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<blockquote data-quote="Lane" data-source="post: 867139" data-attributes="member: 14381"><p>Howdyjabo is 100% correct. Border Collies come in several different types.</p><p>That is why we breed "cattle-type" dogs. I start groups of calves weekly and</p><p>my dogs have to teach the calves to respect them right in the beginning or</p><p>the calves will run over them. Most of the time this consists of a good nose</p><p>bite. Not an ear, not the top of the head. After about a week my dogs don't</p><p>need to heel much. As dogs get older they generally will heel less. My older</p><p>dogs won't hardly bite unless I ask them. I did not teach it they just learned</p><p>as a matter of "self-preservation". Watch an old dog - the most effective bite</p><p>they can have is on the front foot. They have learned that a heel gets them</p><p>kicked, a nose makes the calf jump and possibly land on them, but a front</p><p>foot sure gets a calf to turn and leave. If I had to have a dog with bite on just</p><p>one end I want want a dog that bites on the front end. I can push, but I need</p><p>the dog to stop action and control the cattle.</p><p></p><p> Lane</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lane, post: 867139, member: 14381"] Howdyjabo is 100% correct. Border Collies come in several different types. That is why we breed "cattle-type" dogs. I start groups of calves weekly and my dogs have to teach the calves to respect them right in the beginning or the calves will run over them. Most of the time this consists of a good nose bite. Not an ear, not the top of the head. After about a week my dogs don't need to heel much. As dogs get older they generally will heel less. My older dogs won't hardly bite unless I ask them. I did not teach it they just learned as a matter of "self-preservation". Watch an old dog - the most effective bite they can have is on the front foot. They have learned that a heel gets them kicked, a nose makes the calf jump and possibly land on them, but a front foot sure gets a calf to turn and leave. If I had to have a dog with bite on just one end I want want a dog that bites on the front end. I can push, but I need the dog to stop action and control the cattle. Lane [/QUOTE]
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