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<blockquote data-quote="RDFF" data-source="post: 1795530" data-attributes="member: 39018"><p>Exactly right Travlr. The headers (which a border collie is) will always want to work the herd TOWARD YOU... as you are the Alpha... natural instinct. They have been bred to go out around to the other side of the "herd", gather them up and keep them gathered, and then bring them to YOU. With these, you learn to "pull the herd", by being in front of them, while the dog brings them up toward you.</p><p></p><p>The heelers will (by instinct) want to be working at the back of the herd and driving them forward WITH you... you and the dog are driving the herd from behind together. </p><p></p><p>You need to know what way you'll want to be working, before you choose what breed of working dog you're going to want. I've found that it's alot easier to pull a string than to push it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDFF, post: 1795530, member: 39018"] Exactly right Travlr. The headers (which a border collie is) will always want to work the herd TOWARD YOU... as you are the Alpha... natural instinct. They have been bred to go out around to the other side of the "herd", gather them up and keep them gathered, and then bring them to YOU. With these, you learn to "pull the herd", by being in front of them, while the dog brings them up toward you. The heelers will (by instinct) want to be working at the back of the herd and driving them forward WITH you... you and the dog are driving the herd from behind together. You need to know what way you'll want to be working, before you choose what breed of working dog you're going to want. I've found that it's alot easier to pull a string than to push it. [/QUOTE]
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