National Junior Show in Louisville, KY

We just returned home from our big event of the summer for our family. Each year we attend the Junior Nationals as a family. Each year we go and help other families with their cattle and kids, but this year we did all the above plus our oldest son Grady (5 yrs old) took a heifer of his own......We were a little nervous but Grady did great. He showed well for his first time in the ring and his hard work paid off. He was selected as the Reserve Junior National Champion Fullblood Female!!

The ranch that I manage exhibited cattle in Louisville as well. Several females that we raised we there and had success in the ring as well. Devon Morton's fall heifer won the She's A Lady Shoot Out Futurity and was the youngest female in the show! This one was special not only because it's a tough one to win but she was bred here on the ranch

Hunter Morton exhibited the 5th Overall Maine-Anjou Female this year. We were super excited for Hunter. His heifer had done some winning this past winter but for Hunter he was ready for a "big win" as he said, and I am thrilled to be a part of his success. 

Our good friends, The Moore's, had a Junior National that they will never forget!! Champion High % and Low % Maine Females both in the same year. There isn't a family that works at it any harder than they do and we are super proud of their achievements. 

It's been a busy 60 days!!

We have had a busy 60 days lately. The cows on the ranch are finally turned to grass and bulls out, we have moved to our new house, and we finally received a much needed rain!!! We are loving our new place but with anything it is taking time to get things setup, built, and fixed just like we want them. We are blessed to have our kennels full of not only our dogs but we are full at the moment with outside training dogs as well. We promise a few pictures of the place will come shortly

We just returned home from the June trial hosted by Sundowner Stockdog Association and we had a nice showing. Spook was a little off her game and ran 3rd and 4th in the novice trials. She had a touch to much balance and by the looks of it we may need to have her brakes checked!! LOL What can you expect though...she has just spent the last 2 months penning pairs for breeding. I'd say she deserves to be off her game a little.. We also hauled Clyde to town. This was Clyde's first time to the "big lights" and he was nice. He won 1st in the Intermediate in trial #1 and was 1st in the novice in trial #2. Clyde handled really good today and with some more time I think he can be really good. As always the Sundowner Trial is a fun group to compete with. Great Dogs, Great People, and ALWAYS plenty of wise cracks!!