We still do cattle drives up here in old backwards Wisconsin
We just keep 'em shorter than those long hauls they do out west. It's a days ride on a horse and a days run for the dogs, nothing out of the ordinary for working herding dogs.
Up till this year, Janni used to help move a friends beefalo herd a few times a year, two of her puppies are active working herders at a dairy farm in southwest WI. I've never done HIC's or HIT's, the cattle we worked were dog broke, we worked with an Aussie, two BC's and a couple of other rottweilers. Perry's not going anywhere near cattle, dog broke or not, he'd think they were just moving steaks - his mother was mouthy enough with the stock. Tessi's not built right to go out with cattle, she's too stocky and not as agile as Janni, and Ascan - we'll see, I'm not sure what he'll think of them
Liz
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[This message has been edited by Liz (edited December 23, 1998).]