Australian cattle dog

[toolebox 1,563]

19 hours ago, Mr Wilkes said:

Watched that and thought exactly the same.

The name says it all hunt away,bred in NZ said to be part lab in the early development, giving the collie more heavier body & the huge bark .The lines of the Huntaway in the North Island of NZ make for a very big heavy dog huge bark but well known for lacking in the 3 top inches ,said to be all bark & no brains.A common type of collie of old times was the "handy dog" which would back and bark in the yards ,show good  eye and  catch a lamb or ewe at lambing time hents the name "handy dog".

[Neal 1,873]

Personally, I can see why a huntaway's style of working could be beneficial in some areas in the British Isles i.e. expansive hilly or mountainous areas. Here the bark would work to shift sheep which wouldn't know a dog was there if the dog concerned was a completely silent type which became stuck on small numbers and simply froze. However, as Sheepchaser points out, a good collie can do this too and more besides. I've heard of a few people who have one for gathering and then swap to their collie closer to home for this very reason.

With regards to barking: the best way to discourage a dog from barking is to teach it to bark in the first place...and then teach it to stop.

Edited January 31, 2021 by Neal

[postie 425]

The pup had her first rats the other day. The big lad loves the ratting job mate. Don't think I'd breed off them...I'll be sticking to smaller dogs from now on mate.

Edited January 31, 2021 by postie
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[SheepChaser 8,089]

1 hour ago, Neal said:

Personally, I can see why a huntaway's style of working could be beneficial in some areas in the British Isles i.e. expansive hilly or mountainous areas. Here the bark would work to shift sheep which wouldn't know a dog was there if the dog concerned was a completely silent type which became stuck on small numbers and simply froze. However, as Sheepchaser points out, a good collie can do this too and more besides. I've heard of a few people who have one for gathering and then swap to their collie closer to home for this very reason.

With regards to barking: the best way to discourage a dog from barking is to teach it to bark in the first place...and then teach it to stop.

We use one for bullying big mobs of store lambs and she fair shifts them. But a bit of a one trick pony really. 

[JAE B 550]

5 hours ago, SheepChaser said:

We use one for bullying big mobs of store lambs and she fair shifts them. But a bit of a one trick pony really. 

Would you have one for rabbiting sheep chaser ?

[nothernlite 18,089]

Good we marker she has a good nose on her

[Black neck 16,125]

12 hours ago, nothernlite said:

Good we marker she has a good nose on her

Flipping ozzy collie wunt get near a midlandser 

[Shortstraw 476]

On 31/01/2021 at 08:22, Neal said:

Personally, I can see why a huntaway's style of working could be beneficial in some areas in the British Isles i.e. expansive hilly or mountainous areas. Here the bark would work to shift sheep which wouldn't know a dog was there if the dog concerned was a completely silent type which became stuck on small numbers and simply froze. However, as Sheepchaser points out, a good collie can do this too and more besides. I've heard of a few people who have one for gathering and then swap to their collie closer to home for this very reason.

With regards to barking: the best way to discourage a dog from barking is to teach it to bark in the first place...and then teach it to stop.

I taught my male border collie to bark on command also guard on command. I don’t know how I did it looking back, I think the fact his IQ was higher than mine probably helped. He was one of those collies who just seemed to know what was needed from a young age...there not all like that I was just lucky.

Edited February 2, 2021 by Shortstraw

[Shortstraw 476]

On 02/02/2021 at 04:36, nothernlite said:

Good we marker she has a good nose on her

Not your usual cup of tea? I know you’ll have mentioned a few times already....what’s the breeding?

[SheepChaser 8,089]

On 31/01/2021 at 14:48, JAE B said:

Would you have one for rabbiting sheep chaser ?

In a word ...... no! 

[nothernlite 18,089]

47 minutes ago, Shortstraw said:

Not your usual cup of tea? I know you’ll have mentioned a few times already....what’s the breeding?

Acd x greyhound xcollie x greyhound 

[Shortstraw 476]

24 minutes ago, nothernlite said:

Acd x greyhound xcollie x greyhound 

Cheers... always loved the look of your bedlington lurchers and will be interested how this compares in the field once it has a few seasons behind it.

[nothernlite 18,089]

14 minutes ago, Shortstraw said:

Cheers... always loved the look of your bedlington lurchers and will be interested how this compares in the field once it has a few seasons behind it.

Committed we pup just now for her age 

[nothernlite 18,089]

Had her out on het own for the first time marking and hunting up caught this bolter with style no bad for just under 8 months 

 

[Loton Moocher 1,254]

2 hours ago, nothernlite said:

Had her out on het own for the first time marking and hunting up caught this bolter with style no bad for just under 8 months 

 

Nice concentration