Trey Sattler - Short Story - Pocahontas County

My Dog Rip

My Dog Rip Rip is my Border Collie working dog. He works on my farm with my cattle, sheep, and a horse. I have had him for a little over a year and had him since he was a puppy. I named him Rip because I got in him Ripley, WV. I train him how to sit, lay, com by, hod and I will be finding our more commands the more I train. Where Rip is ;young he will get way beter, Rip likes to ride in my tractor, on my four-wheeler and in my truck. He loves to ride and work. Rip has a pen in my garage with a bed, a bowl for food, and another bowl for water. I buy him regular adult dog food from local feed stores and get him dog training treats which are smaller than regular, so I do not give him too many. Rip is potty trained, so he does not use the bathroom in this pen. Rip is extremely fast because he is a border collie and runs a lot around y farm, so hi is very fit. When I was working cattle on day, he helped me and my dad push them down into the corral and he also rode in the truck when we did not need him. Rip held them in the middle, I held them on the side and my dad held them on the other sde. With sheep Rip does better because they are smaller than cattle and not as agressive and Rip can keep them in a bunch easier. When I feed my livestock Rip rides with me and keeps the cattle back, so they do not mob me. That is my sotry about my dog Rip.

Trey Sattler

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