" I just thought it was odd that all these years I never even heard him or any of the guys he worked dogs with even mention a cur "
Funny I'm just the opposite

I didn't know there was such thing as a collie type dog except on sheep farms and feed lots,I've never seen a collie or kelpie wind and hunt brushed up cattle or bunch rough rank wild run away's . In my country cattle are worked with head dogs only and the old timers say collie dogs are not tough enough for rank cattle, unless there already penned or wore down............ Just saying