Riding Pens

It rained 7/10s last night and the arena was a gigantic mud hole! We did some ground work and a little concentrated training south of the feedlot in the horse pasture and then rode through the pens.
Bear seems to really look at cattle and takes an interest in whatever particular one that I sort out. He doesn't mind them running around or running beside or behind him; as feedlot bunches sometimes do. I haven't had a steer come up and nose his tail yet, so we'll see.

We got in some first calf heifers earlier in the week that'd gotten into the neighbors and I was pleased with this gelding's willingness to work. The heifers were feeling pretty good and Bear just kept at it. It had been a heck of a long ride before that too, rode through all of the sandhills, but he did fine.