Boogie

Boogie stepped up again over the branding weekend and I am so thrilled with her. After a bad experience with some cattle rushing at her she has been pretty timid about cows. When Phil was invited to a branding, I took the opportunity to take her along to help her build confidence, which we did when mustering the cattle in for the branding, she took this so well that we took her to the next step of holding the cow. This was setup perfectly for her with the help of top hands James Flinn and Brittany Flinn.

Britt did the heavy lifting by roping the cow first and allowing boogie to stand beside her experienced horse a few times in amongst the work, then she roped one and handed off the rope to me, while both her and James gave me clear and calm instructions, making both of our “first times” a good experience.

Boogie was well prepared for this, we have done a lot of roping and dragging logs, dummy’s and leading other horses so this was the perfect time to step it on up.

A huge thanks to all the crew being patient with a newbie, and to Mary and Rueben for hosting.
I am looking forward to stepping up again next time to being a helpful member of the group.

xT