Sundowner Stockdog Association Year End Award

We ended up being Reserve Novice Dog of the Year with Spook. It was a great year and we sure enjoyed our first year of trialing Spook. The people at the trials have been very nice and the competition is fierce.
Spook has been sold to our good friend Loyd Dodson from Louisiana. Loyd runs a 400+ head cow/calf operation and will use her daily on the ranch.

We can't wait for next year to start!!

Sale Consignments

This is Grady and Hudson's sale consignment to Buck Cattle Company's "Sharing the Tradition" female sale on December 6th, 2014. She is a February horned hereford female sired by National Champion Lock n Load and out of the famed National Champion Mirror Image. She is truly something special!! Look at her and the other females selling at www.buckcattle.com. It is a sale that you won't want to miss

 GHC Be Sweet 401B ET

 Starlake Lock n Load

Star KKH SSF Mirror Image

Tulsa Trial

We recently competed in the Tulsa State Fair dog trial. Although we didn't draw cattle very good, Clyde did a really nice job of showing just how gritty he is. Hard biting on the front end and a never quit attitude. We are proud to say that after his runs in Tulsa we have sold Clyde. Brent Daniels must have seen something he liked and we were humbled by his interest in one of our dogs. Brent is one of the best when it comes right down to it. He is a great handler and has a habit of putting dogs in the winner circle. We look forward to watching Clyde's success on Brent's truck. Clyde is a littermate to our great female Boo, the mother of Kirby Ellenburg's Hoss!!

2014 Jack King Futurity Champion

Congratulations to Kirby Ellenburg and Hoss on winning the 2014 Jack King Futurity!! Hoss was trained and handled by Paul Gilbert. Hoss is sired by Gilbert's Badge and out of our great female Boo. Hoss was also the 2013 Sundowner Stockdog Association Futurity Champion as a yearling, and should be a leading contender this November at the futurity again.

National Junior Show in Louisville, KY

We just returned home from our big event of the summer for our family. Each year we attend the Junior Nationals as a family. Each year we go and help other families with their cattle and kids, but this year we did all the above plus our oldest son Grady (5 yrs old) took a heifer of his own......We were a little nervous but Grady did great. He showed well for his first time in the ring and his hard work paid off. He was selected as the Reserve Junior National Champion Fullblood Female!!

The ranch that I manage exhibited cattle in Louisville as well. Several females that we raised we there and had success in the ring as well. Devon Morton's fall heifer won the She's A Lady Shoot Out Futurity and was the youngest female in the show! This one was special not only because it's a tough one to win but she was bred here on the ranch

Hunter Morton exhibited the 5th Overall Maine-Anjou Female this year. We were super excited for Hunter. His heifer had done some winning this past winter but for Hunter he was ready for a "big win" as he said, and I am thrilled to be a part of his success. 

Our good friends, The Moore's, had a Junior National that they will never forget!! Champion High % and Low % Maine Females both in the same year. There isn't a family that works at it any harder than they do and we are super proud of their achievements.