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Re: [RC] OT - Australian Shepherds - rides2far@xxxxxxxxWe have a Border Collie who got kicked by a horse, had 6 upper front teeth quickly removed, and hasn't learned a thing about why he shouldn't be heeling horses. Poor old dear. I raised Hartnagle line Australian Shepherds from 1979 till...well my last one is on the porch, 7 generations later. My first was a wonderful working dog. I was envious of other people whose dogs had split tongues and missing teeth because they looked like such workers. Trudy was used with horses for 14 years and never caught a blow other than one cheap shot from a horse she was just trotting by. I finally realized it was because she was *good* at what she did! She did things like protect the paint on the truck when I had to park it in the field, kept the horses out of the feed room all night once when my dad left it open, did not allow any horse to paw...just knew all the rules and enforced them. If I led a horse up to a gate where it was muddy inside and didn't want to go ahead of them she kept them from turning back on me. Her only bad point was unattractive ears (looked like the Flying Nun). I finally crossed her with a show line and got nice ears...but lost a ton of "work". The resulting pups were much friendlier, fluffier, and easier for the average Joe to own but not my type. I crossed back to working lines for my keepers. I lost my line when I sold my last litter of pups and parted with the female I'd planned to keep. A friend who was an endurance rider and a frisbee person bought her; then my last female got killed. The endurance rider later contacted me and said the dog was "too much for her neighborhood" and would I like her back? I said YES!! Then found out she'd already spayed her. I have her back but unfortunately she'd already been started on frisbees. She cares about nothing else. It's really sad. Her mother, grandmother, gg grandmother...etc. all were totally focused on ME with the staring eyes and one paw on my leg. This one just stares a the lid to a 5 gallon bucket all day and twitches. Such a loss. :-( Angie _____________________________________________________________ Click here to find the satellite television package that meets your needs. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2121/fc/Ioyw6i3mzvzkpvyRrY9MkslLCWJ4PTCxw6NvneGA7GulxJPhUQ2FGN/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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