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“I really like raising them because I think bucking bulls are really cool. Raising the bulls has been a great experience for Lostroh. He continued, “A lot of times they don’t really know what’s going on and are leaping, falling, and crashing into things. That way when you put a rider on them, they aren’t crashing into things or falling down and hurting people,” he said. “The general idea is you are teaching the bull to be sure of its feet and to know where its feet are.

When the bulls are two, they are trained to buck out of a chute. “I want to get them experienced in all the environment changes they will face in an arena,” Lostroh said. If the cows are bred up really well and produce really well, it gives you more options with the bulls you can use,” he said.īefore the bulls will ever compete, they have to be trained to go through the chute, and to remain calm in the chute. “I’ve spent the last five years building the cow herd to be the best it can be. However, when he started, his focus was not just on raising bulls, but also on raising heifers, so that he could build his herd. However, even after a breeding decision is made, it takes four or five years to know if he has a good bucking bull.

Lostroh uses advanced reproductive techniques, such as embryo transfer and artificial insemination to produce the highest quality animals that he can. It’s fun to see what I can get out of each individual animal,” he said. I really enjoy trying to make the right decisions in the breeding and training. After six years, he now has 50 cows, and has raised 40 bucking bulls. In fact, he enjoys being around bucking bulls so much that he now raises bucking bulls for the PBR.

I can’t put my finger on one thing other than it’s super challenging but really rewarding too,” Lostroh said. It’s just kind of a different sport that has always intrigued me. “The thing I like so much about riding bulls is it’s just so much of a challenge, and the adrenaline rush is really unique. In 2003, he won the bull riding title with the Little Britches Rodeo Association, and in 2002, 20 he won the bull riding title with the Colorado State High School Rodeo Association. When he was 11, he switched his riding hand from his right to his left, and at that point things really began to click.