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Head 'em up, Move 'em
out. Evening gather Thursday November 20th. Keeper
(Kelpie) and Lena
(Border Collie) gather up the pasture calves and drive
them about half a mile to the corrals. That's the
neighbor's cows looking on from beyond the fence line.
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Ben wanted to
make some notes about these pictures to those of you who may
not understand the difference between a drive and fetch.
Ben (pickup) is working Lena the Border Collie and Leslie is
working Keeper the Kelpie. Leslie is also taking the
photographs. So in the 2 pictures directly above, Lena
is "fetching" and Keeper is "driving."
In the 2
pictures below, both dogs are driving. The dogs drove
the cattle past the pickup and into the corrals. The
only real difference between fetching and driving is handler
position. Once you have solid directions on your dog,
you will be able to do either whenever necessary. |
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The cattle are up
and we head for the house as the sun sets. |
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Ed and Ben went to visit
Don Moss, Gentryville, Missouri |
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Ed (Hamersley of Walker, Missouri) and Ben met in Joplin
Wednesday morning to head over past Springfield to visit Don
Moss. Seems Ed tracked down some Border Collie blood
he and Ben are interested in. They brought home a dog
named Sue.
It turned out to be old home
week with Paul Uhlman and Harley Hancock showing up.
Don worked several dogs for them before they decided on Sue. |
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Pictured above
(l - r) is Paul Uhlman, Don Moss, Harley Hancock and Ed
Hamersley. Below Don working "Sue" and right Don works
another dog.
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