Cait is a devoted farm hand who has worked goats, sheep and ducks on both her owner’s and a friend’s farms. She prefers to work the gather, mostly using dominant posture to position her charges, but is also willing to give light nips to the hip when more force is needed. She works well under…
Beatrice’s strength is her guardian instinct. She loves babies of all species and is good at nurturing her livestock. She has worked with sheep, chickens, and ducks. Beatrice knows the difference between her stock and neighbor’s stock, and patrols the property often. Though not very fond of herding, she will move stock if her owner…
Clover is a laid-back farmcollie who can step it up to get the job done. Clover has worked with sheep, chickens, and ducks. She makes the stock notice and respect her using posture, selective barking, air-snaps and ankle nips to get her point across when needed, yet she is also capable of gentle herding of…
High Pockets is a moderately active dog who herds sheep and poultry. Her style varies with the type of stock; she does not bark or grip while herding. She has a strong preference for driving away from the handler. Her forte is caring for and guarding baby livestock and children. She is gentle and protective…
Tully is a moderately active dog who varies the intensity of his style to suit the livestock being worked. He has worked ducks, chickens, turkeys, geese and sheep. He does not grip when herding, but the livestock respect him. He is gentle and careful with baby livestock, and defends the birds against hawks and other…
Squid has worked goats, sheep and poultry. He works in a controlled manner and is very biddable. He only works when needed and uses dominance behaviors to control the livestock. He is very quiet, almost never barks, sometimes grips when herding. He herds to maintain order, is very protective and attentive to baby livestock but…
Gypsy is a drivey herder with a great “off-switch.” She has lived with goats, sheep and poultry. She is a header and is equally good at rating sheep and goats with the punch necessary to make the goats respect her. Gypsy only works when needed and uses dominance behaviors to control the livestock. She sometimes…
Jake has worked cattle, horses, sheep, donkeys, and chickens. He does best with the cattle and horses. The bigger animals aren’t too worried about him and will follow his lead. The sheep came from a farm where they trained Kelpies and the sheep were fearful of all dogs, to the point that is they saw…
Cailean has only had the chance to work sheep at stockdog trainers. He never grips but works in an upright manner with body positioning and shouldering and low growls. Though everything about his behavior indicates that he probably has a great deal of guardian nature, this cannot be assessed with certainty until Cailean has an…
Bonnie has worked dairy goats in a farm setting – moving them from pasture to pasture, taking them out in the morning, and bringing them in for milking, as well as generally guarding them against predators/intruders, serving as nanny to the young, and keeping the escape artists at bay. She does not know what to…