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My first dog at 17 years old was a Border Collie Aussie mix, smart, stable, and brave. To date she is unparalleled in my experiences, we worked 300 head together and never were apart.

Dark Sky Homestead and Herbs 2y ago

Sounds like an amazing dog!

My boy is definitely my boy, we didn't train with my in-laws goats he just jumped in and started helping after watching us for a few minutes and with a few corrections he picked up what we wanted him to do. I grew up in rural suburbia with only rescue dogs and he was my first working dog and I was so impressed with him, not only how he picked up what we wanted him to do but also how happy it made him.

I love what you guys are doing to preserve such a small and relatively unknown breed. I'm watching how people that just want pets are almost destroying good working breeds because they love the look and colors of the dogs, like what they're doing with Border Collie and Aussies.

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Jac 2y ago

We’re careful about vetting the people we sell to, while we’re not intrusive to an unnecessary degree like some breeders are, if the prospective buyer works ten hours a day and lives in a metropolitan apartment we politely decline the sale. There are breeds well suited to that lifestyle, but working breeds are not among them. It isn’t fair to the dog or the human counterpart as boredom often leads to destructive behavior. Our sire has to be reminded to relax or he will herd the free range chickens to exhaustion. 😎 They need to work!