Posted on September 17, 2008 - by Hubba

More Than One Way

Yesterday, we worked a bunch of heifers.  I caught four horses, one for me, Austin, Gemma and Celine.  The horse I caught for Austin, Eddie, blew up as I was leading him across the yard and bucked all around the driveway.  That’s when Dad remembered that we had some cows out somewhere else. 

I tied Austin’s horse to the corral fence, and we left.  Austin was on his own at the far end of the place.  When Austin went to get Eddie, Eddie bucked again.  He was tied to the fence, so he just stood in one spot and turned the crank.

Well, Austin devised a rather unorthodox plan to stay on top of the horse.  He went and put on his chinks, and then he coated the inside leg with spray-on adhesive.  When he got in the saddle, he was literally glued in place.

There are a million ways this could have gone wrong, but Austin stayed on the horse and got all the cows out of the neighbors.  He’s quite a thinker, that one.

Podcast tomorrow…