Move along little doggie

Irv and Doc got to live the dream on Saturday.  Our neighbor called and asked if we would mind closing our gate because he was going to drive his longhorns down the road from their pasture to his house.

The next thing I knew Irv was out saddling up Doc.  Jillian happened to be at our house and we both thought "this is not going to turn out well".  When I say longhorns, I mean longhorns.  Some of these bad boys (and girls) have several feet of very pointy horns.  Our prissy little show horse hasn't had much, if any, experience with cattle other than a calf dobbing class at the county fair many years ago.


Oh well, at the very least I thought I would have a great photo opp.  The only problem was that I had to leave for my painting lesson at about the same time that they got moving down the road so these are the only pictures I got.  (Doc is the buckskin cutie on the far left.)


I'm glad to report that the thousands and thousands of dollars we invested in Doc's training seem to have paid off.  Irv remained in the saddle for the entire roundup and I'm sure Doc did the most perfectly cadenced western pleasure trot as Irv hung on for dear life.  Only one of these guys ended up on the road.

Needless to say, I'm jealous!  I wonder when those longhorns will be moving back to their pasture??






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Yogi♪♪♪ said…
Wtg Doc! wtg Irv, and wtg You for documenting the whole thing.

I hope that you guys had a great Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2014 at 8:16 PM
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