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australian sheperds?

Hooks said:
oh quit complainin..................just give 'em all a bucket & teach 'em to drive a truck.............................. :wink: :lol: :lol:
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Oh yeah...NEVER leave a Heeler in the truck with it running!!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:


That will cost you about $5K to get the front end of the truck fixed!!! :shock: :shock: :shock:
 
Thank you again for your posts. One of our house dogs is a pound puppy the other is a mix that was given to us. I have checked the pound several times however the only cowdogs they have had were heelers. And they knew the owners, just waiting for them to come bail them out. That was the first place I looked as I have never payed for a dog in my life (never had nothin but old mutts.) I live in a small town, so not really much at the pound.

And I know it may sound ignorant to some but for the first time in my life I just want a registered dog.

Not going to breed and to be honest I can't even think of one good reason why I want papers. I just do. (My wife is telling more and more often that I sound like my grandfather. Cantankerous old man that usually just wanted it his way.)
 
Papers aren't worth anything if you aren't going to breed and sell dogs. Plus sometiomes they dont matter at all. My two R/W BC's arent papered and I can get just as much for their pups as a dog with papers.

Don't get caught up the papers for what you want. You can find a purebred that is not registered that is just as good or maybe even better than one with papers. Those $75 purebred Aussie's sound like a good deal really. If you want an Aussie with papers you'll probably have to add $300 to $400 just for the papers.
 
My papered red merle male was $800 when he was bought as a pup. The owners kept him in a asphalt lot and he was loopy as they come.

He jumped up on their son ( city people) and I got a free $800 dog w/ papers ( I never bred him)...best damn dog I ever had and I miss him every day!!!
 
Aussies make very good stockdogs-cattle,sheep,poultry, etc and good around horses.---if brought up right. They are called velcro dogs becuase they like to be right where you are at-rather it be working or relaxing and very good with kids if brought up around them. But not all Aussies work-be sure to get working bloodlines. Papers dont help the dog work, but a good record of ancestors which can mean a lot sometimes. Hope this helps a little.
 
I've had both border collies and aussies. The aussie did better with the kids however he got terribly protective and started biting anyone that came near that wasn't family. Both border collies and aussies are born and bred to work. If I was just looking for a larger family dog I'd suggest a Lab.
 
Just got off the phone with PJ. Goodpasture thank you so much for passing my info to her, (And I hear you may have caught the Aussie bug also) She is sending me pictures and I believe we will probably try to get something worked out. Thank you all so much for your info.
 
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Will be going to pick this pup up next Monday. Her name is going to be Charlie.

I was always told working dogs should have a one syllable name with a heavily accented first letter like B or D so that you could holler at them from across the field and it would be easier for them to hear you. But oh well.
 
Call her "Chuck" and you got it made. :wink:

Seriously, names should not end in 'ie' or 'y' cuz the dogs
tend to not hear them as well. Or something like that.

The look like dandy pups. Keep us posted as to how she
works out. I think you made a very good investment. In fact,
if I was in the market for a pup, I'd get one from her as I think this is as good a deal as you will find. And I think you were VERY WISE to get a female.
 
Don't holler...train her to a whistle.

Saves your voice...they can hear it over much farther distances....and it looks cool 8) 8) 8) if your dog works on a whistle also!!!

You can create your own set of commands . Yeah there are tons of expen$ive books....but you're the only one that's gonna work with the dog...so set up your own signals.

Have fun!
 
kolanuraven said:
Don't holler...train her to a whistle.

Saves your voice...they can hear it over much farther distances....and it looks cool 8) 8) 8) if your dog works on a whistle also!!!

You can create your own set of commands . Yeah there are tons of expen$ive books....but you're the only one that's gonna work with the dog...so set up your own signals.

Have fun!
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Recently Peach Blossom, her two sisters, their mother and her sister all spent a week in Washington D.C. In a crowded train, they had to sit apart. When the train stopped, one of Peach's sisters went out a different door than the rest of the gang and was separated by a multitude of humanity. Finally one of the other four saw the lost lady in the far distance. Peach pursed her lips and gave out a shrill cowboy whistle. The sister sure was able to pick out the redneck group she belonged with. :wink: :-)
 
Soapweed said:
kolanuraven said:
Don't holler...train her to a whistle.

Saves your voice...they can hear it over much farther distances....and it looks cool 8) 8) 8) if your dog works on a whistle also!!!

You can create your own set of commands . Yeah there are tons of expen$ive books....but you're the only one that's gonna work with the dog...so set up your own signals.

Have fun!
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Recently Peach Blossom, her two sisters, their mother and her sister all spent a week in Washington D.C. In a crowded train, they had to sit apart. When the train stopped, one of Peach's sisters went out a different door than the rest of the gang and was separated by a multitude of humanity. Finally one of the other four saw the lost lady in the far distance. Peach pursed her lips and gave out a shrill cowboy whistle. The sister sure was able to pick out the redneck group she belonged with. :wink: :-)
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Mom & I do that all the time in a store or mall or crowd. Not that type of whistle but we use bird calls that no one around us seem to notice but we can clue in on it and locate the other one very easily!

Being Redneck does have it's advantages!!! :lol: :lol:
 
We used to raise quail, so any time I lose my wife in a store I give a bob-white whistle. It used to embarass her, actually come to think of it a lot of things I do used to embarass her, but I guess she's learned to live with it. (I got a good one, tell her everyday "think I'll keep ya.")

I'm excited to get the pup and start working with her. And like ya said I'll be the only one to work her so won't matter much what signals I use.

Got a chuckle the other day, I had my big dog Roman at the park and one of my buddies stopped with his blue heeler (they live in town so his dog doesn't work stock.) He asked if Roman knew any tricks I told him no. My buddy then began showing off all his dogs tricks, shake, high five, roll over, etc, etc, etc. Very impressive my buddy would say five on the left and the dog would use his left paw. High five on the right and he would use the right paw. My buddy was very proud, however I got the last laugh. As we got ready to leave I just hollered at Roman and he came and jumped in the truck and my buddy spent another 30 min. chasing and yelling at his dog.

Tricks are neat but I would just as soon have a dog that knows all the basics.
 
Go to www.cattleco.com We have Mini - Aussies for sale Blue Merles and Blk Tri Female. These pups will work livestock!!!!!!!!!
 
What a sweet pup! :D :D :D :D

We've never had an Aussie, but my sister has had three. The first was a regular size, and was just about the smartest dog I've ever seen. You actually had to spell in front of her if you didn't want her to know you were going somewhere that she couldn't go! She knew the whole family by name, even the ones she only saw every few months. She was raised in the city, but when she came out to our place she just knew what to do with cattle. Not much in the way of instruction needed.

Her last two Aussies were mini's. The first was a top notch agility dog, but came down with sudden onset Addison's disease. It's very rare, and very deadly. That was a disaster! The breeder was kind enough to replace the dog, even though she probably didn't have to, so my sister returned the favour by taking the replacement puppy to the Mini Aussie National Show this fall, and winning her class! :clap: :clap: The breeder's act of kindness was repaid by getting bragging rights that should go a long way.

She's also destined to be an agility dog. She's still just getting out of her puppy stage, but she has great potential. She hasn't seen the cattle yet, but I would bet she'd be a natural herder too.

Enjoy your pup. I'm sure she'll work out very well for you.
 
kolanuraven said:
Don't holler...train her to a whistle.

Saves your voice...they can hear it over much farther distances....and it looks cool 8) 8) 8) if your dog works on a whistle also!!!

You can create your own set of commands . Yeah there are tons of expen$ive books....but you're the only one that's gonna work with the dog...so set up your own signals.

Have fun!
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I never used whistles- because when I really needed it- I didn't have it with me :shock: Always used voice commands- and then also because we live in a country of blustery weather where a 30 mph wind is considered mild- tried to get them all working off hand signals too.....

I know one fellow that has gotten several pups from me- that has them all trained that if they are in visual sight of him- he still controls them....
 
I've got my two young dogs working off of whistles now. I found with my female dogs that my "tone" sounds harsh if they are a long ways off and they will stop and wait until I get closer to take a command.

Also, a whistle carries better than a voice command. I like to send my dogs off a long distance and be able to stop them, this is where the whistle has helped out the most, especially with a young dog. I send them out to where I want them to be and then I can get them to do what I want alot better with a whistle.

Another thing about the whistle that is nice is I work two dogs alot and I have a different tone for each dog to work off of. When I first started with whistles, or with voice comands, I had both dogs doing the same job. When I started another dog, I would use a different tone of whistle and that made it to where I could send one dog one way and keep another dog close or send it on another direction.

I still use voice commands when they are in close enough, but learning to use the whistle, and training the dog to the whistle sure helps your throat and keeps your heartrate down.
 
Starting an Aussie
I started pitting this page together but got lazy
http://imageevent.com/v_key/trainingworkingdogs;jsessionid=wkoi6cw062.zebra_s

Some of our dogs
http://imageevent.com/v_key/aussies

06 xmass puppies
http://imageevent.com/v_key/puppies06

My dog would work to
Voice, Whistle, Signals

All Dogs Knew Property Lines and would not leave the Ranch except with me on horseback

We had 25 acres of alfalfa (No Fences) at the end of the season I would turn the sheep in/out and "Melody" would lay on the frount porch and keep them in the alfalfa field when they got close to the property line -By Her Self

Do you know how to make a Whistle out of a Bottle Cap???
 

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