Working Dog Ruby Saves Stuck Lamb  Our working dog, Ruby, has a routine that she never deviates from. As we are heading out the door she runs to the gate to check on the livestock. If ...

Working Dogs - The Australian Shepherd - Jack of All Trades  I compete in herding trials with my three Australian Shepherds, but the best time we have together is working on our small farm. I raise sheep, a few steers,...

Unlikely Working Dog Candidate - My Chug and Her Chickens  This dog breaks through the working and guardian dog stereotype.

I received a Chihuahua pug mix about four years back by a relative who just could not ...

Working Dogs - The Old English Sheep Dog   I have been using them for a little over 20 years and find them to be very hard workers.

Gathering Eggs - How This Working Dog Helps Out - Australian Shepherd  My Aussie Keesha stands guard while I gather eggs in the hen house. The reason she watches out for me is the rooster wants to attack anyone who tries ...

Working Dogs - An Australian Shepherd Saves the Day  Autumn is the time of the year when livestock is rounded up and gathered to be shipped to market. Calves are collected and weaned and any that were not ...

Sheep Trek 2009 and Why I Need My Working Dogs - Australian Shepherd  Last winter we had about 100 head of sheep. We had approximately 40 lambs that were grazing an area 1/2 mile from the main farm here in central KY.

Well,...

Primitive Working Dogs Can Be A Rancher's Best Friend! - Canaan Dog  My late husband Larry and I had a passion for preserving a rare breed, especially one that had a potential to assist man in a working capacity. The ancient ...

Working Dog Putting the Cows Away - English Shepherds  One cold March day, our herd of cattle escaped their feedlot pasture and headed half a mile away to their summer pasture. The grass truly was greener ...

Hidden Benefits of Working Dogs - General  I sent my working dog to gather the flock the other day. He had to go about a third of a mile and was lost from my site for a few moments. It was windy ...

Working Dog Helps with Catching Escaped Sheep - Australian Shepherd  Just after we moved to our farm in Wisconsin our little flock of sheep took off through an open gate (oops) and got mixed in with our neighbors' flock ...

Working Dog Takes on Motherly Role - Belgian Shepherd  The majority of the time our imagination conjures up a view of the working dog gathering or guarding stock. This brief story, shared with permission from ...

Kit the Working Dog and The Bottle Lambs  One year we purchased a large group of cull ewes with great genetics but that had not been taken care of. We lambed them out but bottled most of the babies ...

Working Dogs - Why A Good Border Collie is Worth 10 Hired Men!  Shortly after acquiring our first fully trained working dog (our Border Collie, Kit), my husband and I were trying to put the sheep into the barn like ...

Working Dogs - Gate Sorting  Today we needed to get 2 lambs to market. We did some gate sorting and some individual work. I found out to trust my dog is good but she did need some ...

Working Dogs - Border Collie Cross   Midnight is my constant companion when I go to the barn. While I get the feed readied, she is out bringing the horses in.

Whenever one would get outside ...