Can border collies herd cats?
Emily Bassman
>
>The other day, a friend used the phrase "difficult as herding cats," which
>brought to mind the above question. Does anyone have any stories, one
>way or the other? Thanks.
Well, I knew a GSD who used to herd her 3 cats. Successfully, too. She'd get them all on the dining room table and then wait for h=
er people to come in the room and see what she'd done. When they did, they found one incredibly pleased dog, and three p*ssed-off c=
ats!
If a GSD could do it, I suppose a border collie could do it too. But the cats would NOT be happy about it.
Emily Bassman and Perry and Dolly
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to go.
Amy Hendrix
>I have a sheltie who herds our cattle. She nips at thier heels to get them
>to go.
Ah, but cattle are *easy*. Any herding dog with a mite of instinct can
get cattle to go (though they might just get killed by a misplaced kick).
What we're talking about here is *cats*, a different propostion altogether.
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>szp...@boris.ucdavis.edu (Janet Peerson) wrote:
>>
>>The other day, a friend used the phrase "difficult as herding cats," which
>>brought to mind the above question. Does anyone have any stories, one
>>way or the other? Thanks.
>
OH YES!! My dog, Shane, is part Shepherd/Collie and he herds my rabbits
to bed...if they aren't in the bedroom by 10:00 pm everynight, he has a fit,
barking and then chases them until they run to the bedroom...THEN, he herds
me to bed at 10:30 by barking at me until I go...it can be a pain, but it
is funny too!
Michelle
ROBIN HALL
>From: jtt39...@aol.com (JTT3976074)
>Subject: Re: Can border collies herd cats?
>Date: 13 Nov 1995 07:42:58 -0500
>I have a sheltie who herds our cattle. She nips at thier heels to get them
>to go.
Both my border collies would prefer to eat cats rather than herd them,
but I suppose stranger things have happened :-)
Robin