stckdg said:I will be coming back to the USA this spring and was just feeling out the market to bring back some cattle working dogs. Curly was of the opinion of free is better but....
Just wondering if there is interest in good honest tough Kelpies still in the States.....
PPRM said:My suspicion is Dogs are similar to Horses, help, friends and family..... Good ones that help are always a welcome sight,
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PPRM said:My suspicion is Dogs are similar to Horses, help, friends and family..... Good ones that help are always a welcome sight,
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Soapweed said:PPRM said:My suspicion is Dogs are similar to Horses, help, friends and family..... Good ones that help are always a welcome sight,
PPRM
And have you found that the opposite is also true? :roll: :wink:![]()
George said:I have had several good dogs - - - But I had one great one and untill you have had that experience you don't know what a good thing a good dog can be.
Soapweed said:I've had several dogs that were pretty ordinary and run of the mill. They always had the cattle distraught and me mad.:wink:
It is so much more fun having calm cattle, good horses, and no dogs--for me, at least.
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WyomingRancher said:Soapweed said:I've had several dogs that were pretty ordinary and run of the mill. They always had the cattle distraught and me mad.:wink:
It is so much more fun having calm cattle, good horses, and no dogs--for me, at least.
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I hear you there! Nothing is worse than having cows upset with a dog :? . When I first started using dogs, I had to train the cows at the same time, and it wasn't pretty... plenty of dog-haters in the bunch. Over time, they got better with my dog, and each fall I'd train the replacements with dogs so they learned how to respect them. After a few years, you've got a pretty dog-broke herd, and it's a lot of fun to work your cattle, horse, and dogs together.
I've got good control over my dogs in case I have to shut them down before a wreck occurs.:wink:. For instance, the other permittee's cattle HATE my dogs and so my dogs have learned to stay back (and in some cases that means 1/10+ mile back, and trail behind us) and let her dogs work the cows. Kinda defeats the purpose of a dog :lol:, but it beats a bunch of bawling cows. We could take time and train on her cows, but it isn't worth it to me since our cattle stay separated in the pasture most of the time.
So Soapweed, I'm sure after reading this you'll be running out to get you a new cowdog :lol: ... What's that you say???...YES, I could hear your response clear over here in Wyoming, and I'll take that as a NO! :lol:
Big Muddy rancher said:You keep hangin' around with this bunch and you'll get a hankerin' for a cowdog, Soap. :wink:
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Soapweed said:Big Muddy rancher said:You keep hangin' around with this bunch and you'll get a hankerin' for a cowdog, Soap. :wink:
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Actually, one winter day a couple years ago, I took the pup General with me feeding. Guess I did have a momentary memory malfunction because for a brief instant I thought it would be cool to "bond" with him and have a buddy to go along feeding. That turned into a real disaster, and he even barfed on the pickup seat. When I got back to the house, he got out of the pickup. I've never invited him to go along since, and he has expressed no desire to accompany me. We still get along pretty good. We have an understanding. He doesn't jump up on me (or anyone else), and I pet his head at least three times a week. Under these conditions we tolerate each other quite well.![]()
WyomingRancher said:Soapweed said:Big Muddy rancher said:You keep hangin' around with this bunch and you'll get a hankerin' for a cowdog, Soap. :wink:
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Actually, one winter day a couple years ago, I took the pup General with me feeding. Guess I did have a momentary memory malfunction because for a brief instant I thought it would be cool to "bond" with him and have a buddy to go along feeding. That turned into a real disaster, and he even barfed on the pickup seat. When I got back to the house, he got out of the pickup. I've never invited him to go along since, and he has expressed no desire to accompany me. We still get along pretty good. We have an understanding. He doesn't jump up on me (or anyone else), and I pet his head at least three times a week. Under these conditions we tolerate each other quite well.![]()
gcreek, we really have our work cut out for us to get this guy convinced :lol: . If only General could give us his version of the story...it must have been pretty bad if he ended up barfing all over the seat :lol: .
I agree with you though, as good of a stockman as Soapweed is, once he got it figured out, there would be no telling what all he could get done with a dog :wink: .
What's that Soapweed??? Even with a strong west wind, I think I'm hearing the word "NO" from the east again :lol: .