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In a message dated 7/24/02 12:54:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
He has no desire to go to a distant pasture and herd. I simply hate to
have to
tie him up when they are around the backyard which unfortunately the main
barn
is basically in!!! (smile)
Hi Peter-
Enjoy your herding dog. They are special *grin*. I have an Australian
Shepherd cross, think her other half is whippet. Sounds strange, but you'd
understand if you saw her. In any case, her brain is all Aussie! Fortunately,
being a dog walker, I have lots of experience and knew what to expect when I
adopted her -- or so I thought ;-) She wants to go, go, go every day. She
loves the country, and fortunately my new boarding facility is dog friendly.
I walk her all over the property without a leash so she can run to her
heart's content. HOWEVER when she gets into chase mode I have no control.
So I have to be careful and ask her to come back to me when she spots a
moving animal, and before she goes ga-ga. When I'm occupied I tie her up with
a lunge line, so she can move about but stay away from people, horses and the
road.
Cassie learned the hard way to avoid horses. At my former boarding place,
the pasture was on a hillside. Since it was too dangerous to lead horses down
the slippery slope, my routine was to walk up with a whip and herd them to
the gate. One day Knute decided he wasn't going to cooperate, and Cassie
(although she's never been trained to heel) attempted to help me by
charging at him and nipping his heels. BAD idea. Poor creature was sent 6
feet through the air yelping. She was uninjured, and never tried that again.
However she still does bark at moving horses, so I keep her under control
just to be safe.
Brigid M Wasson
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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