Stockdog Bobbie Jean goes to work on Friday, Jan. twenty sixth, 2024, on the third and closing exhibiting of inventory dogs on the Red Bluff Bull and Gelding Sale. Bobbie Jean, whose consignor was Tom Richards, got here into the third and closing spherical with a high rating of 160. (Rick Silva/Daily News)
The closing inventory canine exhibiting of the Red Bluff Bull and Gelding present on Friday afternoon drew a big crowd regardless of an overcast day on the Tehama County Fairgrounds.
But they bought present as going into the ultimate inventory canine exhibiting on Friday afternoon, Consigner Tom Richards and his canine Bobbie Jean held the lead for the highest canine In the competitors.
She held on to that lead closing spherical rating of 79 to complete at 239. didn’t come away with the best sale value.
That honor went to RC5 Luee who offered for $50,000. Luee, whose consignor is Henry VanOrnum, was bought by Elwood Ranches in Montague. Luee, had a final-round rating of 87 to complete second with 230 factors total.
Bobbie Jean offered for $21,000 to Legacy Pro Rodeo of Corvallis, whereas the third-place inventory canine in factors, DSW Rowdy, completed with 226 factors and offered for $16,000 to five Star Charolais Riley, Ore.
Consigner Bill Dale and thought his canine, listed as W BAR 5 CAP had day,
“Oh, I thought I had a nice run. I thought my dog worked really well. He’s young. This is a different environment, you know, for them working at home,” Dale mentioned. “So I thought he did very well.”
The muddy subject that they carried out in didn’t trouble Dale’s canine in any respect. He mentioned his canine was able to go to work.
And it definitely didn’t stop Dale and his canine from exhibiting potential consumers what they had been in search of.
“You just want to show people that are potential buyers for the dog, that the dog can control livestock. And that you as as a handler, or the rancher or whatever can control the dog’s movements, and that the dog is under control,” he mentioned. “And they’ll go where you want them to, and come off when you call them off and so forth.”
Ranchers do use a number of dogs to maneuver cattle, and Dale mentioned that it’s a consideration for some consumers to see how the dogs they may buy slot in with their current dogs.
He additionally mentioned a number of dogs can create competitors between the dogs.
“It becomes a little bit of a challenge. It depends on the dogs and how they’re, how they’re bred or, or whatever, and how they’re used,” he mentioned. “But yeah, sometimes they’ll get in groups, they get a little competitive. Okay, you know, if you’re gonna move them that fast, I’m gonna move one faster kind of a thing.,”
Dale’s canine was offered to Robert Chavez of Kelseyville for $7750. In addition to purchasing Bobby Jean Legacy Pro Rodeos bought two different dogs. Janis J&Okay for $7.000 and Red Roses for $6,750. Kent Champneys was the Consigner for Janis, whereas Jeff Clausen consigned Red Roses.
