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I’ve been getting a lot of questions about what Bud meant when he said to “push you dog” and how to go about teaching them to be handled this way. One of the problems is that the word “push” means many different things to livestock people. A dog with a
Question: I have a question for you. I have been reading some of the past correspondence with you and Bud. One of the things Bud said about the dogs was they needed to work the stock and not the motion. What exactly does that mean? It would seem, at least
Question: My current border collie has bite and uses it too aggressively at times. She bites and hangs on to my sheep and goats instead of just nipping them when needed. She will run alongside an animal to turn it and grab its front leg. Sometimes dragging it down. She
Since Bud’s illness and death in 2012, I have had a compulsion to be sure all of the information possible about him and his method of working animals is made available to the folks who are interested. Bud helped me get his livestock marketing and stockmanship information ready for publication.
What a pleasure it was to talk to Erik Tucker (Colorado) on the phone yesterday. He was full of good news and enthusiasm, a big difference from the doom and gloom I’ve been hearing from all sides lately. I asked if he would put some of his good thoughts in
This is part of a letter I just received from Curt and Patty Epler. They ranch near Cheyenne, Wyoming. (Reprinted with their permission) Hello, I just finished our book (“Smile and Mean it”) yesterday. Picked it up and could not put it down. I laughed, cried, thought, learned and totally
We finished editing, ordered a final test book, approved it, ordered 120 books, and they have arrived!! Tina and Richard came over, and we mailed out the pre-orders and books to my grandkids. Now I’m sending out orders as soon as I receive them. Since many of us are “sheltering
For the past year, Tina, Richard, and I have been working pretty much full-time writing, editing, and formatting the Book! It’s about time for everyone to get to see the results! Two draft copies arrived last Wednesday afternoon, and the folks who had just finished Richard and Tina’s school here
Thank you very much. A little background. I have been working cattle with dogs for 40 years. I have been to many clinics and trials. I have learned a lot at them many of the things have been helpful but it is just not what I do with dogs in real
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,
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