
Ranch Solutions Through Tradition and Innovation


Established 2019
PEACE THROUGH EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
Horsemanship is an ancient skill that has been passed down through generations for centuries. Our relationship to the environment and our bond with horses and livestock open a window into our own souls. It’s through training, patience, and effective communication that we strengthen these bonds, build meaningful relationships, and enhance our ranches.

Services
Livestock
Develop livestock to human communication through training
Identifying opportunities to create ecological and livestock synergy for improved land management
Foster ecological improvements through livestock
Horses
Develop horse to human communication through training
Foster personal development through patience, education, and training
Whole Ranch
Projects
Assisting producers with comprehensive ranch management is the mission of Lightning S Livestock Solutions. Using a talented team of ranch and landscape experts, Lightning S is poised to tackle any job imaginable.
Services include grazing management planning, livestock integration within farming practices, development monitoring, public lands grazing assistance, finance management, and ecological services.
Chris Schachtschneider
Experienced and passionate, Chris has learned from some of the world’s greatest horse trainers and stockman; such as Martin and Wade Black, Dwight Hill, Steve Cote and Whit Hibbard. Chris has “Developed a unique ability to explain difficult concepts in an easy to understand manner.” (according to Dr. Temple Grandin). Chris has been teaching horsemanship, stockmanship, and ranch roping for the past two years, as well as developing grazing management plans to better utilize livestock in landscape improvement.
Chris graduated from Washington State University in 2009 with an Animal Science degree with a Business minor. He worked for Washington Beef and the Agriculture Research Station in Pullman, WA before going back to school at University of Idaho. Chris completed his Rangeland Ecology and Management Master’s degree in 2016 with a project that evaluated how to utilize livestock to create and maintain fire breaks in Southern Idaho. Chris’ tenure at the University of Idaho opened his eyes to the potential of utilizing livestock to achieve rangeland management goals without extra inputs.

