Today I went to my horse Evaluation, it was fun. My goal was to lope without falling off. So I was
warming up, I was scared because I had NOT been loping for a while. After a while it was my turn, the judge was nice. I told her what my goal was, she said I am not going to have you do that here, because your horse keeps running away, so... I did a circle at a walk. I did pretty good. Well... got to go- see you soon!
(at the Fair!):)
Saturday, July 18, 2015
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Getting Ready for Fair
For the last month or so my mom and grandma have taken me to another club's sheep meetings so I could get help with Showmanship and learn more about sheep. I would like to thank Claudia Brush and the Vallivue 4-H club for letting me be part of their group! I have learned a lot. I learned how to set up my lamb. How to hold him in the show ring - without a halter! EEEK! And I also had fun.
Claudia and her husband also have a big scale that everyone weighs their sheep on. I weighed 61 pounds! I got to weigh PJ three times and Ruby once. Ruby was 120 pounds a month ago- she would definitely be big enough for fair. PJ weighed 117 the first time we weighed him- I was SO relieved! The minimum weight to sell at the fair is 110 pounds. I do not want to eat my bottle baby, Pepper Jack, so I am glad that I can sell him and not have to worry about my family eating him. Someone else will! : ( But it is also good because that means we can keep Ruby and breed her- she will make some really nice grass fed and all-natural babies that we won't have to pay $200+ for.
Here is a picture of Ruby in the scale.
Claudia and her husband also have a big scale that everyone weighs their sheep on. I weighed 61 pounds! I got to weigh PJ three times and Ruby once. Ruby was 120 pounds a month ago- she would definitely be big enough for fair. PJ weighed 117 the first time we weighed him- I was SO relieved! The minimum weight to sell at the fair is 110 pounds. I do not want to eat my bottle baby, Pepper Jack, so I am glad that I can sell him and not have to worry about my family eating him. Someone else will! : ( But it is also good because that means we can keep Ruby and breed her- she will make some really nice grass fed and all-natural babies that we won't have to pay $200+ for.
Here is a picture of Ruby in the scale.
Monday, July 13, 2015
Hard Work Pays Off
Last week I went to the State Horse Contest, it was fun but it was a 4 hour drive. When we got there I was sooo happy, I was sooo tired. When we got inside, the first thing I did was...I went to lay in my hotel bed, OH YEAH. But I was not tired anymore because we were going to swim. It was fun, we had a great time, including my baby brother. The next day my dad said, "WAKE UP! You need to get up" and I said "NO!" because I was sleeping ..but I got up anyway I got dressed fast as I could. At the Contest I was nervous, but excited too. Then it was MY TURN! But don't worry I made it! YAY! Then came REWARDS! I was scared, my mom said "you might not place," but.........I DID! I got .......2nd PLACE! So like I said, I learned that hard work pays off.
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