Quote Originally Posted by Rikk View Post
Back home boys, girls, men and women rode them in rodeos, everything from elementary school up to national competitions, then when they quit competing, they became trail riders. Kind of like dirt bike folks who ride trails for fun.
riding horses to cut calves out of a heard to ear tagging chipping or tattooing is working them it takes practice to learn roping and dogging. rounding up strays and herding them back to the heard to be loaded up in a trailer or put through a portable chute for veterinary. also is working them , riding fence rows where inaccessible to ATVs is ranching as well, going to rodeos to demonstrate their skills in hopes of being hired on and outfit, understandable. but rodeoing just to hear a bunch of spectators cheer, a total waste of time and energy, which could be better spent resting up for the next day's work.
taking tourist on trail ride is a source of income, but why not include a pack mule on the trail ride with shovels, ax, fence stretchers, staples, and fence pliers, give the city folk a taste of what real trail riding is all about by mending, moving or building fences. or take them on trail rides through a forested area and clear under brush or mark dead trees and those ready for logging or have them plant seedlings carried on the pack mule. since so many of them claim to be tree huggers. and worried about the environment. That will teach them why they are city dwellers and not people.
That is not to say that all city dwellers are not people, some actually do real work in factories and only live in the cities because of their work.