Equine Journeys

Equine Journeys Adolescent Students Complete Slot Canyon Experience

admin — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:10:27 +0000

EJ RTC students recently completed a three-day slot canyon experience in southern Utah. This experience began with a full day rappelling, chimneying, and hiking down a three mile slot canyon. It takes a full day to hike the three miles due to the technicality of the various elements of the canyon. They camped in a side canyon the first night and awakened the next morning to a short trail breakfast and camp clean-up.
After leaving camp the students had a very short hike followed by a rappel into a knee-deep pool of water. Chilling to say the least. The pool rappel was followed by a seven-mile hike through a sandy wash and sheer drudgery with every footstep.
After reaching the river and camping for the night, the students and staff hiked for three hours up a slick rock trail to the vehicles. It was an awesome trip and will be repeated again soon.
Click here for video footage Rappel 1

Click here for more video footage Rappel 2

Click here for more video footage Rappel 3

EJ Young Adults Participate in Four Day Cattle Drive

admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:13:45 +0000

EJ Young Adults participated in a four-day cattle drive from Little Valley in the Escalante Grand Staircase Monument to the top of Fifty Mile Mountain. The trail was challenging and required exceptional horsemanship skills as well as stamina and courage. Click here for video footage of a particularly challenging portion of the trail Young Adults

EJ Students Gather Cattle Near Lake Powell

admin — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:02:36 +0000

EJ students assisted a local rancher to gather cows from the winter grazing range near Lake Powell and drove the cattle from the range to sorting pens 26 miles away. The entire process took four days to complete as we moved from each camp and waterhole to the next across the desert landscape. Part of the grazing area is located in the Escalante-Grand Staircase National Monument, and students were especially careful to observe and honor the conservation and preservation requirements for that area.

Equine Journeys Students Participate in Calving Season Operations

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:48:00 +0000

It is calving season and Equine Journeys students are assisting the calving operation at the EJ Cattle Company ranch. During calving season first-calf heifers must be checked every four hours to ensure the birthing process proceeds without endangering the life of the cow or calf. Oftentimes first-calf heifers will experience birthing complications which require assistance, such as turning or even pulling a calf if the cow cannot naturally give birth without problems. Every four hours throughout the day and night students rotate the responsibilities of heifer checks and birthing assistance. This process will continue for approximately two months and until all the calves are born.
Additionally, during heifer checks, students also check up on the calves which have already been born to ensure they are nursing appropriately and not experiencing health problems which can be prevalent in newborn calves. If a problem is detected, they provide the appropriate medical treatments and interventions to ensure the calf’s well being.

Equine Journeys Students Purchase Cattle

admin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:27:12 +0000

Equine Journeys recently developed a cattle purchasing program for students who wish to buy, own, breed, and sell their very own cattle. This program provides students with the opportunity to become entrepreneurs, learn sound business practices, improve responsibility skills, manage personal assets, monitor market conditions, and earn money. With financial backing from loan programs or parents, student purchase cattle from the local auction and immediately begin herd management as they plan for grazing and feed costs, breeding choices and expenses, calving operation, and day to day care of livestock. Student-owned livestock are tagged with an ear tag which specifically and uniquely identifies each of their cattle as their own and allows them to easily identify their cattle from other ranch cattle in the main herd. Students also participate in raising feed crops to assist with feed provision for their cattle.

Equine Journeys partners with EJ Cattle Company

admin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:16:53 +0000

Equine Journeys recently partnered with EJ Cattle Company for provision of ranch facilities, horses, horse training, and cattle management opportunities. EJ Cattle Company provides the facilities for all livestock operations used by Equine Journeys.

Equine Journeys Hosts Parent Training Seminar

admin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:55:00 +0000

We recently conducted week-long parent training seminar where parents of students worked with horses to learn better parenting skills. We utilize an unique equine-assisted parent training model which allows parents to develop better relationship and leadership skills, and we have … Continue reading →

Equine Journeys Joins NATSAP

admin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:49:31 +0000

Equine Journeys recently became an associate member of the National Association of Therapeutic School and Programs (NATSAP). Compliance with NATSAP ethics and standards is a required component of membership. While Equine Journeys was already practicing these standards and ethics, our … Continue reading →

EJ’s Ranch Operations Director Rides Bronc

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:09:27 +0000

EJ’s Ranch Operations director entered into the saddle bronc riding competition of the Wayne County Fair Rodeo during August 2011. Please view Chad’s ride at: See Chad Ride

EJ Students Participate in Winter Cattle Drive

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:49:21 +0000

Over the past few days several EJ students have been driving our cows to better grazing on our winter grazing range. These students have been camping and riding in traditional cowboy fashion.