Originally, me and Brady were supposed to make our cowhorse debute this weekend in the Cow & Ranch Nationals at Axevalla. The show got cancelled though and instead we took the opportunity to meet up with a bunch of likeminded and do a clinic of sorts. Styrbjörn helped us out, doleing out praise, critique and good hearted gibes.
We worked exclusively out of the herd as most of the participants were cutters and I must say, we got a lot of good things accomplished!
What really stuck though is how much fun we all had! A group of people from all walks of life with the love of horses and working cattle incomon. Driving the 300 miles back home yesterday I was thinking; Man, this is how it´s supposed to be! Guy´s helping out, taking turns working or holding herd, no one above the rest. Everybody working together to make sure we all got something out of the weekend, and ofcourse poking good hearted fun at eachother! My jawmuscles are still sore from all the laughter!!
Great, great weekend! A special thank you to Johan for organizing cattle, beds and stalls for us!
As far as Brady goes, he continues to surprise with his effort, try and even showed some moves on occasion! Worked him in the two rein yesterday, as that´s what we´ll be showing in if we ever get around to it. Was worried he might not be as tuned in and responsive working in the herd or when hooked on a cow, but he did just fine. Soft and pretty much in my hand the whole time.
Them boy´s from Värmland got some pretty good ponies too! Nice to see people bringing good horses, especially well bred mares, over from the US! That´s the only way we can ever improve the quality of our stock.
Thank´s again everybody for a very nice weekend!!
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