Today the plan was for Jayden, Mark , and myself to go to a team penning practice. We put Traveler and Tex in the cow barn the night before in hopes of keeping them clean and out of mud. We found Tex had gotten out of his pen and had eaten a lot of hay and a corn gluten mix. Unsure how bad things were, we called the vet. Our day was changed in a hurry. The ISU vet came out and lavaged Tex, putting a tube in him and cleaning him out. We decided that we should still go on with the plan. Mark stayed with his horse, very upset and blaming himself while Jayden and I went on to the practice. The arena was still a mushy wet mess, and the turn out was small. One family of five along with us. We got a lot of help and a lot of ride time. We realized Jessie was very much in heat and acted crazy over Traveler. It made for a challenging ride, but she sure works the cattle good! Jayden got a lot of practice and really enjoyed it with her new friend Mya Porter. I talked Mark into coming once his horse Tex was settled and he got to have a few turns on Traveler. Team penning is very intense and its a rush. Your team of three goes into a herd and picks out the steers of that number,seperates them and pens them. We had a good time and learned a lot. We were also splatterd with mud everywhere.
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