Saturday, June 7, 2014

Shadoe GoatDog!


Shadoe is a wonderful up-and-coming goat dog...
In this series Shadoe herds the goats across Casa Del Oro 
in Eldorado and back to GoatCamp for break...


Shadoe spent a few months working mostly on her own with me in Eldorado last summer...


I really like how she gently and easily loops around the herd keeping them organized and on track...


Curly, the Guardian Maremma, follows along behind, keeping the rear safe from predators...


The lead goats don't like the dog coming in too close, but she does not back down or push too hard...


A lot of what she does in subtle and simply shows the goats which way is easier and which is too hard..


With Doonie the Quarab gently, but firmly, bringing up the rear the troop continues together to the edge of the road...










After the herd bunches at the edge of the road Shadoe comes in and pressures the group across...


Switching back to make sure the last goats don't slow down too much...



Shadoe stands on the white line of safety, letting the crew idle into their pen...

Here, pictured around 10 months, is a fantastic active GoatHerd Dog...

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