Finding A New Cue
Often when we are working with horses we give a cue that ‘we’ think should go with a trick. Then we get frustrated when the cue doesn’t work. It is…
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A friend came along with me to check cows. I also remembered to bring cookies for Ghost. As a result we got some video of Ghost doing her tricks! Ghost…
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I went out to check the tank in the cows pasture last week. The flies have been awful this year. Most of the herd was huddled together swatting flies, in…
Read moreFixin’ Fence
Spring is come. The grass has been green for awhile now. Growing as much as it will on a year with no moisture to bring it up. It’s time for…
Read moreGetting Ready
There’s a storm coming. We know it is coming so we have time to get ready. Of course we are calving. There’s nothing like baby calves to bring on the…
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It was hot. Summer is always hot but this was exceptional. The year had been bone dry. No rain, no grass, no hay to be putting up. That was why…
Read moreHelping Hand
You all know Ghost. My sweet little white heifer. She is back out in the corn stalks with the rest of the herd now living a feral life. Why bother…
Read moreOut To Pasture
Ghost, Poppy, Baa, and Violet rubbed a panel open in their pen last week. I got a phone call that some cows and a goat had run past the in…
Read moreRoping Cows
Ghost is as much fun as the horses for sure. sometimes more fun. We’ve been working on roping. Someone said they’d be impressed by Rusty’s roping when he was roping…
Read moreRiding A Ghost
Ghost is learning to line up to a mounting block (fence 😉 ) and has had weight on her back for the first time! There is no rush to actually…
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