Some more stuff from today

I wondered if I had ever posted this picture on here. I got to thinking that some of you may find it interesting. Chance and Beaver have this critter captured and are doctoring it all by themselves with ease.

You get your critter roped by the hind foot or feet and then get it laying on the ground, ride up close over the top of it and pull your rope as tight as you can get it between the saddle horn and the feet of the capturee. Then you dally off to the horn and take a couple wraps around the saddle horn finishing off  with a loose knot  that will be easy to get off when you are done, take the tail of your rope and go on the other side of your horses neck and then under the rope running to the critter and back to the horn and tie it off so it won’t come loose. Or you can take the tail of your rope and go down to the feet of the critter and tie off there. In this way you have a rope around your horses neck on each side to keep them facing the critter and the critter can’t really do much but lay there and let you doctor it. Works real handy on a colt or a green horse as when the critter wiggles a little the horse will naturally pull back a bit and back away from the critter and help to keep the rope tight. They learn to “work a rope” in this way. The horse can’t really turn and leave or choke themselves either. I have heard of guys out a long ways from any facilities doing a c section on a cow having trouble birthing their calf, and holding them in this way. We usually tie the hind feet of the critter together with a small “piggin” string, just in case they would wiggle and shuck your rope off the feet.

Anyway, thought some of you might like seeing this.

I ended up taking Cindy in to work after I got the feeding down today. Roads were slippery in places and pretty much covered in snow the whole way in and back.

When I was feeding today and thought the wind was going to blow hard, I decided I better go check on the horse up west. They were fine, but decided to follow me back to the buildings. At one point when I went to cross the creek they went on east a bit and crossed at a different crossing. When I topped the ridge, here they came to the east of me, running up the hill, single file, with their manes and tails whipping in the breeze and the snow falling around them. Looked like a black and white painting! It was one of the coolest things I had ever seen. I wished I’d of had the camera, but by the time I had gotten my mittens off and got the camera to working I am sure I would have missed it anyway. Teri is supposed to come down one of these days and get some horse pictures so hopefully we can sort of re-create it and she can get some good shots and do some art work of it. Cross your fingers!