[ SHOWGSD-L ] Herding with coated dogs
- From: TerraNorte@xxxxxxx
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:55:13 EDT
I have had coated puppies over the years and had people inquire about
coated pups. Usually if you keep up on grooming them when they are blowing
coat,
not anymore issue than non-coated dogs.
What I have come to realize it how hard it is for coated dogs - not only
GSD's, but the Border Collies, Aussies, Collies, Shelties, Bouviers, and
Briards to actually herd outside of a dirt arena. We have a Briard that is in
training for C course and she walks the stock from the pen to the graze,
makes a couple of passes through around the graze and is full of grass seeds.
Unfortunately with native grass pastures you are going to have some seeds.
I now understand why a long coat is an fault for our breed - the human
shepherd doesn't have time to brush out that coat every time the dog comes home
from work and in order for the canine shepherd to effectively do it's job
(take the stock to graze, manage them during the feeding period, and then
bring them back home) - it needs to be able to work without dealing with
seeds and burs. I wonder how setters are able to go to work in the field
without the same issues?
~ Val Manning
Terra Norte' GSD
Rancho Terra Norte'
Wellington, CO
_www.ranchoterranorte.com_ (http://www.ranchoterranorte.com)
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