dang boys . well lets see i was in a rush earlier . but when working and penning cows for people or getting ready to sort out for the sale . first the dogs had to go and find the cows while i sat at the trap . i would hear the dogs working in the bottom . now is where the biting comes in and this is not an aggresive biting but an attention getter some of them ol cows with calves wanna fight . once they get the cows respect as cows will do they bunch up . sometimes i would just drive by and survey the cattle and do a count and check for any doctoring needed done. or for worming and sorting i would let the dogs work em in a bunch for a bit and then holler bring em and honk the horn on the truck and head to the trap . once in the trap my catahoula gyp stayed at the gate and ol jack the 1/2 cat 1/2 walker would heal by my side and help me sort pairs to push in the ajoining pen . now these is dog broke cows working wild cattle is another story. i used to free range my partners cows out in the cpr land in waxahachie and let them graze till some city folks called the county and we [ the dogs an me ] would go find em bark at em bite em bunch em and bring em home . the county sherrifs used to enjoy coming out and watching the show usually at night with the lights flashing the cows got used to the red and blue lights flashing but i never will brings back to many bad memories lol i sure miss my dogs i sold em when i moved to east texas . jack is still going strong baying hogs and little julie is no longer with us she got to hot chasing pigs and went to work cows and ran herself to the promised land
this is jack one good smart dog listened to me better than my child understood many hand signals worked cows and hunted pigs and had the smarts to know when to do what .
