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| I have a little short Doxie/Beagle/Lab mix who is a great herd dog and she taught my Border Collie how to herd. She is still a much better herd dog than the Border. She cries if I go out and leave her in. She likes to garden, swim in the creek (or duck pond) and helps me with the cows. She also is a very concerned customer when it comes to a sick or orphaned animal. And she has her own chair around the fire pit. I really don't think she knows she is a dog. I don't think so either LOL
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| I know what you mean. I had to find a home for my Reg Catahoula Cur, for she was 75 lbs and went for the heads of our reg cattle. Nothing to take lightly around the Homestead. Then she began to follow the school bus and knew the community better than I did. When the security light came on she was at the back door wanting to be let in and then out at 5 am to follow the school bus again. She got relocated to another family with kids. Of course P2 wasn't around at that time. I had a family selling rat terrier puppies mixed with something smaller (best $5.00 purchase I ever made) and on a wet day La-La is about 4 pounds. She can keep up with anyone and works the cattle like a pro (a little hard head sometimes). On days she best the cat on killing mice and voles. She's working on 4 now. My mom said if she was any bigger, I would have to put her down. She'd caught her fair share of bicycle tires on the weekend. I love it when new people come to the house and ask "will she bite." I said "Yelp and it's not will but when she'll bite." Very protective of the yard and the fields around the house and look out don't touch P2.
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We use Corgi's on the farm for herding dogs and everyone is in shock regarding that. The truth is a Welsh Pembrooke Corgi is a true herding dog and always has been. Its amazing these little things can chase a cow right into a stall and hold them there. These are 1200 pound holsteins so its no small feat.
We have problems with deer taking out fences so last year we did not even bother with certain ones. The farm is on the end of a dirt road and not visited very often. The dogs would see that the heifers were out, then they would run out, round them back up and then go back into the house. This happened multiple times a day for the entire summer. They loved their "role".
Beware about giving money to shelters though, there was a documentary on them a short time ago and less than 4% of the money they get goes to help the animals...the majority goes to lobbists and administration. Some states have also found out that they are death on guardian dogs and dislike the fact that some livestock owners actually use their dogs for their intended purpose like herding, protection and hunting. I am not saying don't give your hard earned money to these places, but in todays world one should research where the money is really going before handing them a check.
Eat lamb...because 50,000 coyotes CAN'T be wrong!
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| Beware about giving money to shelters though, there was a documentary on them a short time ago and less than 4% of the money they get goes to help the animals...the majority goes to lobbists and administration. Some states have also found out that they are death on guardian dogs and dislike the fact that some livestock owners actually use their dogs for their intended purpose like herding, protection and hunting. I am not saying don't give your hard earned money to these places, but in todays world one should research where the money is really going before handing them a check. Better to give donations of dog food, wormer, old towels and sheets, etc than cash. Then you know it will go where it is intended.
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| My dog is a mix of pekeneese/cocker spaniel/border collie/ australlian shephard, and he loves to stir the hens up in the coop. We also have his niece, and she is all that plus chow chow, and all she does is chase the tennis ball. They are not much help at all but I love them anyway!
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| I have to tell you...when I was growing up I had a pure blooded poodle that was a farm dog...she was a herder...every night she would heard the chickens back into the coop for us...we never trained her to do this...she would watch me do this and then one night she started doing it...after that it became her job... We also had a pure blooded dob that would head the cows...again we never trained her...we were training another dog...and after watching she just started doing it...and to tell the truth she was better... you just never know which dog will be the farm dog and which will not be...but more power to any animals that helps on the farm... Wolf
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My farm dog is a pug that thinks she's a shepard LOL she'll take on a dog 3 times her size and think nothing of it if she thinks it's treatening one of us. We let her out in the chicken yard and she & they both could care less that she's there and unlike my sisters dogs she doesn't even try to chase any of the birds but Sis has 2 that kill (or attempt to kill) any that they have the slightest opportunity to get a hold of.
Lord keep your arm around my shoulder & your hand over my mouth
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I was walking my bassett hound one time and we came into a berry patch about this time of year (harvest). A black bear was eating some of the berries when my dog took off after it. He made it about halfway to the bear, then decided maybe that was not a good idea and came back. Me and him both took off out of there. Luckily the bear was too happy eating raspberries to be worried about chasing us.
It's just a guess, but I don't think my basset hound would fare very well against a black bear!
Eat lamb...because 50,000 coyotes CAN'T be wrong!
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| DB - thanks for the tip on Corgi's. I didn't know much about them. When I get my sheep or goats I'll have to consider one or two.
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We've had a golden and two bassets. The bassets are the love of my life... next to my wife and kids of course. The golden was our first dog (we got it at our 40 year crises...much cheaper than a red ferari!) She really taught us how to love freely and be good with what is. We then went into Bassetts. A challenging dog health wise but just a pure joy personality wise.
Our first - "bob the dog" - was great while he was a pup but grew into a temperment disorder which caused him to want to attack and bite. Not good.
After he bit his way up through the family to me...I decided that was not a good life for dog nor man. We had to part. He's in a better place now.
Lesson learned for all...do not buy a dog unless you have met both the father and mother...DO NOT! Meeting the parents will tell you everything you need to know about the pup. That immediately excludes shopping mall pet stores and Amish puppy mills. Please do not buy unless you meet the parents of the pup!
We did meet the parents (and the grandfather, who as it turned out was a very often photographed golden for advertisments)) of our golden. They were the promise of everything that Sadie turned out to be. A beautiful, confident (until her last years), friendly being.
Haley, our second Basset was a rescue dog. We got her when she was 6. She was timid and had many health problems, but lived until 15. Despite her many issues, (we spent around $3000 on her health care), she was the most loving creature I have ever met (next to my wife). It was a sad day when we decided to put her down (she suffered so many ailments), but to this day I think of her as a mentor who simply taught me...whatever is..is okay!
YOIKES! That is a great lesson to be learned!
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