My name is Shane Quire. I grew up on a Ranch in South Eastern Idaho. The ranch is called Arimo Ranch Corp. The ranch I grew up on is just one of many owned by the same guy. When I was in High School, my family moved north a few miles to work on Little Creek Ranch which is managed by Larry Christianson. Larry is a saddle maker who studied under Dale Harwood. He is also an excellent horseman and cattleman. He was a great role model for me and I looked up to him. He was probably the first person to teach me about cowboy etiquette. How to be calm when working a cow and have patience with your horse. I enjoyed working the ranch. My favorite time of year was calving season because that meant branding time was not far away.

After I graduated from High School, all I wanted to do was travel around and work ranches. I moved to Snowville Utah where I hired on for the Rose Ranch. This ranch is a 1400 mother cow operation. From there, I took off for Mackey Idaho to start colts for Dave Stoekline. You may be familiar with his photography work. You can buy his western photography books at most western stores, like Leavitts in Sisters or the Spotted Mule in Bend. I really enjoyed starting colts for Dave.

I also worked near Jackson Hole Wyoming for Snake River Cattle Company. There I helped to take care of 5000 head of pasture steers. That job was all day riding and roping steers to doctor. I learned a lot from that experience. I also worked for a grazing association called Chesterfield land and livestock. I worked there for a few years before I was married and then for about three years after I was married as well. There I took care about 2000 head of cattle. Every day I would ride out and make roughly a 25 plus mile circle checking cattle for illness. This job was such a physically demanding job for horses. I usually only rode a horse once a week. I would spend my time in the evenings getting colts started and then graduate them to making the circle to go check cattle. This particular grazing association had many different permit holders. One winter during the off season, one particular permit holder asked my wife and I to take his cattle to Bakersfield California to winter. So we put everything we owned in storage and off we went for California. There we took care of 1500 mother cows and calved them out.

Now that I am married to my beautiful wife Tonya, and we have a family, I have quit traveling around. I had apprenticed under one of the top horse shoers in our area and I had a lot of experience riding and training horses. With the help and support of my wife, we decided to start our own business. I trained and shawed horses for the public and would day work for area ranchers. This turned out to be quite a fruitful venture for us.

We decided in the Fall of 2003 to relocate. We believe that God had his hand in directing us to Oregon. Since moving to Oregon, we have started our own business again training and shoeing horses. I also daywork for some area ranchers. I started working at the sale yard in Madras on Wednesdays as well. I thought this would be a great place to expose horses to pressure situations. I love what I do and I take it very seriously. I believe that if you want your horse trained by me, your horse will get exposed to as many different things as possible. This, I believe, makes for a happier horse. He never gets bored and is willing to learn new things. My goal is to take a horse and teach him that his job is fun. I want the experience to be a good experience for the horse. I use common sense and practicality when approaching a new horse. I treat a new colt like any other old broke horse and pretty soon they believe they are.

I look forward to meeting new people here in Central Oregon. My family and I love it here. We are very blessed to be in such a beautiful place. We look forward to serving you with your horse needs whether it be shoeing , training, or just an opinion. Please feel free to write to us and ask any questions. We will try to get back to you just as soon as we can.

‘Til next time, thank you and God Bless!

 ~ Shane Quire