#its a toonie dog u get a yappy lil dog for ur farm | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

fjordfolk · 21 days ago

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the first mistake people make when discussing shelties as herding dogs is the assumption that any sheepdogs' primary purpose is *bringing* the sheep. meanwhile the main use of the original shetland sheep-dog was keeping those fuckers away

#its a toonie dog u get a yappy lil dog for ur farm #so they'll keep ur fucking sheep #out of ur fucking crops #run em back up the hills where they came from #and other farm dog things #there is definitely herding drive and they want to Get Shit Moving #often In A Particular Direction #but entering any of these with the mental image of a border collie border-collieing is. lol

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