Sunday, June 26, 2011

A Busy Day

Yesterday was quite the hectic day around here. We are just starting to halter break (or teach to lead) the calves that will be shown as part of our summer show string. The day started off bright and early with my dad yelling up the stairs to wake both me and my sister up. After getting dressed we shuffled down stairs to join him for a quick cup of coffee before heading out the door.
Grandpa's Horse Jelly Bean

From then my mom, dad, sister, and I all climbed into the truck, hitched up the trailer and headed out to my grandparent’s house. By the time we arrived my grandpa had his old reliable horse tied to the front end loader of the tractor and was not-so-patiently waiting for us. As soon as we pulled in the yard you would have swore we were a pit crew with how fast my grandpa loaded up his horse and jumped in the front seat.  
After that we headed out to the Pasture on the other side of town. Once we got there we walked through all the cows, checking to make sure none of them were sick or hurt. Once we made sure everything was ok it was time to get to work, we found the two pairs of cows and calves that are coming to Olds in the next two weeks. We sorted out these two pairs and loaded them into the trailer and left for our place once again.
The cows came to visit when we drove up!
Upon arrival the cows were all outfitted with haulers and led into the pasture that would become their new home. This was quite easy as the cows had both been lead many times before. The more challenging part is working with the calves that haven’t been lead before. After only a few minutes of working with them the calves were doing surprisingly well! They even let us scratch them and would stand when they were tied to a post. After about an hour the cows and calves were turned loose in our pasture with grass up to their bellies. There is still a lot of work to do to get them ready for the show in two weeks but so far they are doing great!

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