Cowboy Up Podcast Episodes

Spend a few minutes with Dean Ruffing. Dean is the CEO of Hotels In The Best Destinations. Dean shares some of his favorite places to visit and even gives us a little “Inside Baseball” on how booking travel and getting the best deal actually works. Learn about terms like OTA and IPW and how to leverage these to get the most bang for your travel dollar. Dean and Russell have worked and traveled together extensively for year. Come along for a great ride. Saddle up! [...]

Michael Delbar has been the CEO of the California Rangeland Trust for the last decade. The mission of the trust is to preserve working landscapes in the state of California along with protecting what matters by working with California ranching families to preserve our state’s rangeland, air and water quality, wildlife habitat, and local food supplies. What they have learned over the years is that once the land is converted to other uses, it doesn’t go back. The resources the California Rangeland Trust protects are too precious to lose. The land is is vital for our future. Together, we can [...]

Great Quote  Being a cowgirl goes beyond the hat and boots. It’s having the grit, determination & passion to achieve your dreams. It’s being fearless & confident in who you are. It’s having integrity and doing the right thing, no matter what. It’s being loyal, hard working, genuine, kind, gracious, tough, honest and classy- the core characteristics every woman should strive to have. Celebrating National Day of the Cowgirl – September 15 is National Day of the Cowgirl; celebrating the women who embody and live out the Western lifestyle. Durango boots officially claimed it a National Day in 2022 through [...]

The Best of America By Horseback is hosted by Del & Shevawn Shields and they capture the beauty of America by horseback. This is the number one trail riding show in the country, featuring magnificent riding locations around the United States and the surrounding countries while also providing educational and informative segments on horses, travel, equine care, and quality equine products and services.​ Each location featured on the show is a place where viewers can go with their own horses and some destinations even provide equine for guests to use. Best of America by Horseback covers all of the details [...]

 Basecamp For Veterans The volunteers at Basecamp for Veterans are working to respond to the needs of those who served our nation and their families. They accomplish this by promoting personal and professional growth using equine therapy. This promotes bother personal and professional growth within the veteran community and creates the groundwork for continued growth. [...]

This week’s Cowboy Up Podcast features an artist more focused on promoting the art of other cowgirl artists to worry about her own. And her art is amazing to say the least! Russell freely admits to Megan that he would love to be more artistic but with artists like Megan and the others in her group, we are all in very good hands. Megan’s Mission is to Increase the opportunities and representation of female western artists and makers. She says that Cowgirl artists come in many forms. Some cowgirl artists are born into the cowgirl lifestyle, riding horses and doctoring [...]

Southern Arizona is blessed to have Cowtown boots here to help cowboys and cowgirls look and feel the part. The traditionalist knows having the right hat, the right shirt, the exact belt and boots is where it all starts. The group at Cowtown Boots takes it all to the next level and gives White Stallion guests a very attractive discount!. In this episode of the Cowboy Up podcast, Sherry and Kimberly explain how they match style with comfort and how they put it all together with the perfect pair of Durango Boots. Durango Boots are what most of the wranglers [...]

Ute Vaughn has become almost a regular at White Stallion Ranch over the last two decades. We love her and the feeling is mutual!  In 2004, Ute moved to Tucson Arizona to follow her passion for the Southwest Art. She is the artist in residences at White Stallion Ranch and belongs to several local art organizations – Artists of the Southwest, SAACA, SAAG, APRA art division, etc. She says it best “I have been an artist all my life. My passion for art, color and life is expressed in my vibrant paintings, which are inspired by animals, nature, symbols and [...]

This week’s Cowboy Up Podcast hosts someone who just happened to join us at White Stallion for a mental reset from long hours of hard work. Debbe Dunning was the second Tool Time with Tim Taylor girl on Home Improvement Heidi Keppert and the Host of her own Travel Series Debbe Dunnings Dude Ranch Roundup. Some folks may not know this but Debbe is the real deal when it comes to being a cowgirl. She is well known at many dude ranches and no stranger at all here at Whit Stallion. She tried to sneak in but we caught her [...]

This week’s Cowboy Up Podcast features A Farmer, A Rancher, A Meteorologist, A Hedge Fund Manager, A Logistics Expert and a Human Resource Expert.   It sounds like the studio must have been very crowded. Once you listen to Arnold, one man, who does all of these things daily, you’ll discover how he does it, the risks and how everyone worldwide benefits. Arnold owns and operates 7 farms in the greater Tucson area that he visits in person six days per week. This is what it takes to manage staff, manage water, manage delivery and sales. This was our second [...]