I used to watch the Border Collies round up sheep in the farmer’s field next to my house in Dunoon, Scotland. We were stationed in Holy Loch at the sub base. They have to be the smartest dogs in the world, because the farmers would just whistle and they’d change direction at the drop of a dime. ....very cool
I used to watch the Border Collies round up sheep in the farmer’s field next to my house in Dunoon, Scotland. We were stationed in Holy Loch at the sub base. They have to be the smartest dogs in the world, because the farmers would just whistle and they’d change direction at the drop of a dime. ....very coolI would LOVE to see that!!
When I was a child, my grandfather had a border collie that could get the cows by itself. Sent but not supervised.
More recently, I have driven across the Navajo reservation at Monument Valley and out in the middle of nowhere seen two border collies moving a herd of sheep along the road.
No barking or running that I observed just a slow steady pace. The dogs did, however, look disgusted even pissed as though there might have been earlier chastisement of some sort for the 18 thousandth time on the same flock of sheep taking the same routine trip. :-)