO DWELL. IT'S SMACK BETWEEN THE MUSTANG'S EARS AND IN HIS FLOWING MANE AND TAIL. FOR...

http://professional-horseman.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-mustang-and-wind-to-wind-out-on.html

LUKE IS A NINE YEAR OLD APPROX. 17H, MAYBE A BIT TALLER, DAPPLE-BROWN PERCHERON/THOROUGHBRED CROSS. I MET HIM WHEN I WAS CALLED BY HIS NEW OWNERS IN MID-SUMMER OF THIS YEAR - 2012. THE NEW OW...

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AS A HORSE TRAINER PEOPLE CONTACT ME MOST OFTEN BECAUSE THEIR HORSE HAS A HOLE IN IT; AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I CALL IT; THEY NORMALLY JUST SAY THAT THE HORSE HAS A PROBLEM BUT TO ME THAT MEANS ...

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MANY PEOPLE MOUNT THEIR HORSES EACH DAY WITHOUT HAVING DONE THE WORK OF PREPARING THE HORSE OR READING THE HORSE PROPERLY AND THIS IS A DANGEROUS ENDEAVOR. I'VE BEEN ON MANY TRAIL RIDES AND ...

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  I WAS CALLED SOME WEEKS AGO TO HAVE AT A LOOK AT A LITTLE HORSE NAMED MOUSE WHO, ACCORDING TO THE HORSE'S OWNER, WAS QUITE A HANDFUL. THE HORSE'S OWNER WAS PRETTY SAAVY ABOUT HORSES IN GENERA...

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SAVING AMERICA'S WILD HORSES AND THE LORD GOD SAID TO (IYOV) JOB:  "DID YOU GIVE THE HORSE ITS STRENGTH? DID YOU CLOTHE HIS NECK WITH A MANE? DID YOU MAKE HIM ABLE TO LEAP LIKE A LOCU...

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 THIS STORY BEGINS PRETTY MUCH LIKE MOST OF MY STORIES WHEN I RECEIVE PHONE CALLS FROM HORSE OWNERS. A WOMAN CALLED SAYING SHE HAD A THREE YEAR OLD MARE - A SHIRE/THOROUGHBRED CROSS. SH...

http://professional-horseman.blogspot.com/2010/12/stop-thinking-you-can-bluff-your-horse.html

THIS WILL BE A SHORT LITTLE STORY AND MAY INCLUDE A TIP TO BE REMEMBERED WHEN RIDING COLTS; TWO AND THREE YEAR-OLD HORSES JUST BEING PUT UNDER SADDLE. YOUNG HORSES THAT HAVE JUST BEEN PUT UN...

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OFTEN I GET CALLED TO WORK WITH DIFFICULT HORSES; HORSES THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY HORSE-OWNERS WHO, POSSIBLY  UNINTENTIONALLY, CONFUSE AND FRUSTRATE THEIR EQUINE COMPANIONS. IT IS NOT DIFFIC...

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  TODAY I SADDLED-UP THE BOYS AND DECIDED TO GO ON A LEISURELY RIDE DOWN THE ROAD PAST SMITH ROCK. IT WAS FRIDAY, THE WEEK WAS OVER, AND IT WAS A GORGEOUS DAY; SIXTY-FIVE DEGREES, LIGHT BREEZ...

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I WAS CALLED TO A RANCH HERE IN CENTRAL OREGON TO TAKE A LOOK AT AN EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD POLISH ARAB GELDING NAMED KHELDAR; AKA LEGEND. HIS STORY, OR AT LEAST WHAT THE NEW OWNER OF TWO AND A HAL...

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ONE DAY I WAS CALLED BY A MAN WHO HAD OWNED HORSES HIS ENTIRE LIFE. IT SEEMED HE HAD A HORSE THAT WAS A HEAD-BOBBER. THE MORE AND THE LONGER HE WOULD RIDE THIS HORSE THE MORE VIOLENT BECAME H...

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TUXEDO IS A PERCHERON/THOROUGHBRED CROSS AND HE IS NOW ALMOST SIX YEARS OLD. IN THE ABOVE PICTURE, AND PRIOR TO LEAVING CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOR MONTANA IN 2007, HE WEIGHED IN AT ABOUT 1350 POU...

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  I JUST POSTED A STORY ABOUT A HORSE NAMED TATANKA WHEN I SUDDENLY REALIZED I'D NOT MENTIONED HIS LOADING "STORY".  SO, I WILL TELL IT HERE BRIEFLY BECAUSE IT IS QUITE INTERESTING AND TELLI...

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AS I DROVE UP TO THE RANCH IT WAS PRETTY DIFFICULT TO MISS ALL THE ACTION.  PEOPLE WERE RUNNING HERE AND THERE AND AS I OBSERVED THE SITUATION CLOSER I NOTICED A WELL BUILT SORREL HORSE WHO ...

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I'M OFTEN CALLED TO RIDE OTHER PEOPLE'S HORSES AND I'VE LEARNED A LOT BY DOING SO. I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME OF MY INSIGHTS WITH YOU; INSIGHTS THAT I PERSONALLY FEEL ARE NOT ONLY HELPFUL IN MOST...

http://professional-horseman.blogspot.com/2010/03/much-has-to-do-with-how-we-touch-our.html

I WAS LIVING, TRAINING HORSES AND RUNNING AN EQUINE TRANSPORT BUSINESS IN THE BEAUTIFUL SANTA YNEZ VALLEY JUST NORTH OF SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA.  I REMEMBER A PHONE CALL I RECEIVED ONE DAY...

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  I WAS HIRED TO WORK WITH SOME BABY HORSES AT A RANCH IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA SOME YEARS AGO.  IT TURNED OUT TO BE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY AFFECT ALL FUNDAMENTAL AREAS OF ...

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 I WAS INVITED TO A RESTAURANT ONE EVENING HERE IN CENTRAL OREGON TO MEET SOME HORSE PEOPLE.  SUPPOSEDLY THERE WAS A COUPLE WHO HAD JUST RECENTLY ADOPTED A FEW MUSTANGS AND THE WORD WAS THA...

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I WORKED AT A RANCH IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FOR ABOUT A YEAR.  THERE WERE TEN OR TWELVE HEAD OF HORSES ON THE RANCH AND THEY BASICALLY HAD THE RUN OF THE 20 ACRE HACIENDA.  OTHER THAN THE FEN...

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IN 2006 I HAD ONLY ONE HORSE NAMED TUXEDO - A BLACK PERCHERON/THOROUGHBRED CROSS - AND I WAS SERIOUSLY THINKING OF GETTING A PARTNER FOR HIM. I NEVER DID LIKE TO SEE ONE HORSE STANDING ALONE I...

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