During the initial introduction to cattle work the main focus in on building the horse's confidence.  Quite a bit of time is spent simply tracking the cow first in the Round Pen and then in the Arena.  They learn to stay on a cow and mimic the cow's movements.  

After the initial introduction to Cattle the owner may choose an area of specialization.  We can start your horse for Reined Cow, Cutting, Team Penning/Sorting, Roping, or all-around Ranch work.

Cattle gives us the opportunity to practice what I like to call "training with a purpose".  Working a cow gives a horse a reason to stop, turn, rollback, or move foreword.  It helps train the horse's attention span and creates a more diverse and interesting environment for the horse to learn in.   Often if I have a reining horse that is having trouble with his rollbacks or slide stops I will take him to work cows for a week or two to break things up and it usually solves the problem with no frustration, fighting, or monotonous arena work.