Demonstrating Cowdog Commands

Here David uses dog broke yearlings to demonstrate commands that Spur knows.

Starting a Cowdog on Stock

At five months old, Reata already knows some commands.

Now watch as we start training her on goats.

Before You Start a Puppy

on Stock

What we like a pup to know before we start teaching them commands on stock.

Introducing Reata

to Stock

Example of letting a cowdog learn about stock in a positive, fun environment.

Reata is five months old here.

Training Reata on Cattle

At 13 months, Reata has been on cattle about 5 times.

We are training her that it’s exciting to find cattle and group them. Also, to stay on her side of the cattle, opposite from handler.

Registering a Hangin Tree Cowdog

The Hangin Tree Cowdog breed is different from all others I know of because they require that you provide video footage or photos proving that your dog bites both the heads and heels of cattle before you can register them.

The purpose is to sort off any dogs that don’t have the courage it takes to be a cowdog, keeping the breed strong.

This video is the one we sent to the Hangin Tree Cowdog Association Board to prove Reata could be registered.

We also filled out our registration request in our on-line association account, and got them Reata’s appendix papers.

They reviewed her video and information, then updated her status on our on-line account to “Permanent Registered” and got us her new papers showing her status.

You can learn more about the different levels of Hangin Tree Cowdogs in this article:

What is a Hangin Tree Cowdog?