We chased a COW!!!

OK for the record I am one of few "cowgirls" that is NOT a fan of cows.  Therefore I don't look for opportunities to go do anything that involves cows. In my search for things that Spade is good at, I decided to call an old friend today and go track some of his calfs. I am don't mind the calves so much! I roped back in high school and was kinda decent so today brought back tons of memories. This morning Spade did ummm....bad! Really bad. On everything. I was super upset by the time I got to the house. In the attempt to recollect my emotions I called two of my dear friends for a pep talk. One gave me a little "how to handle the pressure" talk. And the other gave me more of an idea on what it is like to compete in this. In the end I felt way better. So that is why tonight I was looking for something fun to do with him. He did much better in his warm up to track the calf. I sat all day and thought about what I had missed or what I did to make him fight me. I did a few drills with him tonight and he is much better. He did really great with the cow but he seemed distracted. I have noticed that he has felt distracted the last few days. He has also been having some issues with his ears. He has them hanging straight out and they stay like that. Then when he lopes they flop all crazy. I have no idea what is going on. Never seen that before. I am calling the vet in the morning to see what they say. He has been a little under the weather so I hope it isn't related. I am assuming that is why he has been fighting me in practice. I hope to get some answers tomorrow. In the mean time I plan on doing some fun things for him this weekend. Make him feel better.