Re: [pyrnet] RE: Herding dogs and Guardian dogs and birds.

["Linda Weisser" <lmweisser@comcast.net>]

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From: <Janna720@aol.com>

<<heheh oh boy that should be fun!  ROFL the dog will be sitting there watching
US herd the sheep.. >>

this may well be just a "mistake" of terminology but it is really important to
undersand that these dogs are NOT herding dogs, they are guardian dogs.  And in
general guardian dogs should not be herding under nearly every circumstance.
Not herding is the quality that makes them trustworthy with most all stock.  Any
kind of bird is more difficult because of the squaking and flapping but the dogs
should not, in general, be allowed to corner chickens and pin them down.  See
the excellent article on www.LGD.org about adapting the dogs to chickens.

Linda Weisser
Olympia WA
lmweisser@comcast.net