Happy
New Year! from the Wil Howe Ranch
Tumbleweed OutPost
Dear
Friends,
 e
are now settling into our Arizona winter
here in Cochise, clearing and burning
tumbleweeds from our horse paddocks and
arenas, the sun is shining, it’s
clear and cold and there’s no mud or
snow! We look forward to getting back to
riding right away!
WHR
Round Pen Price Increase!
As
of January 15th our Round Pens will have a
rate increase to $2,130. As our
suppliers are faced with the ever rising
cost of steel & freight we have been
holding off and absorbing their price
hikes until now. It has been since 2003
since we have raised our prices. We still
feel we offer the finest quality and
safest design round pen available on the
market at an affordable price . We are
able to offer great shipping delivery
prices, still in the $200-300 range for
the west coast $400 range for the midewest
and around $675 for the east coast &
Florida. If you have been on the fence
about ordering one ... do it now!!!
Call our new retail salesman Dary Reed
at 509-952-3188 for details and a freight
quote.
WHR
Tack & Video Retail Line Moves!
 s
New Year reigns in a time for change for
us all and it’s a good time to start
a new! Here at the Wil Howe Ranch we are
announcing the transfer of our retail line
of products to our long time friend &
close business associate, Dary Reed. As of
January 1st 2008 in an exclusive
partnership, Dary Reed will be handling
the retail sales orders & shipping for
the Wil Howe Ranch, including the
Wil
Howe Practical Use Tack
&
Accessories line & Wil &
Beverly’s Training Video/DVD
Series. Orders can continue to be made
online through the Wil Howe Ranch website
which will take you directly to Dary's new
home website…. Huckleberry’s
Line Shack. To contact Dary Reed
for WHR orders now call
509-952-3188. Our 800 number will
slowly be phased out , but for now during
this transition , Bonnie & Arnie will
continue to answer & service our WHR
customers forwarding them to Dary for
retail orders and handling the bookkeeping
details of our schools & sending out
WHR info packets.
e
are quite excited with the new arrangement
and feel Dary will add some flare to our
outfit, and with his knowledge of our
program and training tack he will be a
great asset to our customers calling for
training gear advice and questions about
our operations.
 on’t
be surprised if Dary takes a minute to
find his pen & pad when taking orders,
as his office is mobile, he’ll either
be in his truck or on horseback checking
cattle when you call!
e
plan to be adding some new items to our
line in the future, but no big plans are
made as of yet, however, the
Huckleberry’s Line Shack will be
offering extraordinary Cowboy Gear &
Specialties from an elite group of western
gear artisans. to check it out go to
www.huckleberryslineshack.com.
Last
Chance!... Arizona WHR School Sessions
Filling & WH Geldings in
Demand!
 t's
getting close to our Arizona Schools
starting up and we still have a few
openings left , so give Beverly a call and
get in while you can! 520-826-0188
For more info Click
here
on these upcoming Arizona Horse Training
sessions... a full week of working "hands
on" with Wil & Beverly!
e
have had a short break over the holidays,
but wow! were back at it with ever
increasing calls daily for our our good
"all around" geldings. We have several new
ones coming up the ranks of training and
soon to be posted on the website, but many
end up selling before ever getting there!
so, don't be discouraged if you see your
favorite pick marked SOLD, just call and
inquire and let your needs be known and we
aim to please! Call Wil mornings or
evenings at 520-826-0188.
Hope
to see you here this winter in Arizona
& May God Bless you with a Happy New
Year of
New Wisdom & Refinement with your
Horses.
Beverly & Wil
December
2007 WHR Newsletter
Merry
Christmas!
Dear
Friends
Heading
South…
ere'
off and on the road again! Our annual
nomadic migration to warmer weather has
begun!... Arizona here we come!
We've had just about enough winter
here!
e
will be leaving our Richland, Oregon Home
Ranch this weekend December 15th and
stopping off in Prescott, Arizona to visit
a horse client and arrive at the
Tumbleweed Outpost mid week. We can be
reached during our travels at 520-820-1096
or if you can wait, please leave your
messages at our Arizona number in
Cochise at 520-826-0188. We can be
reached there all winter thru
April.
t
is quite an endeavor to pack up an entire
ranch and move 1500 miles. Since are not
packing for a vacation… everything
has to go! Horses, tack, cat, chickens and
the business office affairs of a working
horse ranch. This year we are hauling 12
head and another 3 client horses are being
shipped. We feel like the "Clampit's". But
it is a fun, exciting trip we always look
forward to. The easiest part is the
horses, they load on their own! We thank
God for our Motor home which tows a 4
horse trailer and makes it all happen in
comfort and a Chevy Dually with a 100
horse chip that easily tows the load of 7
head in the gooseneck trailer, it's just
the fueling up part that hurts! That's why
we had to stay and sell another horse
before we left to pay for the
diesel!!
Horses
Selling….
e
would have left earlier but we have been
tending to clients who keep coming and
buying horses from all parts of the
country! We've sold 6 head since November
1st. Last week we had a couple who
weathered the ice storms & snow and
drove out all the way from Kansas to buy a
couple good Wil Howe geldings. The week
before we had another happy couple, Dan
& Barbara Firestone, fly up from
Kingman, Arizona to seal a deal they had
committed to by placing deposits on the
horses after viewing a video of the
horses.
Barb
Firestone with new mounts Wyatt &
Mesquite.
il
has gotten to be quite the camera man
after 20 plus years of filming every
gelding we train & sell. To look back
over our vast library of horses is simply
amazing. Now with the new technology Wil
has finally succumbed to a DVD camcorder
and after January 1st we'll be copying
them with the computer and be able to down
load the footage online to our website!
Wow!!! That's pretty sophisticated for a
couple country hicks like us!
Video
Clips now on WHR
Website….
 peaking
of Video stream online… we now have
our WHR Preview Video footage
online, with a section about Wil's
history on the Meet
Wil & Bev
Page
and the video clips on the From Foundation
to Finished Training & Beverly's
Little Things That Count training
Video
Page
and the Round
Pen Page.
We hope this helps people get a better
understanding of where we are coming from
when we teach and easier quicker
access.
Winter
Arizona School Sessions Coming
Up...
 et
signed up and join us for a chance of a
lifetime experience this winter at our
Southwest "Tumbleweed" Outpost in Cochise,
Arizona! It'll be another a great season
of Horse Training School sessions, in the
most spectacular southwest desert mountain
country!
e
are holding our traditional extensive
Snaffle to Bridle Horse From Foundation
to Finished Training Course Jan 30-Feb-5
followed by our fun and exciting
4-day Reined Cow Working Course Feb
7-10. You can stay for both and make
it a 10-day horseman's getaway!
February 24th - March 1st once
again will be Beverly's popular Ladies
Only" Practical Horsemanship Course,
and this class has been a big draw as
predicted, guys treat your wives to this
special retreat for Christmas… what a
great gift. Check out Beverly's ad in
Cowboy's & Indians in the January
issue Getaway section!
 hen
we'll be training folks and horses to be
confident, bold & safe trail blazers
in our Extreme Trail Training
Horsemanship Course March 12-18.
which offers an unbeatable introduction to
Wil & Beverly's safety & common
sense horsemanship, and tactful obstacle
negotiating skills while taking in the
southwest desert & mountains from a
whole new perspective… proactive
riding rather than reactive riding.
Offering an exciting & challenging
week for any level of trail rider. For
School details click
here!
Early-bird discounts are still
available.
 heck
out the 2008
School Schedule
for our Richland, Oregon Home Ranch
sessions as they are also booking up
presently, we are holding the same classes
as Arizona, (except no cow class),
including another Trail Riders Training
& Horsemanship in May. Just in time
for the spring wildflowers in our
Northeast Oregon high desert.
GrapeVine
News from the WHR…
n
October while attending the Idaho Reined
Cow Horse Snaffle Bit Futurity we got to
catch up with former student, Zeph
Schulz from Utah who had 2 horses in
the finals there and recently claimed the
Montana Reined Cow Horse Snaffle Bit
Championship. Congratulations Zeph! Wil is
most proud of him for his unchanged, warm
personality, and his beautiful family of 4
kids and his lovely, supporting wife Liz.
It's been 10 long years and they're doing
well.
he
Aliso Canyon Ranch Gang, of Ventura,
California are having fun as usual, here
shown enjoying their Wil Howe geldings is
Fred Ferro, 82? with Sox and Jim
Koslow aboard Playgun ponying Smoke.
What a fine bunch of horses, and two lucky
guys!
dded
to the bunch is now Chuck McGrath,
74 of the Ventura area also who just was
up in November to purchase Chex, a fine 9
yr. bay gelding Wil's been riding 11/2
years. Word of Wil's good geldings travels
like wild fire in those parts. (But Sox
& Playgun were Beverly's personal show
cow horses!)
 im
Suit of Prescott, Arizona, WHR student
is thrilled to now have Freckles his new
WHR "cowpony" boarded nearby so he can
head for the hills on the weekends and
when he plays hooky from work! After 3
classes with us he's truly bitten by the
bug and is taking his horsemanship
seriously. It's great to see folks getting
out there 'doin' it". We'll be visiting
Jim when passing through on our trip
south. Jim will also be joining us with
Freckles for lessons this winter at the
Outpost.
We look forward to you joining us to hone
your horsemanship
skills and "Cowboy Up "this winter under
the Arizona sunshine!!
God
Bless and May you have a Merry, Merry
Christmas!
Beverly
& Wil & the Wil Howe Ranch Crew
Watch
for New Year Happenings in
2008
heck
out our
Articles,
we
have some good
Winter
Time Tips
for you and your horse.
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