English shepherd links

[Erin Hischke]

Hi all. I thought I would write a quick note to let you all know who I am. My name is Erin Hischke and our family owns an English shepherd named Shooter, who has been talked about on this list. Shooter earns his keep here on our dairy farm. I posted a note about Shooter on the "work is the standard" thread if you all missed it. We have been breeders in the past but our female, Meg, passed on a few weeks ago.

 

I don't know much about BCs so I'm not going to get into the compare and contrast discussion. I *can* give some information on English shepherds and you can all draw your own conclusions. Feel free to ask questions and instruct me on the ways of the Border Collie!

 

Here is our website (nothing fancy--we're farmers after all ) http://www.geocities.com/danhischke

You can link to Shooter, Meg, and many of their pups on that site.

 

Here's a short video that shows a small bit of what our dogs do daily. http://www.geocities.com/danhischke/MVC-359V.MPG

 

Here's Bob--one of my favorite ES

http://www.nesr.info/rescue/stories/bob.html

 

Here's Atchley's Boo wrapped around a cold newborn calf

http://www.geocities.com/farmshepherd/atchley.html

 

Here's my Mom's kennel with lots of links to follow:

http://www.geocities.com/horsesnewmexcom/cimarron.html

 

Here's Shepherd's Way--the kennel that Shooter came from:

http://www.englishshepherds.net

Raven is Shooter's littermate. Brighton is Shooter's Mom. Dover is Shooter's uncle. Honey is Shooter's half-sister.

 

Here are additional photos of Raven and Honey...

http://www.geocities.com/erinhischke/honeyworking.html

http://www.geocities.com/erinhischke/Ravenworking.html

 

Here is Lilly, an example of the guardian nature of the dogs... My favorite Lilly story is when she rescued a duckling (her owner raises ducks) that fell through the ice. She carried it in her mouth and dropped it at her owner's feet. After a warm bath the duckling was returned to its mama.

http://www.geocities.com/farmcollie1/lillyp.html

 

Have fun!

 

Erin

[Erin Hischke]

I forgot the ES Club!

 

http://www.englishshepherd.org/

 

There is a new section there about old farm dogs that you all might find interesting as well.

[Erin Hischke]

One more link to point out

 

http://www.geocities.com/danhischke/workingdogs

 

That's got Shooter being gritty and Shooter being introduced to the new chicks that will be his to tend.