DJ Bar Ranch Internship
5155 Round Mountain Road, Belgrade, MT 59714
(406) 581-7443 info@djbarranch.com
DJ Bar Ranch internship program
involves several different possibilities that can
include different areas of concentration. This will vary
according to the time of year you choose. Areas may
include (but are not limited to):
Foaling
Training
Breeding
Hunting
Fall Wrangles
Depending on what you choose the cost
could increase to include clinics.
Here are some of the people I work with:
www.jonensign.com Jon start colts and with interest
a private clinic can be arranged for students.
* To start mules and colts prior equine expertise is
required.
Foaling stalls are equipped with cameras so that I
may be present for each foaling to imprint them. If you
want to experience the miracle of birth, spring is the
best time to visit. A DJ Bar Ranch experience is a
hands-on experience and may include collecting semen and
artificially inseminating mares. We also ship cooled
semen.
The basic fee is $1500 per month to come and stay
including room and board. If you desire more information
than the web pages provide please contact us. We have
the ability to handle up to 7 students at a time in
dormitory like conditions. Some meals are prepared or at
times students are on there own to fix their own meals
with the food that is available. There is always a
plentiful supply of wild game meat to eat.
We offer a laid back environment, and you will get as
much as you put in, in return from your experience. The
fee of $1500 covers food and lodging expenses only. Part
of our costs is paid by you helping with daily chores of
feeding, cleaning stalls, getting up early in the
morning. You will in essence join a Montana ranch family
and be expected to participate and clean up after
yourselves.
Dear Jehnet, Thank you for the amazing internship
opportunity this past summer. As a pre-vet student with
limited equine experience, I learned a lot about what it
takes to have, breed, and doctor horses, donkeys, and
mules. I absolutely loved being around the horses on
pasture. I saw how they naturally behave in the wild and
it gave me some insight to how different their lives are
when working with humans. Also, it was just my luck that
two mares foaled while I was there! I was skeptical of
that fact that the foals would become receptive to our
presence with them being so fast and evasive, but by the
end Eclipse was especially curious about me and they
would both approach me for some love and good scratches!
There are so many aspects of the equine world and I
appreciate going to the various veterinary clinics and
seeing how each veterinarian had their own methods,
going to the horse sale in billings, the equine
chiropractor, the rodeos (the ranch rodeo was my
favorite!), the horse clinic, the saddle and hat makers,
the tack shops, going on rides, moving cows, and
volunteering with Eagle Mount's equestrian program. I
also can't forget to mention the spay and neuter clinic
where I got a lot of hands on experience preparing dogs
for surgery.
Living on the ranch was a refreshing
change of pace from the city life that I am used to, and
the unpolluted views were so amazing. The laid back
environment was perfect in that we took on whatever came
up or was necessary to do that day. Still, the days were
packed and it turned out to be a busy summer. I enjoyed
every second of it!