updated Feb 2010

the buck stops here... Bucking V Outfit BuckingV.com (U R here) Crow Reservation, Montana Donna Vickery & Daughters roan Hancock horses foundation Quarter Horses Hancock Horses.com w/ Michelle Thompson, AB Hancock Breeder Directory articles & old photos western website design Tarver Hancock Horses Gary Tarver, Wyoming Mr Roan Hancock horses Homozygous-Horses Breeder Directory Montana Rope-Halters Not in business yet Rope Halter info cowboy rope halters matching leads high quality - low prices my central webplace "in God We Trust"   and starts back up over there... Crow Country Curly Horses CurlyHorses.com Donna Vickery & Daughters Montana raised rare hypoallergenic Curly ranch horses w/ stockhorse conformation Native American Curly History CurlyHorseClassifieds w/ Amy Stein, PA Horse Transport Directory Old West Curly Horses Old West bloodline preservation Horsemanship Rez-Dogs.com Not in business yet Montana-Ranch-Horses Ranch & Cow Horses for sale (out dated right now) the late great *Seekers Warrior and Lynx Lynette photos by Sorrel.de September 2008; working with friends on the high desert Hey! Well just remember beauty is as beauty Does Dear! Donna Vickery & Daughters; Sterrin & Valene Hackney Crow Country Curly Horses Bucking V Outfit Montana Rope Halters 830 Kelly Shepherd, Montana  59079  USA email me:   SereCowgirl@yahoo.com email Sterrin: NeedforSteed@yahoo.com     email Valene: SpookedFilly@yahoo.com ABOUT US:       Bucking V Outfit is owned by Donna & Daughters. We went from over 100 ranch horses (in 1998, with 6500 acres of working cattle & guest ranching) down to just a select handful today on a modest few rented acres. Most of our horses are registered Quarter Horses of Hancock, Doc Lynx, & Two Eyed Jack foundation bloodlines. Over the years, with AQHA judging team competition background, and large scale ranching experience, we have been fortunate to be able to develop what we believe is a pretty nice quality little horse program.       I work part time from my home doing webdesign and full time as a vet tech at Lockwood Veterinary Clinic in Billings for a very good friend of mine, Jody Anderson DVM.       My cowgirls are grown now; Sterrin is a brand inspector with the Montana Department of Livestock - she is the second female market head in Montana state history; the head of Montana Livestock Auction, Ramsay MT (Butte). Valene works in Billings, at American Pharmaceutical; she is also a Notary Public, and has served in the past as a 911-operator, and in the laboratory of a bull collection stud (she is multi-talented). She is now attending college at MSU-B and will go into Pre-Veterinary science, and become a large & small animal practitioner.       Both my daughters are good horsewomen & good hands with stock. Against many odds, we continue to work together to produce a FEW high quality working ranch horses with discriminatingly high standards.       Crow Country Curly Horses. Our secondary breed is the North American Curly Horse, specifically (not surprisingly) the Western cowhorse / stockhorse type which we are selecting & breeding for improved size, conformation & cow sense. Donna & Daughters became captivated by the rare Curly Horse in 1996 when acquiring their first Curly bands. The Curly Horse is hypoallergenic, and is known for their great durable easy-keeping characteristics such as substantial bone, hard healthy feet, AND, a very kind & steady temperament, with keen intelligence. The last few head of our best Crow Country Curly Horses continue to lead the breed standard for quality in the ranch horse type (Curly Horses come in all equine types). We work in close partnership with Fred and Tracy Dalke of Charlo MT, at Old West Curly Horses (see more below). If you love Quarter Horses but are allergic to them, check out our beautiful alternatives. Not all Curly Horses inherit the curly coat, and interestingly, some of these "smooth-coats" (SCs) are also hypoallergenic. Our SCs look like registered Quarter Horses.       We will continue breeding a few curly babies now and then, and will be selecting for sizey (roan AQHA Hancock X) stockhorse type Curly Horses suitable for allergic people needing horses for ranch work, roping horses, ranch horse competition and trail riding.       North American Curly Horse Registry (NACHR). By 1999 I realized that entrenched tunnel vision & politics in the Curly Horse industry were threatening to ignore the genetic health & diversity of the breed, and formed the International Curly Horse Organization (ICHO) with the very dedicated & talented help of several more "dissidents." ICHO is a non-profit international organization. Its branch registry is NACHR; but it is so much more - it is the leading resource for unbiased information about the Curly Horse, combining current research from leading world-renowned equine scientists with a comprehensive educational approach; an organization with a studbook and inspection program for breed development & improvement and public awareness & education about this rare hypoallergenic horse.       Old West Curly Horses. Fred & Tracy Dalke adopted Tracy's nephew Dominic as their own years ago. Dominic loves horses, but is allergic to them. Dominic has CP, and hippotherapy is tailor made for him. So Tracy found me & my hypoallergenic Curly Horses. Now, we have formed a combined goal to reach out to kids w/ special needs, to pool our resources - not only to preserve the dwindling last best stockhorse type Western bloodlines of Curly Horses - but hopefully one day to form a non-profit Therapy Horse project. Curly Horses make incredible therapy horses - with their high intelligence, keen connection w/ "their humans" & their steady unflappable nature, they are naturals around kids & folks w/ special needs. Our first goal is to firmly establish a core breeding program of the last, best, rare bloodlines of old foundation stockhorse style Curly Horses. Someday Tracy wants to establish a hippotherapy program, God Willing! Maybe I can help too. :o)       Rez-Dogs. Just a dream now, but in the future when I get a place of my own, I would love to work with Rez-Dogs - helping reduce unwanted dogs on the Native American Reservations. This will involve networking with neutering, rehab & adoption programs. I have been doing this all along as I am able to on an individual basis, but one day I want to become organized. Rez-Dogs are just different - they sure don't have pedigrees but they typically have unusual looks, unique temperament (extreme love & loyalty), super intelligence & boy, are they survivors (tough!) that inspires admiration. Many choose their own owners. They are very special & incredibly rewarding to own! If you are interested, let me know!       Curly Horse Web (down now but coming again soon!). Amy Stein and I started up this general portal website for the Curly Horse industry. It includes Curly Horse Classifieds, a breeder & stallion directory, articles, links, and reference pages for links about equine colors, horse trainers, and as complete as possible directory to horse haulers & transport services on the web. We have been doing webdesign for several years, after seeing a special need in the Curly Horse business, but we do all kinds of websites. Amy is capable of doing really top professional work, and I usually stick to the simple website designs. We also provide free Do-It-Yourself links & equine photography tips. We keep the directory listings free, and pay for our time & expenses with advertisements & webdesign. We welcome submissions.       Hancock Horse Breeders Group. I started HancockHorses.com with Michelle Thompson out of Alberta, when we saw the need for it in the Quarter Horse industry. We keep the directory listings free, and pay for our time & expenses with advertising & webdesign. See the article written by John L. Moore (Miles City MT author) about HancockHorses.com in the April 2008 issue of America's Horse (AQHA membership magazine).       Homozygous-Horses.com. I started this website in response to requests on Hancock Horses.com to list homozygous roan stallions outside of the Hancock bloodline. This site is just in its beginning stages, but is already a good equine color reference site for breeding horses with homozygous dominant trait genes: roan, tobiano, curl, as well as heterozygous dilutes and rare colors & unusual markings. Lots of networking & cooperation w/ equine experts, geneticists & breeders of the world. Already used by many as a quoted internet resource. This site will also remain a free listing directory, with photo advertisements & webdesign to help offset the cost of maintaining it. Submissions are welcome; this site is ready to take off this year.       Montana Rope Halters. Darn slow getting off the ground. I have tied rope halters off and on since my college graduate days in Bozeman, originally tying for Pete Melmeker who started Double Diamond Halters. I have a buddy who is experimenting with a clamping machine, and when he gets the kinks worked out, we will be able to use copper clamps on the ends, and start official production. Hey! Got that done, AND the actual Halter Jig - Now in final stage, saving $ to purchase first rope order... Hoping the girls will help me tie when we are ready to start taking orders. I will move the Trading Post items, local Crow artisans' beadwork etc, over to this site.       Montana-Ranch-Horses.com. I started this website in response to requests to photograph & consign nice quality horses for sale on the internet, owned by local friends & acquaintances. I have barely begun on this site - lots of work left to do. We don't expect great quantities here, but as for quality - we won't be listing anything on it except sure-enough nice horses. We will also take requests if you are looking for something in particular. (This site may die from neglect, I have been too busy to work on it or promote it this past year; but - we'll see.) "Dear Donna, This is a great website! It is very informative. The information listed is very helpful in the process of horse purchases. I wish I had had this when I purchased my first two curlies. I now have three. While I'm very happy with my horses there are many things I would have changed had I had your information up front. I certainly will put this website in my list of favorites. Have a great day and stay safe. Sincerely, Johnette Yeager" "Dear Donna, Came across your webpage today while searching for Native American Horsemanship info. Though I am not in the market for a curly horse, I found the information fascinating. I have a handful of Icelandic horses that sound like they have the same temperament. Native techniques and philosophy seem to work best for both me and the horses. The articles you provided will help me deal with some issues of respect and "personal space" that we are having. Thanks for taking the time to provide this! Best wishes and thanks again," Sue "I found your web site today. It is rare that I spend an hour on any one web site, but couldn't quit. I must say I could probably spend all day just at your web site. It has some very valuable information, especially the natural horsemanship area. I printed off all your information on horsemanship and will reread the info on manners, that is very helpful for me. I've ridden well broke horses since I was maybe 5 yr old. I'm now 55 and it is a whole new world breaking and training your own. I can't wait to learn more of your way of training. Thanks again for your web site."  Linda in Kansas Before Purchase: "...Mostly I appreciate [their] gentle disposition. When I spoke to Jody Anderson DVM yesterday, she confirmed this when she said without prompting that she thought all of your horses were easy-going and great to work with. That is about the biggest compliment you can get in my book and I wanted to once again thank you for raising nice horses." Elissa Duggan, DVM, CO After Purchase: "The filly is turning out to be quite a smart little thing. She has so far exceeded all my expectations on her behaviour and personality. She's very friendly and has picked up what little things I've asked of her very quickly. There is a window to the aisle in her stall where a tarp had been covering hay within reach. No other horse kept there had bothered with the tarp in the past. Within a day, Callie had the tarp pushed back and the buffet was open. Donna has been experimenting with putting what might be scary things on the tarp and so far, Callie is fearless. I've lead her through a relatively narrow gauntlet with potentially scary things and ice, across a drainage ditch, over and down very tall steep mound of fill dirt and she has been very willing. "...I did want to let you know that my friend Donna said to me the other day that: 'you know, Donna really knew what she was doing with her breeding program'. When we first turned her out right after her first trim she was all frisky and had this beautiful collected trot so springy she looked like she had balls under her feet. The trimmer was 'wow, look at her move!', and Donna was 'wow, she must have some Arab in her' (that’s a big compliment from an Arab person, by the way). We had no idea she could move so well. ...she's a thing of beauty. I had her in the next door arena yesterday when a boarder showed up. She's never seen a Curly before and was fascinated. This lady has a lovely Arab and the first thing she said when she watched Callie move was, 'wow, does she have Arab in her?,' lol! Donna said she knows a gal that bought a dressage Hanoverian and it did not move as nicely as our girl. I wanted to pass this along to you because you should be proud of your breeding program and know that others are admiring your work."  Elissa Duggan, DVM, CO hit counter Links, etc. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. -- Norman MacFinan End of a Long Day 27" x 18" Western Art print by Jack Terry Rope-Halters.com CurlyHorses.com Trading Post   |   Horsemanship   |   Kelpie stock dogs Horse's Kiss (5 in x 7 in) (Note Card) Grant, Allan $3.99 FOUNDER: Founder w/ Amy Stein: Founder w/ Amy Stein: Founder w/ Michelle Thompson: Well done is better than well said. "I would rather fail being honest, than succeed being dishonest..." "... The real deficit we have today is not about money; it's about trust." ~Glenn Beck Horses don't scare me Horse people though, they scare me a lot. ©1991  Bucking V Outfit.  All rights reserved.

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