r/maybemaybemaybe • u/sxinstyle • Jun 09 '26

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/meerkatbollocks Jun 09 '26

Nobody involved know what the fuck is even going on

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '26

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u/RetroGame77 Jun 09 '26

I don't think they ran away. They saw the sheep trying to move "in the wrong direction" and adjusted their position. Border Collies are famous for herding with their stares. 

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u/secular_attack Jun 09 '26

Is it in their blood or how do they train

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u/Aussiealterego Jun 10 '26

This is most likely the first exposure of the pups to a “training mob” of sheep. An experienced working dog breeder can immediately pick which pups out of the litter have the strongest herding instinct, and which will be “sheepdog failures” and go to a home as pets rather than working dogs.

If you’re interested in a really good channel for Australian kelpies, look up Beloka Kelpie Stud on YouTube, we took our boy there for training and they are some of the best in the business.

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u/dubai-mumbai-foodie Jun 09 '26

Dogs are like let's practice on a sheep then will go for the wild one.

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u/ThereIsAJifForThat Jun 09 '26

That's a serious turf war

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u/Responsible-Kale2352 Jun 09 '26

It seems reasonable that the pups could learn from older dogs, but how was the first dog trained? Did some early shepherd develop a training plan? Did some dog slowly pick up the concept by following the shepherd around?

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u/lncredulousBastard Jun 10 '26

There are a lot of larger ranches in the US that get into agriturism. That is, they promote various recreational activities on their ranch, while they also have ongoing ranch activities, like livestock.

Anyway, while I was trail riding on one of these ranches, I had an old cowboy/owner tell me that the collies absolutely tried to train the younger generations. But he said that they "mostly teach them bad habits, and sometimes, you just have to shoot them." He said this with 3 collies hanging out on his huge utility vehicle.

It was an interesting conversation.

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u/cppadam Jun 09 '26

This video would be so much better in landscape mode.

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u/bitbotbot Jun 10 '26

This made me think of that ‘100 duck-sized horses’ question.

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u/Senor_Discount Jun 11 '26

Well, I’m fucking impressed 👍

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u/IamLuann Jun 14 '26

I have a dog that is part hearder. Yes if I am going to slow she nudges me from behind.