This week I continued to learn about the financial ups and downs of the equine business. In class we have always talked about how in the winter there are going to be less people taking riding lessons because it is cold, snowing, the roads are bad etc. In addition we have also talked about how having horses that are “free loaders” can greatly reduce the amount of income you make. For example, at Hollywood equine there are currently 21 horses. 2 of these horses and 1 pony are “free loaders”, meaning they are not used for lessons or leased and they are owned by Heather so there is no board being paid for them either. In total they eat 6qt of hay stretcher a day, 2qt fiber max a day, and 2qt senior a day. For grain alone this comes to about …show more content…
For example, shows are a great place to promote horses, as well as videos on Youtube, people who have bought horses from you in the past might not be looking for a new horse right now but probably knows of someone who does, and you can not under estimate the power of connections. There has been many times where students of Heathers are looking for summer camp and she refers them to the camp I work at which is just down the road and in turn when we have campers looking for year round lessons, looking to lease, buy, or board a horse we refer them to Heather. This connection has also affected me personally. I got my internship due to my bosses at camp knowing Heather, knowing she was looking for some help running her facility, and my bosses at camp knew that I was looking for an internship so they contacted her on my behalf, apparently gave me a great recommendation, and then gave me Heather’s information so that I could contact her myself. I hope to gain some more connections by working with Heather and hopefully have one of the connections lead to a job after
This weeks operation was the Sheep Headquarters. It was the Richard Emigh Livestock operation in Rio Vista. There are other similar operations that are in California, such as the sheep feedlot in Dixon. In this headquarters, the main profit is from steak and wool. This headquarter is paid on the quality of wool. At this operation they seem to do as much as they can to save money. For example, they will not update equipment/the barn unless it is not deemed safe.
A thorough discussion on the NMM website and the survey was completed with Sarah Tanner, Office Manager for White Horse Services, LLC (the Company). Due to the downturn in the oil and gas industry, the Company has very little work. The Company has laid off all of their drivers. Currently, Ms. Tanner is the only employee on payroll. Ms. Tanner has been responding to Requests for Proposals (RFPs) in the aggregate industry, to sustain the Company.
These opportunities build stronger relationships that will last for their entire
The population of horses is increasing by the thousands and nobody is doing anything about it. By gathering up the horses and putting them in holding pins/ranches becomes more and more of a financial problem and emotional problem. Fertilizing the females, relocating them over the country, or even selling some to the public will overtime reduce the population greatly. If we continue ignoring the fact sooner or later there will be no vegetation for livestock to feed on, causing meat prices to skyrocket or
The argument Big Eight is trying to make is that the commercialization of rodeos has taken a negative toll on the intended purpose of rodeos. They used to be ran by people who treasured them and took them seriously but things have changed. People with money have taken power resulting in the extortion of rodeos
Below is a checklist that is designed to serve as a guide to make sure that you as a show host have completed all documents that are required by the Remy Kennel Club and they are submitted with any associated fees. If you as the show host fails to follow the order in which the documents should be submitted, then if may result in the RKC no approving your show. Please use these guidelines and take them seriously, the RKC office will keep record of each potential show and will make sure all documents are organized.
Another important part of the problem are the businesses that contribute to the population of pets, the dog breeders, sometimes called puppy mills. The Oxford Dictionaries defines a puppy mill as “an establishment that breeds puppies for sale, typically on an intensive basis and in conditions regarded as inhumane” (“Puppy Mill,” 2015). The Friends of Animals (2013) Web site, gives some definitions of what a puppy mill is from an animal lover’s point of view. The housing for dogs is small pens and in which they may never have the chance to touch the grass in their lifetime. Veterinary care for the breeding dogs is a minimum to increase the profit from the sale of the puppies. Most of the puppy mills are located in central states, where Adams (1991) explains that the large factory chicken farms have taken over the local farmer’s cash crop of chickens resulting in the farmer breeding dogs for their cash
① After the opium wars of the 19th century, countries began to realize just how much power the western territories have over the nation when it comes to advanced military technology. Many decided that it was time to end their isolation and start modernizing in order to catch up with the great power of Europe. By the late nineteenth century, China and Japan began approaching the modernization process in different ways, with one still trying to maintain their traditional values and the other immediately encouraged their change to a modernized country that would be seen as an “equal” to the western countries. China began to realize that they need to build up their country after being defeated by the British during the opium war, so they decided
In the US today cattle are part of everyday culture. With more than 93 million cattle in the dairy and beef industry, and tens of thousands in the rodeo business, cattle are definitely a huge part. Lately, there has been many concerns with the bovine friends along with multiple misconceptions. Rodeos may look tough on animals, and todays society is not educated well enough on the beef and dairy industry. People don’t realize that these animals are happy, healthy, and very well cared for.
The Old Mule Farms is a cow-calf operation that provides calves for feedlots to fatten up before being sent to packing houses and eventually sold as meet for consumers. The current owners have been experiencing a problem with losses in revenue. The expenses that Old Mule Farms incurred are veterinary bills, labor, nutritional supplements and minerals, and a variety of forage. The forage is primarily grazed grasses but is supplemented with hay.
Over the year’s people have been upset over the fact that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) conducts round ups on the wild horses. Some people don’t like the use of the Helicopters, and believe each herd group should state with each other in the same holding pen. Then there are the Ranchers who believe after each round up the Mustangs and Burros shouldn’t be allowed back to the rangeland because they would end up grazing in their fields and leave nothing for their own animals. All these are good points and true statement, but, these round ups are for the protection of the herds themselves, the other wildlife and the rangelands.
The Archaic Age is one of the five periods that Greek history can be divided into the Dark Ages followed by the Classical period. In the Archaic Period, there were vast changes in the Greek language, society, art, architecture, and politics, which isolated farming communities were evolving into the polis “a small city-state” (Lloyd, 2012). At least two hundred poleis laid scattered over the Greek mainland and abroad bring diverse people together into real communities (Matthews et al., 2014). The Archaic period saw advancements in political theory, especially the beginnings of democracy, as well as in culture and art. Therefore, the knowledge and use of written language which was lost in the Dark Ages was re-established.
The benefits are not only felt by horse owners in short supply of money; recently in Europe, the supply of meat from traditional sources, such as cattle, sheep and pigs has dwindled due to epidemics in the herds, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy or "mad cow" disease, as well as hoof and mouth disease.
For decades, the Bureau of Land Management has relied on the strategy of rounding up excess horses with helicopters and storing them in a system of private ranches and feedlots. But now, with almost 50,000 horses in storage, the system is out of space and money. In response, the agency has drastically cut roundups, leaving horses to multiply out on the range.
The book ‘the lost boy’ by Dave Pelzer tells about the authors struggles though foster care in California during the 1970’s. David was taken from an abuse home at the age of twelve where he was made a ward of the state and sent into the foster care system and later the juvenal justice system. This book covers three point in David life that was important in him becoming the man he is at the point where he wrote the book. These points where his struggle with recovering from his past trauma, his struggle with being stereotyped as a foster child and his choice to move forward and prepare for the future.