skidboots
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Heard this tale while sitting around a farm tank and pulling in largemouth bass and sippin tea with an 80+ yr, hard workin, south Texas rancher.
It's about a ranch dog. Seems he had what I would guess to be a Brazoli dog, he said large, greyhound shaped, tiger striped, long hair, so that sounds like the breed. This dog would catch quail as they flew low along the grass tops, and swallow them! He also ate a squirrel, alive!. The rancher's brother was sure mad, cause he wanted that squirrel to eat. The rancher said "just wait a minute, that squirrel will be right up". Sure enough the dog upchucked the squirrel! The rancher said to me, "no animal can keep something alive like that, down very long.
Anyway, Mr Tilden fed out two big steers, and kept them penned up. They got real mean, and one day he loaded them in a rickey old stock trailer that should have been junked, tied it up with baleing wire, and drove off. Well, that trailer come apart on the road to the interstate, and the steers ran through a fence and on to Mr. Martinez's ranch, and mingled with the other cattle. Martinez says" Don't worry about it Mr. Tilden, my son's are good cowboys and well mounted, we'll get them steers back or you. Mr. Tilden says, if you catch them steers, I'll pay you $35. Well, hours later, sweatin horses, and still two mean ornery steers running free. Mr Martinez phone some boys (our old rancher friend) who had this dog. the one we're talkin about.
Mr Tilden restates his offer of $35 dollars if the steers are loaded.
Rancher cuts dog loose, says "Bring 'em" 2 steers come by on the run about 8 ft from trailer, dog on heels, rancher says "Throw 'em" Old dog grabs nose and throws steer hard, rancher and friend rope steer and tie to trailer. Second steer runs accross highway with dog hot on tail, dog brings steer back on run, rancher says "throw 'em", dog nails steer in nose and drops him right at trailer, again tied up.
After the boys loaded the steers, Mr Tilden says he ain't gonna pay the $35 dollars! Heck, you guys aint been here but 20 minutes!
Friend says, well then we can just turn these steers right out of this trailer right now. Again, Tilden says but you guys aint worked that hard, Friend says, :Well heck man, just look at all our Equipment!..Meaning that dog. My rancher host, grinned, "he just kept saying, "Just look at our "Equipment".Well, Tilden was beat and says, well I just give you $70 dollars then if you'll haul them to the Auction today!
Real life stories llike that are the best! Hope yoy enjoyed hearing it.
It's about a ranch dog. Seems he had what I would guess to be a Brazoli dog, he said large, greyhound shaped, tiger striped, long hair, so that sounds like the breed. This dog would catch quail as they flew low along the grass tops, and swallow them! He also ate a squirrel, alive!. The rancher's brother was sure mad, cause he wanted that squirrel to eat. The rancher said "just wait a minute, that squirrel will be right up". Sure enough the dog upchucked the squirrel! The rancher said to me, "no animal can keep something alive like that, down very long.
Anyway, Mr Tilden fed out two big steers, and kept them penned up. They got real mean, and one day he loaded them in a rickey old stock trailer that should have been junked, tied it up with baleing wire, and drove off. Well, that trailer come apart on the road to the interstate, and the steers ran through a fence and on to Mr. Martinez's ranch, and mingled with the other cattle. Martinez says" Don't worry about it Mr. Tilden, my son's are good cowboys and well mounted, we'll get them steers back or you. Mr. Tilden says, if you catch them steers, I'll pay you $35. Well, hours later, sweatin horses, and still two mean ornery steers running free. Mr Martinez phone some boys (our old rancher friend) who had this dog. the one we're talkin about.
Mr Tilden restates his offer of $35 dollars if the steers are loaded.
Rancher cuts dog loose, says "Bring 'em" 2 steers come by on the run about 8 ft from trailer, dog on heels, rancher says "Throw 'em" Old dog grabs nose and throws steer hard, rancher and friend rope steer and tie to trailer. Second steer runs accross highway with dog hot on tail, dog brings steer back on run, rancher says "throw 'em", dog nails steer in nose and drops him right at trailer, again tied up.
After the boys loaded the steers, Mr Tilden says he ain't gonna pay the $35 dollars! Heck, you guys aint been here but 20 minutes!
Friend says, well then we can just turn these steers right out of this trailer right now. Again, Tilden says but you guys aint worked that hard, Friend says, :Well heck man, just look at all our Equipment!..Meaning that dog. My rancher host, grinned, "he just kept saying, "Just look at our "Equipment".Well, Tilden was beat and says, well I just give you $70 dollars then if you'll haul them to the Auction today!
Real life stories llike that are the best! Hope yoy enjoyed hearing it.
