Sandhills Cattle Association Convention, May 26, 2011

[Soapweed]

A four-year-old bronc getting whispered to

He was halter broke as a weanling.

And has not been touched since.

Up and over the portable corral panel--not a planned part of the itinerary

He even jumped out a second time,

After the rope was thrown around his neck.

A little eye-to-eye contact

Becoming a bit more trusting and gentle

Getting sacked out with a saddle blanket

The saddle is in place.

A little more ground work

Given further training

Now a young bronc stomper steps aboard

And gets along quite well

Every thing seems to be working as planned. This all was done in an hour, even with the two jump-outs
taken into consideration. We were all duly impressed.

Panel discussion on the brand inspection issue

The president about to turn the job over to the next in line

A couple Ranchers.net aficionados

And another looker who is not registered

Trent Loos gave an inspiring pep talk.

He is a great widely-traveled ambassador for agriculture.

At the trade show later in the day

Here is the very accomplished horse whisperer, 71 years young.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Did you get a buy on some slightly bent panels?

 

[Soapweed]

Did you get a buy on some slightly bent panels?

It could probably be laid on the ground and driven over with a pickup to make it look good as new. :wink:

 

[LazyWP]

I assume that was Arch doing the horse whispering? He can do some amazing things with a horse. Thanks for the pics. Who is th e new president?

 

[Soapweed]

I assume that was Arch doing the horse whispering? He can do some amazing things with a horse. Thanks for the pics. Who is th e new president?

Arch is quite an accomplished horseman. Lemoyne Dailey is the new president.

 

[Faster horses]

The horse should have never jumped out. I bet the old fella
was disappointed when that happened. Too much pressure from
within caused it. Maybe a bigger pen would have helped the pressure situation. I'm glad everything worked out. I saw Buck Brannaman
cause a horse to jump over the fence too, so I guess it does happen
sometimes, but it's sure not what the whisperer's want.

 

[Soapweed]

The horse should have never jumped out. I bet the old fella
was disappointed when that happened. Too much pressure from
within caused it. Maybe a bigger pen would have helped the pressure situation. I'm glad everything worked out. I saw Buck Brannaman
cause a horse to jump over the fence too, so I guess it does happen
sometimes, but it's sure not what the whisperer's want.

Probably it was a case of too many onlookers. Five-foot tall panels are just not adequate for messing with horses.