As this topic often comes up in questions and Facebook posts about stockmanship, I thought it was time to share some more information about the Bud Box. The Bud Box is a philosophy rather than a set of dimensions. People usually don’t have any problems getting animals to “break back”

Kit Pharo of Pharo Cattle Company consulted with my daughter and son-in-law (Tina and Richard) to write a very good one-page article about stockmanship. It’s very difficult to summarize something this big, but they did a great job. Read the full newsletter here.

Richard and I will be starting our next online Proper Stockmanship Course on October 7. You can read more about it here: handnhandlivestocksolutions.com/online We’ve received several very nice testimonials including this one: “We have thoroughly enjoyed the class. I do think the online 5 week time allows one to better

Question:   Hi Eunice- I have a question that came up from a rancher wondering about stockmanship and wolves. I encourage him to re-kindle the herd instinct etc. but a question came up about calving in wolf country. Its fairly normal for a cow to move away from the herd to

Question: Bud mentioned on several occasions the animal’s desire to circle. Does this occur mainly when the animal is confined or feels unable to escape or would it occur in wide open spaces as well ? Answer: An animal will circle anything it feels uneasy about.  In this way, it

Doug Ferguson sent us this story— We repeatedly discuss the benefits of stockmanship. Never in my mind could I ever imagine that I’d be in the situation I was in last week, and my stockmanship skill came in handy. I was driving across Nebraska on I80, going about 80 mph,

[Note from Tina—] As you know, Mom and I kicked “writing the book” into high gear at the beginning of January. We’ve been building time-lines, collecting resources, writing schedules, and recording stories. One of the resources we had was a big envelope of letters Mom had written to our good