Our family is big once you start counting up all the dogs and horses. But dogs and horses are our lives…me, my wife, my son, my daughter and even my little granddaughter! We love working our horses and dogs on cattle – it’s the glue that bonds our family together because we all do it. Continue reading
Archive for November, 2009
4 Little Calves
Posted on: November 30th, 2009 by Webmaster No Comments
Trying to pen 4 little calves and learning a good lesson – sometimes we can get over-confident with our dogs and herding cattle. We need to consider our dog-power and how to set up the conditions for success in gathering cattle. Continue reading
One Wild Calf
Posted on: November 23rd, 2009 by Webmaster 1 Comment
One day when I got home from work and checked my email there was a message from a guy down around Albany. He wanted to know if I had a dog for hire. When I called him to ask what was going on, he said he had bought a calf and it ran away when he was trying to load it in his trailer. He told me that she had run through 6 fences so far and the next one would be into a subdivision. At the moment she was in a field with about 8 lamas. I told him I would come catch her but it’d take me a bit as he was about 100 miles south of me.… Continue reading | 1 Comment
An Amazing Hanging Tree Cow Dog
Posted on: November 20th, 2009 by Webmaster No Comments
I sold a pup to a man about 2 years ago who had never worked cattle with dogs before. After the pup was about 14 months old, he called me wanting help training the pup. When he showed up with the pup she was something to see! She was a really nice looking, slick-haired pup that wanted to eat cattle alive. Just the kind of pup I like to work with. Continue reading
Welcome to the New Pierce’s Cow Dog Site!
Posted on: November 10th, 2009 by Webmaster 2 Comments
Pierce’s Cow Dogs was formerly called Pierce’s Stock Dogs but since Marvin and his dogs are all about cattle, the name has been changed! Not that these wonderful Hanging Tree Cow Dogs couldn’t round up some other kinds of stock animals…it’s just that they were bred specifically for cattle. And cattle are hard on dogs – that’s why these dogs were also bred to be tough, fast and brave! Continue reading | 2 Comments
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