Sentences with phrase «herding dogs on»

Bouvier des Flandres began as herding dogs on farms in Belgium.

This breed is often used for police work, as service and guide dogs, therapy dogs and of course, herding dogs on farms.

The sheltie is officially a Shetland Sheepdog who originated as a herding dog on the Shetland Islands.

This is the only herding dog on this list; the others are just a little too firm about keeping kids in line.

Not exact matches

Over two summers, the researchers treated herds of mule deer and white - tailed deer on a Canadian farm to modified recording of the cries of a wide variety of infant mammals — elands, marmots, bats, fur seals, sea lions, domestic cats, dogs and humans.

The huge diversity of dogs resulted not from natural selection but from generations of humans crossbreeding and selecting animals with traits they wanted — the ability to chase foxes into holes, or herd sheep, or sit attractively on a sofa.

Laid back, country ways, love the rain, love the sound on a tin roof, dream of living the rest of my days in the peace and calm of the hill country, with dogs, horses and miniture herd of cattle and maybe a long horn or two my dreams are a costly lot but are still my dreams.

But unemployed herding breeds, such as Border collies, cattle dogs (heelers), collies, and Australian shepherds, can get into a lot of trouble by practicing herding behavior on children, cats and cars.

By early 2016, she was training with her dogs up to three times a week and, while competing with her herding dogs was never a priority, Hawker set her sights on a return to the Soldier Hollow Classic in September.

Depending on your breed and your preferences, it could be conformation shows, agility, flyball, racing, swimming, herding, or any other dog sport.

What these working and hunting people are looking for is a dog that has the grit to face a full grown boar head on and still hold its ground, or face a herd of scattered cattle and have the wit and forcefulness to gather them up, hold them, or drive them to a specific location.

We want our dogs to feel equally at home whether in the UKC / AKC / GSDCA conformation and performance ring; on the Herding field; in the SV conformation ring and IPO field; or as a beloved family pet or service dog.

Certified Canine Good Citizen, nationally renowned blogger for more than 8 years on subjects of responsible pet ownership and positive reinforcement based dog training, management and herding specialist (especially with sheep and ducks).

If you have no herding or other work for this dog, then you'd better figure on some activities to tire out this breed!

Question: I need to know what kind of heartworm preventative to put my border collie puppy on she is 12 weeks old I used to use heart guard until it killed one of the dogs I got from the shelter that was part border collie I now understand thar some herding dogs can have a reaction to ivermectin.

For example, they needed a dog that could tolerate the intense heat; work quietly for days and nights at a time; and, after dark, literally sneak up on the cattle, which had become wild and dangerous to herd.

Just like every other big white dog breed on this list, the Polish Tatra Sheepdog is a great guard of large herds of sheep or flocks.

Living on the Chukotka Peninsulafor over a thousand years (on the Western most edge of Siberia; where the Russian side of the ice bridge that once linked Asia and North America lies), the Chukchi found the Husky useful as sled - dogs, watch dogs and for herding reindeer.

The breed was originally kept as a general working dog, mainly on farms, to help herd cattle and pull carts.

The usual age for herd training of a dog is 10 to 12 months, though it depends on the individual dog.

On an episode of «Cesar 911,» I used a herding dog's natural instincts to stop her destructive behavior — but I didn't have the humans actually use herding to do it.

On August 12, 1997, the Canaan Dog became eligible to compete in the Herding Group.

On farms the dogs also herd sheep and chase vermin.

When herding, these dogs help to keep deer herd together on the move to better pastures.

Like other herding breeds, smoothies are highly intelligent and focused on their handlers, making for a wonderful member of a Service Dog partnership.

What an absolutely tremendous article that you obviously devoted a lot of time in writing on training dogs that have the characteristics, (and breeding) to want to herd.

Same for herding dogs, hunting dogs, therapy dogs, racing dogs, assistance dogs, retrievers, and so on.

Although my passion is herding, my mom insisted on gathering obedience titles such as CDX (companion dog excellent), and rally titles such as RE (rally excellent).

Heather and Surly have gone on to compete in herding, agility, obedience, and Rally despite her being dog - reactive.

Obedience exercises are meant to represent good dog manners, safety needs (like stopping on command before running into the road) and certain herding or hunting skills.

Walk him on a leash as he may be aggressive towards other dogs and try to herd other people passing by.

In absence of farm animals, a bored herding dog may therefore feel compelled to herd cars, people on bikes, the owners and even children.

The only way for a Border Collie without an ISDS pedigree to be added to the ISDS registry is by proving its worth as a herding dog so that it can be Registered on Merit (ROM).

He also teams up with our 2 - year - old male to herd other dogs on the rare occasion we're not the only ones at the park.

They move gracefully with determination, focused on the task ahead which is a learned behaviour from their sheep dog herding ancestry.

My dogs are full - time pets who live in the house, sleep on the bed, have 24/7 access to the fenced yard, and take classes in agility, tracking, sheep herding, etc..

Seminole Dog Fanciers Association, which offers dog lessons at Casselberry's Secret Lake Park West, will have an all - breed and obedience match March 29 at Fort Mellon Park on First Street in Sanford.The match, sanctioned by the American Kennel Club, will have conformation classes for sporting, hounds, working, terrier, toys, non-sporting and herdiDog Fanciers Association, which offers dog lessons at Casselberry's Secret Lake Park West, will have an all - breed and obedience match March 29 at Fort Mellon Park on First Street in Sanford.The match, sanctioned by the American Kennel Club, will have conformation classes for sporting, hounds, working, terrier, toys, non-sporting and herdidog lessons at Casselberry's Secret Lake Park West, will have an all - breed and obedience match March 29 at Fort Mellon Park on First Street in Sanford.The match, sanctioned by the American Kennel Club, will have conformation classes for sporting, hounds, working, terrier, toys, non-sporting and herding.

Those dogs were on it from the second the humans let the cows out, circling behind the herd and nipping at their heels to lead them to where they had to be.

She lives on the East side of LA with her screenwriter husband, two energetic children, a small herd of dogs and one corn snake.

Faith Maloney, known as «Chief Dog,» rode herd on the dogs while construction of the Sanctuary was underway.

Mouthy dogs are more likely to use their mouths to hold or «herd» their human family members, and they need training to learn that it's fine to gnaw on chew toys, but not on people.

Farmers raised these dogs to herd animals on the Shetland Islands near Scotland.

Over the years Cindy has taken lessons with her dogs in agility, rally, herding, and working on reactivity / behavior issues and with horses lessons on western pleasure, halter, reining, cutting, and trail to name a few.

On the working farm that Jane and her husband Ed own, they utilize border collies for herding and Maremma sheepdogs as Livestock Guardian Dogs.

On the other hand guard dogs assume a proprietary interest in the animals, living with the herd all the time.For many years predator control has been a major problem for the American livestock industry.

Our Family: On a personal note the Cindy C. & W. Leland Smith Family animals consist currently of three dogs - high drive / energetic herding dogs (2 English Shepherds & 1 Belgian Malinois) and two cats (Ragdoll mixes), who are all a very important and active part of our family and daily lives.

Tough working dogs, they're hardwired to herd things by poking, barking, nudging, and nipping, and this can intrude on normal family life.

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Imagine a shepherd of old sitting out on the French countryside with his flock, looking into the very human eyes of his Picard: Herding breeds are bred to be intelligent, sensitive, one owner dogs.

I would find it interesting that herding breeds are unrelated, that would include the German Shepherd and the Border Collie, dogs that are seen high on the list as potential biters.