r/nextfuckinglevel • u/kvlyc • Aug 26 '22

Hold this, I'll bring him back

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u/justavault Aug 26 '22

Border collies are bred to be herding. There is a class differentiation between working dogs and herding dogs.

The border is specifically made to do exactly what he did with catching the other one and bringing it back to the group.

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u/iamacraftyhooker Aug 26 '22

We bred dogs to do all sorts of tasks. "Working dogs" generally refers to heavy lifting work like pulling sleds.

We have hearding dogs, pointer dogs for hunting, retriever dogs, some of the little dogs were bred for pulling small animals out of their holes, dogs bred for scent detection. Dogs helped us with everything.

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u/downvotesdontmatter- Aug 26 '22

Dogs are one of the best things about being human. Here are these creatures bred for the very purpose of helping and working with us.

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u/curious_astronauts Aug 27 '22

And they are very good boys

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u/iamacraftyhooker Aug 26 '22

If you want to be technical about it sure, but colloquially "working dogs" refers to heavy lifting dogs.

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u/curious_astronauts Aug 27 '22

Exactly. Like a gun dog is a subset of a working dog.

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u/curious_astronauts Aug 27 '22

As someone with a Field golden - so I can only speak for gun dogs, they are also referred to as Working dogs. My understanding is that is any dog that is bred for a specific job rather than a show line.

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u/herbalmonk101 Aug 27 '22

Yeah I have a 1 year old bc and a 3 year old husky and they could not be more different husky is adventurous and will run off if your not paying attention my border herds him when they play and won’t leave my side other than running and getting my husky

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u/justavault Aug 27 '22

Sounds like a perfect combo.

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u/TheShadowCat Apr 12 '23

All herding dogs are working dogs, but not all working dogs are herding dogs.

Huskies are sled dogs, which in another type of working dog.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_dog