You carefully warmed up your enthusiastic herding dog, competed successfully, and now you can relax and cheer on your friends after putting your dog in his crate with a bucket of water and a fan. Well, not quite so fast….
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Games and Activities to Keep Your Herding Breed Dog Mentally and Physically Healthy If you’re the proud dog-parent of a herding breed dog, you already know about all the wonderful benefits. Although there are certainly differences among the specific…
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This Aussie Developed Storm Trauma, Her Panic Could Have Ended Her Life Violent storms were not in the forecast when Liz Van Wieringen left for work. Without thinking, she closed the door to the basement – and the pathway to…
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Border Collie knows her toys! Herding breeds are intelligent dogs – they train hard, listen well and their abilities go way beyond herding. For this smart Border Collie, finding her toys is a fun game, but we know this game…
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Seventy Five Twenty Five: Keeping Your Dog on Track Herding breeds are unlike any other dog breed, for specific reasons. They’re bred: to be sensitive to work extremely close with the handler to be smart and use independent thinking …
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No Sheep, No Ducks, No Problem – There’s a New Game in Town: Treibball It’s a given that herding dogs are wonderful companions, and it’s no secret that they’re hard-wired to herd. Many herding dog owners don’t own or have…
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NOTE: The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent those of The Guild of Shepherds & Collies. We do not take an official stance on tethering one way or the other. Feel…
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The Bouvier Des Flandres is a white-collar name, for a blue-collar dog. This herding breed has been seen in the homes of many well-known people, such as presidents and movie stars. And it was even rumored to have fought Hitler…
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VetStreet.com once published two articles that included the top five most energetic dogs and the top five most intelligent dogs, as voted by 122 veterinary experts. You may, or may not, be surprised to know that three herding breeds made the…
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Herding breed dogs are a very distinct type of canine. Built to work alongside humans and sustain a full workday, these dogs need optimal nutrition. All dogs need the six basic nutrients: water, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins. However,…
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