Sheepwagons, Hessian Hobbles, and Roping Dummies 

"Pat is a national treasure" Absolutely!!! I'm not a horse, ranch, herder, etc, person, but I consider myself very fortunate to have found this channel. Love you guys! Stay safe. ❤️☀️🌵⛈️🌈☮️🐎

Horseman,stockman,cowboy, Top hand, scholar,Patriot! Thanks for sharing with us Pat!

Best Chanel on RU-vid , history , common sense , horsemanship and comedy thank you guys for another great video . Looks like pats pocket knife has ear marked a lot of calves the blades getting thin from sharpening lol .

Just started watching Pat, I really like His way of going as I'm an old horseman myself. since I live close maybe one day We could come up for a visit. keep up the good work!!

I did some growing up in Glenrock, Wyo. Just North of Douglas, your wagon looks good. TR Usry Jacksonville, Texas

Another very informative video. Thank you, Pat & Deb.

Another great video, thanks so much. When my Grandma was a child, her father had died from the Spanish Flu, and with little money, they were offered to spend that first winter in a sheep wagon, that had been 'converted' to a cook wagon for the hay fields. This was in Grimes, CA, just north of Sacramento. Seeing that wagon brought back memories of her telling stories about that winter. Always enjoy your teachings and history lessons.

Thank you so much, For your wisdom and experience, and for just being you, a national treasure, I say...

You mentioned Livingston- I grew up north of Livingston outside of Wilsall. Now live in southern Idaho

Like the new headings guys, purdy 😊

Thanks, we have leather hobbles but have never heard of this type & i see that is a great idea. Im gutting my old truck camper & making the interior Sheep Wagon style. We live near Yosemite & ride our horses up there often. Thanks!

Thank you sir. Love the history of the sheep wagon .

I've watched a few of your videos and came across this one. I worked for Wally Wines for a few years with Yellowstone Park Service before he retired. Small world! Great videos!!

I'm basque I live in idaho, my dad came over as a sheephearder back in the 60s,I own a sheepwagon myself.both my brothers own sheepwagons also,I cook in mine ,drink wine in it with friends, listen to music ,burn fires and read in mine ,I also take lots of naps in mine.

I have done a trail ride down in Southeastern Arizona , on a ranch that was own by a ranch woman from Wyoming who sipped her Shepard’s wagon from Wyoming to Southeastern Arizona . It’s a beautiful Bask Sheppard wagon . I have not slept in it but one of my best friends has several times .

Videos are awesome experiences out of this world keep him going I'll keep watching

As a longtime ‘Sheepherder’ (30+yrs Wyoming, we run cows now). I love your his stories. I have also, for a long time ( most my life) have aspired to be a good horseman. I’m even learning your style of roping. You’ve shortened the learning curve. Thank you. At my age, my learning is running out of curve.

Use to see many of these in Montana. Specially the eastern part of the state

Mr Puckett...you are a treasure

Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍

hi all what another great video ,I certainly didnt associate you guys with sheep, when I was in the UK I think I can remember people talking about the shepherds on the moors having something like that for when they where lambing keep up the good work

Even more than the valuable lessons you give us on topping off a ranch horse. You vast knowledge of the cowboy and cattle business in the west, has never been taught in schools. Many years ago I spent a few days in Elko Nv.,area. Traveling from Montana there. I learned the Bask (spelling) herders were a big Part of the local history. After driving there I realized why there were so many sheep. Anyhow thank you for your video and history lessons

Hello from the Central Coast 🏝️. Thanks for the video. Brought back a lot of memories of our time in SE Oregon. Working on A couple different outfits. We spent 20 years up there on the The last place at one time ran three bands of sheep, and alot of the sheep equipment was still there. We had several sheep wagons,they were really something. I have the hobbles made from a gunny sack by my old uncle many years ago.Thanks for the video 🇺🇸

Deb, you were absolutely right... I was going to ask how those holes got into the roof of the sheep wagon.. LOL...

Pat you can have any of my horses any time.. you're the best hand I've ever seen... but ... that grooming at 12:34 !!! ohhh maaaan back to school for you :)

As a child in Southern California the Basque Shepherds would live in these until the grass was gone. I used to spy on them and want to join them. The wagons were colorful. Thx for filling me in. The time was 1945. LaHabra California.

Thank you for the video Deb and as always... great history lesson from the maestro himself. Interesting colors of the sheep wagon...Ireland I presume? I recently purchased the Tapadero series directed by Susan Jensen... seen Pat when he was just a youngster. Pretty cool to see! Take care and God Bless... by the way, I agree with the many others when they say Pat is a national treasure. He should be inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame... Still patiently waiting to hear from ya- Johnny

Interesting to say the least, priceless! I had to laugh several times - comical:) Learning made fun:)

I have a sheep header wagon here in Missouri. Ted Jones had it shipped in. He started Jones Investments.

Pat is very difficult to bend down for us thank you

Great video!

Glad to see your pro Sheep

The first time I saw anyone making or using that type of hobble was in Joe Back little book called "Horses, Hitches, and Rocky Trails " Joe called them diaper hobbles which I think you mentioned in your video. Joe Back was a Wyoming hunting guide, horse packer and Cowboy in addition to being a WW1 veteran and a hell of a illustration artist..Great book if you can get your hands on a copy...Nuff said.

Sir Did sheepmen and cattlemen/cowboysget along

Plenty of sheep herder wagons here in the 307!

Pat & Deb, I assume you’re familiar with Mary Austin (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Hunter_Austin), if not you might enjoy reading The Flock (1906). “My sheep book,” she called it. Amazingly, until a few years ago there were still shepherds alive who had worked flocks on foot. I recall having dinner at Noriega’s in Bakersfield and having a talk with a French Basque worked his flocks on foot with a burro - except for getting drafted during the Algerian War, but as soon as he was discharged he returned to CA to move flocks between Bakersfield and the southern Sierras. Muchas for all that you guys do, Tom

Thank you! 😁

Thank you very much for the prompt response. Enjoy the channel.

Didn’t know you had a team of Belgian horses!

Ok Pat. Now I'm curious. Whats the guys name scratched in the sheep camp from Douglas? My family homesteaded in Douglas in 1915 and are still there.

Can you post the address in Australia of who makes the scarf's?

And you too Deb....

thanks

I have trouble with the idea that you don't cord a horse with the hopples on the cannon bone. When you start with hoppling do you start with the hopple around the pasturn?

Did you say when you drove you Beljan team horses? If so can you show us your team please?

EngelsCoachShop in Joliet Mt. has a sheep wagon for sale, or at least he did the last time I drove by. He has a You Tube channel by the same name. He has a lot of interesting videos up.

I believe in hobbles , and train my horse to hobbles . My riding buddies wanted to hobble their horses but wouldn’t put he time in to train their horses so the poo poo the concept .

Any chance for a video on the training of your Belgian team?

¿Este es el potro lusitano?

This is completely not relevant to this video but can you do a video on what it means to be a western bit and would a grazing bit be considered a western bit