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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1720355" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>I have a 10 month old pup who is half Border Collie and half Idaho Shag. There is 35 head of 4 weight calves in the corral out front. That pup will put them all into the loafing shed and hold them there. This happens 5 - 6 times a day. Yell at her to get out of the corral and she comes right out. Just as happy as she had good sense. I am forking hay into the feed bunk or in the pen putting grain in the feeder I have to keep one eye on Patty because she sure wants to help.</p><p>When I commented earlier about the neighbor riding through a pasture with 6 dogs gathering every cow there is there. Well my pup's parents are two of those dogs. She is smart as a whip and can flat out fly when she needs to move.</p><p>I have watched the neighbors dogs at work a number of times. One impressive time we had moved 150 cows and young calves about 3 miles. We were holding them to mother up in a 2 acre open area surrounded by shoulder high sage brush. Four people horse back at the corners and 3 dogs patrolling the perimeter. The riders sat there quiet. Anytime a cow tried to wander off a dog would put her back into the herd. No biting or barking. Just get on the correct side of the cow and give her the eye until she moved back to the herd. No one gave a command to the dogs they just did it. After about half an hour all the calves had found their mother and we all rode off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1720355, member: 498"] I have a 10 month old pup who is half Border Collie and half Idaho Shag. There is 35 head of 4 weight calves in the corral out front. That pup will put them all into the loafing shed and hold them there. This happens 5 - 6 times a day. Yell at her to get out of the corral and she comes right out. Just as happy as she had good sense. I am forking hay into the feed bunk or in the pen putting grain in the feeder I have to keep one eye on Patty because she sure wants to help. When I commented earlier about the neighbor riding through a pasture with 6 dogs gathering every cow there is there. Well my pup's parents are two of those dogs. She is smart as a whip and can flat out fly when she needs to move. I have watched the neighbors dogs at work a number of times. One impressive time we had moved 150 cows and young calves about 3 miles. We were holding them to mother up in a 2 acre open area surrounded by shoulder high sage brush. Four people horse back at the corners and 3 dogs patrolling the perimeter. The riders sat there quiet. Anytime a cow tried to wander off a dog would put her back into the herd. No biting or barking. Just get on the correct side of the cow and give her the eye until she moved back to the herd. No one gave a command to the dogs they just did it. After about half an hour all the calves had found their mother and we all rode off. [/QUOTE]
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