Muster dogs

[coneye]

Been watching that show Muster dogs , i really enjoy watching it ,  now the current one is border collies ,, v  kelpies  , which is the bst , without getting too the end i  suspect its gonna be a draw , general consencus is there both great at there jobs if trained and bred correctly .

 

Now a question for any of you out there who live on farms have had anything to do with farm dogs , where does the heeler stand in this equation .

 

Not long ago i seen a u tube   show with an american woman who had border collies and kelpies , but she claimed her blue heeler was the best by far . Thoughts from the farmers or the experienced in this department . . .

 

 

[sandgrubber]

Living among mixed sheep/cattle grazing county in New Zealand, my vote goes to none of the above.  Mongrel heading dogs and huntaways do best in our steep hill country.  It's awesome watching them coerce a hundred plus cattle or a few hundred sheep onto livestock trailers.  Lots of pet border collies.  I've never seen one in the field.  Heelers are rare both as working dogs and as pets.

Edited 10 hours ago by sandgrubber
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[asal]

mine have brought in the goats when they get out.

my friend uses his cattledog to bring in the cattle, goats and chooks.  she is amazing

 

one chook kept attacking so she solved the problem, once the others were safely in their shed for the night, then back to the cranky hen, by backing into the shed so the hen chased her into the shed then she ran for the door for him to let her out. 

 

I have it on video. will see if I  can download it.

initiative by the ton

[_PL_]

My grandfather farmed all his life so we grew up with that.

Heelers were the dog of choice for the cattle and a couple of kelpies to help.

We knew not to go near the heelers, they were serious working dogs.