A border collie gently guiding ducklings into a puddle

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This made me smile. My old beardie was great at herding adult ducks (this is a separate competition at herding trials)

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1. Awww 🐾

[MontanaMama]

2. My border collie herds anything and everything...

She herds me at whatever I’m doing. She’s just a year old so we’re working on it.

[Hekate]

5. Our long-ago Sheltie tried to herd the cats...

I was in awe.

The cats ignored him, of course.

[wnylib]

9. LOL. That would have been a sight to see.

[lark]

13. Our Aussie Shepherd has appointed himself the cat monitor.

Anytime the cats are scratching on something or getting up somewhere he thinks they shouldn't be, he will run up to them and bark at them or boop them with his nose.

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12. Have you been to a herding trial

My family has bearded collies. It is fun watching how each breed herds. Borders are like little wolves and rely on a strong eye. Beardies bounce and will bump into the sheep.

My old beardie was great with ducks. My ex-wife's beardie was amazing with sheep

[MontanaMama]

16. Yes!

Lots of herding trials...My border, Maybee, is just a year old so her herding is pretty spastic. Can't tell you how many times I've wiped out with a laundry basket full of clothes because I trip over her as she's herding me. I have chickens and we're working on herding them into the coop at night.

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17. Were there any bearded collies at these trials?

I enjoyed the herding trials that I have attended. At one trial, there was some mud and the sheep figured out that they were faster than the corgis. It was really amusing. Corgis are more of cattle dog

Have fun with your border collie. They are fun dogs to watch during a competition

[MontanaMama]

18. Not at the trials I've attended.

That said…I live in ranch country and the dogs we most see on ranches are borders, cattle dogs and aussies. I keep thinking I’ve had my last dog but then I get another herding dog. They’re addictive. I love their drive.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

19. Herding dog are indeed addictive

We have had bearded collies for 25 years.

[yardwork]

14. Our chihuahua mix tries to herd the cat.

He tries to round her up when I need to catch her to give her her meds. I accidentally reinforced it once. Now he does it all the time. Gets ahead of her, blocks her, barks at her, sticks his nose at her. She's bigger than he is but he's so fast, he intimidates her.

[brer cat]

3. I find that amazing. The border collie is so intent on his task.

[Hekate]

4. Adorable!

That’s my chuckle for the day.

[littlemissmartypants]

6. ❤️

[niyad]

7. . . .

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8. My border collie always wants to keep kids with their group

She came from a shelter, and when I first got her I didn't know what she was, since she's a smooth-coat BC. After I found out there was such a thing, it completely explained her behavior.

She's not trained, but has the instinct that little ones MUST NOT stray from a group.

[wnylib]

10. My border collie of several years ago had

the same view. Young ones should not stray from the group. Consequently, one day as my husband and I were talking to a young couple that we had just met at a park, the dog noticed that their 18 month old daughter had strayed from us and was headed for a 12 foot drop off into the mouth of a creek where it emptied into Lake Erie.

The dog barked such a sharp warning that we all looked up. I let go of his leash and he ran to the toddler and gently knocked her down, then prevented her from getting up until her father reached her.

He was not trained. I had not given him any command. It was all instinct with him. I just let go of his leash so he could do his thing once I realized what he was barking about.

They are amazing dogs.

[burrowowl]

11. My border collie

won't let my toddler sister go to the sidewalk in the front yard, her diapers had little holes in them from her pulling her back. When she had puppies the tom cat would watch them and keep them on the patio, he had herding instincts too.

[yardwork]

15. The Tom cat?! That's amazing. He must have learned from the dog!

[burrowowl]

20. Tiger was a good cat

he bitched about us having Frosty but when Dad came home from the the mids he would often see Tiger sleeping with Frosty by the doghouse. Tiger finally let us know Frosty was OK to have around.

[GenThePerservering]

21. Wonderful video!

love the way the dog gets down to the ducklings' level and gently moves forward.

On a long hike in England on a very rainy day I almost got herded into a herd of cows that were being moved to another field along a narrow path. Then the dog looked up at me, I swear gave me a look like "You're not a cow!" and marched off, still herding.

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22. I loved all these stories. n/t