Lost Creek Ranger Owyhee
ILR # 215978
gelding b. 12-19-1999
Ranger Dusty x Snake River Molly
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Owyhee is 45.25" and runs just under 300 pounds. Maturing at that height despite being his mother’s first offspring, Owyhee is a real poster child for the practice of waiting until full physical maturity (at least age four years) before breeding females for the first time.
Owyhee made it very clear that he wants to work with Gwen — so much, in fact, that future lessons will have to emphasize working with other people ... as well as not acting up when Gwen doesn't spend what Owyhee thinks is “enough” time with him.
Between obligations, rescue work, and several years of 60+ hour work weeks (that’s before any work on the farm!) and Owyhee’s acquisition of dog-phobia (they didn’t bother him at all when he was intact … go figure, but that’s good enough reason for him not to be breeding), Owyhee and Gwen aren’t getting out like they want to. However, those inexplicable instinctive reactions have definitely assisted us in further developing the sensitive and successful Get Connected! training approaches.
Owyhee likes any and all special attention from Gwen, of course. He thinks grain is pretty cool, and also likes to hang out with his best friend Luka.
Owyhee is named after the Owyhee River region, where he would blend in perfectly with the rock formations (particularly in Leslie Gulch). The word is actually a native bastardization of "hawaii," and was applied to the river in reference to two early explorers of the area who were from the Sandwich Islands.