Soapweed said:
One advantage of not using cowdogs, is that our cows regard any dog or coyote as a predator and hopefully act accordingly. If cows get used to dogs being around, they are less apt to regard a coyote as an enemy. At least that is some soapweedy logic that possibly has merit. :wink:
Actually, I disagree with that. We have 3 dogs around, the very aggressive working cow dog Kit, the pyrenees guardian dog Rosa, and the more or less, useless yard dog Blue (heeler/basset hound). The cows act totally different around the working dog than they do around the other 2. They totally ignore Rosa and Blue, but when Kit is around, they are completely different.