Yeah, well, you ought to see who he had to whip to get to set there! :shock:
When I first got him home, (the size he was in the first pic) he jumped out of the open window of a 3/4 ton Dodge and lit right on his nose in a gravel road. He just kept quiet and went on about his business, as if it was normal to do so!
He's just now figuring out that there are cows and horses around here and that perhaps his mission in life is to make them do what he wants!
When the older dog was working some cows, a while back, he got the darndest expression on his face, like "Oh, is that what them things are around here for?"
Now we are working on, "don't bark and especcially at the horses". So far he's never been kicked, but it's coming one of these days. I'm thinking that he's the kind of dog to take it as an insult and will want to get some retribution! :wink:
I had always heard that Aussies are slower to develope, than Border collies, and I think it's right. The older dog didn't seem to want to really bear down and do what you said until she was about 2. She is a border collie X Aussie.
They also say that Aussies like a routine. He wants to do the chores in the morning, just the same as we did it the day before and is puzzled when you do something different or at a different time.
