Colorado, Riders for Christ, Mike Kessel, Jack Dodson, Darvin and Tonya Nix, Ed Hamersley, the Mareths


Saturday, October 16th.  Keep and Ben on Mack two-man it around the pond.  Janet and John Mareth and family drive over from Mt. Vernon, Missouri.  Rachel is looking for a 4-H dog and Uncle Ben just happened to have one. L-R Ben, Brook, Mom Janet, Levi, Ivan, Rachel with "Frisky" and Dad John.  Rachel promised to send pictures of she and Frisky once they got into training.


Rainy Tuesday, Ed drives over to work dogs.  Chic comes back from the Tate Ranch and Ben stops by Rick Reed, DVM clinic in Nowata.


Monday, October 11th.  Rain, rain - we've needed it.  Darvin and Tonya Nix stopped by to pick out one of the puppies.  They run several 1,000 head on the Tate Ranch.  Above Ben and Darvin work Ginger.  Ben loaned Ginger to them to work with their Kate female until the new pup is grown.


Saturday, October 9th - Yep, motorcycles !  Leslie went in to the church to photograph Riders for Christ - Cowboys and Bikers.  Click here for pictures.  That afternoon we went to Horse Creek Tack, Bill and Mary Aldinger.  Ben and Bill working on an Australian saddle.


Friday, October 8th, Jack Dodson, Welch, Oklahoma, stops in to leave off "Tom" for training.  He got "Tom" from Ben last winter. Right - Rawhide models AVCA apparel for their flyer.


Wednesday, October 6th.  Tonya Nix (new AVCA secretary) and Twila discover the new Border Collie puppies !  Right, Dr. Justin Campbell with son Paden.  Dr. Justin, an AVCA Certified Doctor,  met Leslie in Muskogee to adjust the dogs.


Monday, October 4th Mike Kessel and Ben are giving Mike's cutting horse futurity prospect a once over. Tuesday the 5th, Carl Tate and Wayne Lewler drive over from Lynchburg, Missouri with to pick up Carl's Hemp, leave off a female for training and some nice puppies.


Left Bernard and Ben Means made a quick trip to their old stomping grounds in Colorado the end of September.  They went some far out places, besides making the rounds to their old schools, schoolmates and stopping off at John Duvall's near Granada to pick up dogs.


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