Saturday, August 9, 2008 – Puppies were now on stakeouts and Clint moved into the living quarters – he was happy with that. Bob & Brett got out early and we saddled up and got ready for work on the meadows. I roaded early and put some Huns out to see how they were working. Cool morning with a hint of cloud cover.
Roading:
• Erin, Brenna & Suzie - solid 30 min.
Meadows:
• Lea & Sorrel – this started out strong with Sorel very big but bouncing some –I got him the other day for chasing tweety birds and it showed – his pattern was quite erratic! Lea was all business – from the very beginning it was one move to next and each one properly finished. This is the quickest I've seen a bitch pop back after puppies – boy is she fun to watch. Got around the Seidell loop and back to the Hun Alley area and found her standing stylishly. A great find with perfect manners. Had Sorrely a command back and that was good. Sent on we finished the move and found her standing again, dragged Sorrel back for the back and he did fine. Lea was again perfect throughout – sent on both went front and Lea finished applying herself – Sorrel decided to go back and we needed to have a bit of a talk – don't want to overdo the pressure but he has to go with us. 28 min.
• Tess & Lily – not a good pairing – Tess regressed some today while Lily was immature but handled—Tess too much putter - got around with Lily the better race but she was observed under a Hun and given a slight correction which she handled well. I was quite upset with Tess but got her running down a shelter belt line when she hit point. I said "Whoa" and she was solid as more Huns flushed in 3 flushes 7 or 8 good flying birds and Tess handled well. She seemed to pick it up a notch after the good contact with lots of praise. 22min and getting hot.
• Bart & Clifford – Clifford stretched across the meadow and showed some real good range and application. He was working in the woods when a Hun flushed and he stopped as the girls yelled whoa – he really liked that and finished hunting hard and to the front. Bart is showing improvement also – starting to be fun for both of them. 15 min.
Tonight is County Music Festival and Owen is working on his music. I decided on a world record setting nap for this Saturday afternoon's top priority.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
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August 9 (additional input):
Brett and I (Bob) got up early to help the Painter's round up about 8 bulls from the Johnstown property that Roger leases. After gathering up all the equipment and trailers needed all of us headed for Johnstown. The team included myself, Brett, Jason and Devin Painter, Heather Lyons and Monty Painter.
We headed out and spent about 2 1/2 hours locating and separating the bulls from the cows. There was one particularly ornery bull that gave us a rough time and later became more of a problem.
Once we had all eight bulls back together we drove them back to the corral where we would load them into trailers for the transfer down to the Circle Paw Ranch.
While out on the hills Brett Ostrom, participating in his first roundup, kept up with the group riding Andy and over time became quite comfortable with the entire 'game'. He and Heather drove the bulls from behind while Jason, Devin, Monty and I served as outriders to keep the herd going in the right direction.
When we got them back to the corral we constructed a chute to guide the bulls into the trailer. We were successful in getting seven of them into the trailers but then the old bull, referred to earlier decided he was not going in. He ended up busting through a pipe barrier, bending and twisting it into a pretzel, and took off over the prairie. Devin, Monty and Jason took off after him and finally roped him and took him down.
We took a trailer out and it took at least a half hour to get him in the trailer. It took three horses with ropes pulled through the trailer, an electric prod plus a pickup to push him into the trailer once he got on his feet.
Brett, again on his first roundup, got a real feel of how real cowboys do their job. Later on he went to Ranchland and bought his first cowboy had. He is definitely getting into the groove and I can envision him partaking more and more in this activity in future years.
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