“Dottie”

Cut’n Loose Tall Drinka Water, STDcsd DNA-VP

CGC, Certified Therapy Dog, Delta Society, Article Search Dog

12/17/2004
E140140

34lbs and 20”

Red merle C/W

Blue/brown marbled eyes

Full dentition

Eyes CERF 9/07, AS-8642

OFA Hips Good AS-23388G28F-NOPI

OFA Elbows AS-EL2568F28-NOPI

“Doc”

WTCH Diamond S Doc Tom RTDcs DNA-CP

2/22/1998
ASCA registered

Blue merle C/W
22" and 52lbs

OFA Hips Good

Eyes CERF 2/07
Full dentition

For more information on Doc, visit http://www.starstuffaussies.net/

or email Becky Bailie at imaginefarm@gmail.com

Dottie works everything from ducklings to cattle. She’s a very confident, pushy, forward moving dog who is afraid of nothing. When she was four months old, I put her in a 30’ round pen w/three big woolies and she rounded them all up and put them against the fence. The expression on her their faces tells the whole story. (See photo at the bottom for her "nose bite" practice as an 8-week-old.

She stays off her stock as needed, has a naturally wide outrun and won’t hesitate to walk in and bite as required. I have yet to see her in a situation that she hasn't been able to handle. Even as a young dog, cattle in corners did not present a problem. During her first opportunity to work cows -- on her first birthday -- she got kicked, rolled and stomped by an ornery calf. She got up, shook herself off and immediately put that calf in its place. It didn't give her any trouble from that point on. Shortly after that, Dottie took on a ram that the owners couldn't handle and, after he attempted to stomp her into the ground, she took control and put him back in his stall.

Her full-time job is as a goose dog and I use her for both harassment and roundups. Dottie enjoys pushing angry geese around and shows no fear if they decide to attack. She just steadily goes back in with pure presence and no gripping. This past summer, she and I rounded up 30 Canada geese from a 2-acre pond into a pen at the edge. This is normally a 3-man job.

She has a good work ethic and won’t quit until the job is done (or I make her). I have no doubt she would be much happier working on a cattle ranch! Dottie’s lack of titles is due to my inability to get to more trials and not a reflection of her talent or skill level. She has open legs on all stock. Plans are to finish her WTCH in 2008. In her brief trialing career (two weekends), she came back home with Most Promising Started, High Open Cattle, High Combined Non-WTCH, and several first places on all stock.

One thing I have always admired about Dottie is her ability to deal with a situation appropriately. She doesn't take cheap shots on livestock and uses just enough force to make her point.

Dottie has also been trained in search and rescue for article work (items/objects w/human scent on them). Dottie has tremendous agility and has yet to find a surface or obstacle too frightening to conquer. Even as a puppy, she was fearless. My original plan was to train her for FEMA disaster work, but it was not to be. Her instinct to work stock overrides everything. She has the heart and soul of a stockdog and that's what she wants to be doing 24/7. With all that we do here, I find it difficult to keep her busy enough to satisfy her drive to work.

She is the alpha female here and is a good and fair leader among the other dogs. I've never seen one bit of dog aggression from her. Dottie is outgoing, adores people, but is appropriately protective at home.

After much discussion, Doc was chosen to be the sire of this litter to add biddability and bone, and to build on/maintain cowdog toughness, high pain tolerance, a sound temperament, solid work ethic and a 'never quit' attitude.

This breeding should produce strong, cowdog pups that will head and heel, have aussie eye, have friendly, stable temperaments and be problem-solvers. Pups will be ASCA registered. Working/serious trialing homes only. These puppies will need experienced handlers that can focus and manage their instinct and drive and provide a practical work outlet.

Puppies will be $600 with $100 deposit required when the pregnancy is confirmed. Reservations have already started.

For more information, contact Kathy Petreré at kp@geesewranglersllc.com.

Working ducklings is Dottie's LEAST favorite thing to do.

She loves cows the best. LOVES THEM.

One day, Dottie also performed the unusual task of locating mallard ducklings in business courtyard full of foliage and a small pond. We work with a wildlife rehabilitator and frequently pick up injured waterfowl. This particular rescue, though, involved 10 ducklings and a mother who were trapped in a large courtyard. Dottie's job was to find the babies hidden in the grasses and lie down until I could get there to pick them up. (She has a superior nose for scentwork.) The first picture shows what she would do when she found one (there is an actual duckling in there). Mallard ducklings move and swim incredibly fast and there is no way we would have found them without her. It took us about an hour with Dottie's help. All were located, captured and removed.

Dottie was the main goosedog on our roundups, too. We have special "goose" trailers that have 3 levels, each 18" tall, to put the geese in. I would put Dottie into each 'compartment' (4' x 8' x 18") full of adult geese, and she'd have to go through the group to the front of the trailer then push the geese out of the rear trap door. I do believe she loved that job because of the challenge!

Did I say she loved cows? As a puppy she practiced for the real work.

Fetchaholic and the urban version of a hog nose bite.

Summer, winter and spring mud.

On the rubble pile during FEMA training.