I have a friend in Oregon who raises some cattle, but mostly sheep, with a little over three hundred sheep in his herd. His Border Collie is getting old (I think she's nine now), so he'll be needing a new puppy soon. He's in lambing season now, so he's pretty busy,
My wife and I were talking about border collies the other day, and how they seem to be born with the programming to herd the sheep.
If you're familiar with Dilbert's saying about engineering, some of the dogs are born with The Knack. It looks like that one little guy who was the most successful had The Knack and the others don't.
I wonder if the sheep are bred to respond to the border collie and the dogs are bred to control the sheep?
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Ha! Send those pops here...if they'll chase chickens, I got a job for them.
I have a friend in Oregon who raises some cattle, but mostly sheep, with a little over three hundred sheep in his herd. His Border Collie is getting old (I think she's nine now), so he'll be needing a new puppy soon. He's in lambing season now, so he's pretty busy,
My wife and I were talking about border collies the other day, and how they seem to be born with the programming to herd the sheep.
If you're familiar with Dilbert's saying about engineering, some of the dogs are born with The Knack. It looks like that one little guy who was the most successful had The Knack and the others don't.
I wonder if the sheep are bred to respond to the border collie and the dogs are bred to control the sheep?
SiG,
I suspect that those sheep that don't properly deal with the dogs quickly end up in the stew pot. Practical breeding control in operation!
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