fatlad 250 Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 I don't know where his new one is from but the other one he had was just a farm bred dog that worked cattle and sheep ive a first cross border collie greyhound and she is just a normal happy dog when I'm out she is happy to just sleep in the kennel if you go for a one I would avoid a trialling bred dog of one bred for that flyball 1 Quote Link to post
Allan P 1,126 Posted December 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 That was going to be my next question. The fly ball bred ones seem a bit manic but I guess a lot depends on how it’s raised. I would more than likely go farm bred which living in Devon there’s usually a few about. Quote Link to post
white van man 3,186 Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 55 minutes ago, Allan P said: That Collie sounds the exact opposite to my Lurcher. Don’t speak about poor Alf like that!! Didn’t realise you were looking at a collie. You got plenty of options of where to get one. 1 Quote Link to post
white van man 3,186 Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 The farmer I hang around with has a kelpie x border. Fast little thing and works cattle and sheep. If she sees a rabbit or fox when out she’s in all sorts of cover trying to find it. Something like that would be an ideal bushing partner. 2 Quote Link to post
Allan P 1,126 Posted December 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 18 minutes ago, white van man said: The farmer I hang around with has a kelpie x border. Fast little thing and works cattle and sheep. If she sees a rabbit or fox when out she’s in all sorts of cover trying to find it. Something like that would be an ideal bushing partner. That’s what I’m thinking , be ideal for a walk out on the moor. Also be good as a running partner. Alfs not interested in running unless behind a rabbit and even then he’s not that fussed, he’d rather just stand and mark them. Quote Link to post
Gilbey 1,405 Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 (edited) The flyball dogs are worked up, they do it with the other breeds they use. Think it's getting them out and if the quirks bother you. Meet all sorts of people with farm bred collies and failed sheepdogs and they're fine. And some of the trial dogs are work dogs as well Edited December 10, 2019 by Gilbey 1 Quote Link to post
Phil Lloyd 10,736 Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 I have always rated Herding dogs,.I just like them... The best of the bunch, are extremely adaptable and can take on many diverse tasks,....they just shift from one discipline to another. For them, it is easy,...they are different to other canines... Worked with a tremendously keen Border collie dog,.he was undoubtedly, the most accurate marking dog, I have ever come across.. Really intense,..massive concentration span,...almost trance-like, totally immovable, but when the time came, he struck his prey,... like a cobra.. As the day progressed, I twigged onto the fact that he was partially deaf... Like a fool, I advised his owner not to use him across a running dog,...upon reflection, and given my experience with such matters today,...I was wrong.... Great dogs... 7 Quote Link to post
low plains drifter 9,459 Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 18 hours ago, MH1 said: Good topic, something I've thought about for the future. One thing that puts me off is the tyre biting collie stereotype, and if they switch off when not out and about? I know just the thing for you what you need is one of they wee Smithfield collies, they come from a time before tyres, so it's not in their DNA to set about them 1 5 Quote Link to post
SheepChaser 8,082 Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 That lot are all prone to trying their hand at a bit of hunting. They are frustratingly successful at it. Especially the little black and white bitch in the last photo. 2 Quote Link to post
Phil Lloyd 10,736 Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 Loving it.... Quote Link to post
keepdiggin 9,208 Posted January 12, 2020 Report Share Posted January 12, 2020 On 09/01/2020 at 19:43, SheepChaser said: That lot are all prone to trying their hand at a bit of hunting. They are frustratingly successful at it. Especially the little black and white bitch in the last photo. How many dogs and what are they j? Quote Link to post
SheepChaser 8,082 Posted January 12, 2020 Report Share Posted January 12, 2020 There’s a whole pile of collies here mate. I’ve got two border collies, a welsh collie, a welsh x border and a kelpie x border. The welshie is a dog (he’s the red one in the photo) and all the rest are bitches. Lad who works for me has four borders (two of which belong to me also). They have varying interest in hunting. Most of them like a bit of ratting / rabbiting. But some of them are much more keen and have accounted for a fair variety of game whilst at work. My oldest bitch comes mooching, tags a long ferreting, comes beating with me etc and has an unhealthy obsession with deer, which I suppose is natural, being a cloven hooved animal. We've one dog here who I think would be a good one to go across a greyhound one day. 2 1 Quote Link to post
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