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<blockquote data-quote="Hogfarmer10" data-source="post: 1774194" data-attributes="member: 41451"><p>I've got 4 of them right now. Had Australian shephards all my life, then went to English, because my granddaddy always had them and I'd heard all his stories. I'll always be an English Shepard person. Best advice for the breed…. Routine. Mine learned the order I feed in. If I change, they don't like it. If you rotate cattle into a different pasture and the dog(s) aren't with you when you move them, the dogs will try to put the cattle back into the field they are "supposed" to be in. My male dog is 8 years old, 85lbs, and extremely smart. Almost too smart. He has learned to unhook a chain that's hooked over a nail to open gates. Usually he only does it if we're going through that gate, but I still check it pretty often. Last year, he had 44 groundhog, 9 raccoons, and a lot of squirrel "confirmed kills". He's my "main farm dog" but I've got 2 females that are also extremely good farm dogs, 1 of which has really done well learning to work my wife's sheep. My last female, she's enjoying her retirement years. You've got an awful good pup, especially with a little patience and some time invested.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hogfarmer10, post: 1774194, member: 41451"] I’ve got 4 of them right now. Had Australian shephards all my life, then went to English, because my granddaddy always had them and I’d heard all his stories. I’ll always be an English Shepard person. Best advice for the breed…. Routine. Mine learned the order I feed in. If I change, they don’t like it. If you rotate cattle into a different pasture and the dog(s) aren’t with you when you move them, the dogs will try to put the cattle back into the field they are “supposed” to be in. My male dog is 8 years old, 85lbs, and extremely smart. Almost too smart. He has learned to unhook a chain that’s hooked over a nail to open gates. Usually he only does it if we’re going through that gate, but I still check it pretty often. Last year, he had 44 groundhog, 9 raccoons, and a lot of squirrel “confirmed kills”. He’s my “main farm dog” but I’ve got 2 females that are also extremely good farm dogs, 1 of which has really done well learning to work my wife’s sheep. My last female, she’s enjoying her retirement years. You’ve got an awful good pup, especially with a little patience and some time invested. [/QUOTE]
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