kelpie Ireland
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I am looking for some farmers that might have kelpie dogs that are working cattle or sheep as i have some myself and just want to know how many are around
I do keep a good few of the kelpies,blueheelers ,and a new zealand huntaway the only one in Ireland as far as i can tell the kelpies are used for loads of jobs herding,drugs,rescue,i use mine for farm work i really haven't found any that i can't train i am looking for dogs that would not be related to my bitches
Blueheelers are very hardy dogs they like to drive alot so when starting them to work it is very important to work circles and figure eights and put a good out run on them as soon as possible they like to be up tight also like the kelpie will back and bark on command most of mine have went to cattle men and very hapay with them generally they do be small dogs unless crossed with other breeds same as kelpie very loyal
The way i few your dog even without seeing the dog is he is soft and cowardly if a dog leaves from yard to stand outside the gate and bark in i would have very little or no value on him and that is why i have moved to kelpies and heelers very rare to that softness in them
Determined fellas aren't they . Very impressive.
And have u not seen kelpies backing cattle the same as sheep i would love to see a sheep that would stand again any of our dogs the hole idea of dogs backing sheep is to keep them moving forward in a bottle neck situation u keep the main holding pen full and dogs are working well you send them to top of race where they drop off sheep's back and run under sheeps belly sheep jump forward once the sheep are moving well the dog works the main pen barking and backing secret is keeping main pen full they is any amount of clips on YouTube of how a Kelpie can sort out "bully ewes"with out putting a tooth on them makes for great viewing