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I thought that too! And then I was getting run over! Gotta pick up my game here if I want to see some results. I'm trying though, I promise. We had some pretty good runs last time (per our trainer) so I think I'm getting the hang of it.
Thanks for good wishes on Conan's test results. If we can get rid of his coughing spells I think he'd have much more fun... but also much more energy, and I don't know if I can keep up!
He looks like he is having a ton of fun! I love herding with my guys but it is a 600 mile RT to get to sheep lessons so I recently bought a set of ducks that I keep in my backyard to work my dogs on :-)
Montana. Not a lot of people are fond of ACDs working their stock. It is not too bad though. I have a friend who lives in the town where the one herding instructor is and I just come in on a Friday afternoon and have a lesson Friday night and Saturday morning and leave after the lesson on Saturday.
There is starting to be more ACDs in herding but, as with any non BC breed, there is a lot of bias agains't the non BC breeds.
The ACD was bred to control Austrailian range cattle. Badass critters and the dogs have a "go for it attitude" with the sense and physical ability to get in and tangle with the dog stompin, body slamming range cattle. To many folks think their sheep are gonna get et by one of them damn little dingo dogs.
My SchIII GSD has the same problem. I go to a herding trial and get a kick out of the people that think my "bite trained killer" is gonna eat their sheep....cause he's bite trained.
Now watching sheep run a dog is kinda funny!
Not a lot of people are fond of ACDs working their stock.
I can see why that would be, but I'm still a little surprised by it. I've gone to 2 USBCHA handlers for lessons now. Both compete at high levels with Border Collies and both are more than willing to do lessons with a variety of herding breeds.
I've mentioned this before, but after catching up on this thread I felt compelled to share it again. Kay Spencer has published a fantastic diary of her early years leaning to herd with her Australian Shepherd at http://www.workingaussiesource.com/diary.html
She's obviously partial to the Aussie, but her story is so honest and compelling. Very light on the technical details and very heavy on the emotional connection between she, her dog, and the sheep. If you're at all interested in herding, I'm sure you'll enjoy the read.
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