Just HOW many steps? Sheepdog in Spalding, SA .

[persephone]

Interesting. Wish there was a less technical way to measure - It'd be interesting to learn how many Kms The Boss's dogs do on goat mustering days !! 

(dear reporter, they are NOT cattle dogs ...  *sigh* )
 

 

Edited August 31, 2017 by persephone

[Mrs Rusty Bucket]

I didn't think shearing or crutching could be done without mustering... erm

I'm sure someone will tell the reporter (spot the city slicker).

[corvus]

Some folks in our lab put GPS trackers on working stock dogs and got records of over 70km some days. Kinda puts things in perspective. We have a bunch of quite cheap data trackers designed for wearing on a backpack during travels to keep track of where you go. They are small and easy to attach, and you don't need to subscribe to anything. Someone gave us a Fitbark I tried out for a while, but you have to calibrate them to get distance.

[persephone]

9 hours ago, corvus said:

Some folks in our lab put GPS trackers on working stock dogs and got records of over 70km some days. Kinda puts things in perspective. We have a bunch of quite cheap data trackers designed for wearing on a backpack during travels to keep track of where you go. They are small and easy to attach, and you don't need to subscribe to anything. Someone gave us a Fitbark I tried out for a while, but you have to calibrate them to get distance.

it would be interesting to put one on one of the dogs here when they're goating ..but a backpack or harness isn't the safest in their job  

[corvus]

Oh, the trackers are designed to be attached to a backpack, but they are tiny. About the size of a small pedometer. You could attach one to even a very small dog's collar if they can wear a collar on the job.