Rafter R Horse & Cattle Co.

04/19/2025

We had a successful day down in Ocala today! Both boys are headed to their new homes, a bittersweet day for sure. 🎉❤️

04/09/2025

Charlie is a 7 yr old John mule. He stands 16.1 and will weigh 1200 # with the good bone and foot to go with it! Charlie is your “once in a life time” mule and is as gentle as they come! He meets you at the gate every morning with a cute little nicker.
Fold both his ears, stands like a statue for the farrier. He’s been trail riddin out west in the mountains and up in Canada and is as sure footed as they come! Has been overnight camping and stands all night on a picket line. My pregnant wife has been riding him for the last few months!
✅ Leads, loads, ties
✅ Had been used as a turn back in the cutting barn
✅ has had cattle doctored off him
✅ shoot off him
✅ crack a whip
✅ let little kids ride him ba****ck in a halter
✅ ride the hair off him and he will be at the gate the next day ready to go again!
Loves people and is looking for his forever home!

For more info: ☎️ 9032191145

Charlie will be lot #35 in the Ocala Horse Sale on Saturday, April 19th.

04/09/2025

Zu
2 coming 3 yr old 14hh blue roan gelding been started and used gently! Walk trot lope, has been used to turn back and doctor yearlins.
✅ Leads, loads and ties
✅ Stands for farrier
✅ Good around dogs and chickens
✅ Been ridden in the woods quite a bit and aims to please
✅ First one at the gate and loves attention!

Zu comes with a clean bill of health, no scars, marks or blemishes, and a very willing attitude.

Ready to go any direction and will make a great addition to anyone’s program!
For more info: ☎️ (903)219-1145

He’ll be lot #133 Ocala Horse Sale Saturday April 19th at the Southeastern Livestock Pavilion.

04/02/2025

We may have been quiet this winter, but we sure have been busy! Not only have we been working with our 2 year old Zu and showing him the ropes and the real world, we've taken our first outside horse of the spring "Studley" and gotten a solid start on him showing him the outside world. You can look for Charlie and Zu this month at Ocala Horse Sale on April 19th at the Southeast Livestock Pavilion!

Come check these guys out while they're here in Wisconsin!

Photo Credit to Mikaela Anderson Photography for Zu's photos

01/27/2025

We cannot recommend KS Equine Bodywork enough, she keeps our main string feeling so good! 🎉

12/10/2024

Just because winters here don’t mean the works done!
Shoot us a message today!
•livestock recovery
•working cows
•penning
•c**t starting
Let’s get you taken care of today!

09/18/2024

07/19/2024

Two Sox’s owner came over as his 60 days is over on Sunday the 21st and wanted to see all of his achievements!

Two Sox has his walk, stop, trot, turn, one rein stop, turn on the haunches and back, down pat. He has been doing so well and has finally turned the corner of being able to accept what we’re asking of him and trying to find the right answer. This boy has come a long way from barely being able to put a halter on him to now.

07/09/2024

Trim day for Two Sox could not have gone better. We knew Two Sox would let you pick up his feet, but we had NO IDEA that a trim would be so simple with this boy. His brain 🧠 is one of his best attributes, and sometimes it works in his favor, and other times you wonder where the on switch is. 💡

But he showed us that he wants to please and he ✨ trusts ✨ us enough to take away his mobility.

That shows some pretty big growth from day one. ❤️

06/18/2024

𝓣𝔀𝓸𝓢𝓸𝔁 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓱𝓲𝓽 𝓱𝓲𝓼 30 𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓶𝓪𝓻𝓴 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓾𝓼!

What does that look like? Two sox is able to check a few things off of our 30 day wish list.
✔️Can be saddled and mounted with minimal to no explosions
✔️Will walk, stop, turn, and back at least 2 steps
✔️Can be flagged down
✔️Will move off of legs to turn left or right
✔️Will step away from pressure and not brace into it
✔️Does not brace against the bit

An important piece of information that should be shared about TwoSox. He isn't a generic two year old that needs to be started. He sat for 13 years in a field with other horses doing nothing but being a horse. This is important to remember as he developed his own quirks and ways of living that did not include people, for 13 years. Sure, someone fed and watered him, but nobody was doing regular and routine maintenance that one would with a two year old or any other using horse.

𝒮𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒶𝒹𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝒽𝓊𝓇𝒹𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝒯𝓌𝑜𝒮𝑜𝓍 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒:
➖We are still working on properly holding a bit without flipping his tongue over it. The beginning of his riding was in a soft band side pull- this is similar to a loping hack but has reins on both sides rather than just underneath the chin. This is to help TwoSox understand the concept of left and right and to aide the transition to a bit.
✔️Can be caught in the round pen and in the large arena. This was quite the feat in the beginning and more often than not, he had to be roped to be caught.
✔️Will calmly walk through doors without bolting. In the beginning, most of leading TwoSox consisted of watching your back and moving out of the way so you didn't get run over. He would bolt through the round pen gate, through the barn door, and past the barn fan. (Yes the barn fan had been there since the day we got him to the farm.)
✔️Being our friend is a lot easier than running from us. This is HUGE for TwoSox and this has only recently developed in the last ten days or so.

𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝟥𝟢 𝒹𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒯𝓌𝑜𝒮𝑜𝓍 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒽𝑜𝓅𝑒𝒻𝓊𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝒾𝓃𝒸𝓁𝓊𝒹𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔:
- Trotting and loping with minimal explosions, and keeping him quiet and calm.
- Loading and unloading from the trailer in a calm manner.
- Partnering up and trusting his owner to do the same tasks that we were.
- We will also continue to work on fly spray and being hosed down. Right now, TwoSox has enjoyed being sprayed down after a sweaty work out, but he insists that you start with hosing down his face. Yes, we also thought that was weird lol!