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West Livestock Breeding, Raising, and Training top quality Border Collies. Also offering top quality horses!

A good ranch dog doesn't just save you time, he saves you help.When I can send a dog to gather a pasture or hold a gate,...
10/21/2026

A good ranch dog doesn't just save you time, he saves you help.

When I can send a dog to gather a pasture or hold a gate, that's one less person I need horseback. That's what I'm building in every dog that comes through here. Broke enough to trust, with enough fire to get it done. 👊🏻

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10/20/2026

This industry will humble you so fast.

Just because you have luck with one dog doesn’t mean the next one is gonna come easy. Every dog is different and every one of them will teach you something if you let it.

I’m still learning every day. 👊🏻

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10/16/2026

Lot of new faces on here lately, so welcome.

I raise and train Border Collies to work cattle. Most of them are ranch dogs, but I bring a few along for the trials too. Nacho won the SWCDA Futurity, and I’ve got some young ones coming up behind him that I’m excited about.

If you ever need a good dog or want one started, give me a call. (210) 262-2527 🔥

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People see the work, but they don’t always see what’s behind it.A dog can’t read my mind out there. When I send him arou...
10/14/2026

People see the work, but they don’t always see what’s behind it.

A dog can’t read my mind out there. When I send him around a set of cattle, he’s trusting that I put him in a good spot, and I’m trusting that he’ll listen when things get tight. That kind of trust doesn’t come from one good day. It comes from every day spent together, in the pen and out of it.

These dogs aren’t just tools to me. They’re my partners, and I don’t take that lightly. 👊🏻

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10/12/2026

Everybody wants to see the cool stuff.

But with a young dog, most days are spent on one word. Today we worked on “stand” and that was the whole lesson.

The flashy stuff comes later. This is what makes it possible. 🔥

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Hank is one of the younger dogs in the program at just a year old. 👊🏻He's high drive and has lots of talent, but he's a ...
10/07/2026

Hank is one of the younger dogs in the program at just a year old. 👊🏻

He's high drive and has lots of talent, but he's a dog you can't mash on. You have to wait him out and let it come at his pace. Every dog is different and there's no one size fits all way to bring them along. I train each one based on what that dog needs, not a set timeline. Hank is a good reminder of that, and he's going to make a nice dog for his owners.

Owned by Caleb Nolan.

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10/05/2026

Training dogs will humble you if you let it.

There's the rejection. Not every dog is going to make it, not every run goes your way, and sometimes you put months into one only to find out he's just not cut out for the job. You have to be okay with that and keep going.

There's the repetition. Come by, away to me, walk up, down. Same basics, day after day, long after it stops being exciting. That's what gets a young dog broke, and it's what most people skip.

And there's the feedback. A dog will tell you every single day exactly what you did right and what you did wrong. He doesn't care about your ego. If you're willing to listen, he'll make you a better trainer.

Do all three long enough, and that's where the good ones come from. 🔥

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10/02/2026

Power is nothing without control.

I want a dog with plenty of push, but I need one that's broke enough to come back to me the second I ask.

Switch had all of it balanced today.🔥

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Mizzy doesn't back down. When a cow wants to test her, she gets low, holds her ground, and wins that battle every time. ...
09/30/2026

Mizzy doesn't back down. When a cow wants to test her, she gets low, holds her ground, and wins that battle every time. That kind of grit is hard to teach.🔥

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09/28/2026

We call him Switch.🔥

Owned by Mark Weatherston.

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Charlotte, TX
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+12102622527

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