Pleasing 4 Pets

Dogs, once, had to hunt for their food, in order to survive, chasing animals in the wild and following herds. Over time dogs invaluable to farmers have been bred, guarding and rounding up their flocks and herds, bred to chase other animals but not harm them.

Modern collies are so called because their ancestors rounded up, colleys, the Scottish, nimble, black faced, mountain sheep that undoubtedly wandered to places unsafe for any man. Typically Border Collies, trained to work together, drive sheep into a pen, upon the order of the shepherds whistle. This total blind obedience is essential in a sheep dog as so not to fright the sheep, a time consuming debt of an unruly dog.

Though, Collies and Old English Sheep Dogs are probably the most commonly known sheep dog, Kelpies from Australia and Puli’s from Hungary, are highly disciplined to jump over sheep’s back without alarming them. Kelpies run along the backs of the sheep to reach the head of the flock, where once there they become the leader. Also, despite their small structure, long low bodies, short coats and foxy heads with erect ears, corgis were bred as cattle herders, nipping the cattle’s heels to drive them to the market.