Branding at the St. Labre Ranch

Last month, Annie, Sarah, and Harry traveled out to the St. Labre Ranch yet again to help out with their annual calf branding. A handful of St. Labre employees and students, along with a group of students from Pretty Eagle School all spent the day loading about 200 calves into the squeeze shute to be branded, tagged, and vaccinated. Eager to get right in the action, Annie, Sarah, and Harry volunteered to jump into the corral with the calves and help push them along through the shute. After putting on goalie-sized shin guards and hopping down into the corral, the three of us soon realized that getting 200 calves into the shute was no picnic! We held our own, however, and I'm sure that everyone present on the sidelines enjoyed watching a group of city kids try to duke it out with a bunch of cows. And even though at the end of the day we were covered head to toe in dust, sweat and occasional bruises, it was an awesome afternoon and one of the more memorable times we have had this year.