Sentences with word «stockdog»

American ranchers continued to develop the breed to be great stable stockdogs with easy trainability and great endurance.

If you are seeking an ABCA registered border collie, then your state's stockdog association will be the best place to start looking.

In her spare time, she enjoys playing in the mountains with her dogs, dabbles in agility, and has begun herding training with her two most enthusiastic stockdogs... much to the chagrin of the local domestic sheep population.

A prick - eared dog will not be able to compete in the show ring but if you are breeding stockdogs or performance event dogs there is no point in sacrificing an otherwise suitable animal over a cosmetic fault.

The history of the domestication of dogs is anyone's guess, but there is plenty of evidence to suggest that the herding behavior we see in today's modern stockdogs originated in the time when tribes used wolves and wild dogs to hunt.

Sled dogs pull sleds, stockdogs herd livestock, hunting dogs hunt, and in turn their owners provide them with food, shelter, and medical care.

Obtain an objective evaluation of the health and fitness of your dog by testing it in a manner appropriate to the breed, in some activity, e.g. obedience, agility, hunting, tracking, search and rescue, stockdog work, conformation, flyball... The goal is to increase the probability that the dogs you bring into this world will make a good companion.

They affect showdogs, stockdogs and performance dogs.

14.5 % of the dogs were stockdogs, 1.3 % search - and - rescue, and 6.5 % listed various other occupations, including therapy dog.

Most people don't think much about an occasional minor limp in a stockdog or a dog that regularly competes in demanding performance events like agility or flyball or even if it is just a very active animal.

A: You and your dog (on a leash) are placed in a pen at least 50 feet in diameter with 3 sheep, the Tester, and a stockdog (frequently a Border Collie) which helps the Tester manage the sheep between dogs, and during if necessary, for a maximum of 15 minutes.