Our Working Dogs

We could not manage this farm without our dogs: border collies for keeping the livestock in line, and maremmas for keeping the wildlife in line.

Our Border Collies Cap and Poe are an integral part of the team. We couldn’t do our jobs without them. They move sheep and cattle from pasture to pasture. They assist with health checks by moving the sheep to the barn and then moving them through the handling equipment. They gather up the occasional sheep who have gone off course and they move the sometimes difficult rams here and there. Bred for this work they love their job and can’t wait to get to work in the mornings. When we are bored, we occasionally enter sheepdog trials sponsored by the Northeast Border Collie Association.