Achievement Day!!

Today was my 4-H Club's Achievement Day. This is the day when we get all of our animals ready and then show them. The animal's all looked great, and there were no major wrecks. The morning started off with me waking up early to go out and feed my animals before the show, then organizing all my things and loading the trailer. The last job before we loaded the animals was to catch them and spot-wash them.

When we arrived at the show, we unloaded the animals and began to fit them. Fitting involves blowing the animals dry with a cattle blower, keeping them clean, trimming any last spots of hair off, and gluing the legs and tail-heads of the animals.

The first animal I showed was my heifer. She was very reluctant to walk around the ring, but I showed her to the best of my ability and got second place with her. We advanced to the next "level" of the show, but did not place.

My cow-calf pair was the second animal that I showed. I got Champion Cow-Calf pair in my club with my pair. I moved onto the next level, and got Grand Champion Female with my pair. I was very happy and surprised because I did not think I would do that well!

The final animal I showed was my steer. I was nervous going into the ring with him because he tried to get away from me the other day. But he was perfect in the ring! One of the best animals I have shown. Despite all this, he wasn't the most attractive animal, so I placed 4th (which was also last in the class).

Once the show was over we loaded the animal's and came home. They were very happy to be home and so was I! It was a long, tiring day, but I am happy that I did as good as I did with my cow, its always a nice surprise to do better than you think you will.

Well, its nearing 4-H on Parade, and the 4-H aspect of the year is almost over. The final show in Calgary is next weekend, I wonder what surprises await me there? Only one way to find out...