Moving as one, cowboy and horse are careful not to unsettle the wandering bunch of calves. Soon, one calf is singled out and, as if to reassure it, the creature is nudged along, calmly driven through gates and into the safe-haven of the hospital, a sort of triage for sick cattle.
Calves remain there for treatment and monitoring until they are ready to rejoin the herd.
Pen riding requires proper cowboy attire, left, including chaps and a good pair of boots. Here it will stay, treated and monitored until healthy enough to rejoin its herd. It might seem like something from the past, out of an old Western movie or the mind of a dreaming child. This is the life a of cowboy. You will not find these men working the ranges of the West, though.