Showring Rant.
I struggled with a title to this post because "What Chaps My Butt" doesn't seem very tactful. Not to mention that I would have to use it for most of the posts on this blog. So, here we are. I have had the privilege of showing livestock since somewhere around the sixth grade. I have not always been at the bottom, and have certainly not always been at the top. However, I have never been embarrassed or unproud of our animals, whether they were purchased or raised on our place. Also, whether we had a chance at Grand Champion or stood somewhere down the line, I was the one at the end of the halter. In recent years, more parents and friends have taken chances at the lead since we are in the open show circuit. Still, any chance I had, sometimes when the animal wasn't even mine, I was sticking the cattle. This is not a power struggle, and it is not because I have some notion that I am the only one that can stick my calves properly....