Border collie

[stew206 0]

Hey guys how would I chose a border collie to breed from what temprement am I looking for thanks

[Hannah4181 260]

To breed full collies or collieXlurchers?

 

Either way there is a HUGE variety of collies out there . . . . The welsh working collies are fantastic dogs, but temp wise i wouldn't recommend as pets, they need to work. The agility collies are saturated with over bred mearles, leading to neurotic and IMO unstable dogs. Then there's the show collies, again bred to death and flooded with poor confirmation and hereditary conditions . . . Dysplasia and hearing/eye problems are common.

 

For a lurcher X, i'd go for a dog bred from working stock, bred for centuries to work on the hills all day, all year round, and i would also lean more towards the leggier more athletic types.

[Ideation 8,216]

Hannah has got it spot on. If you want collie blood for any form of work, be it farm work or hunting, your best bet is to look for a working hill collie, the kind that is out 365 days of the year running over any ground, putting in a full day etc.

[neil cooney 10,416]

Look for a collie that can turn a cow with a calf at foot.

Better still look for a collie that can load a cow and calf. When the cow has thrown the collie 10 foot in the air and the collie goes back and tries again then you say to yourself, "that's the dog I want to breed from".

What I'm saying is there's a big difference between a collie that works and a proper working collie. Strive for the best.

I'm a hunting man and yet a good collie is one of my favourite workers. They saved me a lot of running over the years.

[Scallywag 78]

Another vote for the welsh collies here. My grandad used to use them as cattle dogs - hard, aloof with strangers, devoted to their owner and tireless. Fantastic dogs!

[cúagusgiorraí 57]

 

Edited May 11, 2011 by cúagusgiorraí

[Blue one 89]

 

 

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