Blogs

The last several years, the town of Pueblo, Colorado has hosted the National Little Britches Rodeo Association Finals Rodeo. Heartwarming, wholesome, family-oriented, hard-working, and inspirational are only five of countless words to describe both the...

We really enjoy getting out on the road and meeting with customers that have been with us for a long time and those customers that are brand new too! We love talking with you and hearing your stories about the new inventive ways you’ve found to...

For most of our customers the measure of good fly control is not having to use fly spray very often or at all. The comment "I didn't spray once this summer" is high praise to us and our goal for every customer. But sometimes you have...

With any order, if you request it, we will include a free copy of Mary Ann Kennedy's "It All Starts Here" CD. Be sure to add this, it is the first item listed on our other products page after you select your Fly Predators. This 11 song...

National Little Britches National Finals Rodeo – From July 21 st to July 26 th we’ll be at the National Little Britches Finals in Pueblo, CO. Little Britches is a youth rodeo associations for kids ages 5 – 18. The finals are the top...

If you missed the chance to prevent “fly season” earlier this spring and now they’re horrible, what do you do? First don’t do what you usually do, rush out and buy a haphazard collection of “stuff” from the fly control...

One secret to a fly free summer is to start Fly Predators before you have lots of flies. The optimum month to start is shown in this chart. This is when the daytime highs get into the 60 ’s and your likely chance of a hard frost is over. To get...

Talking with Sherrylynn Johnson is sometimes like talking to a computer – a really nice, very personable, friendly computer. Ask her where she and her husband, renowned calf roper Mike Johnson, are heading over the next few days, weeks or months and she...

We have a busy trade show and event schedule through the end of the year at Spalding Labs. From August through December we’re crossing the country from Tennessee to California and Wisconsin to Florida. We wrapped up the summer show schedule with a trip...

2012 was the 6th year for Light Hands Horsemanship (LHH) and like previous years it sold out early. The world is learning that Light Hands Horsemanship is an unequaled opportunity to learn from some of the top clinicians in the world. It spanned the globe...

Light Hands Horsemanship marks the start of the summer show season for Spalding Labs. is under way and it’s just the beginning for the 2012 summer season of events and shows for Spalding Labs Light Hands Horsemanship finished its 2012 show on Sunday,...

If you’ve been reading the blogs this past year about the Johnsons you may have said to yourself, “Why do they do it?” In the previous year the Johnsons have had great success and it would be unfair to not recognize that first before...

Spalding Labs and Dr. Miller started their relationship 33 years ago when he first inquired about Fly Predators and so, as a very special bonus to Spalding Lab’s customers, a special edition of his Understanding the Ancient Secrets of the Horse’s...

The Johnsons have finished the rodeo year in style and with their usual fair share of excitement. The last two months of the rodeo season were full of excitement – just like the previous months we’ve covered of the Johnson’s adventures...

We look forward to being at events throughout the year and meeting and talking with people that use Fly Predators and other Spalding Labs products. We love hearing your stories about your animals and how we’ve helped to keep them fly free and new...

Jon started his career with decades of riding, rodeo, and breaking ranch and cow horses. But he felt there was something missing. He was certain there was a better way to communicate with horses that created unity and a stronger relationship. Jon began...

Rodeos can have their triumphs. The end of July found the Johnsons in the mountains of Eagle, Colorado. J.T. is back from time off, feeling good and loving what he’s doing. Sherrylynn and J.T. won at Eagle with a time of 17.48 and barrel racing...

2011 was the fifth year for Light Hands Horsemanship and again it proved to be unlike any other event. As predicted, Light Hands Horsemanship (LHH) 2011 sold out. Attendees came from 14 states and 10 countries including Canada, Australia, New Zealand...

The Johnsons are starting the summer rodeo season by hitting the road hard and handling minor set backs like the pros they are. On June 1st Sherrylynn and J.T. competed at the rodeo in Hugo, Oklahoma. The following morning Sherrylynn woke up with a nasty...

For the past few years Spalding Labs has supported the South Rowan High School FFA in North Carolina by providing Fly Predators and t-shirts for their annual sales competition. During the sales competition the members learn about the selling process...

Pat Parelli is one of the best-known trainers of our time. With clinics, horse training education programs, and the Parelli Program with countless members, he has become the driving force in a more natural approach to horsemanship. Pat's career with...