Rocky wrote:
elegy said in
rec.pets.dogs.health:


steve is a sporter collie


Merle and red BCs are all sporter collies. Never mind that
Maybe is a natural on sheep and that I need to find an extra day
in the week to accommodate her.


A good friend of mine has sporter collies (5, soon to be 7 because the
lady who bred them just died). Of the ones she has, one blue merle has a
lot of sheep sense. The others, not so much. She has 2 reds, 2 blue
merles, 3 red merles (and an ancient aussie).

The problem I see with some (not all) sporter collies (and all colors,
not just merles) in this area is that they have been bred only for
drive, with nothing else considered. Too many are just jibbering
screaming drooling fanatics. I can't imagine living with such a dog,
even owning Cala, who also has too much drive married to too little
impulse control.