Amel Taylor
Raton,NM
Summary
Skilled Horse Wrangler with robust background in equine care, training, and management. Strengths include comprehensive understanding of horse behavior, strong physical stamina for handling horses, and ability to conduct safe trail rides. Demonstrated success in improving overall health and wellness of horses under care while ensuring safety for riders.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Horse Wrangler
Philmont Scout Ranch
Cimarron, NM
05.2024 - 06.2024
- Performed basic veterinary care such as administering medications, bandaging wounds, and providing vaccinations.
- Maintained and cleaned tack and corrals.
- Communicated effectively with other wranglers regarding safety protocols.
- Training and softening horses for beginner riders and dude lines.
- Provided daily care for horses, including grooming, feeding, watering, and exercising.
- Cold-shoeing horses.
- Packing horses and burro for treks.
- Herding and driving horses on horseback.
- Sorting horses to duties fit by behavior and training level.
Ranch Hand/Groom
Pomponio Ranch Stallions
San Francisco, CA
06.2023 - 05.2024
- Assist Veterinarian weekly with equine chiropractic and muscular work, radio graphs, and scribing
- Administer daily equine and livestock treatments, including bandaging cuts, injuries, lameness, and abscesses
- Identifying illness and injuries, reason related to lameness and swelling, as well proper course of treatment
- Administer topical, ocular, oral medications
- Adhere to courses of antibiotics, antifungal, deworming and pain management medications
- Experience administering intramuscular and subcutaneous injections
- Assist with reproductive care of horses, sheep, and goats
- Maintain nutritional plans for 50 plus horses
- Prepare daily supplements, feed, and medication
- Responsible for barn related inventory including; feed, supplements, general barn, grooming, and medical supplies
- Daily equine care of show and ranch horses, including following daily/weekly exercise plans, rotational grazing, extensive grooming
- Extensive experience handling, treating, and grooming young horses (yearlings to five-year old’s) as well as senior horses and brood mares
- Weekly conditioning for ranch horses
Farmhand
Harley Farms Goat Dairy
Pescadero, CA
05.2022 - 06.2022
- Maintained safe practices while handling livestock, tools and machinery
- Worked safely to build and secure electric fencing, grounds keeping, and operated a variety of farm equipment and vehicles
- Managed multiple goat herds with, feeding, herding, and milking
- Worked with a team and independently to complete daily routines as well as long term projects efficiently
Education
High School Diploma -
Half Moon Bay High School
Half Moon Bay, CA06-2023
Skills
- Trailer loading
- Conditioning exercises
- Teaching abilities
- Treatment Administration
- Medication Documentation
- Problem-solving aptitude
- Honest and Dependable
- Horse Grooming
Certifications and Skills
- CPR, First Aid and AED Certified
- Certification and training in ATV Safety
- Western horsemanship, including riding and roping
- FFA; Farm Power and Machinery/Tractor Team and Equine Judging Team
- Learns well in a fast-paced environment, good at problem solving
- Strong attention to detail and adherence to objectives and procedures
- Work well collaboratively and independently
- Feedback; receptive to, implements quickly, and comfortable giving
- Punctual and efficient time management
- Strong and direct communication
- Confident public speaker
Timeline
Horse Wrangler
Philmont Scout Ranch
05.2024 - 06.2024
Ranch Hand/Groom
Pomponio Ranch Stallions
06.2023 - 05.2024
Farmhand
Harley Farms Goat Dairy
05.2022 - 06.2022
High School Diploma -
Half Moon Bay High School
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