Pip the herding boxer

This is the second leg of and AHBA herding instinct test for our boxer Pip. She passed!

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Pets & Animals

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• Pip
• herding
• boxer
• sheep
• hct
• ahba

[rreegan]

True that it may be natural for a predator to change directions, and the crook was directing her to change directions, but predators normally try to single one animal out. That is one of the other things looked for in an instinct test. An interest in keeping the animals together and bringing back any that move away.

If you look at the video with her herding the large flock, that is more recent. "large flock" herding lesson, Pip, Boxer are the keywords to find it. She is driving now as well

[whpolonsky]

In case you have a Boxer & want to try this...Pip was NOT herding in this video. Just showing interest. It was 2 years ago & she now has an outrun, can drive, has 3 herding titles w/ American Herding Breed Association, a tracking dog title & agility titles. Our trainer says she is a useful & can help reliably w/livestock chores. Boxers are not bred for herding, but are a Working dog, some may be trainable in herding. Pip is the first with US herding titles, but there are others training.

[whpolonsky]

It's an instinct test, & part of passing it is showing a sustained interest in the sheep. Even sheep herding breeds start by wanting to get as close to the sheep. I am Pip's handler/owner & didn't know what I was doing then, but when Pip was first tested, the handler showed Pip's ability to change directions and keep the sheep together and to show interest and not get inbetween the sheep and the handler. These are basic things you look for in a dog that could work stock.

[aftershockgoldens]

Very nice!