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Hello Eunice and Bud, you probably don’t remember me, I was part of a Cattle Handling School back in 2000 at Grant County Feeders in Ulysses, KS. I was the Head Doctor back then, since that time I have been using Bud’s techniques handling cattle in US and in Mexico
Bud and I spent 2-days at the Vermejo Park Ranch in New Mexico in late May. Several people from the Ranch had attended one of the March Stockmanship Schools here in Bowie. Their goal is to be able to get the bison to better utilize the range and be willing
. . . We have a backgrounding lot here in Iowa and things now have been going great. We thought we were pretty decent before at handling cattle. Since going to your class and implementing your ideas it has been fantastic. The cattle respond easily and are a joy to
Eunice: I just wanted to pass on to you and Bud how helpful everything I learned from youall has been. I thought I was pretty good at sorting & herding but it is absolutely amazing how much improvement I’ve seen in both. Cattle have remained extremely calm after sorting and
Yes, you have our permission to reprint any of the articles we have on our website. Sorry, I don’t know of any scientific material that has documented the stress on livestock that are being worked with a dog. Our personal experience has been that at GOOD dog calms livestock down
Had a quick question about a cow dog of mine. He is a little over a year old and likes to chase, but he likes to herd too particularly when we are trailing the cows. When a cow gets out of the herd and you tell him to get her
After logging onto your site the other night I spent a bit of time reading the pages on dogs; it was terrific. Tonight I let Reg work as you suggested, and that little dog that seemed not to be any good worked like a true champ. By the time we
To answer your questions: First, I want to tell you that it is possible to place livestock in an area and have them stay there. They will even go out for water and return to the area on their own. I have done this with cattle, sheep and reindeer. The
Melanie Leigh-Deux, who is working on a project towards “Preserving the Working History of the Original McNab Dogs in California” asked Bud and I to give her our recollections of the McNab dogs we have known. Following is the information we sent to her.
I was born on a farm in Oregon in 1932. My Dad’s insistence that us kids be “Good Neighbors” has led me through a very interesting life. I have worked on ranches or with livestock most of my life. I always had good dogs, so I had lots of practice
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