English Shepherd: Farm and Family Dog
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- Thinking about adding a dog to your family or farm? English Shepherds are a great all-purpose dog that can be a great addition. Here's a quick look at the English Shepherd breed and our dog, Sunny.
For a full article about English Shepherds please check out the blog post here: roughandtumble...
Best dogs, EVER!!
Bear is 8 months old. We are looking for a female close to Michigan.. definitely a character, sweetest, smartest dog ever..we live on a 20 acre farm
They are HAPPy dogs. You can't help but smile when around an English shepherd. And tail is so beautiful. I call them the peacock of the dog family. LOL
"Bred for the function not for their looks." Yet, they are so often so lovely to look at.
Agreed
Have had English Shepherds all our lives Best dogs ever .
. Natural babysitters.
Looks very similar to my Katelyn ❤
My Jadey Ladie is 5 months old right now and absolutely the smartest, most loving and overall best puppy I've ever had! I grew up with German Shepherds and my young Jadey Ladie is smarter than any German Shepherd I've ever owned at this age so far
We have an ES. Greatest dog we've ever had. Always smiling! Loves to run & run!
Nice firsthand account of living with the breed.
My Uncle Mike's family had a black and white English shepherd named Shorty. His hair was long, thick and straight. Handsome dog. Uncle Mike was a dairy farmer for decades and Shorty fit right in. Seeing him bring cows in to be milked was transcendent. His touch was light, gentle, efficient. Yet he went after local rats with an unimaginable vengeance. His one bad habit? Going berserk at the sight of a rotating tractor tire. He'd try to bite them as hard as he did the rats. Sure enough, one day he got his jaw crushed. But I think my favorite memory was of him sitting away from us kids, alone, curled up on a porch grooming himself.
They are really great dogs.
Sunny also has issues with moving vehicles. She wouldn't leave the golf cart alone at my grandparents' house. We broke her habit per my other grandpa's advice by driving around with a bucket of water and tossing it on her every time she came after it.
Brilliant training tip from your grandpa.@@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse
My english sheperd is tricolor and she is almost 10 yrs old. We love her so much. She does try to herd our 8 boys outside. So funny. They love babies. She doesnt like strangers unless its a toddler or a baby. She melts when they come around. Very easy to train.
We had an English Setter when I was a child. Best dog ever! When I was 2 I got outside without my Mom knowing it. They found me by the river at the end of our yard and Ladd was herding me to keep me from falling in.
Oh my goodness what a great dog! Now that our daughter is more mobile, if she crawls anywhere fast Sunny will leap up and follow her, giving her kisses to make her change directions if she doesn’t like which way she is going!
I got an English Shepherd after watching your video! She has been perfect for our farm. She's been an absolutely perfect fit for our small farm and our family. She is great with kids of all ages.
Oh my goodness yay!
Mine was lazy and loved laying down, and loved playing with our other dogs outside.
We ended up with an English Shepherd in the suburbs of New Orleans! He was gifted to us as a puppy by a family member who had been visiting a farm in the Midwest. We had been keeping our eye out for a small mixed breed rescue. We didn’t plan on getting a goat sized dog. But oh what a wonderful breed! He is beautiful, loving, protective and interested in every project or task. A true companion dog. We take him as many places as we can and he loves it. Earl is black & white and often called a border collie although he is a bit larger. Thank you for your lovely and informative video
English Shepherds are the most beautiful dogs. 😊
Make perfect family pets too
I have a brown, white, and black ES and she loves to herd us around lol. She’s also a massive shedder. She’s goofy, bossy, and oh so loving. She’s a great watchdog and is wonderful at telling our mischievous cairn terrier when they are behaving badly. She’s also too smart for her own good and is very very easily trained and knows an enormous amount of words and commands. So much so that we are pretty sure she has learned how to spell walk lol.
She def knows w-a-l-k...lol!
I have a yellow English Shepherd too, she is 10 years old. Don’t get one unless you have a small farm, acreage, land, they are not apartment dogs. We trained our dog to not chase cars. She does very heavy shedding every spring and fall, the rest of the year is okay. Happy personality, great as an adult dog but very difficult puppy who chewed every thing all the time.
We got our girl a few years ago, and she drives us nuts. We love her. They are unique and intelligent. They are just wonderful all around. Our girl has a bob tail. There was one other sibling that was longer, but not at full length. I don't know if your girl is the one I saw on Facebook, but that tail had me in awe. ❤
This is a very informative video. It not only shows the best parts , but reasons to avoid getting one and not being able to give it all it needs. Thank You and I hope people will give thought to whatever breed they think they want.
We had a sable and white when I was growing up. Fantastic boy! Only problem was he chased cars too….:(
We love our two English Shepherds! Ours are pets and chicken wranglers :) Thanks
A beautiful fur baby
I have had Border Collies since 2002 but just got my first ES. He is all good things rolled into one great dog! I live in town but have 4 chickens that he takes care of and is the best house dog ever. Has gotten 3 AKC trick Dog titles in the 8 months I've had him. Whip smart! Also has his CGC title. We are now beginning Nose Work.
That's so exciting! Sunny LOVES when we teach her new tricks. So eager and excited to try something new.
It is said that BC came from a line of ES that had a lot of eye. The regular ES doesn't have a lot of eye.
@@TedH71 which breed came first?
@@annadonahue4119 good question. They didn't call the English Shepherd that name way back then. Just a regular shepherd dog, I guess?
@@TedH71 I think I heard they were called Farm Collies.🤔 But they were not in the same social status as Rough Collies like Lassie 😉
So they got booted off the "Collie" list.
Just as well... look at the health and intellect differences these days. Makes me glad they were left out of the limelight of popularity
She is so beautiful 🥰
Extremely well presented and informative video! Thank you.
You're very welcome! They are great dogs so I love being able to share them with others.
I wish I could post a pic, but my beautiful Vixen is just like your Sunny♥️She is exactly as you described the English Shepherd and we adopted her when she was 7 weeks, she is now 4 and probably the smartest, sweetest, loving dog we have ever owned!
They are just the best!
Hello I just rescued an English shepperd, her name is (Ocean) last month and I totally agree with the shedding I mean once I collect her hair I pet them in a big pile and assemble them to look like I have too dogs not just one 😅😅 (I brush her twice a week although)
I vacuum minimum once a week and it is INSANE how much hair is in there. Ugh. I don't even want to think about it. :p
We give ours a veterinarian recommended omega 3 fish oil and it helps greatly with his shedding
We got 2 English shepherd from Cedar Creek ESD in Iowa.
Excellent Video!
I have a 9 month old English Shepherd, Logan. We're on a 5 acre homestead. I can vouch for the fact that he likes to herd. We don't have any animals yet, but he likes to herd people from time-to-time. He is obsessed with playing with sticks on our walks too. He had the run of the place when he first got here, but I restrict him to leashed walks now because he started running out into the dirt road and going under the barb wire fence into the neighbor's pasture. I'll be letting him run free when I finish putting up wire mesh fencing over the existing barb wire fences.
Here's a little vid of his first time out in the snow (though it wasn't snowing hard). th-cam.com/video/njGIKe5KrHQ/w-d-xo.html
I love it
how did you teach your english shepherd to herd your sheep. I have a border collie puppy I'm trying to teach her how to herd sheep
We never fully trained her. But I’d use the scrimgeour training method I think.
I miss my baby! :(
This is a very well done video. I have a 7 month old English shepherd named Rufous and he's brilliant. I just bought a farm for him, and I'm trying to decide what sort of livestock to buy for him. Do you think sheep or cattle would be best?
Lucky dog! Completely depends on the dog. English Shepherds can certainly be happy with or without farm animals. Sunny loves to herd chickens, bark at the cows, lick the baby goats, etc. My only caution would be if Rufous hasn't been around farm animals yet, especially little ones like chickens and such, to introduce them carefully so they don't get injured accidentally.
Please share as you go on with your ES on his new farm 🐶💛
Could you somehow get me the name of the breeder you got Sunny from?
Sure just shoot me an email at kelsey@roughandtumblefarmhouse.com
How is their energy and intensity when compared with a border collie? I would probably be more comfortable with a temperament closer to that of a regular collie.
I haven’t had a border collie before but Sunny is perfectly content to hang out with us in the house. You could easily have an ES that is content getting out for a couple walks a day and being by your side. I think if one was just a house dog with only a small backyard that wouldn’t be enough though.
Also depends on the dog itself. A good reputable breeder will match puppies with the right home for them.
I was wondering because there’s a possibility of a small (under 10) acreage in my future and if I got it I would have a few types of livestock. Only half a job, then the rest as house pet. High drive, high intensity like a border would maybe not be happy with that. A rough collie is a bit more even tempered and doesn’t cause trouble if they’re left alone in the house for a few hours. That’s why I was asking where on the scale you think the English shepherd is.
I think an ES would be just fine with that. That’s what our girl is. Again though different dogs are going to be higher energy, same as people.
My english shepard actually does not shed a lot so I guess it just depends on the particular line you have.
I'm envious! Thanks for letting folks know. :)
Where did you get your English Shepherd from, please?
I’d never heard of this breed before, but then in the UK Border Collies are the norm. They must be closely related.
I have had Border Collies or some mix of all our lives..we currently have an English Shepherd...the Border Collies were definitely more of a workaholic, lol they were little 'tattle tales' on the other dogs we had too, if the other was doing something they shouln't my beloved Molly would come to get me lol...she also 'herded' our cockateil from 9 - 5 like a day job and she just 'quit' and went to relax after 5 pm it was so funny...Now our beautiful Vixen, the English Shepherd, was uber energentic as a pup, has calmed down some now that she's 4 but she still loves 'herding' squirrels etc. When my larger Pyrenees wasn't coming in from the yard, Vixen would go out and find her and 'herd' her back in the house by running back and forth behind her! We now live in a 55+ community and people are always stopping to mention what a beautiful dog we have and what breed is she...She's sweet and gentle and very well trained....(she graduated at the top of her class in puppy school, lol) At the dog park here, she barks at the other dogs she wants to run to chase down lol...(by the way we always adopt our dogs, and when we got Vixen they assumed she was a Border Collie mix because of her fluffy tail and a vet recognized her as an English Shepherd_which we had never heard of)
Sable & White is the best!
How is she with your chickens and cats?
She likes to chase the chickens sometimes but never actually goes for them.
With cats she likes to chase our one cat Nick but again it’s okay but not aggression. We just got another barn cat who is such a lover she is always snuggling with Sunny. If Sunny tries to chase her she just sits there so Sunny gives up and just sits with her. Super cute.
We made sure from the time she was tiny that she was with us for chores always so she learned what was hers to watch out for.
@@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse Thanks! My English Shepherd pup is coming home in 2 weeks and her job will be chicken/property guardian.
@@jamesleutshe5664 Congrats!! I’m sure you’ll love her.
I totally understand why she barks at the FedEx guy, but not the UPS guy.
People try to pass off the collie mixes by calling them farm collies and some English Shepherd breeders try to do that. I'm asking those breeders to keep their dogs pure from any collie blood.
How did you teach her the UPS man was ok?
She just figured it out on her own. We live pretty far out so we get a lot of things delivered. It's usually the same guy every time. She just got used to seeing him, and seeing me interact with him.
I've also noticed if she is alerting to something, it helps if I go see what she is barking at. Then if it's nothing I want her to keep barking about I tell her good girl for letting me know, and then tell her that's enough. And she leaves it be. Whip smart dogs!
@@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse ahh. We have the same driver. Our boxer loves him but for some reason she still likes to bark and raises her fur. *shrug*
We are getting an english Sheppard puppy to keep our 2 year old boxer company since we just lost our 11 year old.
We live on 3 acres, 2 fenced. Know of any good chores non animal. We recently had to give up our chickens do to a rat problem so there is nothing to herd other than the cats at the moment...and we want to avoid that lol.
@@HopeNazir I'd say that depends on your ES and what they are interested in. They say that it's almost impossible to physically wear out a working dog, but if you give them a good 15-20 minute training session (less when they are little) that gets their brains working and will tucker them out.
We play hide and seek in the yard sometimes. I'm always the one to do the hiding of course. Or my husband and I will both do it, so Sunny gets the practice of coming when called but also gets to have a fun "Seek" game that runs her around a lot.
Sunny LOVES to hunt mice. I haven't had the time to do it with Sunny, but if your pup is interested in mousing/ratting there is a thing called "Barn Hunt" the pup might enjoy. www.akc.org/sports/title-recognition-program/barn-hunt/
You can also take your pup with you in the mornings, maybe show him/her the boundaries of the property. An ES at the farm I used to work at had a route around the property he'd go and patrol and check over every single morning and evening. Hope that helps!
Adopt don't shop is going way overboard right now support ethical breeders! Remember there is a dog shortage in the us and we are literally shipping in rescue dogs from other countries
Buying from reputable and ethical breeders is a perfectly fine option, as that's where Sunny came from. Things might be different in your location, but we volunteer with our local animal shelter and they almost always have dogs looking for homes and they have never imported animals. Currently, they have fifteen dogs looking for homes.
If folks are open to different and mixed breed pups to add to their family I think encouraging adoption in those cases is a good thing.
Good comment , breeds need to be preserved! However there should be big restrictions and laws on who can breed dogs … too many bad breeders in the USA …
I have Australian Shepherd who is also a wonderful dog ..