VPI Hambone Award

Eager to practice cattle herding, Ranger charged into a cow’s back legs at full speed. Unfortunately, he wasn’t fast enough to escape the falling cow and ended up breaking its fall.

Working toward his herding titles, Ranger has had plenty of practice with ducks and sheep, but the title for cattle herding is the most difficult, Jeanne Brown says. “I’m pretty sure he thought the cows would run away from him like the sheep do, but they’re not afraid.”

He seemed unfazed at first and kept working for a little while, but when he started limping on his back leg, his owner took him to the veterinarian right away. Besides some minor bruising, they determined he was all right and after a couple days, he was running around again.