Monday, October 20, 2008

Training Day

Anybody that knows me, knows that I love big beautiful blondes. Oh yeah, that's the ticket. So last Sunday, me and some herders (slang for members of Herd From Us) paid one a visit in Walterboro. There was lots of leather and fun!

Of course I'm talking about big beautiful belgian draft horses. See where you wanted to go!

Me, Ramrod, and Chuck went and visited herder Gayle who is the proud owner of Nellie Bell.

Nellie Bell is a gorgeous 3 yr. old blonde belgian that has yet to trained for her life's mission. After leading N.B. around for a while to ascertain just what we had gotten into, the harness was brought to us in pieces. We put our heads together and studied, pondered, looked at pictures, pondered, studied, and decided to leave it in the capable hands of a South Dakota plowboy. That be Ramrod.

While he searched the deep dark caverns of his memory, me and Chuck placed the headset on N.B. along with the harness saddle and began the arduous task of long reining a ton of horse muscle. She reponded well and after a while she understood gee and haw. The biggest problem was getting Gayle and Chuck to understand gee and haw.

Fortunately for Ramrod, herder Linda showed up and they pieced the puzzle together.

That was enough for one session and we will return another day for round two. Happy Trails!

Left to rite: Chuck, Ramrod, Linda, and Gayle