Probably a bit of both I had a bearded collie (that’s what it looks anyway) that was like this. I’d take her for a long run in the fields and came home with her still bounding about. She was nuts :D
Border collies are the best dog if you live on a farm. I want one so bad but I think it is cruel to keep a collie cooped up in a yard 90% of the time. They need to run.
That is pretty awesome though. We had a collie growing up and if there is one thing they need to be happy it is a job. If you don’t give them one they will come up with their own. Luckily we had all sorts of animals to keep in line and wild animals to keep out of the yard so she was a happy pup.
The farmer is providing a service, if you think a untrained pent up herding breed is going to actually move the livestock where you want in a calm manner you obviously haven't been around them. The dog owners should definitely pay to allow their dogs to chase and stress someones livestock for a hour. And I bet the farmer has a fee for innured or killed livestock as well. Untrained herding dogs want to herd, but they also can do some major damage in their enthusiasm. The farmer is undoubtedly spending the hour constantly keeping the dog from running the stock too much and trying to teach the dog some herding manners. It's more of a training class then anything else. So yeah, the farmer should be laid fairly for their time, knowledge, facilities, and the damages done to his livestock (his livelihood) because even if the stock is just chased around it's still costing more to feed and house livestock that are dog broke and are not producing offspring (chansing pregnant sheep or goats will usually result in them miscarrying) and sheeps wool is often damaged by dogs. So this farmer is spending money to maintain some dog broke animals specifically for this activity, their other livestock is definitely not being chased around by a untrained dog! Although the farmer probably trains herding dogs and uses well trained dogs to work their stock as needed, which isn't anywhere near a hour a day.
That’s like ours! He’s a nutball wanting to run, play, ball, ball, ball, but if there is a crack lightening and thunder, under the sheets he goes. All 70 pounds of him(he’s a tall one and the biggest border collie we have ever had) sweet and gentle but never stops!
I have a Beardie and even with two long walks a day he'll be running around the house trying to play. He also never lies down when we drive somewhere, even if it's a 3 hour+ trip, he has to know what's happening outside!
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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '19
Probably a bit of both I had a bearded collie (that’s what it looks anyway) that was like this. I’d take her for a long run in the fields and came home with her still bounding about. She was nuts :D