knabe
Well-known member
mine was a heifer who drug me through the mud for about a month. i ended up winning my class in showmanship and one more class beating a lot of old hands. then they judge asked me a question and i was out of there. the experience instantly taught me that you didn't need to pull to get a calf to lead since i couldn't pull on her in the mud. it taught me that you didn't need to get them clean the first time to get all the mud out once it stopped raining. taught me about soap that was too concentrated and to dilute it first. it taught me that a lot of people like mystery and just follow people around who are pro's but don't really figure things out for themselves and those turn out to be the biggest gripers. it gave me great satisfaction to turn those experienced gripers into people with knowledge rather than admiration and ignorance. it opened me up to a whole new bunch of friends. it taught me that asking questions is a good thing and that finding out where to get information is probably more important than getting answer out of someone as it could be easily forgotten. all in all, it was a good thing that had a lot of practical value. i started again because of my daughter who still has to wait a couple of years. just trying out some breeding rather than being a follower and looking for the hot heatwave calf.