Last year I suggested there was room in the self-help book market for a new title, A Dummies Guide to Dude Ranching. There are obviously quiet a few people out there who’d buy a copy given visitor traffic to the story 12 months on.
With that in mind, how about a companion title on How To Be A Cowboy? There must be many folks who would love a couple of hundred pages, in addition to their classic westerns DVD collection, on how to live the cowboy lifestyle.
If books aren’t your thing then how about a trip to the Arizona Cowboy College? It’s “Your chance to learn authentic cowboy skills at a working cattle ranch.”
I passed through Scottsdale at the start of 2009 and wish I’d had the chance to stop by for a week’s tuition. Just look at the kind of training on offer below - not sure I’d be able to pick up all this lot in one of those trademarked yellow manuals!
- Cow-horse knowledge
- Roping skills
- Cattle breeds
- Ranch operations
- Cattle disease and sickness
- Chute work
- Branding, ear marking and tagging
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