Posts Tagged ‘Sheepdog’
Border Collie Rescue – Sheepdog Training – Gael
At Border Collie Rescue we assess every dog around sheep so we can know the degree of herding interest and ability of each Border Collie we take in. Those that want to work go to working homes, those that don’t can go as companions. To keep the sheep in order during assessments or sheepdog training, we use a trained sheepdog we call a ‘control dog’. This is a video of ‘Gael’ being trained to become a future ‘control dog’ for our organisation. She is being helped by one of our current control dogs, Dot, who you will see in the background from time to time – never in the way – but always ready! The Border Collie is designed to be a sheepdog and was originally used for herding livestock in the English and Scottish Borders. Border Collie Rescue assesses all dogs coming into our care for herding ability and will rehome them as stockdogs if that is what they need to do but we also assess and rehome for scent discrimination skills to the Police, Prison Service and Excise to detect drugs, explosives and firearms — to SARDA and other rescue organisations for mountain rescue and search and rescue work — to help deaf, blind or otherwise disabled people as well as for working trials, flyball, agility, obedience and other interactive sporting disciplines and many of our dogs have qualified for Crufts in these disciplines. Those that show us they do not need or want to work are rehomed as PAT dogs, pets and companions.
