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Diamond D Quarter Horses is proud to have an extraordinary trainer! Dusty Roller is a great
asset to our ranch and to the public. He is not your ordinary horse trainer!! It seems most
horse trainers these days will take a colt for 30 days and spend most of that time in an
arena. Not Dusty! Except for the nasty winter months, Dusty tries to spend as little time as
possible in an arena. He will start the colts in the round pen, go to the arena for a couple
days and then they are out in the real world! Your horse will turn out to be better and have a
more willing attitude by being able to get out and have a job. Wouldn't you get tired of going
in circles in the same place every day for 30 days?
What does he do out in the open with these colts? Everything!! Even though your colt may
never see a cow when it goes home, most colts will get to see one while they are in training.
Whether it is just learning how to "track" (follow) them or rope them, the experience for your
colt is one that they will learn from. Most colts will also get to go on trail rides in the trees,
and sagebrush, check fence, gather cattle, and more. Depending on the colt, some colts can
also be ridden at the local Stockyards. With so many new things being introduced to the
colts, their minds stay fresh and they seem to learn so much easier. You might think that this
much work would blow a colts mind, but it doesn't. They are never "pushed" and not all colts
will handle everything the same way. If a colt is having trouble handling some of the training
they move on to something easier to handle. By never "drilling" it into the colt, they stay
willing partners that want to learn.
asset to our ranch and to the public. He is not your ordinary horse trainer!! It seems most
horse trainers these days will take a colt for 30 days and spend most of that time in an
arena. Not Dusty! Except for the nasty winter months, Dusty tries to spend as little time as
possible in an arena. He will start the colts in the round pen, go to the arena for a couple
days and then they are out in the real world! Your horse will turn out to be better and have a
more willing attitude by being able to get out and have a job. Wouldn't you get tired of going
in circles in the same place every day for 30 days?
What does he do out in the open with these colts? Everything!! Even though your colt may
never see a cow when it goes home, most colts will get to see one while they are in training.
Whether it is just learning how to "track" (follow) them or rope them, the experience for your
colt is one that they will learn from. Most colts will also get to go on trail rides in the trees,
and sagebrush, check fence, gather cattle, and more. Depending on the colt, some colts can
also be ridden at the local Stockyards. With so many new things being introduced to the
colts, their minds stay fresh and they seem to learn so much easier. You might think that this
much work would blow a colts mind, but it doesn't. They are never "pushed" and not all colts
will handle everything the same way. If a colt is having trouble handling some of the training
they move on to something easier to handle. By never "drilling" it into the colt, they stay
willing partners that want to learn.
Here is the three-year old cutting bred AQHA colt from above on his second day in training with Dusty Roller. The snaffle
bit in the second picture was being used to let him get used to it in his mouth, it was not used when riding him that day.
bit in the second picture was being used to let him get used to it in his mouth, it was not used when riding him that day.
| Who the heck is Dusty Roller? |
Dusty Roller was born and raised on his families cattle ranch near Odessa, Washington. During High School
he started training horses to make some extra money. He continued training horses after graduating and
started raising Quarter Horses and cattle. In 2001 Dusty attended a Buck Brannaman clinic to further his horse
training education and learn more about Natural Horsemanship training. Since then he has also attended Curt
Pate, Ray Hunt, and Bob Blackwell clinics. He is always looking for new ways to improve his training to make it
better for the horse. He has received numerous compliments from his training customers about how well their
horses rode when they got home. Dusty has started horses that have become cutting, reining, trail, roping, and
even race horses!
He is still raising good Quarter Horses and is now into Longhorn cross cattle for ranch roping. His other
occupations include horseshoeing and day riding. With his busy training schedule, he has cut back most of
his horseshoeing to mostly his own and his training customers. Dusty enjoys his "day riding" for the local
ranchers. Some days are easy, others are not easy at all. His duties include gathering cattle, sorting cattle,
branding, doctoring, checking water holes, checking and fixing fence, and roping the occasional stray. With all
of this work it keeps plenty of work for his colts and ranch horses.
Who the heck is Dusty Roller? He's a hard working, ranch-raised cowboy, with a soft hand and a quiet way with
horses.
he started training horses to make some extra money. He continued training horses after graduating and
started raising Quarter Horses and cattle. In 2001 Dusty attended a Buck Brannaman clinic to further his horse
training education and learn more about Natural Horsemanship training. Since then he has also attended Curt
Pate, Ray Hunt, and Bob Blackwell clinics. He is always looking for new ways to improve his training to make it
better for the horse. He has received numerous compliments from his training customers about how well their
horses rode when they got home. Dusty has started horses that have become cutting, reining, trail, roping, and
even race horses!
He is still raising good Quarter Horses and is now into Longhorn cross cattle for ranch roping. His other
occupations include horseshoeing and day riding. With his busy training schedule, he has cut back most of
his horseshoeing to mostly his own and his training customers. Dusty enjoys his "day riding" for the local
ranchers. Some days are easy, others are not easy at all. His duties include gathering cattle, sorting cattle,
branding, doctoring, checking water holes, checking and fixing fence, and roping the occasional stray. With all
of this work it keeps plenty of work for his colts and ranch horses.
Who the heck is Dusty Roller? He's a hard working, ranch-raised cowboy, with a soft hand and a quiet way with
horses.
Dusty on a two-year old AQHA filly on her
fourth day in training. No arena for them, they
hit the trails!
fourth day in training. No arena for them, they
hit the trails!
| Does he ever put on clinics? |
In May of 2005 Bob Blackwell was supposed to come do a clinic in Creston, but backed out at the last
minute. So, with short notice and no previous clinic teaching experience, Dusty went ahead and did the clinic
himself!
Dusty put on three clinics in one weekend, colt starting, cow working and ranch roping. He had a lot of fun
with the colt starting and ranch roping clinics. The clinic participants also had fun and have been asking
about future clinics. Check out the Clinics page for information on upcoming clinics by Dusty Roller! He has
done colt starting, cow working, and ranch roping clinics. Do you have an idea for a clinic that you would like
to attend? Let us know and we will try to set up a clinic!
minute. So, with short notice and no previous clinic teaching experience, Dusty went ahead and did the clinic
himself!
Dusty put on three clinics in one weekend, colt starting, cow working and ranch roping. He had a lot of fun
with the colt starting and ranch roping clinics. The clinic participants also had fun and have been asking
about future clinics. Check out the Clinics page for information on upcoming clinics by Dusty Roller! He has
done colt starting, cow working, and ranch roping clinics. Do you have an idea for a clinic that you would like
to attend? Let us know and we will try to set up a clinic!
Dusty helping a cow working participant work on the
correct position for sorting cattle.
correct position for sorting cattle.
Dusty helping colt starting participant Ellen Bolden
with her 2 year old AQHA filly.
with her 2 year old AQHA filly.
Contact us for more information on Dusty. If you are interested in booking
your colt, please call early! He is usually booked a month or two in advance!!
The 2008 fee is $700 a month.
your colt, please call early! He is usually booked a month or two in advance!!
The 2008 fee is $700 a month.
Training rate is subject to change. Other fees related to training may be added depending on
the circumstances, ie.: vet expenses, special feed, horseshoeing, etc. For your horses health,
we would prefer to have any vaccinations and worming be taken care of at least a month prior
to their scheduled training. This helps prevent the spread of any sickness or worms to other
training horses.
the circumstances, ie.: vet expenses, special feed, horseshoeing, etc. For your horses health,
we would prefer to have any vaccinations and worming be taken care of at least a month prior
to their scheduled training. This helps prevent the spread of any sickness or worms to other
training horses.
| Dusty riding the three-year old cutting bred AQHA colt moving cattle during the colts second week of training. |
| Diamond D Quarter Horses Dusty, Cindy, Riley and Kade Roller 26351 State Rt 2 E. Davenport, WA 99122 (509) 636-3003 |
| Three-year old Cutting bred AQHA Stud colt with 3 weeks training out bringing in the cows with Dusty Roller |
| NOTICE!!! It is now required that all incoming training horses be vaccinated and wormed a minimum of a month before coming onto our property. The honor system has not been working! We would now like a letter from your vet mailed to us stating that the horse has had it's shots, what the shots were and when they were given. Sorry to do this to everyone, but we have our horses health to look out for also! |
| Here is the reccommended vaccinations for training horses from our vet: 4-way - Encevac TC 4 (Intervet) West Nile Virus - Recombitek (Merial) Strangles - Pinnacle IN (Fort Dodge) Rhino - Rhinomune (Pfizer) |
