About 3 years ago, I had a break in my fenceline and had a visit from about
30 head of cattle. I have 40 acres that is in a 'open range' area. For the
city folk that don't know what open range is, it is a piece of property
that a cattleman can lease grazing right from the owner. The break was in
one corner where my 'beloved' former neighbor tied his fence line to my
poles, resulting in then coming down. I got in my truck with one of the
boxers and the other ran along side of the truck. While I was driving to
the 'South 40" I told the boxer in the truck that what I would like them to
do was herd the cattle back toward me where I had the trail gate open and
then out the gate. We arrived on scene and we got out of the truck. The
boxer that was riding went up to her sister and they stood nose to nose for
about 30 seconds. This gave me time to open the trail gate. Then they
started herding the cattle toward me, and out the gate. I secured the gate,
and called for them to return. Which they did, reluctantly. Since that day,
any time any cattle is within 100 feet of the property line they will herd
them away, usually about 300 feet. They don't want the cattle near their
property. Most of the herd they relocated were steers including a couple of
black Angus. The funny part is that they had never seen a cow or steer
before as I have owned them since they were 6 weeks and 3 months
respectively when I got them.
Love my Girls.
EdC
On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Lisa Wiser <lawiser@att.net> wrote:
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>
>
> That was cute -- sorta. I'm glad everything turned out ok. However, one
> of those steers (I'm presuming steers -- didn't get a good view of all
> of them) moving just right could have seriously hurt the dog. And, in
> almost every state (maybe every state -- I haven't checked all the laws)
> a dog caught harassing livestock can be shot -- on sight -- by the
> farmer. Hopefully, if the owner of the steers had seen the people he
> would have given them the chance to call their dog out of the field.
> However, He wouldn't have to. And, luckily the dog was called back by
> his people before he went too far in chasing the steer.
>
> That said, guess who is turning out to be pretty good at herding?
> BOXERS! There is a "Herding U" here in the state where sheep and ducks
> are kept and dogs are tested for herding ability and taught herding. One
> of our local boxer club members was proud to announce one of her dogs
> came in first at a "fun" herding show -- beating out even the Aussie
> shepherds! Now, her dogs also are obedience and agility trained and
> working performance dogs, so they are used to learning new things and
> following commands. But, if you are looking for a fun thing to try with
> your boxer -- look into herding.
>
> LisaW and Meggie (who is quite content to be a House Couch potato,
> thankyouverymuch!)
>
>
> Mary Rue wrote:
> >
> > Copied from another list. I'd seen it before but don't recall it ever
> > being sent to the group.
> >
> > Saw this posted on Facebook and had to share:
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQNJJtPkc3E&feature=youtube_gdata_player
> >
>
>
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