Maeve has worked ducks turkeys goats sheep and cattle. Sheep are a breeze for her-they move wherever she wants them to go before 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…
York has sheep and domestic rabbits and ducks. He varies his herding style to suit the situation, sometimes moving them with out letting them know he is doing it. Sometimes York will grip the sheep on the neck. It is more of a “mouth guiding” rather that a true grip. Once he cut out a…
Danny works Dexter cattle. He only works when needed and is content to lie around as long as all is in order. He is very careful of the babies and treats them with care even when herding. But we do have several pens for yearlings, calves, and milkers, and daily we have to move these…
Maggie Mae has worked sheep, cattle and poultry. She is a great dog on cattle but has had to learn to be more gentle with sheep. She always has her master’s back and likes to drive stock away rather than gather. Maggie Mae grips on the hock to tell the stock to move, and never…
Toby only works when needed and is content to lie around as long as all is in order. He is very careful of the babies and treats them with care even when herding. Preferring to drive stock away rather than to gather, Toby seldom barks when herding and often grips the livestock on the hock.…
Luna has only had the opportunity to work chickens. She will sniff and lick baby chickens and treat them with special care when moving them. Luna uses tracking skills to hunt vermin, but she is more interested in driving them away than in killing them. She protects the chickens from predators, neighboring cats and predatory…
Nicky has worked goats, chickens and ducks. Does a good job with all. She will jump into the face of a goat attempting to butt or charge her and NIP at their snout. She heels, chasing after their hooves but rarely will nip there. It is mostly a lot of ‘poking’ hard with her snout,…
Nanny has worked sheep at a herding clinic and has cattle and poultry at home. She will work to assist her masters whether at home with her own livestock or elsewhere with strange livestock, and will herd independently at home when she sees the need to return escapees to their pen, etc. She wanders through…
Emma has worked sheep goats and poultry. She only works when humans are present and she runs right up to the stock and barks to make them move. We had cattle until recently and she worked better on them as she is a little tougher on the livestock. She works livestock only with me by…
Buddy has worked sheep goats and poultry. At this young age he has best control over the chickens. The goats are very flighty and he is able to move them easily. The sheep at this part of the year (late summer) are seasoned ewes who don’t take anything from an unseasoned dog. Therefore he has…