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<blockquote data-quote="Hawk" data-source="post: 54791" data-attributes="member: 114"><p>We don't use cow dogs anymore, but back when we did, our training consisted mainly of letting the new dog work with an experienced, older dog or two. It was really amazing how quickly a young dog would get the hang of penning cows just by following the example of a good "mentor" dog. We would still have to train him on some of the finer points, but he would get the basics from seeing how the other dogs did it. I know that the pure bred herding dogs can make great cow dogs, but our best dogs were usually mixed breeds. You just never knew how a particular dog was going to act until you put him face to face with cattle. A blue ribbon pedigree doesn't guarantee courage, disposition and cattle sense. Good luck to you, aren't dogs great!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hawk, post: 54791, member: 114"] We don't use cow dogs anymore, but back when we did, our training consisted mainly of letting the new dog work with an experienced, older dog or two. It was really amazing how quickly a young dog would get the hang of penning cows just by following the example of a good "mentor" dog. We would still have to train him on some of the finer points, but he would get the basics from seeing how the other dogs did it. I know that the pure bred herding dogs can make great cow dogs, but our best dogs were usually mixed breeds. You just never knew how a particular dog was going to act until you put him face to face with cattle. A blue ribbon pedigree doesn't guarantee courage, disposition and cattle sense. Good luck to you, aren't dogs great! [/QUOTE]
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