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Post by picketwire on Oct 5, 2015 21:26:53 GMT -6
Agreed on heelers(hard headed). Course so am I!!
Never have watched a kelpie work.
Every good and great border collie sheep dog i have seen and been around behave the way Talin described. I see it more of an indication of the reasoning of what they are/were trained to do. Plus any dog needs to learn the 'alpha' and that they are not it if they are a working dog, the handler is the alpha. Now with cattle, they need to be a bit more aggressive because the cattle can and will turn and fight/defend themselves where the sheep usually won't.
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Post by hoekland on Oct 7, 2015 10:19:12 GMT -6
Is it even possible to get a dog that can work both cattle and sheep?
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Post by larso on Oct 7, 2015 13:34:49 GMT -6
Yes, I heard plenty of kelpie owners claim they can do both but then dogs stories are sometimes like fishing stories.
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Post by elkwc on Oct 7, 2015 16:44:15 GMT -6
I've seen a few BC's that could do both. Although anytime I've seen a dog tough enough to handle rank cattle they can be a little rough unless the handler is really alert. I've seen two dogs that were imported from Scotland I believe and both were excellent cattle dogs and fair sheep dogs. The male was actually a better sheep dog than the female if I remember correctly.
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Post by Carlos (frmaiz) on Oct 7, 2015 17:00:47 GMT -6
Dogs are forbidden in our fields and pastures. Afraid of Neosporosis.
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Post by mhemry on Nov 27, 2015 23:33:04 GMT -6
Interested in hearing what breed you decided on getting. ??
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Post by talin on Nov 30, 2015 21:51:42 GMT -6
I did decide on a Kelpie and looking at a few breeders but life changes and I am just culling down to the easy keepers that can miss a meal or as I call them the pasture Sloths they don't move much just eat an ambitious chihuahua can bring that group in:)
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