We've been members of the American Highland Cattle Association since the week we brought our first six heifers down from Wyoming in June 2023. Herd registry #062. And we run our own working Pyrenees program out of the East Texas home place — bred for the job, weaned with the chickens, placed only after the dog and the operation have both passed an interview.
When we drove up to that Wyoming breeder in June '23, he sat us at his kitchen table with the registry book open and walked us through every line on the page — sire, dam, conformation score, every calving on record. Took the better part of an afternoon. The hundred-year question on every page: does this animal belong in the book? We came home with six that did.
Today we're an active AHCA member, a contributing herd, and one of the southernmost registered Highland operations in Texas. Every Highland on the place is tagged, registered, and traceable to that first kitchen-table afternoon.
Our breeding pairs throw a litter or two a year — every pup spoken for before it's weaned. Born in the pasture, socialized with the laying hens from week three, started on a tie-out at twelve weeks with the cattle in earshot. No Pyrenees we've placed has come back. We haven't lost a hen to a coyote in years — and the one before that was on me, not the dog.
Inquire About Placement →A few of our working Pyrenees. Each named, each placed, each with a job nobody else can do.
Came home in a duffel bag. Now leads the East Texas herd at 3 years old.
Mother of 14. Raises every litter on pasture, with the cattle in earshot.
Lives in the post-oak with the hogs. Only thing that fazes him is a thunderstorm.
Splits her time between the layer flock and the broiler tractors. Doesn't miss.
130 pounds, sire of twenty-two. Sleeps under the porch every night, on duty. Hates a thunderstorm and a postman, in that order.
Headed north with the first 12 Highlands. Cold-weather coat, warm-weather temperament.
In training. Will go to a working sheep operation in West Texas this fall.
Two years old. Working a sheep flock right now under supervision. Available to a serious operation. Interview required, no exceptions.
We don't sell puppies. We place working dogs into working operations. The interview matters. The home matters. The job matters most.
Your operation, your livestock, your terrain, your fence. What predators have you got? Where's the dog going to sleep at night? One phone call usually tells us if we're a fit.
If we're a match you come down to the home place. Walk the kennel. Meet the dam and the sire. Spend a half day in the pasture watching the dogs work. We meet your family. The dog gets a vote.
You leave with a working dog, a name, a feeding plan, and a phone number you can call for the dog's life. We check in quarterly the first year. We drive out for a visit at year three.