Cricket and the Steers
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This was Cricket's first time on our 3 young steers.  Tony, the white face Hereford X, is a butt.  He hangs out with Roar the bull, pushing heads with him, thinkin' he's all bad and stuff.  Hal and Mel, the two Angus X's, are nice, easygoing steers, do what they're asked, don't give any trouble, but not Tony.  So Cricket took it upon herself to teach Tony some manners.  Now, she's got ZERO training at this point - not even a down.  However, she shows great talent with driving right now, so we'll start her doing that and work on fetching with the lambs.  And did I mention that these steers are NOT dog broke?

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Little do they know

Hal and Mel decide to leave now and avoid the rush

And there's Tony, Mr. Badboy, still on the ground

He's gonna get it

Cricket driving, AND rating herself

I'm obviously behind her with the camera; she's doing her own rating.  They are walking quietly

Now things get a bit rowdy

But she's got them back in control

Mel tests the waters; Cricket puts him back on shore

Mel's not usually a bad boy.  Cricket will fix this herself

Ah, bad boy Tony is about to learn something, the hard way of course

He's really pushy, but Cricket's just getting started

Yep, real teeth

Flying Cricket

She ducked long before he kicked

Tony is getting tired and cranky

He's about to give in to her

This is an amazing shot you can't see - Cricket first hit his nose, and right here she's got his front heel!