I took Fly for another Sheep herding lesson today. Its really just slightly organized sheep chasing at this point. Laurie says Fly has lots of potential! She is doing better at going AROUND the sheep. They also worked on pushing the sheep out when they get stuck on a fence. It's Flys job to make a space between the fence and the herd in that case and she's getting better at it. I'll work on getting a video next time!
Sunday we took a little drive with Babe, my Belgian draft horse.
Let me share with you our little forecart experience. I was
driving Babe single in our forecart. I was using the team harness with the loop
holder attachments that snap to my harness. I had told my husband (i'm the
horse person, he just helps me) that I really needed to get a belly band
attachment to keep the shafts from going up .
Well, my husband said, "lets go this way through the pasture, no problem, i take
the tractor this way all the time", It was down and up a rather steep draw..
so guess what happened when we got to the other side?
RIGHT! , the shafts, helped by TWO people in the forecart slid up and over her
shoulders and head! yikes. Fortunately there were trees all around, no where
for her to go really and BAbe stopped when i told her. The backrest of the
forecart almost on the ground.. Randy stepped off, and went to Babe's head.. The
shafts were kinda caught right on her bridle and he was able to get it off and
push the cart back down.. Randy then led her up to a flatter spot . So yeh, i
REALLY need to get the full belly band attachment made..
Disaster averted.. thanks to a good solid mare even though, based on her
behavior, I'm not sure she's ever driven single before! . O, did i mention my
husband walked back to the house ? hehe.. I guess he doesn't trust me ?
