You know the one. The feeling you get when you find the guy who’s going to be watching the new cattle that will be everywhere, that belong to that big soulless cattle operation, the guy who’ll be making life and death decisions about your dogs? And you stop to say hi and introduce yourself and your dogs, and show what good dogs they are? So he should be a little understanding if he sees one of them around the cattle he’s supposed to be protecting?
And then both your dogs jump out through your Jeep’s half-open window and gang up on and beat the hell out of his dog? Right in front of him? That feeling?
Yeah. I’ve got that feeling.
Oh shit!
Uh-oh! Have you looked into the price of fencing around your lair or short heavy log chains to keep the boys at home?
What Ben said… and I think you need a plan B… and a very reliable cable snap for LB.
Is it possible the guy would take bribes of some sort? Oh me… It’s really hard to improve on a bad first impression… Good luck.
Seriously. I wouldn’t have thought LB could even make it through that window. He was motivated.
The weird thing is, that’s not the way they normally react to an unfamiliar dog. It was murder at first sight.
Man . . . that’s definitely gonna be a syscheck on the guy’s sense of humor.
Hmm. Well, half way seriously…might want to get a head start on a hole or two. Especially if you can’t keep them in their area. Harsh truth, but a fact of life in lots of areas. Hell, even here in lovely Southern California you can shoot dogs that are going after your livestock. Or at least you used to…been a long time since I had to.
This says more to me about the other fella’s dog. Not to besmirch your good name, but odds are Ghost and LB are better judges of canine character than you are.
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They’re dogs. Pack animals that are very interested in where they stand in the pack. When they meet another potential pack member, they naturally try to see where the new guy is going to stand.
Once it is determined who is going to be boss, it should calm down.
But if they were tearing up my cattle dog, I’d put ’em down in a heartbeat. Good cow dogs are valuable, and that fellow don’t know nothing about what your dogs are, he just knows what his dog is.
I probably wouldn’t get overly upset if dogs chased the cattle I don’t own, but I’d likely get mean as cat shit if dogs chased and beat up MY dog. Good luck.
Maybe the cowherd likes fresh baked bread?
It may be a good proactive move to find the boys a new home before the cowherd does a SSS.