One at a time, four professionally trained
cowdogs followed their trainers into the
W.R. Watt Arena. Each proceeded to work
ten head of cattle. Then the degree of diffi-
culty was upped to 40 head. Following the
demonstrations, all four went on the block.
The results were nothing short of stunning.
The four averaged more than $15,000
each — considerably more than the horses
that preceded them. The top dog was a Roy
Cox-trained border collie named Jake. The
two-year-old fetched a record-setting $27,500.
The buyer was Bobby Patton Jr. of Fort
Worth, co-owner of the Los Angeles
Dodgers and proprietor of New Mexico's
174,000-acre York Ranch.
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Cox originally bred and trained
cowdogs, but socializing pups
proved too time-consuming.
Today, he focuses on training only.
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