#herding dogs

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"The Shephard's Dog, or Colley"

A Natural History of British and Foreign Quadrupeds. Written by James H. Fennell. 1843.

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The American Barn - Starting early at work.

[justhellacesome]

expanding on the kakashi headcannon,

Hatake Kakashi is literally Farmland Scarecrow or something right? then, Rather than wolves, Kakashi is more of a Livestock Guardian Dog and leader of his Dog pack rather than a wolf.

Thats why I said he's more like A pyrenees. With their white coat and droopy eyes.

Which would also mean Sakumo was one too, and having his sole purpose of guarding his village, denied from him, shunned by the very people he was loyal to. And even his leader uncaring of him. Its no wonder he took his life . What is a guardian dog without a purpose and shunned by those he was supposed to protect.

If he was a wolf, he would have long since gotten out of that stinkin village and prioritized pack he does have.

And Sakumos name really does go well with him being from Iron (different headcannon) and the way he died by seppuku is reminiscent to trying to regain his honor in a samurai way but he lack of a person to end his suffering rather than bleed to death makes it obvious with his standing in this shinobi village where honor is not something they can even fathom.

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[woolywoofs]

Im seeing double! 🤪

(Immy, Moppas sister, on the left! Staying with us for a few days)

[professionalunprofessional]

Another puppy Katie vid!!!

[megpricephotography]

Slinky, slinky, slinky... 

Flat collie!

Aaaand repeat. 

All the way around the field. 

[hopelessly-dizzy]

Our Modi. He's a Bergamasco Sheepdog. He's ginormous. Bergamascos have three types of hair: dog, wool, and goat. They intertwine and felt into what is called flocks. As they grow, we separate them so they become large, flat dreadlocks.

[zaryathelaika]

The inflammatory tags on that blog post about the auction prices on working Kelpies is funny considering it's difficult to find traditional driving stock-dogs in North America.

When I was looking into adopting a Kelpie or a Heeler as a thru-hiking companion, the farmers just straight up told me the driving lines are being phased out in favour of chute-dogs because trucking cattle is easier (and cheaper) than driving livestock over long distances on horseback or with quads. In large part because the lands are fragmented and one requires permissions to cross locked off parcels of land. Especially with absentee landlords sitting in big cities (eg. New York City, Toronto) and notorious for not answering emails or phone calls. And becoming more difficult every year.

Trying to tie farm-dogs into labour politics of farmhands is nonsensical here.

If you really want to critique agricultural animals being commodified by capitalism, could at least brush up a bit on David Nibert or read any of the eco-Marxist, green anarchist and social ecologist critiques of consumerist animal liberation groups being incomplete in their analyses of animal exploitations.

Better yet bring up how the enclosure of the commons and industrialization of livestock created the modern Border Collie, at the detriment of tenant farmers (eg. the crofters) and the British landrace collies (eg. Welsh collie, Old-Time Scotch Collie, Patagonian Sheepdog) and abroad (in the case of the Swedish Vallhunds and other herding breeds after WW2); or the development of gundogs, leisure class and the landed gentry.

Or even touch on settler-colonialism, displacements of Indigenous people (and Indigenous dogs), loss of knowledge in land stewardships, as well as the effects of cattle and sheep on prairie ecosystems. Or even just the landlordism aspect of big agriculture or the petite bourgeois politics of the small landowners.

Sorry, even working dogs are losing their jobs. There are just so much better anti-capitalist critiques of animal exploitation, landownership, industrial agriculture and privatization of farming operations.

[basically-just-dogs]

Physiognomy by Ksuksa-Raykova

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English Cur

A Natural History of British and Foreign Quadrupeds. Written by James H. Fennell. 1843.

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Munin is just so good with the baby

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“Well, he’s a dog. They don’t have an idea how the world’s supposed to be, so it doesn’t bother them when it isn’t.” Agnes frowned. “Except herding dogs, I think. They have a pretty clear idea in their heads, so they’re always nipping and worrying and trying to get it to fit. Of course, there’s people like that, too.”

T. Kingfisher (Ursula Vernon), Nettle & Bone

[learningfromlosing]

Can we start giving Australian Shepherds more credit? Yes yes I know so fluffy so sweet yes. But like, you do know that theyre bred specifically to protect large quantities of livestock? To use lethal force to protect them from predators? To literally be killing things like foxes and wolves? They have high prey drive, while yes it makes them great show dogs to fetch and stuff, but that also means they have instincts to see, assess, and attack anything that moves. They will automatically see it and assess if it's a threat or not. It has to be taught out of them to not automatically attack or chase after anything that is moving in front of them. And yeah they're very loving and sweet, but that's because they're very loyal to their owners and take off their emotions. If they think you're an aggressive entity, if their person is afraid, if they feel they need to protect their herd they're going to use lethal force to protect the owner they love so much. I've had my Australian Shepherd, who is well trained and well taught, get into a fight with an aggressive pitbull that wasn't leashed and leave them bleeding because he was protecting me while I, an agoraphobic outside walking him, was terrified; and him being unscathed because of his fur protecting him, while coming right back to me after calling him after getting into a safe area. He came right back and stopped after I called him, even though the pitbull was still around. He was more attentive to being around me and protecting me than attacking the dog. He stopped mid fight to make sure I was okay and stayed with me to make sure I had protection. He's exactly the guard dog that I need as a disabled woman who needs to walk him while being alone most of the day. Australian Shepherds may be very cute, sweet, and loving. But that's because they have someone to love. Don't make them think you don't have the same respect for their person or you could get seriously hurt. And if you're someone who needs protection with also a lot of love, mental and psychical exercise, and a very fluffy emotionally intelligent dog, this is the one to get.

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An older video of puppy Katie!!