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<blockquote data-quote="RDFF" data-source="post: 1720381" data-attributes="member: 39018"><p>My Dad had one of those too... and his stories about his Border Collie were what inspired me to seek out the one I got from Jack Knox. It was about a mile out to the back end of the cow pasture, which was WELL out of sight and maybe 3 or 4 valleys over, with a fair amount of woods (dairy)... Come about milking time, Buff would be waiting up by the cow lane for the signal to go out and bring 'em home. I'd send him, he'd head out at a fast sprint, and on normal temp days, he'd have 'em back to the yard in about 25 minutes, would never run them........... but on HOT days, he would never show up with them................ they'd make it as far as the pond, where the cows AND Buff would stay and wade/swim, till I finally showed up and got 'em out of there. As soon as I'd show up, Buff would start circling around those cows while swimming, just like if he was out on the ground in the pasture, herding them! He really didn't want to leave that water though on a hot day!</p><p></p><p>We used to shoot ducks and geese on the pond, and then we'd send the dogs out to get 'em. Our German Shepherds loved doing it........... and Buff was really EAGER to do it too................ but apparently he just hated the taste of those birds........... he'd regularly beat the Shepherds to 'em, take one in his mouth and spit it right back out, and let the Shepherds bring 'em in. But he'd still always try to be the first one to get out there to 'em.</p><p></p><p>Good times!.............</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDFF, post: 1720381, member: 39018"] My Dad had one of those too... and his stories about his Border Collie were what inspired me to seek out the one I got from Jack Knox. It was about a mile out to the back end of the cow pasture, which was WELL out of sight and maybe 3 or 4 valleys over, with a fair amount of woods (dairy)... Come about milking time, Buff would be waiting up by the cow lane for the signal to go out and bring 'em home. I'd send him, he'd head out at a fast sprint, and on normal temp days, he'd have 'em back to the yard in about 25 minutes, would never run them........... but on HOT days, he would never show up with them................ they'd make it as far as the pond, where the cows AND Buff would stay and wade/swim, till I finally showed up and got 'em out of there. As soon as I'd show up, Buff would start circling around those cows while swimming, just like if he was out on the ground in the pasture, herding them! He really didn't want to leave that water though on a hot day! We used to shoot ducks and geese on the pond, and then we'd send the dogs out to get 'em. Our German Shepherds loved doing it........... and Buff was really EAGER to do it too................ but apparently he just hated the taste of those birds........... he'd regularly beat the Shepherds to 'em, take one in his mouth and spit it right back out, and let the Shepherds bring 'em in. But he'd still always try to be the first one to get out there to 'em. Good times!............. [/QUOTE]
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