Goats are growing.

Neighbor Jack Warden with grandkids Shyla and Coy at the Memorial Weekend Ranch Rodeo in Vinita.

Ranch rodeo competitors.

Future ranch rodeo competitor warming up dad's horse.

The yellow shirt team gets 'em penned !

Keep moves the training calves.

Randy and Abby Beal ranch down around Grove, OK. They stopped in to see how dogs handle cattle. The pups got to romp with the little ones.

Alan and Jenny Claspill from Missouri come by for a pup. Lena says "take them all!" They went home with "Guy."

Scooter circles it.....

Does it move????

Hey, anyone in there???

Ben's good friend Harold Kemp from Gallatin, TN stopped in the first of June with his friend Jack to look at dogs.

Ben works Lena for Harold and Jack.

Yes, its a famous clothing model ! Rawhide is often enlisted when Leslie needs new promo photos for the AVCA logo wear. He's a good sport.

Russell Martin, Lenapah, OK, stops by to look at Kelpies and visit. He uses both Border Collies and Kelpies in his cattle operation.

Neighbors Mike and Debbie Kessel stop by for a visit.

Lily Kessel likes Ben's pup. She thought he ought to name it "Lee."

Lena's pup Whip and his mistress Tallie are best buds. Tallie's Uncle Allen shares these fun pictures with us. Allen owns Colt's sister Reba.

Tallie putting Whip through his paces as an agility dog. Whip has already proven his herding acumen by jerking down the family Pygmy goat.

Our study buddy Richard Ayres and Ben at the Edmondson Ice Cream (home-made) Social in Melrose, Kansas.

Study buddies Shirlene Ayres and Ben Edmondson.

Ben airing up a flat for our friend and AVCA secretary Tonya Nix. We think she just made it to the tire repair shop in Welch.

Bob Allford from Missouri brought Berchs Rudy over for training. He stopped by Miami and picked up his friend David Stark.

Bob Allford works his young McCallum bred dog that he hauled along to show Ben.

Bob Allford, David Stark and Ben. Both ranched in California before coming this direction. These gentlemen are cattlemen in every sense of the word.

Lena moves 'em out of the holding pen.

Chic and Mack.

Storm rolling in. It rained about a half inch then moved on. Send the rain back. We can use it.

Welch had a city-wide garage sale. They wouldn't price this outfit to us.