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Since they e good herding dogs, I can let my Border Collie run loose around my livestock when Im not there, and he won hurt them, right?

April 26, 2017border collie good herding hurt let livestock Loose run

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Since they
e good herding dogs, I can let my Border Collie run loose around my livestock when Im not there, and he won hurt them, right?

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This is not the case at all. Herding instinct is a modified prey drive. An unsupervised Border Collie will chase, injure, and kill livestock just like any other dog, especially (but not only) if he’s untrained .