ABOUT JOE
Joe is a 4th Generation Horseman and A native Texan. Joe has worked for Cattle and Horse operations from Florida to Oregon and now resides and practices horsemanship in Central Minnesota.
"For as long as I can remember, there have been horses. My first babysitter was a horse. Her name was Maude, she was a retired, ranch horse. She was chesnut, smelled like burnt honey, and she is my first vivid memory ever. My folks would put me up on her bareback, and whenever I would try to get down, she would simply move. I was stuck up there and completely at the mercy of a clearly more intelligent being than myself. I quickly learned that the swish of a tail meant she was irritated with me, and that if she gave me an ear she was paying attention to me. I never forgot those first lessons taught to me by her. She was patient, firm, and fair. She gave me an introduction to her language and I have strived to increase my vocabulary since. I did not know it at the time, but that one horse laid the foundation by which I relate to all horses to this day.