Acosta Cowdogs

03/25/2025

03/18/2025

The National Cattledog Association 2024/2025 season is now over besides National Finals. Annie has sure made me proud. In the short amount of time running her. Five months to be exact. Which is less than half a season. She has been kicking butt and taking names. In that short amount of time she has managed to win multiple trials and this years NCA Nursery dog of the year. And just 1710 points shy of NCA open dog of the year, which put her reserve open dog of the year. I knew she was going to be special when I started her as a pup. But I had no idea she would be this great. The 2024/2025 season isn’t over yet for the Mountain States Stockdog Association or the Southwest Cattledog Association.. Keep an eye out for more results out of this salty young female. 😎 Glory to God. 🙏🏼

03/13/2025

AC Alice (daughter of Sam) was ultrasounded this morning and we are expecting possibly up to 10 pups!! She has been bred to JM Jess. Which is Slash J Annie’s sire. We will most likely have a few available. If interested please PM me to get on the list!

03/10/2025

In case y’all have been wondering what Sam has been up to.. My wife Hailey Acosta has been showing him. This is her novice round two at the Central Cattledog Association spring classic last week. Sam is not always an easy dog to run. But she’s been making me proud with him!

03/08/2025

Glory to God who makes all things possible. Praise Him for a wonderful couple days in Missouri for the year end Central Cattledog Association trial. Annie performed like a champ in open both days and came away champion open dog. Had two tough draws in nursery But managed a second place in round two nursery. My wife laid down two great runs in novice with Sam and ended up novice champion! Also congratulations to our friend Phillip Kiesner on champion in the intermediate! Praying for safe travels to everyone on their way home!

03/02/2025

Glory be to God for keeping us safe and blessing us with good times, good fellowship, and a good church service this morning at the Bar None Cowboy Church of Tatum, TX - Official Page Cattledog trial. Annie and I had a tough go in open and nursery on day one. But we came back on day two to win round two of nursery and got a third place in round two open. Thanks be to God for keeping us safe. He is Soooooo good! ❤️🙏🏼

02/11/2025

Last run of nursery that made Annie the series Champion.

02/09/2025

First and foremost Glory to God who makes all things possible. Without Him I wouldn’t be where I am today. Annie made me super proud in the Cache Cattle Challenge Dog Trials series. She won 3 out of four rounds in nursery cattle and 3rd place in the very first round making her champion nursery dog and winning me an engraved Henry Rifles 22 Goldenboy. She also placed third in open in the 4th round of the series out of 50 dogs. What a great series this is. Big thank you to Lauren Doyle Anderson and D.J. Anderson and all involved for their hard work! Praying for safe travels to everyone on their journey home. 🙏🏼

02/08/2025

Glory to God who makes all things possible. Great nursery round one today. 😁🙏🏼

02/03/2025

Exciting morning here. We will leave y’all in suspense on who it is until we get a confirmation that she’s bred.❤️🙏🏼

01/23/2025

Forgiveness…. Something everyone struggles with at times… One of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with in life was moving away from where I grew up. Away from friends and family half way across the country. To try and chase my dreams.. Well let me tell you it wasn’t something that came easy.. When you move across the country to pursue a career. You can guarantee that where you move to, there will be people in the same business that won’t make it easy on you. People will sneak around behind your back, lie, cheat, whisper, and basically do whatever it takes to make sure you don’t succeed.. They will do things that make you think “how can someone do something like that and not think it’s wrong?”… They will pretend to be your friend, and then root against you harder than your worst enemy. There will be people who will compliment you and invite you to their dinner table, just to try to benefit themselves. They’ll be fishing for leads on business, and or gossip. People will do some selfish things to get ahead in life.. If you let them, they will step all over you. If you don’t allow it, you’re then the bad person…
So what can you do about it?? You can do one of two things.. You can let it suck you into doing the same thing. Or…. You can give your life to Christ… Christ endured so much of the terrible things that man can do, long before you and I. The only way to truly have peace in a fleshly world like ours is through Jesus Christ.. The Bible says in Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Put your trust in Christ, and you will find peace. When you find peace. You will find that forgiveness comes so much easier.. Jesus commanded that we forgive those who trespass against us.. He set an example by showing love to Judas, who betrayed Jesus. Jesus knew that Judas would betray him. Yet he treated him like all the other deciples. With love. Jesus said in John 13:34 “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”…… How much different would this world be if we all followed that commandment… I just want to say. It’s not to late. Give your life to Christ today. If you want to do that. Feel free to reach out to me today so I can pray with you. 🙏🏼

01/19/2025

Slash J Annie and myself had a great weekend in South Carolina at the C3 cattledog trial. Annie worked hard with a few tough draws. But we were able to win open and Nursery round one on Saturday, and won the open and nursery average. Gotta thank my Lord and savior for keeping us safe and blessing us with great fellowship. God is so great! 😊
Thank you Alexandria Dodgen, Clay Ellison, and all involved in hosting a fun trial!

01/19/2025

Bryson Rowe at his first dog trial with his first border collie AC Cheech. I’m super proud of these two taking fourth place in novice and a check in round one at their first trial. Cheech is a littermate to my Alice female. And is a great partner for Bryson.

01/19/2025

Slash J Annie with a mouthful of beef at the C3 Cattledog trial in South Carolina today. 😎

01/16/2025

Took Paul for a spin today. Don’t have very many works on him. Maybe a handful. He’s still really young. But he sure is fun. Paul is sired by Slash J Ash and out of slash J Maid, which is a littermate to my Annie female.

01/10/2025

Snow on the ground means pictures while out checking cows! These girls don’t mind the cold!