Strike training..day 7

Today we got back to work in the field.

But first..Diane and I went to Del's in Monroe

for some 10% sale they were having. We filled up

the bed of my truck with livestock feed, horse feed

dog food and other stuff. My little truck was full to the brim

after we left. Got to DeltaBluez and unloaded all of the feed

into barrels and rested. Diane went to the house and I stayed

in the barn and set out to finish brushing out Em's tail.

So I went into the barn and got the halter and set

out to "wrangle" her in. I put it on her and gave my

"expertly" executed click-click sound and she would

not budge.... hmmmmm.....ok.....I'll try giving her a tug....

nope...that don't work.....OK I'll try bribery. I went into the barn

and grabbed a handful of alfalfa and grain, thinking to myself

this will do the trick. Gave her a handful of grain and a bit of

alfalfa...nope..... not going to budge. So I called Diane on the cell

and asked "What do I do???" she popped her head to the window

of the house and told me to put my hand about 8 inches down the

halter and use the end of the lead and give a gentle tap with it on

the south end. She reluctantly started to move and It was off

to the barn. Finished her tail and she was sure smiling at me!!!

Then it was off to the task at hand...Mig

I used Tess again for the sort and as usual she was awesome.

Mig on the other hand was a bit too pushy today....probably

pent up energy from not working her yesterday. After a while

she calmed down and started to do some good work.

After the second set of five we put them into the exhaust pen

and I gave her the "go get a drink" command.

She bounded across the field and leapt into the stream

like a Lab. She must have leapt a good 4 feet and landed

into the stream, drinking up half of it!!! Tess, Mig and I

just lied down for a while, soaked up some sun for a while.

It's a tough job..but someone has to do it!!