Wayne's Custom
Leather & Leaning
Tree Cattle Dogs and
Quarter Horses
Leaning Tree Dottie
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Our Dogs
| Biddable, what good is a working dog that is not biddable? We strive to produce a working stock dog that not only has natural talent and ability but they must be sensitive and trainable. Like any breed of herding dog they are not for everyone, they do not need an iron fist to control them, with quiet consistent training these dogs are capable of achievements believed long lost among the old time cattle dog lovers. These dogs prefer to turn stock by going to the shoulder as opposed to heeling them into a circle or off fences, they yearn for quiet control, possessing eye and the ability to read stock. ...scroll down to read more... | |
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Indy 2002 Red Male Australian Cattle Dog Indy is out of a working red female, Belle and by a working Blue Male, Peter. Belle earns her living partnering with Eugene Baldwin of Hillsboro, WI keeping his rodeo bulls in line, Belle is out of a red female owned by PBR bull rider BJ Schumacker, WI. Peter, now deceased, was owned by Marty Jones, WI. Indy spent the first years of his life as our PR dog, traveling all over the nation, he loves to work and hunt, having many coon, possum' and ground hog trophies to his credit. He's the first dog I have met that thought that fireworks are fun. When working tough stock he has no problem putting a bite in when necessary and is smart enough to learn from his mistakes, he's a thinker, if doing it one way did not work he's going to try something different the next. Don't be fooled by his enthusiasm, ask him to handle baby pigs, lambs or goat kids and he just pushes them along with his snout. |
Dottie "Patch x Indy" 2007 Red Female Leaning Tree Australian Cattle Dog Dottie is the product of an outside breeding to a local working female ACD. And wow, if we only have more of her to offer to the public. Dottie has the eye, cover, athleticness and self control to be a phenomenal worker.
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Leaning Tree Cyd
2005 Blue Male Leaning Tree Cattle Dog Cyd never takes "No" as an answer, he is serious worker and has no qualms about biting anything anywhere, heel, hip, ribs, shoulder or even noses, if it gets in his face he liable to latch on. When teamed with his brothers for dog breaking duties he is the power, making a defiant bull wish he had not strayed. |
Leaning Tree Clyde
2005 Blue Male Leaning Tree Cattle Dog Clyde is easy going with a lot of eye, ranking him against his brother Cyd and Tank he is right in the middle, not to tough but not to soft. He wants to please but has enough drive to give you a challange. Clyde has one fault, he was cursed with an overbite, although it has not prevented him from doing his job. Clyde would love to be a partner, on his last shopping trip to town he made himself useful by opening up all the packages, didn't damage anything, just wanted to see what I bought. |
| All our cattle dogs are reminiscent of the "Little Power Packs" of the old days, Tank our largest male weights in around 45 pounds and stands about 20" tall, Wynona our smallest is a mere 25 pounds standing only 13" tall. All our dogs would love to be lap dogs, small in stature, but large in attitude. | |
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Leaning Tree Sandra Dee 2006 Red Female Leaning Tree Cattle Dog Sandra Dee is one of our Royal Red x Reggie pups, she was started on sheep before we knew better, talk about fetch fiend, if it moves she will bring it to you. I have started her retraining recently, she is exhibiting a lot of natural eye and control. She has also spent some time exercising the rodeo bulls, this pup has the strength and ability of for Grand Dad, Indy along with the sense to try something new if the previous attempt did not work.
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Leaning Tree Rhonda 2006 Red Female Leaning Tree Cattle Dog Rhonda is Sandra's littermate. As a young pup she had the "Rub My Belly" act down begging everyone to take her home. For some reason no one picked little Rhonda, she is the most pleasant pup to be around and is showing talent on sheep. Rhonda is cool and quiet, but not afraid that tag a nose when challenged. Updated June 21, 2008 we started Rhonda on cattle, follow this link to her first day of work |
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| Our breeding program is not about raising puppies to sell, it is about raising stock dog pups that will mature into dogs that are better then their parents. Purchasing one of our pups is a privilege, we put a lot of time and effort into proving and selecting our breeding pairs only producing pups when we are proving a line or have a demand for a proven mating. There are risks involved with purchasing pups from unproven lines, and crossbreds, these risks are the same ones taken by breeders for centuries producing the dogs we presently recognize by our breed associations. | |
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Riley 2006 Female Border Collie Black/White Medium Coat Riley came to us in August, '07 at just a little over a year of age. She was the first of our dogs that I started from the beginning using Marc Christopher's Training Program, within the first week of training she had her directions, stop and walk-up. She is easy to be around, is strong on stock but not obsessed, keeping a lid on her while working out in the field is occasionally a major feat. |
Jake ABCA 288799 2006 Male Border Collie Black/White Smooth Coated We acquired Jake after Wayne watched his grand-sire (Ollie) at the Yellow Rose Cattle Trial in SD. Ollie (now deceased) was the first BC that Wayne really liked and wished he could own for himself. Upon arriving home he called Pete Carmichael to purchase a pup, we were not lucky enough to get an Ollie pup but quite please with his grandson. Jake is out of Hooker and traces back to Pete's Luke dog multiple time. Jake has a piercing eye and a quiet way of controlling his stock, keeping his stock under control at great distance sometimes with just a lean left or right In Jake's first 8 weeks of trialing he placed as follows: Adel Sheep and Wool Festival 4th Place Novice Sheep Rice County Fair 1st Place Advanced Sheep Adair County Fair 2nd Place Novice Sheep Iowa State Fair 6th Place Ranch Sheep Iowa State Fair 9th Place Ranch Cattle
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| What good is a dog that goes in and makes the same mistake over and over, get's kicked the same way again and again, to us, no good, more then likely they will be dead at a young age. Our dogs are products of dogs that are willing to adapt and change, yes, they may back down, but only to reassess the situation and come at it from a different direction. This style of dog is capable of training stock, not just annoying it, they ask first, then tell, as opposed to the hard headed dogs many are familiar with that just unleash their fury on anything that is four legged, and sometimes two. | |
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Leaning Tree Royal Red 2004 Red Female Leaning Tree Cattle Dog Royal Red (Buffy) is the first female pup we held back from our Lilly/Indy crosses. She was trialed on cattle in Iowa and Kansas as a year old pup, since, she has produce one litter of pups, once again out-producing herself. Buffy is a handy partner when it comes to exercising rodeo futurity bulls, putting just enough pressure on to keep them moving and heeling low and outside just off the ground. |
Leaning Tree Tank
2005 Blue Male Leaning Tree Cattle Dog Tank was the largest pup in his litter, and he still is. Tall, Muscular and Lean, he is kind hearted and well mannered but still will asserts his dominance if needed. Handling sheep and goats he is gentle and kind, team him up with his litter mates Cyd and Clyde dog breaking rodeo bulls and he is all business. Tank is the flank man, extremely serious about his job of steering the single back to the group. When not out working he can be found sleeping on the couch or stealing the pillows on the bed, house dog extraordinaire. |
| Obedience.....to us a working stock dog that is obedient and lacking a little on his natural ability is still valuable in comparison to a dog with tons of ability but lacks obedience. A dog that is biddable is one that can be trained to be obedient, we will cull unbiddable talented dogs from our breeding program before we cull biddable lacking talent dogs. | |
Planned Litters for 2009
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Australian Cattle Dogs Patch x Indy - May 2009 Pups from previous mating are working in sales barns and on cattle ranches, these pups are classic old style ACD's, they have plenty of stock drive and are biddable. The last litter was predominantly red. This is a proven cross, producing consistent working dogs. We are presently taking deposits on this litter. Contact us for details
Dottie is from the first litter |
Border Collies Riley x Jake - April, 2009 This will be a repeat breeding for both Riley and Jake, both parents are easy to be around with a ton of stock drive. Jake is out of Hooker and by Fly both owned and trialed by Pete Carmichael of Timber Lake, SD. Riley is out of good old naturally working farm dogs. Watch for both of these dogs in 2008/2009 in the trial arena.
Riley Jake |
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