Training a Drover Dog?

December 26th, 2008 | by admin |

I have a Rottweiler (3 months old) and he gets along well with my chickens. I’ve read that Rottweilers were used to herd cattle on foot from one place to another (droving). This herding instinct would be useful for moving the chickens from one place to another throughout the day. Later on I might have turkeys, and eventually goats. So a herding dog would be nice. Does anyone know of any sites, books, or other sources that explain how to go about training a dog to herd…more particularly droving? Thanks for any help you can offer.

Lenora
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  1. 3 Responses to “Training a Drover Dog?”

  2. By Eric J on Dec 29, 2008 | Reply

    The drive to herdgood luck.
    The drive to let your dog earn his keep nothing fascinates me more than watching dog earn.

  3. By trannyboy on Dec 30, 2008 | Reply

    My only concern would be that rotties herd based on intimidation and let us know if you manage it is possible.

  4. By it's me on Jan 1, 2009 | Reply

    For rotti great dogs but horrible names and people need to learn that they are great dogs but.
    For rotti great dogs but heres site httpbcccpaircomgetstarthtm.

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