For The Love Of Dogs

MarkD said:
Sort of. She is a McNab which is a Northern California breed composed mostly o border collie but with local herding dog talent when he needed more dogs than his borders alone could produce for a huge sheep ranch neat Hopland. Or so I hear.
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How interesting . I looked it up and they look to be becoming more and more popular as working dogs .

The McNab Dog, also called the McNab Shepherd or McNab Collie is a herding dog that originated in Hopland, Mendocino County, Northern California. The McNab was bred to withstand the tough conditions found in California such as heat, burrs, foxtails, and rugged terrain. Until recently, the McNab was little known outside California, but in last three decades have seen a gain in popularity and geographic dispersal of the breed.

McNab dog - Wikipedia



As you know some dock tails from some working dog breeds so they do not get caught in something but they are not born like that , well not all the cattle / herding breeds .
 

My girl Ember excels at jumping and is very fast. She is 3.5 now and weighs 35 pounds. I run her every day.

Taken about a year ago. She'd be good with a frisbee but by playing ball I can use a chucker and avoid so much bending to pick it up.

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One guy who raises and trains them says if he gives or sells you an adult dog you have to keep it on a leash for a month. Otherwise it will come home to me. Found out the hard way that is true when I left her with a friend who dog sits for a week. Toward the end of that time she'd become confident enough in Ember to leave her in the living room with her dog when she opened the front door for a guest. She was gone instantly.

Fortunately we only live 5 blocks away. So a neighbor phoned me in DC to tell me my dog was trying to get in the gate at our driveway. The neighbor followed her to see where she went when she circled the block. She said she ran through the park each timed carefully eyeing every person looking for me before coming back around to check the gate again. So I called my sitter friend and she drove over with her friend and dog in her car and parked across our driveway, leaving the doors open and her dog the car. Next time Ember buzzed through she jumped in the car and joined her dog Wolfie. Emergency averted.

This guy Gary Williams talks about the bond they form. I know anywhere I go Ember will be right on my heel. On a walk I rarely see her as she feels comfortable in that position. They're not a registered breed and they don't want them be as then breeding will about conformation to a look instead to a skill set.

 
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MarkD said:
My girl Ember excels at jumping and is very fast. She is 3.5 now and weighs 35 pounds. I run her every day.

Taken about a year ago. She'd be good with a frisbee but by playing ball I can use a chucker and avoid so much bending to pick it up.

https://flic.kr/p/2peEWSS

One guy who raises and trains them says if he gives or sells you an adult dog you have to keep it on a leash for a month. Otherwise it will come home to me. Found out the hard way that is true when I left her with a friend who dog sits for a week. Toward the end of that time she'd become confident enough in Ember to leave her in the living room with her dog when she opened the front door for a guest. She was gone instantly.

Fortunately we only live 5 blocks away. So a neighbor phoned me in DC to tell me my dog was trying to get in the gate at our driveway. The neighbor followed her to see where she went when she circled the block. She said she ran through the park each timed carefully eyeing every person looking for me before coming back around to check the gate again. So I called my sitter friend and she drove over with her friend and dog in her car and parked across our driveway, leaving the doors open and her dog the car. Next time Ember buzzed through she jumped in the car and joined her dog Wolfie. Emergency averted.

This guy Gary Williams talks about the bond they form. I know anywhere I go Ember will be right on my heel. On a walk I rarely see her as she feels comfortable in that position. They're not a registered breed and they don't want them be as then breeding will about conformation to a look instead to a skill set.

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'' They're not a registered breed and they don't want them be as then breeding will about conformation to a look instead to a skill set.''

Funny you say this because in those Alaska type shows , Homesteading types the sled dogs are not the AKC Husky , Malamute look one would expect .

I watched enjoyed the AKC show and also enjoy the show with breeds not AKC . I had Alapaha bulldogs M/F years ago and love dogs but after they passed on no way I was going through a dog / cat death ever again as it was brutal to go through .
 
NotCompSavy said:
'' They're not a registered breed and they don't want them be as then breeding will about conformation to a look instead to a skill set.''

Funny you say this because in those Alaska type shows , Homesteading types the sled dogs are not the AKC Husky , Malamute look one would expect .

I watched enjoyed the AKC show and also enjoy the show with breeds not AKC . I had Alapaha bulldogs M/F years ago and love dogs but after they passed on no way I was going through a dog / cat death ever again as it was brutal to go through .
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I'm always sad to hear of people who value a relationship with a dog so much but the loss of one taints it forever after that. It isn't that they are interchangeable but there are many good dogs out there who could use a good home and everyone of them is probably capable of claiming a new piece of your heart. I"m on my 8th now having had at least one since I was 17 and worry more about where/who my dog will go to if I pass first. But if I'm still kicking, I'll get another dog every time so long as I can provide for it.

But I've always been fascinated by the many breeds of dog out there too.
 
MarkD said:
I'm always sad to hear of people who value a relationship with a dog so much but the loss of one taints it forever after that. It isn't that they are interchangeable but there are many good dogs out there who could use a good home and everyone of them is probably capable of claiming a new piece of your heart. I"m on my 8th now having had at least one since I was 17 and worry more about where/who my dog will go to if I pass first. But if I'm still kicking, I'll get another dog every time so long as I can provide for it.

But I've always been fascinated by the many breeds of dog out there too.
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I understand what you are saying but even though in my youth which including during draft and few years after I had countless fist fights ( those were days you fought without weapons and no arrests ) in the end I realized I was actually fairly weak because certain of life's fights which are the worse took a toll and pet deaths are one of them .

I had 2 dogs and a cat later on and was devastated when they passed on , the male at 13 passed away and the 1 year younger female and 1 year younger cat mentally never recovered , the entire thing for me was brutal .

I now keep fish and birds / finches .
 
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