worked with my baby today

[Ranchy]

Ranchwife, thanks......... The kid is me, about 45 years ago or thereabouts......

The folks in the pictures are me and my folks (just barely before my little sister was born, from the looks of good ole mom), and Ole Paint, then my dad and I, then my dad and his dad (Granddad) holding me. Granddad died when I was just 5, so didn't get to know him real well......have some fond memories of him, though. All those pics were taken when Grandma and Granddad were visiting us up at Clayton, NM.......pretty flat country on that end of the state.....

Not long after (my sister was 2 weeks old) we moved back down here, so my dad could help his aunt and uncle with the ranch.......folks later bought it from them and Dad had it until the forest circus stole it from him in 1999.

Ole Paint died in 1966 just up the canyon from the house I grew up in. It's now called Dead Horse Canyon, in his honor.

[flower95]

Hello there. I love the photos!! I have her full sister. Her name is Doc's Strekin Pepsi!!! They look just like twins. We call her Pepsi for short. She is so small, only about 700 pounds and maybe 14 hands. She was foaled 8/3/04. Good to see the pics. Write if you can.

[montana cowgurl]

here's her bloodlines:

QT Poco Streke Pepsi Poco
Beau W Streaker
Sire: Mays QT

Idaho May Wine Idaho Wine
Rebels Cheeta





Clarks Yellow Doc Clark's Doc Bar
Princess Blackburn

Dam: A Double
Shot O Doc

Perrys Bee Perry San
Docs Sandy Bee

so some good horses in there! both her parents are about 15 hands, and she's pretty close to that now too. she was born august 19th, 2003, so she's almost 3, and pretty much full grown. she fits right in with the rest of the horses!

[montana cowgurl]

ok well that didnt work very well...i had it written all pretty and organized and now its blah lol.

[PPRM]

MCGURL,


Glad you are having fun.....

Two things can happen when a horse is bucking towards a gate or fence. You were prepared for the one that happens least often....Now you will be better prepared next time. And runaways are the worst....

As far as withers, not only is NR right on the single pad, if this horse gets rode down a little, you'll see more.....

Third thing I picked up is what FH said on backing....On a started horse, one or two steps back is plenty. It is pretty awkward for them, so they need a very immediate reward for what they have done. If you ask them to back with no relief, they can take it as, 'I thot this was the right answer, but there is no relief from the pressure, so I don't know what to do." That will make them Bracey......I know this as when I first started some young ones, I rode the reverse right out of one. She was probably the one that picked it up easier than any other I had been around. It was too fun, so I kept after it until she quit me.......

Also, I let them move around a lot with a saddle on but me on the ground. They can kick, buck and everything else and learn it won't hurt them with me already on the ground. If they learn planting you brings relief....Well, that is not a good lesson, LOL...


Keep having fun, keep watching for how they react and interpret what it is you are asking for......Pretty amazing when a 1,000 pound animal decides life is best just doing what you ask...Hmmm...if only my 124 pound wife thot the same, LOL,

And again, I like the gates in the background



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[PPRM]

BTW,

On the horse... The papers on me aren't so great (A few outlaws back there) and I turned out ok, so I think this one has a shot, LOL,


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