Great post Phil ..... as usual.
One thing I will say, a “working home” is a very subjective thing, in the world of all working dogs.
The Huntaway and Kelpie were bred to work a certain way for certain jobs etc. They are first and fore most droving dogs, and yard dogs, yes they can gather to..... but it is driving big mobs that they excel at (when you get a good one).
So a man with 100 sheep, on a ring fenced, stock fenced farm of maybe 60-100 acres......... who needs to move / work his sheep maybe once a week or so...... will have a bored and not very good Kelpie.
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