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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1739529" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>This is the way I handle cattle on horses, just like [USER=24027]@TCRanch[/USER]. The key is to be quite and easy with them. With MY cattle I never drove a truck or 4 wheeler etc in the pasture to just check on them etc. If I am in an enclosure with cattle, it is on horseback. When I have cattle on a homeplace or a place I am keeping horses, I saddle up every day I can, and just ride out to them and ease among them, often just sitti8ng my horse among them for a while. This is part of the horse's training, but the cattle benefit from it too. Watch a cutting competition, when the rider is easing through the herd to filter out the one he wants to cut. That is how you handle cows with horses. Now, if need be, I have 2 that can run down any wild-ass cow there is in just a short time. They can head and heel a 2500lb bull and hold him like he is stuck in concrete. And either one can drag a bull that size onto a trailer like he weighed 100 lbs.</p><p></p><p>I DO NOT want a damned dog anywhere near me, my horses, or the cattle! If someone calls me about catching cattle for them, the first thing I ask is if they have been trying to get them with 4wheelers/ATVs and/or dogs. If they have, I tell them I won't be able to get around to them, and refer them to someone else who uses tranq guns, etc. </p><p></p><p>Granted, if I hadn't have had horses all my life, I would never have fooled with any cattle. I never used horses to work cattle, or had cattle as the main source of revenue. I had cattle to train horses which has always been my source of revenue. I realize a lot of people do not have the time, or know-how, to use horses on their cattle. But, if you have the right kind of horses, and know how to use them, then there is nothing more satisfying than working cattle on a fine horse. Even Brahmas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1739529, member: 40587"] This is the way I handle cattle on horses, just like [USER=24027]@TCRanch[/USER]. The key is to be quite and easy with them. With MY cattle I never drove a truck or 4 wheeler etc in the pasture to just check on them etc. If I am in an enclosure with cattle, it is on horseback. When I have cattle on a homeplace or a place I am keeping horses, I saddle up every day I can, and just ride out to them and ease among them, often just sitti8ng my horse among them for a while. This is part of the horse's training, but the cattle benefit from it too. Watch a cutting competition, when the rider is easing through the herd to filter out the one he wants to cut. That is how you handle cows with horses. Now, if need be, I have 2 that can run down any wild-ass cow there is in just a short time. They can head and heel a 2500lb bull and hold him like he is stuck in concrete. And either one can drag a bull that size onto a trailer like he weighed 100 lbs. I DO NOT want a damned dog anywhere near me, my horses, or the cattle! If someone calls me about catching cattle for them, the first thing I ask is if they have been trying to get them with 4wheelers/ATVs and/or dogs. If they have, I tell them I won't be able to get around to them, and refer them to someone else who uses tranq guns, etc. Granted, if I hadn't have had horses all my life, I would never have fooled with any cattle. I never used horses to work cattle, or had cattle as the main source of revenue. I had cattle to train horses which has always been my source of revenue. I realize a lot of people do not have the time, or know-how, to use horses on their cattle. But, if you have the right kind of horses, and know how to use them, then there is nothing more satisfying than working cattle on a fine horse. Even Brahmas. [/QUOTE]
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