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Chuckie
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Location: northeast nebraska
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but not much. this is my pride and joy (other than the kids, and he's a LOT easier to train). for those who've known me for a year or 2, and new ppl i'm not aquainted with so much yet.
come on over and meet him, AKA, Brix:
and then there's this:
and last, the goof-ball:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2353/2319923414_5977b68bd6.jpg
he's pretty much good for working livestock (need a bit more control on him), he doesn't work close, pushing chutes, etc., but he's not "skeered" of anything. big balls (he thinks  ). damn good dog...
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Big Muddy rancher
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Location: Big Muddy valley
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Faster horses
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Good looking canine there Chuckie!!
And hey!!! Glad to have you back posting again. You have been gone MUCH TOO LONG!!!
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gcreekrch
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Joined: 21 Feb 2008
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Location: west chilcotin bc
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Blkbuckaroo
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Location: Northern California
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| Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:14 am Post subject: |
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| Very nice looking pups,one our friends just bought a german sheperd pup,cute thing,Where's your pic chuckie?
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Hanta Yo
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Location: South Central Montana
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Chuckie
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Location: northeast nebraska
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My Brix but what big ears you have. 
Sharp lookin' dog  |
BMR, i was hoping those frickin' ears would help him hear me better--and they do!! he's probably the 2nd smartest dog i've ever had (and the first was a GSDxRottie). which is a challenge in itself 
no one messes around out here, that's for sure when the telephone co man came out last summer to install hi-speed internet (yay!), he called ahead about the dogs cause he'd heard i had a couple of big ones out here. i just told him to come on out--they wouldn't bite him hard the GSD sniffed him, then laid down RIGHT behind the chair--phone co man wasn't movin' w/out Brix knowing about it.
anyway, it's good to be back and "see" old friends and make some new ones
oh-gcreekrch--GSD just have a different kind of genetic herding style, called "boundary" or "tending" : they'll keep the herd in a specified area by working the boundaries, if an animal tries to cross the boundary, they're put back in place, if everyone cooperates, the dog just trots the line(s) all day. a short/sweet version of their work, anyway!
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Faster horses
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| One of the best cattle dogs we ever had was a GS. He was raised in town and on a chain to boot. A hunter from Ohio brought him to us and he was a mess mentally. Mr. FH loves dogs and he turned this dog loose, cuz he can't stand to confine one (right or wrong, HE just can't stand it). The dog ran steady for a day and never quit. When he finally came back and laid down, he was a different dog. And he turned out to be amazing with cattle.
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Kato
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Location: Manitoba - At the end of the road
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What a fine handsome dog he is! 
My GSD Zelda was a wonderful cattle dog, and we miss her a lot. It's very true about the tending style that they have too. Boy, nothing gets out of the gate! They have a very strong sense of "everything in it's place".
New puppy Elsa shows the same potential. Just like Brix, she's so smart it's a little scary. Keeping me on my toes, that's for sure. Once we survive puppyhood, I'm sure we'll have another good cattle dog.
With Zelda, and Elsa too, we started out with a lot of leash work, especially in the corral. It's the only way to develop a good set of brakes! Once the voice commands were solid, then the leash came off. Working groups was her strong point, and she loved to empty a pen. It was amazing how, as soon as the last animal walked through the gate, it was like you turned off a switch. She came for a pat, and walked away. You could even make her walk slower just by telling her from way across the pen. It was fascinating to watch. She'd walk slower and slower until she was at the right speed for the moment. My husband couldn't believe it.
In the beginning he didn't think Zelda would ever make a cattle dog, but we proved him wrong in a big way. He's not so skeptical with Elsa, having seen how it worked out once before.
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codymccue
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Location: by a crik in Saskatchewan
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hey Chuckie...
just had to comment about the herding instinct of the german breeds after you mentioned the rottiex.
most folks don't realize that Rottweillers were a herding dog in Roman times.The most willing dog I ever trained was a Rottie and the last one would lay at an open gate for days and not let anything out...
its a site watching a 140lb dog herd at a walk using pressure...
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young gun
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Location: northwestern ontario
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| i have a rottie that goes out with me and my rh/bc and he helps bring in my milk cow and butcher steers morning and night in the summer
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Oldtimer
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Location: Northeast Montana
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German Shephards always get my attention...I used to get to be the "guinea pig/bad guy" when the Air Policemen trained or worked their Security/Attack dogs- which were all Shephards...Wear an arm mitt- or dress up in an attack suit and let them hit you, bite you, and drag you around.....Those are some powerful animals- and could blow my 200+ lbs off my feet like nothing to it....You could feel the jaw power right thru the padding...
And I don't think there was a handler that didn't have a scar or two from an overly ambitous dog getting in an extra nip...But with the Police dogs they could take home when not working and the kids could crawl all over it and it was the gentlest/friendliest things there was....
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