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Tess came to us a few
years ago for training. She had been causing havoc
on the farm where she had been bred and had been
entertaining herself by running off and finding some
sheep for her owner. She would proudly present him
with a couple of hundred sheep belonging to someone
else! Needless to say he got a little annoyed with
this. So Tess came to us for some borstal
training! On
the first day she arrived I took her out on the quad
bike and some ewes and lambs had broken out so I allowed
with dog with no commands and allegedly no ability to go
and she what she would do. she very calmly and
politely went round the sheep and quietly put them back
in the field they should be in and once finished, jumped
back on the bike. I was instantly in love with her!
Over the next few weeks I continued to train her and
then when the time came for her to go home her owner
asked me to try and sell her as he felt his father would
still not allow her back on the farm. I didn't
take much convincing to keep her and she is well a truly
my dog. In the same way that Fern is Julian's dog,
Tess is definately my girl!
She often comes to
work with me on other farms and has also helped us with
the sheepdog displays, although she is a little to eager
with the ducks and moves them round the course at a
million miles per hour!
Tess is now
registered with the ISDS on Merit. This means that
she has been assessed by the ISDS as being true to type
and of a standard of working ability to be classified as
a border collie despite not having a recorded pedigree.
She has produced a litter of three puppies since being
with us and they are all fantastic dogs. Two went
to family/agility homes and the third puppy went to our
neighbouring dairy farm where by 7 months old she was
bringing in 140 cows for milking day and night!
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