Cowdogs around the country.

[sic 'em reds]

We still have cows that will try to raise cain with our dogs. I just let the dogs pack up on those cows to get them straightened out. Some cows just never learn though. That's when you have to determine whether or not it's worth it to wear your dogs ego down, or suck it up and go give them a hand. A good "get behind" on a dog saves alot of mental bashing on the dogs and extra work for me.

[Big Muddy rancher]

[Nicky]

Having the cows dog broke is definately the key, we've bought cows and it takes them awhile to adjust. And yes, some cows are just 'dog fighters' and that's all there is too it.

I think the area a person is in and how much people help you have makes a difference too. Sure if you are in a couple hundred acre pasture and have 4 riders you don't need a dog. Here where we are with the just the two of us it would be horrible without dogs. Not to mention they will go places I'm scared to go

We dog owners are very enlightened

[HAY MAKER]

Here's shotzie in her youger days,gonna be a sad day for me when I loose this old dog.
good luck

[cowhunter]

I got some good video of our dogs workin some cattle with a few longhorns in the bunch. Some sure buggery watchin then long horn cows tryin to hook them dogs off but the long horns finely bunched so the dogs won. I wish I could send the video. Good dog broke cattle are as easy to gather as a grannys old milkers. We don't work dogs in the pens. They either get under the cowtrailer or in it. I don't know if them hairy dogs could stand this humid heat. Were stedly takin our dogs to water while were workin them. If one gets staggerin hot, he'll do it quicker the next time. We sure got to watch for gators in some places. They love eatin dogs.

[HAY MAKER]

[Faster horses]

We had a great dog. She never barked at a cow in her whole life.
She barked at people, but never, ever at a cow. She was double tough
and she taught the cows to really respect a dog. Nothing was too
tough for her to handle. She never bothered a thing unless called on
to do so. We've always had dogs and don't know how people get along
without them. None were as good as this dog tho. She came from the Ruby Valley and are known in W. Montana as Birrers Dogs, as Birrers
are the ones who raise them. They are golden in color, white ring around
their neck, flop eared. When their hackles raise they look like a descent
of a Rodesian Ridgback. Birrers have raised them for over 40 years now,
but they can't tell you what they are. I have one picture of
her that I sent Jersey Lilly to enter in the photo contest, but I don't
know how to post it here. I'll have someone do it for me and welcome
any ideas as to what she might be~

Thanks.

[cowhunter]

I can't amagine lettin a dog ride in my truck and scratchin up my king ranch leather.I have hauled one in the back seat rapped in a new carhart jacket that was cut down by a bad hog before. And they sure don't come in the house. I can't imagine 15 head of dogs stinkin up a house. I got a kennel off the ground for pups and jyps raisin pups. But my grown dogs are on 12 ft chains fastened to a short post with a eye lag bolt screwed into the top at ground level. I've got 6 in half post with a big 70 gallon plastic barrel screw to the side of the top of the post for there beds. There about 2 ft off the ground. They have a small openin and hold in the heat and are cool in the summer We keep fresh horse hay in them. A dog naturaly loves the ground. This gives a dog a 24 ft radious. Way more room than a average kennal. They stay in shape on a chain to but we hoghunt our dogs as well as work cattle. And they get plenty of action. I haul one regular to. We keep our dogs a little lean but plenty healthy. A fat dog will get hot and die here tryin to work. We give ivimect once a month for heart worms and zemetrin gold horse wormer every other 3 mos with panacure in rotation. We use a flea control that has the same ingrenent as safeguard but a lot cheeper. We raise about 3 to 5 litters a year but don't sell pups. We give away the extras and keep the rest. We sell a few yearlin started dogs. But not many. What don't work we cull. We sure love our dogs but we won't feed a sorry one. There tools of the trade, just like our horses.

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

Posting for Faster horses.....

[Faster horses]

Thanks Jersey Lilly.
OK, folks, do you have any idea what kind of dog this is?
I mean do you have any idea of what breed(s) she might be?

She gets the honor of being the best dog we ever had, and
we've had some good ones.

[sic 'em reds]

FH, those are sometimes called Ruby Reds, correct? They were bred in the Big Hole area?

My friend I am getting my fuzzy dog has some of those dogs also.

[cowhunter]

When I try and send a video off my old i530 nextel phone to my black berry, it says size exceded. I've even tryed videoin the video, but u can't make them out very good. I"ll get some new pics soon. Its just kind of hard filmin off a movein horse and dogs and cattle movein. I got a nother litter due any day. Glad its warmed up a bit.