tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550515326326288148.post8133741644397788101..comments2024-02-24T01:52:05.892-07:00Comments on BrownEyedCowgirl: The Technical Part Of The Cutting ClinicBrownEyed Cowgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03610547057139295854noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550515326326288148.post-80087991709035669512011-02-15T06:57:38.341-07:002011-02-15T06:57:38.341-07:00Thanks for all the details. One day, I want to try...Thanks for all the details. One day, I want to try working cows. I love to watch the cutters and my Yalla's daddy is a top working cow horse. It's in her blood.Fantastyk Voyagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15065772565014490544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550515326326288148.post-19664322272000867522011-02-14T18:42:35.954-07:002011-02-14T18:42:35.954-07:00We are trying to get a cowhorse group going here, ...We are trying to get a cowhorse group going here, and the exercises you mentioned will be good practice for us. Especially the shadowing; if there is a day when we can only get a few cattle that would be a good one.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15454110560303310751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550515326326288148.post-55560821714363699552011-02-14T16:28:40.381-07:002011-02-14T16:28:40.381-07:00MiKael-It's exactly the same. Some breeds of c...MiKael-It's exactly the same. Some breeds of cattle are duller than others, but after any of them have been worked a lot, they lose respect for maintaining space. Cows are not totally stupid. When they figure out they don't *have* to move, they quit working and you can run into them with your horse and they really don't give a crap.<br /><br />Crystal-Carl had us do that exercise too. I didn't mention it, because I kind of thought it made the horses dull. Umpteen years ago when I worked for a cutting horse trainer, *I* was the cow a lot of times. I think using a person on foot is better than using someone on a horse, but that is just my personal opinion. Also, using a flag on a pulley works really well. I'm going to tinker with that and see if I can't get one built to use around home.<br /><br />Angie-Thanks...I did have an ulterior motive for letting Moon run back and forth across the pen. Next post ;-) It kind of made me miss 'the good old days'...and then I remembered why I got out of it. The rock grinders, spade bits and working babies to death was just to disheartening to do it for a living. On a personal level it is a blast though!BrownEyed Cowgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03610547057139295854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550515326326288148.post-73005196022478910322011-02-14T15:08:48.626-07:002011-02-14T15:08:48.626-07:00What an exciting experience you had. You and Moon...What an exciting experience you had. You and Moon looked good out there.. I would love to do that..:)Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299691619573632933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550515326326288148.post-21881380714951616552011-02-14T11:39:25.038-07:002011-02-14T11:39:25.038-07:00I like your shadowing excersize might have to try ...I like your shadowing excersize might have to try that. We did one similar, but no cow. One rider was the "cow" and the other rider was working the "cow". Its a lot harder than it sounds! but fun too.Crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18035210092855895218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550515326326288148.post-31347347719118079002011-02-14T10:57:42.019-07:002011-02-14T10:57:42.019-07:00I'm so glad you explained what you were suppos...I'm so glad you explained what you were supposed to be doing. I have seen cutting but never really understood exactly what I was supposed to see other than the cow moving around.<br /><br />I know what I'm looking at in working cow but not cutting.Now I have an idea about cutting.<br /><br />It seemed to me when I got to announce for a team sorting show one time, that what I saw about how you move the cow was very similiar to how you move a horse when you're on the ground. While the cows don't seem to be quite as responsive as the horse, it seemed they responded to pressure the same way and the read on too much and too little seemed to be very similiar. Do you find that to be the case?Rising Rainbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04239592070775412669noreply@blogger.com