I need a cowboy!!!!
 

My friend had her vet out to give all of her sheep shots. The vet brought out a cowboy who used his lasso to wrangle up the sheep.

Well, I figured I would give it a try with my 3 wild, heathen sheep even though the only thing I have even roped is a plastic steer (and not too well I might add). Anyway, it took me forever to ring one and when I did the monster dragged me for about 10 feet on the ground and I ended up with a mouthful of dirt, balls of sheep poop and who knows what else!

Do any of you folks use a lasso on your wild animals? What am I doing wrong? I tried to keep my thighs buried in the ground like I do when I waterski, but this is just so darn hard!

Yep...you need a cowboy. me too ;)

I think we all need a cowboy!!! :)

The easiest way (if you don't have a chute) is confine them in a stall and then just pin them against the wall

I tried that, but they knocked me down. One jumped so high it almost hit my friend's head. Those creatures can be dangerous!!!
I would love to have a chute. (That and a cowboy...lol)

That was good for a chuckle .

:cowboy::pound::pound::pound::cowboy:

Next time go for the legs. lol

As is- grab them???? I like my teeth, thank you!!! There is NO way I could get a rope around their feet....NO way! :grit:

shanzone2001, I don't want to hurt your feelings but not too many self respecting cowboys will be found anywhere near sheep so you may have to ply one with liberal doses of alchohol first.

Hahaha!!! I have no problems with a drinkin' cowboy!!!:buds:

You beat me to it, wr. :D
This is mine:
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But like most cowboys, he'd work sheep about as happily as he'd do FARMING. lol

BTW, when you rope something too heavy to hold, you're supposed to dally it to your saddle horn and let your horse hold it. ;)

You are mean, Erin!!!

http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...iscrossing.jpg

what erin said.:cowboy: "honest officer, I was only helpin that sheep across the fence"

but here's my cowboy.
http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...withcopper.jpg

You women are evil!!!

Daaaaahhhd. ;)

Ooooh - if we're ordering up cowboys, I want one! :D

Every breathing thing a woman owns should be taught to come to the sound of a grain can. From the goat who takes fences as a personal challenge to the cat who never is where you need her, and of course the child and/or husband who come running to the cry of "Snacktime!".

Ahem.

Course, this does mean everyone starts yammering the second they see you. But still. You can make them go where you want, at least.

mmmm..mmmm...cowboys! :)

It sounds like you need a snubbin post. Once the rope is secured over the critters head, you let him run around the post a turn. this lets you pull in the slack as your critter bounces around being a pain, but they cant pull you out across the barn lot. Once you have their heads secured to the post, you can work them easily. If you are raising sheep, you have to learn to do this on your own.... no self respecting cowboy would be caught near one of those nasty critters anymore than he would be caught doing any thing else that cant be done in a saddle. And yes, a real cowboy can do that in a saddle too! ;)

yeah we all need cowboys... here are a few suggestions get them cornered reach under there bellies grab there far legs and pull put your weight on there shoulders to keep them down. To move them grab there back leds and walk them like a wheel barrel. If neither works for you go to the rodeo and ask a nice bull rider if he would help you out most have big hearts and wouldnt mind.

When I saw the title of this thread I couldn't help thinking of that song "I need a Hero" but substituting cowboy in LOL

I think we all need a cowboy every now and again ;-) Good luck with your barbarian sheep!

I spose you could do it that way... but just feeding him a decent meal will catch most of the cowboys I ever met... just be careful what you wish for... some of them end up staying around for a very loooooooong time! ;)

That is funny!!!!!!!!!!!!

You beat me to it...:pound:

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Oh my goodness, if I step out of the house with anything in my hands, I am MOBBED by a horde of velociraptors... I mean, chickens. Last night it was a pan of beef fat, I didn't think I'd get out of there alive. But my chooks will never run away from me, either, when I have a food pan. Makes them easy to handle. :D Same with sheep. They can be trained. Not well, mind you, but a little, lol.

lol them chickens mob me every morning...and that one named bernice, I'm not so sure that I'm not on her menu...They are really quiet for chickens except when I come out in the morninig then they get so loud I'm afraid they will wake the neighbors!

if the rope is down around by their shoulders then the animal has more leverage to use against you--ie think of where the collar sits on a horse in harness and how they can pull with that. you have to have the rope snugged on the upper part of the neck--the most controllable part for you is just behind the jaw bone. BUT if you don't know what you're doing you can really hurt an animal or yourself--you really need someone to show you how to work an animal this way.

that said, with the right know how you can control a horse on your feet(and I was 100 pounds back in the day)--you have an incredible amount of leverage with the loop at their throat to "put them on their butt"--though you still need to be quick on your feet and very sensitive, there is a fine line between control and brutishness. BUT wear gloves!!!! and when you bring in things like snubbin posts or dalllying on the horn it's really easy to lose fingers or worse!!

even with the rope around the neck, the goal is still to use the least amount of pressure to control the animal. use the smallest correction necessary. working animals with a rope is an art, and it requires skill and awareness to do it without losing parts or breaking the animal.

of course there's the obvious part that animals should be taught to lead/be handled when young anyway(sorry, ha). I just want you to be careful and SAFE Shan!!! and wear protection(haha)

Im awake now! I just love me some ,..Wranglers, cowboys, cowboys in Wranglers..

I agree. The feed-in-a-can trick is probably the easiest method. Or even just beer-in-a-can... ;)

However, like coyotes, the average cowboy goes for days between decent meals so when he finds one he eats til he can't move.
But, on the flip side, once he figures out where to find food, he'll just keep wandering back. :shrug:


And just because it's mine and my favorite cowboy's wedding anniversary today, I'm going to indulge myself and you guys are going to put up with it!
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My cowboy, as Daddy--
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When I was growing up we had sheep. My dad put a cow bell on the lead ewe and taught her to come when he whistled. The other sheep learned real quick that when she started heading towards the barn it meant food! LOL Some how he had a way with them. :)

You might wanna try your hand at mutton bustin, LMAO

http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/...ton_bustin.jpg

ErinP and Chewie, up here, cowboys refer to sheep as range maggots, do you use similar terms in your areas?

Think I need to have my 15 year old son around next time....he is a 6 ft tall
lineman!

Don't confuse brawn with finesse, shanzone.

Friend of mine had a branding when I was in college. Being the "Desk Mom" at our student center she invited a lot of us college kids, including several guys from the football team.
Most of those FB players hadn't ever wrestled calves before. So they'd muscle them down. In less than an hour, they were played out.

The neighbor kids, on the other hand, 10-12 year olds we're talkin', were still going strong. But they knew how to properly flip a calf so you don't wear yourself out. Those kids worked all day.

wr,
Yep. Same term is used down here. ;) Truly, some of the biggest prima donnas I've ever known were cowboys. lol
"I don't mechanic." "I don't fence." "I don't work sheep."
And the most popular of all, "I don't farm!"

Great pics ErinP and Happy Anniversary!

Do I have to choose????;) What if I want both??? haha

AWE, Erin, give that cowboy/daddy a big ol' smooch!

I've roped some from the Ground thing is with a heavy Animal you either want help or have a Tree or Post handy to wrap the Rope around and wear Gloves.I learned the hard way peeling the Hide off my Hands.

With Sheep you do not want to grab them by the Wool it will bruse the meat.I got so mad at a Guy that would pick them up Load them this way.

big rockpile

Happy Anniversary ErinP! :thumb: