Farming fits who we are. I come to that realization more and more these days. Nothing makes me happier than watching Aeryn stroll through the field every afternoon. There was a week recently when I could not go with her to feed our girls in the afternoon because I had commitments helping one of my sisters and I truly missed it.
Aeryn is bonding with Lola more every day. We still have to keep a halter on her in the field or she makes our lives difficult but she no longer jumps away when it is time to grab her. She is actually starting to lead beautifully. We have worked with her on a show halter a few time at this point and the two of them are starting to work well as a team. Today Aeryn tried using a show stick and got a little frightened when Lola did not take to it as easily as Big Mack did last year.
Alex loves to go watch us he sits with my mom at the entrance gate yelling "Lala!" and clicking his tongue. He can not say Lola yet but she come to him saying "Lala". She even stands still while he is in the pasture and lowers her head to a level to let him pat her.
Rachel and Rose are a whole different matter. Since the are not in a barn halter breaking them has been an interesting adventure unto itself. We have worked to gradually gain their trust so that we can get halters on them. So far Rose has a halter on her. Rachel does not. Rose, however, does NOT like the halter. Every time we put the slightest bit of tension on it she throws herself down on the ground on her side. The first couple times she did it Aeryn was scared to death that we had killed her calf. For the next few days, by the advice of our friend Kim, we will just be catching her and tying her up while she eats her grain. We will see how she acts on a halter after a few more days of this. Rachel is the more illusive of the two we have yet to get close enough to get a halter on her yet. But I am sure we will have it done within the next couple of days.
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