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<blockquote data-quote="pdfangus" data-source="post: 1148405" data-attributes="member: 6543"><p>this has been a good thread....</p><p></p><p>I have had Australian Shepherds for near thirty years....</p><p></p><p>I used to use them on the cows and had one who was born knowing more about how to work cows than I do today.....but her daddy was once listed as one of the top ten dogs in the breed......he would work ducks sheep cattle anything....</p><p></p><p>I have had some that knew they should do something about that cow but were not sure what or how....</p><p></p><p>the Aussie achieved some popularity and as always happens with popular dogs a lot of them lost their native ability....</p><p></p><p>my advice is buy from someone who know what they are doing and get them to teach you....</p><p></p><p>one thing....basic obedience training....sit, stay, down, come, no....are things all dogs should have....and aussies will learn it quick....</p><p></p><p>why aussies for me....orignally I wanted a heeler....then I saw a good aussie work at a stockyard to sort a bad mannered young bull out of a group of bulls....once the bull was on the trailer...the owner told the dog truck and the dog went to the back of the truck and hopped in and laid down for hours....they are all that smart....they are just not all cowy any more...</p><p></p><p>to me an aussie strikes a balance between the grit an toughness of the heeler and the obsessivness of the border collie....border collies have to have a job and they have to do it....</p><p></p><p>I have had two aussies save my bacon by getting bad cows off of me....one of them broke out of the house to come save me...still do not know how she got that door open....</p><p></p><p>my last four have been from Aussie Rescue but they are not stock dogs....there are great aussie stockdogs...I just don't need em and I can save an aussie by rescuing one....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pdfangus, post: 1148405, member: 6543"] this has been a good thread.... I have had Australian Shepherds for near thirty years.... I used to use them on the cows and had one who was born knowing more about how to work cows than I do today.....but her daddy was once listed as one of the top ten dogs in the breed......he would work ducks sheep cattle anything.... I have had some that knew they should do something about that cow but were not sure what or how.... the Aussie achieved some popularity and as always happens with popular dogs a lot of them lost their native ability.... my advice is buy from someone who know what they are doing and get them to teach you.... one thing....basic obedience training....sit, stay, down, come, no....are things all dogs should have....and aussies will learn it quick.... why aussies for me....orignally I wanted a heeler....then I saw a good aussie work at a stockyard to sort a bad mannered young bull out of a group of bulls....once the bull was on the trailer...the owner told the dog truck and the dog went to the back of the truck and hopped in and laid down for hours....they are all that smart....they are just not all cowy any more... to me an aussie strikes a balance between the grit an toughness of the heeler and the obsessivness of the border collie....border collies have to have a job and they have to do it.... I have had two aussies save my bacon by getting bad cows off of me....one of them broke out of the house to come save me...still do not know how she got that door open.... my last four have been from Aussie Rescue but they are not stock dogs....there are great aussie stockdogs...I just don't need em and I can save an aussie by rescuing one.... [/QUOTE]
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