Move ’Em Right: The Art of Calm Cattle and Confident Crews
Brought to you in partnership with Dawn Hnatow, Working Circle, and the Redwing Ranch Workshop Series. Improve your stockhandling skills and learn how stockmanship improves animal health and performance, grazing, and ranch profitability.
Workshop Overview
2027 Dates TBD | Redwing Ranch, Gardner, CO
Bud Williams–style stockmanship in the saddle.
A multi-day, hands-on clinic for women with Dawn Hnatow, focused on practical, effective livestock handling and crew communication—both on horseback and on foot.
About the Event
Join us at Redwing Ranch for a working stockmanship clinic designed to improve your ability to handle and manage cattle with clarity and precision. This clinic follows the Bud Williams style of stockmanship, teaching participants how to apply timing, positioning, and consistent pressure to move livestock efficiently and confidently in any situation.
While much of the instruction and practice will take place on horseback, participants will also spend time on foot to understand livestock behavior and movement from the animal’s perspective.
Participants will:
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Build a stronger understanding of herd behavior and movement
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Learn to use pressure and angles effectively when handling cattle
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Practice moving and sorting animals in both pastures and corrals
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Improve timing, positioning, and teamwork with other handlers
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Dive into how these specific handling skills serve as a primary tool for integrated predator conflict management.
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See how effective stockmanship supports animal performance, safety, and ranch profitability
Horse & Facility Details
To ensure the well-being of all animals and the safety of our participants, we require the following for all horses entering the ranch:
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Hoof Care: Due to the varied and rocky terrain of our pastures and work areas, all horses must be fully shod (all four feet). Barefoot horses or those with only front shoes are at high risk for soreness and may not be able to complete the clinic.
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Biosecurity: Participants must provide proof of a current Negative Coggins test (within 12 months) and a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (Health Certificate) if traveling from out of state.
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Vaccinations: Proof of current vaccinations is required (Flu/Rhino, EWT, and West Nile).
Participants must bring their own horse, along with feed, hay, and a water bucket.
Redwing Ranch will provide:
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Individual stalls
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Access to shared wheelbarrows, shovels, and cleaning tools
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Space for trailer parking and tack storage
Details
2027 Dates TBD
Redwing Ranch, Gardner, CO
All-inclusive with chef-prepared meals, comfortable lodging or camping, and course materials.
Space is limited to ensure a focused, hands-on learning environment.
Meet the Team
Meet the team behind Move 'Em Right.
Dawn Hnatow of Cattle Up Stockmanship
Meet Your Lead Instructor
Dawn Hnatow is a seasoned stockwoman and the founder of Cattle Up Stockmanship, where she teaches practical, respectful, and highly effective ways to work with livestock. Raised on a ranch in Canada and shaped by a lifetime of hands-on experience, Dawn’s approach is deeply rooted in her years of mentorship under the legendary Bud Williams.Her time working alongside Bud not only sharpened her skills, it changed the course of her life. Today, Dawn travels the country sharing what she learned, helping others build better stockmanship habits that improve safety, efficiency, animal health, and overall ease of handling.At our Stockmanship Clinic at Redwing Ranch, Dawn will guide participants through low-stress livestock handling principles that are simple, powerful, and immediately applicablle, whether you're on a ranch, in the corrals, or just getting started with cattle.
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Chrsity Wyckoff
Prior to moving to full time ranching at Redwing, Christy worked as a wildlife ecologist studying wildlife-livestock-human interface and educating communities about how to navigate those conflicts. Weather it is predators impacting livestock or pets, disease transmission from wild to domestic animals, or just the simple challenges of living with bats, skunks and birds in the wildland urban interface, Christy looks looks at the landscape scale of the conflict and strives to find solutions that keep our wildlife wild and our livelihoods and property safe. She brings this background and mindset to the daily work at Redwing Ranch, and to the ranch workshops teaching land management strategies. Christy firmly believes that solutions exist and with a little creativity and tolerance we can work with nature in ways that lead to win-win outcomes and long lasting ranching businesses.
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Erin Sheridan
As Programs Manager, Erin leads the development of educational workshops, events, and fire and fuels management initiatives at Redwing Ranch. With a career spanning cattle ranches, vegetable farms, and fuel reduction crews across the West, she is dedicated to the long-term viability of working lands and the agricultural businesses that sustain them. Erin is passionate about holistic land management and creating opportunities for women and beginning stewards to gain high-level technical skills. For this clinic, she is focused on the intersection of stockmanship and ecological resilience—viewing effective livestock handling as a primary tool for managing grazing impact, improving ranch profitability, and building a more fire-resilient landscape.
Workshop
Pricing Tiers
At Redwing Ranch, we believe good stockmanship benefits cattle, land, and people — and everyone deserves access to these skills. Our tiered pricing structure keeps this workshop accessible while honoring the real cost of bringing world-class instruction to the ranch.
Each tier receives the same full workshop experience; lodging is the only difference.
Choose the tier that best fits your situation — no explanation needed.
Steady Stirrups // Tier 1 — $2,750.00
For participants with steady financial resources who want to help us keep Redwing’s education programs accessible and sustainable. Choosing this tier helps subsidize reduced-cost options.
Includes lodging in our ranch houses.
Ranch Stirrups // Tier 2 — $2,400.00
A solid, standard tier for participants who are financially stable and want to fully cover the cost of the workshop without contributing extra toward subsidized tiers.
Includes lodging in our ranch houses.
Starter Stirrups // Tier 3 — $2,000.00
A reduced-cost option designed for learners, early-career land stewards, young ranchers, or those without consistent access to formal land-based training. Skills like these should be accessible to everyone.
Includes camping on-site.
Home Range Rider // Local Pass — $1,600.00
For community members who already live nearby and don’t need ranch lodging. This tier supports regional access and engagement.
Includes all programming and meals; lodging not included.
Need a little flexibility? We offer a first and second deposit option (with the remaining balance due four weeks before your workshop).
To arrange this, please contact us at info@redwingranch.farm
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