11/03/2026
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Lester, 77, still feeds his own cattle alone outside Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Last Tuesday he stepped into the lot with a bucket the way he has 20,000 times. The new bull hit him from the side before he saw it coming. It goes 1,900 pounds, and it knocked him flat in the mud 30 feet from the fence, with three cracked ribs and one leg that wouldn't do anything.
Then it came around for another try, and that's when Tick showed up.
Tick is a blue heeler who weighs 38 pounds and is scared of the vacuum cleaner. The dog went in low and got hold of the bull's nose, got slung off, rolled and came right back at the heels. "Tick kept that bull turning in a circle," Lester said.
It took him about 10 minutes to drag himself those 30 feet on his elbows. He got under the bottom wire and hollered once, and the dog came through the fence on three legs.
His daughter found them at the fence around 9, Lester with his back against a post and his coat around Tick. Both of them are home now, each with one bad leg. The bull went to the sale barn on Friday.
What's the bravest thing a dog of yours ever did?
