Posted on 02/17/2008 4:26:30 PM PST by blam
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Those photo’s could be my dog ,, we all thought she was lab/shephard but she has the facial shape/tail shape and coloration of these dogs ,, we’re in FL and “Mulan” was a throwaway .. we’re in a good neighborhood in a town that is 50% Mexican farmworker... one of them dumped her at about 10-12 weeks when they went home... she is a true pack animal and is a great (mostly silent) hunter... I don’t know too many other 75# dogs that can catch birds....
The name actually comes from the herders who used whips to keep them under control. I’ve never heard the cattle being called that though. I’ve heard them called Yellow Hammers. They were so plentiful in the 18th and 19th century in Florida that some ranchers became millionaires exporting them to Cuba. Florida had millions of them running wild. The ranchers used Marsh Tackys given to them by the Seminoles to herd with. Marsh Tackys have a natural ability from birth to herd cattle without any training. Although smaller, the Marsh Tacky could also outrun a western quarter horse in the quarter mile. Now extinct, the Seminoles also used a specific breed of dog to herd cattle that had superior abilities.
Very interesting. My husband raises rodeo bulls and an old line from Florida is called Plummer, after a Charlie Plummer. They look very much like the Florida Cracker Cow that you have posted.
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