Cow Breaking

good post jpigg BUT it ain't that much work if you have access to cattle .i used to just let my pups run the farm and bay all and every thing they wanted . except chickens , now when the cows STARTED PAYING ATTENTION to the dogs and moving away from them it was time to put up the more aggresive ones and introduce them to pigs . a couple weeks of pig time and back to the pasture for some cow breaking . usually 3 or 4 days of no cow yes pig was all it took . one point is to test the dogs you've broke by letting them loose with a cow dog and see if the pup can be pulled into baying with a trashy dog , it happens more than not in young dogs