100% agree. I've had luck training a few Blue Heelers to be very helpful driving cattle around inside the back of my family Stockyard we previously owned and to help in similar pushing situations in catch lots and in barns at the house but not more than one at a time usually and never herding dogs like collies. I had enough trouble just training my dogs not to chase cattle in the pasture at home that I know I don't have the patience to train dogs up to this standard.
I've been in the cattle business my whole life with my family having our own cattle, preconditioning cattle for larger outfits, and at the Stockyard my family owned most of my life and therefore had to catch our own cattle and a lot of times catch customers cattle usually in badly designed and poorly maintained catch lots. Also we got the call everytime the local Police had one out on the HWY or even once along the interstate and with government ghetto housing apartments on the other side. Also a lot of farmers called us if they had one out or too wild to catch. Anyway when we couldn’t, didn’t want to, or were too busy to do it we had one main guy we would call named George Gillipsi and he was the most cowboy of cowboys you ever saw but also a rare type cattleman or cowboy in Northern Alabama because he is a black man. That really didn’t matter of course but I mentioned it only because of the fact it is so rare to see a black man involved in the cattle business outside of a few hobby farmers I’ve met who wouldn’t be considered a Cowboy like George. George had a flat bed f-350 with a huge custom built dog box full of dogs on it and they worked just like this except he swapped dogs in and out like it was a football game and brought in dogs that would push harder to get them in the catch lot. He also had dogs that could bay single wild cattle up or truly catch and drop one if needed. I only witnessed that being necessary once with what I can only call the wildest bitch cow I ever laid eyes on that caused me two days work when we got her in the Stockyard trying to jump outta every pen, then tag in chute, the scale chute, and after she sold. She almost killed me a few times going thru these steps of destruction and I was happy when she got on an 18 wheeler headed for slaughter. That said I never saw that his dogs had the ability to load cattle directly on a trailer like this guy has his dogs do on other videos of his. Now I never saw him try and his best dogs have to be as capable as any but IDK. I forgot he is super quiet like this guy it’s a lot of whistles, a few half understandable words, and the dogs names. Even getting one or five in or out of the dog box is the dogs name and get in the box or get out of the box. It’s all quite remarkable to watch in person as I know this guy would be.
For those of you who don't know, working multiple dogs is very difficult. This guy makes it look easy........
100% agree. I've had luck training a few Blue Heelers to be very helpful driving cattle around inside the back of my family Stockyard we previously owned and to help in similar pushing situations in catch lots and in barns at the house but not more than one at a time usually and never herding dogs like collies. I had enough trouble just training my dogs not to chase cattle in the pasture at home that I know I don't have the patience to train dogs up to this standard.
It's been a while, thanks for a new video!
Beautiful outrun.
Good video
A thing of beauty!
Thanks for sharing! That was really cool to see.
Your commentary is priceless!
Wow Simply wow …
Amazing watching them work so well trained. ❤❤❤❤ I have a border collie she is so smart does all the super dog tricks lol
I've been in the cattle business my whole life with my family having our own cattle, preconditioning cattle for larger outfits, and at the Stockyard my family owned most of my life and therefore had to catch our own cattle and a lot of times catch customers cattle usually in badly designed and poorly maintained catch lots. Also we got the call everytime the local Police had one out on the HWY or even once along the interstate and with government ghetto housing apartments on the other side. Also a lot of farmers called us if they had one out or too wild to catch. Anyway when we couldn’t, didn’t want to, or were too busy to do it we had one main guy we would call named George Gillipsi and he was the most cowboy of cowboys you ever saw but also a rare type cattleman or cowboy in Northern Alabama because he is a black man. That really didn’t matter of course but I mentioned it only because of the fact it is so rare to see a black man involved in the cattle business outside of a few hobby farmers I’ve met who wouldn’t be considered a Cowboy like George. George had a flat bed f-350 with a huge custom built dog box full of dogs on it and they worked just like this except he swapped dogs in and out like it was a football game and brought in dogs that would push harder to get them in the catch lot. He also had dogs that could bay single wild cattle up or truly catch and drop one if needed. I only witnessed that being necessary once with what I can only call the wildest bitch cow I ever laid eyes on that caused me two days work when we got her in the Stockyard trying to jump outta every pen, then tag in chute, the scale chute, and after she sold. She almost killed me a few times going thru these steps of destruction and I was happy when she got on an 18 wheeler headed for slaughter. That said I never saw that his dogs had the ability to load cattle directly on a trailer like this guy has his dogs do on other videos of his. Now I never saw him try and his best dogs have to be as capable as any but IDK. I forgot he is super quiet like this guy it’s a lot of whistles, a few half understandable words, and the dogs names. Even getting one or five in or out of the dog box is the dogs name and get in the box or get out of the box. It’s all quite remarkable to watch in person as I know this guy would be.
Nice tu see you back.
Nice video😊