Acosta Cowdogs

11/08/2026

Dog trials are fun.. But let’s be real. This is what it’s all about. When a dog wants to work FOR you. And listens like this 19 month old dog does. It’s what makes taking care of livestock even more satisfying.
This is AC Jace gathering a small group of bred heifers to feed. Easy tasks like this sure build a young dogs confidence.

11/01/2026

Just got a picture of this young lady Huntlee Douglas who just got her buckle from the battle on the red 2 in Vernon from back in September where she ran AC Eden. That was Huntlee’s first time ever working Eden, and it was only Edens second trial ever. I absolutely love seeing kids get involved in this sport, and love helping them be involved. And I love even more to help kids that are as motivated as miss Huntlee! Congratulations girl. You Rock!

10/30/2026

Glory to God for keeping us safe and getting us through this week at the Southwest Cattledog Association Futurity. I ran two dogs in the futurity this week. AC Jace, and LR Teeter. We didn’t get the results that we were hoping for. And it’s my fault completely. I believe Jace was firing on all cylinders minus a few wrong flanks. I truly believe he was one of the most talented dogs there. I just didn’t spend as much time getting myself sharp as I did on Jace. In round one I tried way too hard and ended up not finishing an easy course that I should’ve finished with that dog all day… After kicking myself in the butt I went back in round two and finished a much harder course for fourth in the round to pull a check. We ended up 9th in the average, three spots out of making the short round. He was also one of only 4 dogs to finish the second round. All in all I’m proud of this dog and am looking forward to seeing what he accomplishes in the near future! LR Teeter finished day one and didn’t quite finish day two, but I was extremely proud of her as well! Congratulations to all the winners this week including my good friend Brian Jacobs for winning the maturity! Great job amigo!

Here is a video of Jace’s second round run!

HUGE shoutout and thank you goes out to Nutrena Feed for all the support and for keeping my dogs looking, feeling, and working their best! If you’re looking for a quality and affordable feed for your working dog look at Nutrena True lines!

10/15/2026

10/11/2026

We spent the weekend at the Tulsa state Fair for the Tulsa state fair Cattledog trial. Glory to God for a fun weekend with my wife and son, and for keeping us safe. I ran Dolly in open, and AC Eden in the open and nursery. I had a good weekend with Dolly and ended up reserve champion open Cattledog. I felt like I as a handler lost this one. Dolly worked good and I made a few mistakes in both of Dollys runs. I was late to flank Dolly going to the number 2 obstacle in this video of today’s run and it cost us around 20 seconds, which is how much time we lost the average by. Eden worked great although she had some young dog mistakes and a horrible draw in nursery today.

Congratulations to Abigayle Mahurin on winning the open this weekend! You and your dogs were sharp as always!!

Big thank you to my sponsor Nutrena Feed for the fantastic support you show my dogs and I!

09/26/2026

Majestic Jace. All grown up and ready for the futurity at the end of October.

09/25/2026

This is where I like to see outside dogs around 30 days. Being mindful of their stock, reading their stock, and listening. This dog really wanted to be forward and blow into his stock at first. He’s about ready to get out of the training pen, and into the open field.

09/21/2026

Well we took AC Eden to her second trial this weekend. Her and I didn’t get the results we were hoping for. She did have some good experience and good improvement! But this made my weekend. A while back I had a trialing clinic and this young lady Huntlee came with her dad Robert Dougless. At the trialing clinic I let Huntlee work Annie and Annie worked really good for her. So I told her that if I was ever at the same trial as them, that she could run Annie whenever she wanted. As some may know, I recently sold Annie. And so this weekend I put 17 month old Eden to the test and let Huntlee run her in the youth. It took a moment for Huntlee to make a believer out of Eden. But she eventually started working for her and listened pretty good for being so young and for nobody but me ever working her before. This is what it’s all about folks. God is good!

09/08/2026

Last weekend we made the hour and 20 minute drive each way for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, to attend the 7K stockdog trial, hosted by Mark Knott. Although it was very hot we had fun. This was AC Edens first trip to town. And I was happy with the first two days. She was able to place third in nursery and pro novice sheep on day one, and second in nursery cattle on day two. Day three did not go well. We were all exhausted by that day. My hat is off to the very hard work that Mark put on along with everyone who helped him. Thank you so much!!

Also a big thank you to Nutrena Feed for keeping Eden feeling her best after working in the terrible heat.