All's quiet on the West Texas front...

The guys are working 12 hour days right now, and that doesn't leave very much time to work with Blaze and Oakley. When I talked with Travis the other night, he was getting ready to ride Blaze and Tony was riding Belle! Belle was working well with just her halter on. Travis turned the speaker on and stuck his cell phone in the gullet of the saddle while he tightened the cinch and readjusted the bridle.

They didn't go for too long of a ride because the sun was already setting. I could hear Tony in the background calling to the dogs to heal, and Travis was talking softly to Blaze as he coaxed her to do as he bid. Before putting the horses up, Travis worked with Blaze on loading in the trailer. She did pretty good and Tony walked right into the trailer on top of Belle!

I will be getting a couple more Australian vacation posts ready in the next couple of days. I am in the middle of a big project for our website and will post just as soon as I can. The guys are supposed to work the extra hours for about another month. Because of this change in schedule they were not able to gather cattle this weekend. They missed out...

While searching the web for a diagram of a saddle, I found a great site. The Western Saddle Guide, it is chocked full of information on saddles. They even have a blog!

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MnC's Disclaimer: At no time is excessive force, cruelty or brutality used when training the horses pictured in this blog. Reinforcing pats and firm gentleness, along with calmness from the trainers, encourage the horses to do as they are asked.

Sacking out Oakley!!!

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Last night Travis did this with Oakley after laying her down! She fought some going down, but after she was lying there, she laid still under the tarp. Saturday night, after TnT got back from seeing "3:10 to Yuma" in Odessa with Mr. Gary, the guys brought "Blaze" in from Monahans to start her training. She is between Belle and Oakley in size and not as stocky as the girls.

Travis and Tony say "Howdy" to everyone back in California!"

UPDATE: After reading Midlife Mom's question in the comment section, I realized that I needed to make it clear why TnT were sacking out Oakley this way! Here is my answer:

In answer to your question about TnT putting a tarp on Oakley...the guys are just working on calming her nerves. She has settled down a lot since the move back to Texas, but they want to "sack" her out more so that she is as laid back as the mustangs!!!

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MnC's Disclaimer: At no time is excessive force, cruelty or brutality used when training the horses pictured in this blog. Reinforcing pats and firm gentleness, along with calmness from the trainers, encourage the horses to do as they are asked.