Oscar

Oscar has continued to mature and grow up. He is biting heads, heels and front feet. He shows no fear and is very relaxed about his work. He has good concentration, he always wants to go to the lead of cattle. He is proving to be a good listener and wants to please. He is working weaned calves, yearlings, and cow-calf pairs at 23 months of age in groups up to a hundred head. He wants to work close and push, so I am working him on sheep now widening his outrun and helping him learn to use his eye, which he does have. I have recently started trialing Oscar. He has done well so far in a few trials in Iowa and Wyoming. He placed second in the Seven Bar Ranch trial in Saratoga, Wyoming on a big course and challenging cattle. That placing will qualify him for the USBCHA Cattledog Nursery finals.

Oscar update 12/1/2010: This young dog just keeps getting better, he has really responded well to his fall training on opening up his outrun. He has graduated to outruns of over 400 yards and driving over 400 yards as well. He becomes a better listener every time I take him out. Probably the biggest mark of progress I have noted is that when he feels things getting too fast he will bend out sometimes all on his own to keep things under control. Oscar is entered in the Open Cattle at January's National Western Stock Show in Denver, CO. Thanks to Glenwood Vet Clinic he is also completely sound now. After struggling for months with a sore pad, they diagnosed him with a digital corn and removed it several weeks ago. There is a chance it will recur but he is sound and moving well now. He is handling all of the work and training duties here with ease.