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SLacowboy
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I was reading back and found this thread. Was sorry I had missed it. Found it very interesting and always like seeing everyone's opinion. I have cattle bred border collies and I don't own any curs yet, but have had the fever lately. I'm not here to state my opinion that one breed is better than another. I do believe that dogs are bred for certain jobs and fit some people better than others. I respect all the men that are breeding strictly for what they want in a working dog and not for $$$$. I agree that there are border collies that will straight up whip a cow and get down and dirty, but are a lot more that won't. I think that goes back to money. Man pays 500 for a pup feeds it for a year and it turns out a so so dog he will get by with him instead of culling him. Then since he is ok they breed him to another ok dog and so on. People start selling dogs for crazy money because of a name on the papers. I respect these men that raise litters for themselves culling anything that doesnt make the cut and only giving dogs to people they know. I don't think there are many doing this in the collie business. That is one reason I find cur dogs interesting. I enjoy this forum very much and have learn lots on breeding and culling. I belong to some other cowdog forums and cull is a word very seldom discussed. I purchased the loydd perry book because of the post on this site and read it in 3 nights. Only question I have is how is a man suppose to get his hands on a few good bred pups without knowing any good dog men? I def understand a man not wanting to let his blood out to someone he doesn't know anything about. How did some of you get started?
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