Gallo Escondido some Paso Fino show contestants may know him as (The Hidden Rooster).  Gallo came into our lives while we were looking for another prospect to start and/or re-train.  Our customers are always in the market for nice quiet horses and we do our best to keep them on hand.  While training colts one morning and listening to the radio a gentleman came on the air and stated he had this registered paso fino gelding who bucked and was unpredictable for sell.  This caught my attention, but we really didn't move on it that day, being we were swamped with riding young colts.  As time went on about two days later, we heard the same gentleman on the radio stating the horse needed to go, so we called this gentleman up, who we later found to be a horse trader; WAIT (LOL) that's not a bad thing just thought I'd mention it.  All horse traders are not bad after all, this horse trader was up front and we did not find anything he said to be misleading, okay back to Gallo, now.  My sons and I decided we would go look at this so called outlaw paso fino horse the next morning.  On arrival to the gentleman's barn he advised us, the man we saw driving from his driveway also came to look at this horse, but when he tried to pick Gallos back feet up, Gallo kick at him so of course, after this he was not interested.  We looked over this Gelding from top to bottom, picked his hooves up, lunged him a little and asked plenty questions.  The horse trader advised this horse was sold to him with a BUYER BEWARE bill of sale, along with registration papers and this is how he would sale this horse "BUYER BE WARE, this horse has a history of bucking and he was head shy".  We believe in giving a horse a second chance at having a better life and we also believe 100% in our training programs, in Gallos case, this would make multiple chances with different individuals.  After talking with others we found that Gallo had been successful in his show days winning first place in a Fino Show class, but afterwards started showing unwanted behavior. That was the beginning of Gallos down hill spiral. Upon trailering this horse to our place, we immediatly went to work with him.  Yes, he did alot of un-wanted things in the beginning, but that is not the moral of this story.  I am proud to say today that Gallo is being rode safely by youth and still fino like a champion.  Gallo was purchased to sell but has found a permanent home with us, a diamond in the rough just needed a different approach. 

      We had a client ask our opinion on barb wire fencing for horses, because they were getting frowns from a friend for using barb wire.  For starters, if it annoys anyone that much that others choose to use barb wire fencing for their own personal horses: You should purchase or help purchase what you feel would be the proper fencing for those horses and if not shut up.  If you are not willing to invest your money or time, it's not that important to you.  The owners are spending their money for the fence a friend advising them is one thing, pressuring or making them feel small is another.  This is a very controversial topic but to us it boils down to one thing, using common sense in whichever fence you choose to confine your horse in.  While writing this we are not trying to change anyones opinion, just stating it's best to look from both sides of the fence before pointing the finger or frowning on anyone.  Because someone cares for their horse different than you or I, it does not make it right or wrong, just makes it different.  The question today is does barb wire really hurt horses or is it the lack of owners interest, in teaching the horse to give to pressure and desensitize the horse properly before turning the horse out into a barb wire fence.  It's alot of work and takes alot of time so instead of spending countless hours teaching the horses to respect and give to pressure, some horse owners just say barb wire is terrible for horses.  This in our opinion is a flat out excuse for someone who is too lazy or  does no have the knowledge to teach their horse to give to pressure or spook in place. We do agree that barb wire fencing has the potential of being dangerous just as other fencing have the potential to be dangerous too.  Fences do not hurt horses, horses who are not taught to respect fences and run into fences hurt themselves.  So lets stop making excuses about the fencing and start training better horses and becoming better horse owners.  To all horse owners, sometimes no matter how we go about prevention unwanted things happen, when using barb wire or any other fencing.  Are we saying barb wire is the best fencing for horses NO but in our opinion when used properly with proper horses it can be used.