A long time ago I had a G.S.D./Australian cross. One day I watched just about all of the dogs in the neighborhood chase some cattle over on the other side of the valley a quarter mile away. My dog was not chasing them though. He herded them all into a bunch and put them through a gate and up into the far corner of the field. Then he was done and came home. The other dogs were all stymied by it once he took over because the cattle wouldn't run any more.
Eric
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> The first ACD I ever saw was the movie with Mel Gibson ....years
> ago..ack, can't think of the name! Mad Max? I thought the dog was the
> ugliest thing I ever saw! Then, as the years went by and I became more
> familiar with herding breeds and many are Australian..
> the looks of them. When we picked up my first BC, there was a litter of
> them and they were adorable little Tasmanian devils....that is what I called
> them!
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> I have never had one, but my understanding is their instinct to
> herd is even greater than the average Border Collie. I can barely keep the
> BC in tune with proper behavior and probably won't ever have a Cattle Dog.
> But I do like them and think with good training and an owner smarter than
> the dog, they could be a wonderful pet!
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> Good luck!
>
> Laura
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> Laura Roberts
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> R Half Pint Farm
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> Spotsylvania, VA
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