As I type this, I am watching Winston the cavapoo run laps around the furniture.  Tammy is gone for work and I am left here tending to a 8# dog.  I can’t complain as she was wicked good help during the frozen weeks. So, here I am tending to this beast.  Even!

I had to put him on a leash and go out to the big machine shed.  That’s where he likes to crap at 9 or 10 at night.  As he stopped and dropped not 1 or 3 turds, but more like 8 different tootsie rolls.  I thought of a buck that I saw last summer…..Walk It Out.   This lil dog would drop a tootsie roll,  walk it out, then drop another.  8 times he crapped and then walked it out.  But there was no doubt when the last Walk It Out was the right one.

As I came back inside and unleashed the beast, I then realized that the chicken door wasn’t shut.  Damn!!!!   I had already taken off my shoes.   It hurts to bend over and tie shoes.  So, I thought about the great American Hoss Manske.  Duke and I once witnessed Hoss sit down, bend over, grab a boot and pull it on.   And then, he sat up straight, took a deep breath of fresh air and let the oxygen flow into his system.   He then gained his composure and looked at Duke and said, “Duke, every time that I bend over and pull a boot on, I truly wish that I could breathe out of my A-hole.”   I understand.

Woodward District Livestock Show only has the cattle show left.  This district show has the best premium sale in Oklahoma, other than OYE.  This district show has wicked good stock.  The bottom end is well fed and well cared for.  The top end can play anywhere.  Yet, the best part of this show, it is still old-school.  We truly want it to be for the kids and of the kids.  There are still enough old-school ag teachers that it gets policed.  Jocks are fine as long as no rules are broken.  Judges are major show caliber.  Speaking of which, the sheep/goat judge is an up and comer that needs to judge more.  This cat reads livestock structure and understands real muscle and the relative value of livestock fat content.

I’m not saying that our district show is better than yours.  I’m just saying that we have the best district stock show.  Stories to come.  The wolves have us surrounded but there is an old guard(s) that are working to keep this deal old-school for-real.

I realize that I need to step away, hands up and don’t touch the keyboard.

People, have a good one today and a better one tomorrow.