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A Cowpoke and His Horse

April 25, 2010 By A Cowboy's Wife 24 Comments

A while back at a rodeo, a super nice fella that we’ve known for awhile now, gave Truett a miniature horse. Horses in general aren’t cheap and for even these little boogers they can still be thousands of dollars. For Mr. Butler to give little man Sparkplug, well, it meant a lot to us and [...]

Filed Under: Lifestyle & Family Tagged With: cowboy life, cowboy living, cowboys, cowpokes, horses, ponies miniature horses, pony, ranching, sparkplug, Truett

Git Cattle Git

January 21, 2009 By A Cowboy's Wife 6 Comments

Instead of roundin’ them up, he’s shooing them away. Little man thinks it’s his job to shoo the cattle away every time they come near the house; I think he does a fine job at it! And the shooing begins…. Git, psst, git! Are you talkin’ to me? Oh it’s on like Donkey Kong! Called [...]

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Windmill, Turbines, and Water Troughs

November 24, 2008 By A Cowboy's Wife 1 Comment

Checking waters are a normal chore on a ranch. Don’t got water, the cows can’t drink it right? Sometimes they don’t need fixin’ but they need cleaning and with the kind of water troughs you see below, it makes it super easy to clean. They have a drain that gets almost all the water but [...]

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Meet Montelius but You Can Call Him Monty

September 8, 2008 By A Cowboy's Wife 10 Comments

We got a new horse to ride and he’s just a little on the spoiled side but that’s no problemo for these cowboys ’round here! This is Tyler’s first ride and since I had heard that Monty likes to buck a little, you know I was gonna be out there with my camera. I missed [...]

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