New to Blogs? So am I!

Hi this is Les Vogt and I would like to welcome everybody to our new blog. I am new to the computer world, at least in the last couple years and five years ago I had never heard of a blog. It is still new, so bare with me! I want to use this first installment to welcome everybody to our blog and tell you a little bit about me and how fortunate I am to do the things that I do.  People on airplanes ask me, “What to do you do Les?” and I always tell them, “I help people fulfill their dreams.” They stop and look at me and say “Well what do you mean by that?” and I say “Well I can’t give people their dreams but I can, give them the tools that will help them to acheive the goals they have for their horses.” And that’s my job. Everywhere I go I give people tools to help them fulfill their dreams. Everyone that comes to my clinics has a dream, and I am the dream maker. I am the guy, and I have a huge time helping people learn what they need to know to have fun with their horses.  And aside from that, I believe I am very fortunate to be able to do something that I love doing. This year we have been blessed with a television show that has worked magic for us and our sponsors. We have had really a lot of fun. Asking my friends questions that I would never dare ask them, except in front of a camera where they’re compelled to come up with some form of an answer!  It’s pretty interesting, and both Linda* and I enjoy doing these television shows and hopefully we can continue. This year, my fiance Kay and I have also had the opportunity to go to lots of different foreign countries and teach our horsemanship program. And some of the places that we have been are Brazil, Sweden and Canada. Today, I am in the process of booking a clinic in Australia for three weeks which would be January and into the early part of February and it’s not just going to be on just someone’s horse training ranch. These three weeks will be, as I understand, in the outback teaching the cattlemen on their cattle ranch stations how to work cattle and create the type of type of horses we have here in the United States. Sounds really, really fascinating and it will be in all different locations of Australia. We are also looking to go back to Brazil, Sweden, and also Canada. It will be exciting, as we go along with this blogI to talk a little about the difference that I find in these counties versus what we do here. And some of these experiences have been pretty fascinating.  I showed horses this summer, in my spare time of course. In July and August, I showed 6 times, placed near the top in all of the classes and had a fine time. Kay showed in her limited non pro classes also, and she had a great time with that too. We show usually in July and August and then shut down to get back to business. However, that doesn’t stop me from being a little diverse and becoming a team roper, which is total obsession I have to warn everybody about. Team roping is just something that gets in your blood. So, I take the show horses that we are showing in July and August, at least two of them and I go to rope in the evening, two to three times a week at a minimum. I have aspirations to become somewhat competitive. I think it’s a lost cause to think I am going to be a world champion, so I am just having fun and that’s the name of the game. So that tells you a little about me and what I’ve been up to.  Hopefully I can add to this at least once a week with things I’m experiencing and learning in the horse world, and one of our first stops will be the finals at the Snaffle Bit Futurity, so stay tuned – as they say!     *Linda Boggs is my partner in Les Vogt Performance Programs LLC, the company that produces cowhorse U and Les Vogt’s Equine Insights