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by TessJ10 on 20 July 2010 - 19:07
Actually, the color bias makes sense to me, in that herding dogs are successful because they look like predators. Note that guardian dogs, like Kuvasz, Maremma, Great Pyreenees, and Komondorok, are usually white or light colored.
I can understand that a white dog, say a white border collie, will still move like a dark one and be effective, but still, I can see the basis of the idea.
Corgis aren't white, though. Oh, wait, they're cattle herders, not sheep.
I can understand that a white dog, say a white border collie, will still move like a dark one and be effective, but still, I can see the basis of the idea.
Corgis aren't white, though. Oh, wait, they're cattle herders, not sheep.
by Two Moons on 20 July 2010 - 19:07
Color has nothing to do with it..
by Slamdunc on 20 July 2010 - 20:07
Sunsilver,
Kitkat, could you give the source for that information, please?
Thanks!
Kitkat, plagiarized this from a white GSD website.
Jim
Kitkat, could you give the source for that information, please?
Thanks!
Kitkat, plagiarized this from a white GSD website.
Jim
by Jenni78 on 20 July 2010 - 20:07
I had always heard it wasn't about the sheep; it was that the SHEPHERD had an easier time spotting a dark dog amongst the sheep.
by TessJ10 on 20 July 2010 - 21:07
Some of the articles do blame it on the sheep (lol), in that sheep aren't very bright and in general, initially don't react as much to a white dog (same color as they are) as they do to a dark dog. This is also the reason given that the guardian breeds that live among the sheep are white, as the sheep accept them more quickly than they would accept a large dark dog.
I've seen border collies work in Ireland and I'd think a white dog moving about and in & out among those hills and fields would be easier for a human to spot than a dark one. Unless they mean actually in among the sheep, which doesn't happen all that often.
I've seen border collies work in Ireland and I'd think a white dog moving about and in & out among those hills and fields would be easier for a human to spot than a dark one. Unless they mean actually in among the sheep, which doesn't happen all that often.
by kitkat3478 on 20 July 2010 - 22:07
Jim,
I didn't know I was in school still and had to cite my paper.
I'm SURE no one thought that I was taking credit for writing the article(s).Actually, it was copied and pasted from a couple of different sources. I mean really now, that's a bit nit picky on me don't you think!
sunsilver, this is where someof the article 'pieces" came from
www.wgsdca.org/thebreed/gsdvswgsd.asp
and I'll hunt down the other sections
ps I will put proper citations next time I copy and paste!
I didn't know I was in school still and had to cite my paper.
I'm SURE no one thought that I was taking credit for writing the article(s).Actually, it was copied and pasted from a couple of different sources. I mean really now, that's a bit nit picky on me don't you think!
sunsilver, this is where someof the article 'pieces" came from
www.wgsdca.org/thebreed/gsdvswgsd.asp
and I'll hunt down the other sections
ps I will put proper citations next time I copy and paste!
by Sangreinu on 20 July 2010 - 23:07
hmm sheep probably thinking something along the lines of BAA BAA BAAAAA GRASS BAH BAH BAAA BAAAA MEH .....
someone get moons an all expense paid day at a massage parlor or something sounds like s/he needs it
someone get moons an all expense paid day at a massage parlor or something sounds like s/he needs it
by ShadyLady on 20 July 2010 - 23:07
Jen mentioned the shepherd would have an easier time of it with a darker dog and that makes sense.
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