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Maeve has worked ducks turkeys goats sheep and
cattle.
Sheep are
a breeze for her-they move wherever she wants them to go b efore
she even gets near them. Goats are difficult to herd but Maeve
can get them to go where she wants and do what she wants. Cattle
are not worked as frequently but if we have animals that have
gotten out of a pasture-she can herd them up, get them back in
and stand guard until the fence is repaired.
She only works when needed and she walks right up to
the stock and makes them move. She always returns
escapees to their proper pen and seldom barks but sometimes
alerts to escapees.
When Goats have
gotten out of pen and are not easily moved because they have
gotten into a feed pan SHE will physically get on her back legs
and lean over the goat(s) neck and push or pull in the direction
she wants them to go. Once the goat(s) are moving she will move
to grip the hock to insure they keep moving. Maeve has never
actually bitten any animal.
Her owner states:
"When we first got HER-we had a border
collie who would often hyper-focus on herding the ducks in our
pond. I mean this dog would swim around that pond herding ducks
until I thought she would collapse from exhaustion. I would then
have to walk all the way down to the pond and stand on the bank
and sternly order the BC out. It did not take but a few weeks
for HER to figure out that this was not acceptable behavior so
she decided-on her own that if I called and the BC did not
respond-SHE would go and retrieve the BC-by her collar-and bring
her out of the pond/field for me. I was amazed as she was just a
few months old when she started doing this."
Maeve barks treed and hunts and
eliminates pests and rodents.
A moderately energetic dog, Maeve listens to
direction and is not easily discouraged.
She loves children
and likes human visitors. She will always bark her alert notice
when anyone arrives at the farm but quiets immediately when told
"its OK" or "Quiet". There will not be another sound.
"What a wonderful work ethic! PRGN"
Judy Bates
"Wow! Can I have her? LOL, PRGN"
Tish Toren
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