Rougher Over Time?

[WestOK]

I am new to this type of dog. I have a couple dogs I am training up for cattle. They are about 7 mo old now but started them on lambs a while back. They were baying great, but starting this week they are catching more.  Is it because they are in small prey.  I am working in some 3 weight cattle thinking that may settle them down. Any ideas? I have been a border collie guy till this set.

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[OWL Black Mouth Curs]

use them on yearlings or dry cows... if you keep them on that weaker stuff they will likely just get rougher.
last thing you want is to create calf catchers or maulers. they need to be worked on stock they have respect for to get them solid. some gentle 800-1000 pound dog broke heifers would probably be ideal for them, just let them bay a few hours everyday.

[WestOK]

The calf catcher is what I am worried about. I have day worked around a few of those. Babies with shredded ears is unnecessary.  The best part is wheat pasture got short and I just shipped off my last truck of yearlings. But I think we are on the same page. I need to start looking for those high priced bovine.

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[warrent423]

Invest in a decent shock collar. A great tool to help put a handle on a cur dog. A good rough cur dog isn't complete without "controlled catch"

[jdt]

like warren said a shock collar shortens lots of arguments . haha other than that just don't use too many dogs for the number and kind of cattle your workin .