Is my Guard Dog going to be OK with the Cattle? 

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@@fatkiefbowls Remember to lick the bowl so you get all the shake

Nice! Very good observation & analysis that you made Krat. I have noticed some subtleties in Toby's behavior around the cats & birds that is SOOO key to the Gr8! all round really good job he does. He is the first animal to earn his grub at Gold Shaw fo sho!

And the cows love the big scratching.

I see you've never met a real Scotsman. Crusty, unkempt, and Randy as the norm!😁😁😁😁

I can see you've never met a real Scotsman! While he loves the scratch; scruffy, unkempt, and randy is the norm! 😁😁😁😁

😂

And watching them use those big scratching posts is hilarious too

The barn cat crew are only killers on the farm hahaha

Toby the Trained Killer 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😚👍

Funny 😆!

Too funny bitter men throwing a tantrum 😒

Hilarious!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 poor haters.

lol

I want Morgan to get comfortable enough to give one of the cows a blow out I'm desperate to see this happen

Noodled. I love it!

Might use tennis balls too since it’s just the sharp point that’s a concern.

I’ve seen some people glue Kong dog toys to the tips of their longhorns’ horns to protect other animals and people. Supposedly it works better than pool noodles or tennis balls, even though pool noodles look better for the camera, lol.

@@Annie_Annie__ I would think Kong's are much better at lasting and less problematic at breakdown in the sun... When animals eat bits of foam it can cause real digestive problems. So, while a Kong is more expensive, in the long run, it could be way less expensive than a vet bill for a digestive issue - those tend to be high bc it offen takes forever to diagnose.

Pablo steals Toby's food quite often .

Maybe pablo need food sponsor too.😹😹😹 I hope 🙏🙏🙏🙏soon👍

Dog food so good the cat steals it!

The thumbnail is already gold!!, lmaoo

the animals love the attention and it shows with how they love being around Morgan.

Yeah I look at him now and ROFL Trained killer lol all that man did was get "Toby" more viewers lol

I don’t think this is a wise idea when these cattle aren’t accustomed to being touched and handled by humans. Good way to ruin the trust he’s built

@@Carriesue1982 if you do it right, they don’t even notice lol

Noodles? Brilliant!!

@@Porcheria002 Well I think I’d pay to see that 🤣🤣

so fun. I want to bring my Golden there

Isn't it Audrey 2, aka Twoie?

@@BenjaminKlahn Audrey 1 was the name of the girl he was in love with in Little Shop…

@@hilaryboyd8594 Correct! and Audrey II was the plant! :D

@@hilaryboyd8594 I thought Audrey didn't have a number she was just Audrey. But boy have I not seen either the play or the movie for a long time.

The girl was just Audrey, but upon the naming of Audrey 2 the 1 became implied. Also Mushnik refers to her as Audrey 1 at least once.

Someone needs to make Toby a vest that says, "WARNING - Trained Killer".

Toby has no water bowl ,?

@@nouvel0001, I'm pretty sure he does. Morgan would not do that to him.

You need to watch more internet comment etiquette

See about this. I’ve seen videos of cows with a new scratcher that are terrific.

Nope Toby is a trained killer😂

@@srinidhit8298 that Buch will lie about anything.

The only thing Toby Dog kills is fleas and his new kibble! NOT a Great Pyrenees which is what I bet Butch thinks Toby is( or claims him to be).

I was hoping Morgan turned it off for that, though with rubber mud boots he might not get a zap.

Seriously, I'm a born and raised Vermonter, I worked on farms as a kid and new people who had horses or other animals that required electric fencing, I've been zapped a number of times, it's always a wake up call and can't imagine taking a zap to the jewels. How ever if you ever want to play a bad trick on someone, grab them by the hand then touch the electric fence, you'll feel nothing, maybe a slight tingle but they will get the full zap!

We used to get city kids to join hands the last person go zapped

@@julielumsden5184 and you're proud of this?

@@julielumsden5184 Yup, last person in line, farthest from the electric fence becomes the grounding point, science!

Drill some tennis balls and glue them on the pointy parts??

Like when goats get pool noodles for their horns

@@b.c.9358 yeah thats a good idea

Kassp3r: I saw ur reference to the Pygmy cow.... My dad tried being a farmer in Iowa w. Black Angus including Pedro a pygmy Angus calf. I never knew why he stayed miniature, do you know?? Thx, 1 of GSF subs, Tee in New Mexico

I think you’re talking about Belted Galloways.

Have you ever seen pictures of this breed when they're calfs?? Adorable !!

The question then becomes how do you eat an animal you named, petted and became “friends “ with.

@@jmacd8817 My mother's family had the habit of giving the same name to the animal that was raised only to be eaten. That way the animal was an individual while alive, but when remembering it later, it was just one of many that had the name over the years. The children also knew not to get too attached to the animal with that name.

Oh I’m happy for you two. Ho to be young and doing that life. Ahaaaaaaaaaaaa

@@glomontero6011 Well I wish I were young again, I am 76 and bride is 71. But we are young at heart!

thanks for sharing!

They know darn well poultry, grain, orchard and many more kinds of farms exist. They were trying to insult that he 1 isn’t a commercial farmer and 2 he didn’t get his farm from his father who got his from his father. He isn’t apart of the culture and isn’t ever going to be. Him and his wife have higher education and world experience. They don’t want him to be successful because they have spent their whole life saying city boys can’t do what we do. Sorry Lyle but city boys could do it most just don’t want to. “City boys” are also much less likely to do it in unethical ways saying “This is how it’s always been done”. The old timers are threatened and no one likes change or have their ethics questioned.

I guess since he has cows now they can consider him a "real" farmer?

I think he has to drain the hose so it doesn't freeze and rupture

Great channel. Pete is a very smart guy.

Nah. That was Audrey II, not Audrey I.

All depends on the temperament of each individual head of cattle - including bulls. This is an immutable, innate, inborn genetic trait. We've bred & raised a variety of beef cattle breeds for 20+ yrs, had docile & friendly bulls, and others that were aggressive and very dangerous. One was a Longhorn, Diablo. A brute with massive cone-shaped horns, very mean - he was promptly shipped off to freezer camp, asap. We also raised a red Hereford bull from a tiny calf, kept him for about 15 yrs, till he went lame in the hips. Weighed in at close to 2,000 lbs. Romeo was downright gentle and affectionate, absolutely the sweetest. Loved to have his head scratched, and was absolutely crazy about apples. Had a habit of jumping the fence (grass is always greener.... etc), but would follow us back in the pasture like a puppy-dog. Wonderful bull, never left a cow open, gentle w/ newborn calves. His offspring inherited his beautiful temperament, too. Imho, best beef to be found is Hereford-Longhorn cross. Perfect combination of lean and tender. All ours is free-range, 100% grass-fed, anti-biotic & growth hormone-free, which results in a vastly superior taste & nutritional composition!

@@caseymarion2494 I definitely agree that genetics have something to do with it. But don't sell yourself short! I also believe that the way people treat their cattle also weighs heavily on how the cattle act. With Scottish highlanders, they are well known to be overly docile in comparison to other cattle. I personally don't believe them to be the best beef cattle to have on my plate. I definitely wasn't addressing that fact. My grandparents were cattle Farmers most of their lives. They also had a brutish bull. Thankfully, they had an equally brutish German Shepherd called roughneck who could pull that bull into line real quickly by grabbing the ring in its nose. That gentled it down real fast, whenever it got a wild hair up its ass. This same brutish German Shepherd taught my aunt how to walk so he was only brutish when necessary. I believe that Lester's longhorn that I spoke of is the way he is because of Lester. He didn't get him till he was about a year old. Lester is treated him with respect love and play time. This longhorn has gone viral a couple times because he has surprised people in that area of study with his playfulness. To the point that folks for my believe it was Texas a&m came out to study this bowl because they were somehow completely unaware that even grown bulls like to have fun. It sounds to me that this fact would not be of any surprise to you because of the way that you guys obviously care about your animals even if they are going to end up on someone's plate. But I do agree that genetics have a lot to do with an animal's temperament, no matter what kind of animal we're talking about. Even human beings are animals and the general consensus is genetics have about 50% to do with who we are as adults. You know the old nature versus nurture argument. I'm one who agrees that nature is about as important as how we nurture our animals be them children or furry critters. And yes I know I just refer to my children as animals, but I'm okay with that, I hope you are too 🤣🤣🤣 but my point was about the nature of Scottish Highlands in general being known to be far more gentle and docile than many other breeds of cattle, just like certain breeds of dogs are known to be far more docile than a German Shepherd who will happily grab a bull by its horns so to speak.... Well every Pitbull I've ever owned will happily show the intruder it's favorite toys. 😉

@@caseymarion2494 also, please excuse any mistypes or missed punctuation. I have a pretty bad case of two different types of arthritis so I use my voice typing thing. It loves to make me look like a moron, on a regular basis. And frankly, I don't have the patience nor the desire to go back and correct the damn thing 😉

@@streghewitch77, you're likely spot-on there, insofar as the nature v nurture goes. Breeds will have innate tendencies, but individuals can vary widely. Those traits are genetically linked, passed on to offspring. Of course, some individuals within the breed will be outliers, such as Lester's playful Longhorn bull, our sweet-natured Romeo, or psychopathic Diablo. We've never worked with any Highland cattle. Years ago they were more of a 'boutique" breed in our area, and now we've got a closed herd & are working to downsize it further. Just as Morgan emphasizes, treating all our animals with utmost care & respect is essential to us, as well. It becomes a way of life, and the animals definitely do pick up on this. Our herd is quite tame, and a few actively seek out attention & interaction. Ours are kept in a 10+ acre set of pastures, w/ access to shade-trees, and a dry barn (complete with fans in the summer). We have a friendly Maremma LGD, too, who also, much like Morgan's Mr. Toby-dog, benevolently watches over our small flock of chickens, & is great at keeping predators at bay. Haven't lost a bird since she arrived as a pup 2 yrs ago. Prior to her, we would regularly lose birds after our eagle-eyed elderly Anatolian mix passed away. And not to worry, we too refer to our critters as kiddos or "fur-babies," as well, LOL.

@@caseymarion2494 your farm sounds absolutely wonderful. I do wish there were more Farmers like you guys and Morgan. I also have a guardian dog. She came into my life a couple years ago. I have a great Pyrenees. I moved into this house about 10 years ago with my doberman service dogs. Within a week of moving in she showed up. As soon as my Dobermans would bark she would run away. After my Dobermans passed I would see her once in awhile but she never hung around or came close. About 2 years ago to two and a half years ago she started showing up here. I'd find areas around my house where she had bed down for the night. I happen to be out one day and reached out to pet her and that's when I realized how emaciated she was under that fluffy coat. It was coming up on winter and I couldn't allow her to be outside it was a particularly terrible winter. So I started bringing her in the house at night when I realized she had some damage to her back end and spine. I of course started feeding her and cut the 2 lb of poop that was matted in her tail out. It was at that point I decided she didn't need to go back to where she was from and I knew where she was from. she was about a mile up the road across the two lane highway. They had another Pyrenean mountain dog that was much younger and a pyrenees/colli mix. I don't think they were terrible people, I just think they were unaware of what to do with an elderly working dog. I don't think they were aware that the younger dogs were not allowing her to eat. I say that because the other dogs were quite healthy looking. They came to get her a few times, but every time she'd make her way back here. I know the Trek back here was difficult for her because you can tell by the way she moves that she's in pain. I guess they got tired of coming to get hurt because one day they stopped. It didn't keep them from bitching to my landlord about it and he made me take her back. I told him, I'm only doing this once because I feel like I'm betraying this dog. I've had several people over the years show up at my door and asked me whose baby cow is in the middle of the road! I finally realized they were talking about her, because she's exceedingly large for a female and does indeed look like a big white calf. Supposedly she's 15 years old. I find that difficult to believe because I work primarily with large breed dogs and ones this big don't typically live that long. She's more or less an indoor dog now. I don't allow her to free roam outside because of the two-lane highway, but we go outside many times a day because I don't work. I walk with her so that she gets to be outdoors when she wants to but I don't let her run loose like they did. I found their other Pyrenees dead by the side of the highway about a year ago. I understand this is their nature that they will take as much land as they can lay eyes on. However, I don't find it excusable. The one thing that this dog has done is convinced me that when I moved to Texas next year to a working farm, I will indeed be getting another Pyrenees and possibly an Anatolan. I've heard that these breeds work together quite nicely and protecting livestock. Let the Pyrenees tend to stay close to the flock when protecting but the anatolin will give Chase for further distances until the predator is dead. Where I'll be living there is a large number of wild boar and I feel that will be a good combination for protecting chickens geese and goats. We talked about cattle, but I'm 53 years old and I feel like that's an unfair age to get into cattle farming. Unfair to the cattle, because like you I believe that animals should be treated with love and respect even if they're ending up on somebody's plate. Thank you for your time, I've really enjoyed speaking with you and I have enjoyed the education that you've given me through your personal story

That’s true. My pit mix has lived in the city all of her life and that made her even more inclined to being used to animals. She was already used to ignoring big scary noises and busy areas

@@Alexa-hs5bd Fiona is doing her job by keeping the mice population down. She's never been happier. And Drake is definitely doing his cattle dog and guardian duty. It's been a relief how they have taken to watching over the goats, chickens, guineas and ducks. I obviously supervise them, they are too new to the job, but I don't fear them attacking the animals.

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People deal with cows with bigger horns than this. Dehorning to me is like declawing a cat, and debarking/tail docking a dog.

@@Fiona2254 @@Fiona2254 Yes I know people deal with bigger horned cattle, Texas Long Horns for an example. And the facilities it takes to handle them is terribly expensive. Cattle Rancher here.

@@Fiona2254 That's awful comparison, cattle doesn't need horns for anything which has to do with basic needs (balance, prey...). Dehorning is done painlessly in anaesthetic with numbing and painkillers. But yeah if I was Morgan I would have picked dexters to start off with and think about highlands later.

Oh and I have horned goats. I'll never dehorn the future kids.