English Shepherds Herding

In the following series of short video clips an English Shepherd, Susie Q is introduced to herding cattle on a dairy. The resident dogs Shooter and Meg are showing her the ropes.

Susie Q and Meg are the "heeler" type of herding dog, whereas Shooter is the classic farmcollie header type, and also doubles as the farm guardian.

Shooter is a black dog with one white leg, and is usually the closest dog to the cows. Meg has a white nose and full apron. Susie has two white legs.

Video 1 Susie and Meg follow Dan

Video 2 Susie, Meg and Shooter grazing

Video 3 Shooter wearing

Video 4 Meg wearing, misses one that is turned wrong. Dan points at her.

Video 5 Susie follows Dan's "cue"- looks for a frisbee...

Video 6 Susie tries again and the cow turns her back

Video 7 Susie still can't find a frisbee and the cow still won't let her go further

Video 8 Shooter to the rescue- he turns them the right way and then Susie (who is finally starting to get the idea) and Meg follow up

More about Shooter and Meg.
Video showing Shooter's style more clearly.
More about Susie