[Jacob-list] Re: Herding with Jacobs

[Neal and Louise Grose]

I lent my brother some older Jacob whethers to train some young Border 
Collies. Bad idea. Dog goes in pasture, sheep bowl down sister-in-law to get 
away from dogs. That is the idea, isn't it?

Must have "dog broke" sheep.

Neal

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shannon Phifer" <kenleighacres at yahoo.com>
To: <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 11:39 AM
Subject: [Jacob-list] Re: Herding with Jacobs


> Hi!  Yes, I train all types of herding dogs on our
> Jacob Sheep.  I have a small flock that is for this
> purpose only and the rest of our Jacobs are herded
> with our Border Collies.  If you know what you are
> doing to begin with, they make great herding sheep.
> They flock together reasonably well and are dog broke
> rather easily.  By "dog broke" I mean that they flock
> to a person when the dog is working them.  When you
> are starting a new dog, or puppy, you definitely want
> to have dog broke sheep.  I teach 3 herding classes a
> week and the jacobs are the only sheep I have for this
> - they have been worked by dogs ranging from Shelties
> to Rottweilers.  My students laugh that my sheep are
> trained better than most of their dogs :)  I have one
> group that will come when I call them, even with a dog
> sitting right next to me.  If your friend has
> questions, they are more than welcome to send an
> e-mail.
>
> Thanks,
> Shannon Phifer
> www.kenleigh-acres.com
>
>
>
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