Scott is feeling left out. It seems I never blog about the adventures in his life. I told him he needed to do more cute things. Can cowboys be cute? In a tough sorta way?
Scott was brought to the feedlot here in Nebraska because of his cattle doctoring skills. With his experience and help from consulting vets, he has developed a program that keeps medicine costs down and cattle alive. The cattle owners like this. He has been the main doctor since he came here and really enjoys what he does. He spends half of his day on his horse pulling the sick cattle from the pens and the other half doctoring.
Because of Scott's efforts, and his ability to train some less experienced cowboys, their team has brought the death loss to an all time low for the company. The feedlot has been filled, beyond capacity, as cattle owners want their cattle to be raised here. Even though they have a small crew, they are able to care for over 23,000 head with a huge success rate. Summer time usually slows down, but that's not the plan this year. The owners are making arrangements to keep this feedlot at capacity year round.
A couple weeks ago the Cow Boss (or Cowboy Manager) gave his 2 week notice. (His wife is going to school in another town and isn't always able to come home on the weekends. He found a job closer to her.) The feedlot has struggled to find good cowboys so this added to the stress they were already feeling as they would now be even more short handed. (They have weeded out the ram-and-jam cowboys and are looking for a more gentler kind - hard to find.)
The Feedlot Manager called Scott in and asked him if he would move up to the Cow Boss position. Scott has had that position at 2 other feedlots and politely declined. (It involves more paper work and computer work and less hands-on cattle work.) He agreed to step into the Assistant position and continue to be in charge of the doctoring. (The Assistant Cow Boss only has to do the paper work 2 days a week. That's not so bad.) Another reason he declined was to let one of the guys that has been there many years move into the position. They work well together so the management of the cowboy crew will really be a team effort.
I'm really proud of my hard-working, cute cowboy!
Scott's grandpa always said, "If you love what you do you'll never work a day in your life."
My cowboy is proof of that.
Scott was brought to the feedlot here in Nebraska because of his cattle doctoring skills. With his experience and help from consulting vets, he has developed a program that keeps medicine costs down and cattle alive. The cattle owners like this. He has been the main doctor since he came here and really enjoys what he does. He spends half of his day on his horse pulling the sick cattle from the pens and the other half doctoring.
Because of Scott's efforts, and his ability to train some less experienced cowboys, their team has brought the death loss to an all time low for the company. The feedlot has been filled, beyond capacity, as cattle owners want their cattle to be raised here. Even though they have a small crew, they are able to care for over 23,000 head with a huge success rate. Summer time usually slows down, but that's not the plan this year. The owners are making arrangements to keep this feedlot at capacity year round.
A couple weeks ago the Cow Boss (or Cowboy Manager) gave his 2 week notice. (His wife is going to school in another town and isn't always able to come home on the weekends. He found a job closer to her.) The feedlot has struggled to find good cowboys so this added to the stress they were already feeling as they would now be even more short handed. (They have weeded out the ram-and-jam cowboys and are looking for a more gentler kind - hard to find.)
The Feedlot Manager called Scott in and asked him if he would move up to the Cow Boss position. Scott has had that position at 2 other feedlots and politely declined. (It involves more paper work and computer work and less hands-on cattle work.) He agreed to step into the Assistant position and continue to be in charge of the doctoring. (The Assistant Cow Boss only has to do the paper work 2 days a week. That's not so bad.) Another reason he declined was to let one of the guys that has been there many years move into the position. They work well together so the management of the cowboy crew will really be a team effort.
I'm really proud of my hard-working, cute cowboy!
Scott's grandpa always said, "If you love what you do you'll never work a day in your life."
My cowboy is proof of that.
This is where my adventure as the wife of a cowboy began - Melba, Idaho.
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