2/02/2009

The first day of cowboy school.  What a blast!  This year our friend Cowboy Tom from Minnesota and me are the only students.  Cowboy Tom brought his own horse who is a fully trained bridle horse.  The horse I have this year is called Uno which I also rode last year.  Uno needs a lot of work but not as much as Wrangler Dave. 

  

We started the day out roping Bob’s skinny cows.  Bob is teaching us some new loops this year that are more complicated and much prettier when thrown correctly.  We then did some pen work with the horses which helps them learn to lead better.  Then came lunch, which was a welcome pause.

 

In the afternoon we saddled the horses and I think I trotted and loped   more this afternoon than I did in 4 weeks last year but it was fun. After a couple of hours of utilizing various training techniques, we released the cattle into the pen where we proceeded to rope them until the end of the day.  I am very tired so it will be early to bed for me.

 

Arda did the washing this morning and then went for a bike ride of about 13 miles.  This was her first ride since October of last year. 

 

Temps today in the mid-60’s.