
THE KELPIE DOG Selecting & Training
There’s an old adage “Given time, a good trainer can train any dog to work stock”. However, while this is basically true, time and effort are valuable commodities that we can ill afford to waste training an unsuitable dog type. Therefore, it makes sense to start with puppies that have heritable working characteristics gifted from their progenitors. That is, the parents must be from good working types. Buying a pup from an established breeder is a good starting point.
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