What do you get for a good pup?
> What a small world. To make a
> request about cattle for reference
> with dogs and to find out you have
> the same breed of dog. How
> extraordinary.
> We use our dogs for sport trialing
> in the USA as well as practical
> use for ranching. I have to admit
> the ranching use wasn't what you'd
> call docile though. But after dog
> breaking the cattle it wouldn't be
> near the problem. We just had some
> spoiled cattle when we first got
> the dogs back in 1981. The cattle
> around here can be anything from
> Angus to Charlais to Brahma to
> anything in between. Very few
> dairy cattle worked, if any. I've
> found the bouvier very nice
> working the pens with sheep too.
> Their quiet nature is exactly why
> we have them and keep them. Their
> defensive nature and willingness
> to protect is another reason. But
> next to our Kelpie and BC the
> Bouvier is the one asleep by
> comparison of energy level. They
> are there when we need them
> though.
> Do you by chance know where we
> could get historical documentation
> of the type of farming done in
> Belgium from 1900 through the
> World Wars? Did farmers have just
> cattle or did they combine stock
> like sheep, chickens and cattle?
> Acreage worked by the dogs?
> From a first hand point-of-view we
> use the dogs on ducks, sheep (hair
> and woolies) and cattle. They seem
> to handle themselves fairly well.
> Just trying to establish if this
> is a precident or if they have
> always been used this way. Eye
> witness accounts verify the use of
> the dogs for protection but few
> tell about their use on farms.
> Pat T.
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