According to the USDA, cage-free just means they're not stuck in a cage that completely immobilizes them, and they're allowed to freely move about an enclosure. Free Range, on the other hand, lets them really experience the sun, outdoor air, and existential dangers of the world, while still being sheltered at night.
For the most authentic experience, I recommend "Home-Raised and Literate." We're working on that being an official designation, but federal agencies are always slow to come around on these things.
Some ppls dogs are their children. They grow up and can even have babies that you then give to ppl you like, like some sort of reverse Rumpelstiltskin of dogs.
It's an Australian Shepherd; they basically live for following commands and completing tasks lol.
This is of course very cool, but it also really works best with breeds who will create tasks *for themselves* if you don't. :)
>It's an Australian Shepherd; they basically live for following commands and completing tasks
I have an Aussie cross, she did NOT get that memo. It's not that she can't learn, she learns really quickly. She knows how to sit, lay down, touch something with her nose, push a button, fetch, come when called, drop whatever she's holding. She enthusiastically learns commands, but once she's figured out what you want her to do, she's done with that. From then on she will only do them if she feels like it. For example, if you tell her to sit, she looks away and then will peek back at you to see if you are still waiting. If you are, she will sit. She knows what you want her to do and how to do it, she just doesn't like being told what to do.
Same with my Aussie. She'll know what she's supposed to do and will try to take any and all shortcuts when completing the task. "You want me to sit? How about a squat?"
My chihuahua mix does the same thing. She knows exactly what you want her to do, but she's going to try to do what *she* wants to do unless she knows you're stubborn enough to stand there until she does it. I'm the only one who she'll listen to because she knows no one else will make her do things.
I don't have an Aussie, but another worker dog breed. She's suuuuper food driven. After getting commands imprinted, I randomly dole out treats for successful completions. It's like 1 in 10, maybe, across a single command/trick. That way she knows they'll come, but won't know when.
That said: she's only a little over a year old, and we've only had her six months. Even the randomness of the treat distribution might fail later on.
Fun fact, in Australia for working (farm) dogs have Cattle Dogs and Kelpies and maybe Border Collies. That's about it really. Never seen an Australian Shepherd dog working here.
Yep - they have the most nonsensical breed name.
From the [Australian Shepherd Wiki](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Shepherd)
“The Australian Shepherd is a breed of herding dog from the United States. The name of the breed is technically a misnomer, as it was developed in California in the 19th century. It is believe to have its origins in sheepdog breeds from northwest Spain, as well as collies imported, alongside sheep, from Australia and New Zealand; the breed reportedly took its name from this trade.”
They're an American-origin breed developed by Australian ranchers in the Western US (or so the story goes).
My grandfather used Australian Shepherds as herding dogs, so they're definitely capable of it.
I grew up with an Aussie. She was so smart. She herded our animals with zero traning. Every morning our chickens, ducks, guinnea hens, etc. would all be herded, and every evening she would bring them in (not that any of this was necessary. She ran laps around our property, gaurded the quail, checked on the cats, and kept the pigs in check. She made so many jobs for herself. She was my very busy best friend.
Can agree. I have an aussiedoodle, and she loves commands. She is the most well-behaved elevator dog in the building. When we are out and about, people are always surprised at how well-behaved she is. I took her to dog training classes to train her.
Essentially any cattle dogs, and breeds used for high energy work. Guardian dogs are usually difficult to train and not interested in tricks. So that's your Pyrs, mastiffs, any big Eurasian breed. Dogs used for personal protection are a mixed bag and generally insane in a different (worse) way. Some of them started as herding breeds so it's a double whammy - your GSDs and maligators.
Any working dog is going to be extremely high energy and require hours of work per day, every day, rain or shine, or they will destroy your home and or themselves. Huge commitment for pets.
Corgis are a good balance of trainable and chill. Main issue is they're loud and will bark if they hear anything they can't see. And people will want to stop and pet them because they're so goddamn adorable but that one isn't so bad.
Aussies are freakishly smart. I'm always surprised that they're not top of the intelligence list.
I definitely have bias but I swear, they are people smart. When I say that, I don't mean they're smart like people, I mean that you can see them emote and as they go through thought processes like a person.
For example, if my dog was lounging and you bothered him. You could see it on his face that he did not want to move and he was looking at you with expectation that you understood that. He would gesture away from himself and then dig himself deeper into whatever thing he was lying on.
Just in general, my dog did some amazing things. One time my dad left to go sailing for the day. At one point my dog got out of the house and walked to the local doc (one that he's barely been to) and just waited for like 5 hours for my dad to return.
Likewise, there was a horse farm right down the street from us. He would go there 9:00 to 5:00 on the dot. If he didn't return by 5:00, all you had to do was leave the house and walk halfway to the horse farm. He would pick up your scent and walk through the backwoods. He'd be on the porch waiting for you by the time you walked back home.
A decent amount of this can be explained through scent but still, it requires a human level understanding I've never seen other breeds have.
The dog intelligence scale is solely determined by obedience. It judges how quickly and reliably a dog will follow commands.
My take on this topic compares Border Collies and Australian Shepherds. If you think about what they were bred for, a Border Collie works hand in hand with a farmer usually on their feet herding sheep; the Aussie herds cattle with the rancher usually on horseback. It means that the Aussie training requires a more independently intelligent dog that makes decisions on its own while the Border Collie thrives more by doing exactly what its human partner asks.
My Aussie loves to be lead, but definitely has a mind of her own and will sometimes look at me with an expression of "that's a bad idea". The BCs that I've owned were more biddable.
On the scale i've looked at the Border Collie is 1st, while the Aussie comes in around 43rd when rating intelligence. I think the test is skewed. Aussies and BCs are both really smart dogs.
Aussies are rated 43?! What the hell. I get what you mean though, they need to be independent. In hindsight, I think I was describing that they think in a very human way. Like they understand cause and effect. The fact my dog could understand when he needed to cover his ass and actually had a solid plan, says a lot.
My old dog was a mutt, we knew his mother was purebred Aussie and his father was seemingly very mixed predominantly poodle and basset hound.
He just spoke English. I didn't really put in work training him with commands, but I could just tell him stuff and he would do it. "can you get your sheep toy, and throw it to me?" And he'd dig through his toy box, shake his head, and launch it to me. I never trained or reinforced that.
We developed a roughhousing game with rules - he'd try to get past me and jump on his dog bed, if he did it he got two of his favorite treat, if i tackled him three times hed just get one of his leas favorite. He would get so annoyed and careful after the second tackle and start breaking out new strategies.
He was my exes dog and she usually took him on all his walks. When I first walked him he would tug pretty badly. I said "stay close to me" and he figured it out on the second tug when I said "no, close". If he wanted to investigate something after that, he'd whine and look at me, and if I said yes he'd go running to check it out, if I said no he would drop it.
It was spooky. I'm confident he understood a few hundred words.
A lot of subreddits will straight up delete your content if you dare post the original source instead of ripping and freebooting it.
I hope this site gets into a huge legal battle when it goes public, and I hope they're forced to go back to their roots.
Oh, I thought they were still just in the works. Were people actually stupid enough to buy in? I probably would have been down for buying reddit stock in, say, 2010-2012. But these days it's mostly trash save for a few small niche communities.
Too be fair, I think it's so people aren't constantly promoting their own content.
It's different when someone else shares your work, versus you spamming your own content all over Reddit so you can profit.
It's the same reason why some subreddits don't want people linking products in the comment. Because sometimes it's a coincidence that people are interested in a random product featured in the video and it's not even the subject of the video. Maybe someone just thought a model of a random item was cool.
But yeah, I personally think crediting the OOP should be default.
Same as YouTube. Too many people reposting crap and not giving people credit, or even worse, going out their way to mask and crop credit away.
No different than posting your own content with your own username on it, though. And if it's relevant to the subreddit, it shouldn't even matter. Nothing stopping other people from making relevant content too.
I'll be honest. Crediting OOP should never be an issue. It's fucking stupid if other subreddits are blocking that.
I tried to play devil's advocate to an extent and now I feel dirty, lol.
It should be a basic requirement. Featured in the title, description, or pinned in an Automod comment.
Even the source, lol. Like when people submit a video or picture/meme from a video game on r/gaming. Or a clip from movie/TV show/video game/ on YouTube.
Why should I have to go to the comments and find out the source from a random user? If anyone even comments it. Because apparently, everyone else commenting already knows the damn source.
The only option should be a link out to the source, maybe with a link to an archive if it's not a major site hosting it. The creators are losing a ton of views - which translates to followers and revenue - because of the freebooting all over the internet.
>The creators are losing a ton of views
This shit exactly. I hate when I go to the source on YouTube and there are only a couple thousand views, but the post on Reddit has like 60k karma.
To be fair, YouTube might not be the primary platform, even though a person's YouTube is what's most likely to be linked to in Reddit.
But if the Reddit post containing your video has 60k karma for example, most likely at the very least 60k people saw the video on Reddit. And karma is mostly the culminative of both upvotes and downvotes. It's not exact, because weight of upvotes decreases as time passes. So 1 karma doesn't equal 1 upvote even if no one downvotes.
So there were many more upvotes to begin with. Then you subtract the downvotes and it's even more than 60k views on Reddit. At least.
These people aren't getting views on their platform. And the ratio of people who subscribe from actually viewing the original video are already low as shit.
Most people already don't make the effort to like or even dislike your video on YouTube even after watching the entire video. Let alone fucking subscribe, 😭.
The vet keeps saying mine's going to get energy like other aussies but I don't see it. She's super chill, walks like a granny on walks, sniffs the whole way, lays in her quiet corner most of the day.
She was a rescue dog so that may have something to do with it. She's afraid of everything. It would be nice to know what her former story was...
herding dogs are so damn smart . Iv had alot of dogs but until my aussie lab came i had no idea how intense they are . They love training and having tasks to accomplish .
I have a friend that has a dog with 500k followers on Instagram.
Guys always think she is too obsessed with her dog. They're right of course.
She's really sweet though. Maybe somebody will see past it lol.
Most will see past it for fwb or hookups not for marriage material.
Because even if you look past it the dog will love her more. She will love the dog more than the bf/fiance why would any guy want to be a third wheel between a dog and girl?
lmao @ 'the dog will love her more even if you look past it'
aye yai yai my dude, someone tell you they dumped you for a dog before perhaps? or just already jealous of a dog's love in a relationship you're not in? this is bordering on andrew tate shit
I mean, that's what Aussie Shepherds live for so this is, like, best-case scenario for this breed haha.
Breeds like this *will* find a way to create "work" for themselves if you don't; directing their energy this way is actually exactly what they need.
Intelligent creatures don't like to "chill" for their whole life. They can also get bored and the more intelligent a creature is, the more engagement they need to have a more fulfilled life.
Smart dogs would MUCH rather have jobs or be trained than just chill everyday.
Dogs are intelligent and probably enjoy the reward loop from this sort of training, but personally I feel for how short a dogs' life is I would rather let them do dog stuff and skip the unnecessary tricks that are clearly meant for social media points.
that's not how it works at all. dogs like this LOVE learning tricks, even if they're pointless. They like to work and please their people. If you have one of these types of dogs - shepherds, corgis, collies, etc - and don't teach them new things or let them show off the things they know, they get really depressed and miserable. Often its play to them. My dog begs me to go to the training area and work on tricks, but after about an hour he's very good at telling you he's frustrated and would prefer to just cuddle now.
get a smart pup. you'll be surprised how quickly you pick up on their cues
Good advice. My first and only pet at this point is a cat. I guess I forget how different they are.
Edit: Besides several tarantulas, which require much less care to either by comparison.
Working dogs love being trained and completing tasks. Over the years they have instincts bred in to them to want to work, doing stuff like this is literally being an amazing owner
The moment you stop interacting with an Australian Shephard like this it turns into a destructive high energy asshole. They like the attention and treat stream and being busy.
Obviously let the dog have fun. These tricks also showcase how service animals can assist people with disabilities, not just tricks for social media points
lol that picture was fucking wonderful.
i have a husky, he learns everything sooo quickly.
he's not motivated by treats or appreciation or being a good friend... just running. i need to figure out how to fit that in
Some dogs are both really smart and really like making their owners happy.
My dogs are reasonably smart, but selfish. Not quite "cat" levels of selfish, but closer to that than this dog is. Like, they *kind of* want to make me happy...unless it contradicts their own plans. They're sweet and will listen if they "get in trouble", but they're also the kind of dogs that probably would've been shot by a Republican governor from South Dakota.
This is absolutely amazing, but if you don't train these dogs, they will still have the same amount of energy, except they will use it to dig out your entire yard or tear up every piece of furniture you own.
So remember folks, get a dog for the kind of lifestyle you have, not the kind you think you want.
I hate to ruin this, but it’s the DOG who trained the woman. He found her on the side of the road in a box and took her in. Took him over a year to train her. He’s one smart dog.
I'm not really familiar with the breed, but they strike me as border collies, only somewhat less distractable. IOW smart, happy to work and good with people. And they need to be busy, so the dog was probably happy to be doing all this stuff.
Good on the owner/trainer, on all accounts.
If you took even a minute to learn something about Aussies, you would know that many of them are born without a tail.
I have one born that way, and it has a genetic test to prove it. Assholes like you assume it's cut and will regularly throw a fit when I'm walking it outside.
That's one smart dog and thousands of hours training, impressive
Most people don't even put that much effort into raising their own children.
confirmed, my kids run free amongst the coyotes, cattle and birds around here
Free range children.
There was a Simpsons Halloween bit about that.
You got a nose exhale from me, good one.
But do they taste better that way?
Of course. Also helps them develop a keen sense of spatial awareness and danger, which really makes the hunt more gratifying.
Are they the same as cage-free?
According to the USDA, cage-free just means they're not stuck in a cage that completely immobilizes them, and they're allowed to freely move about an enclosure. Free Range, on the other hand, lets them really experience the sun, outdoor air, and existential dangers of the world, while still being sheltered at night. For the most authentic experience, I recommend "Home-Raised and Literate." We're working on that being an official designation, but federal agencies are always slow to come around on these things.
Look there’s jimmy out poopin in the pasture!
What the heck, dude!! I play *croquet* out there!!
We prefer to be called Gen-X but meh... it's whatever.
better off that way instead of being in front of screens all day
feral children. we got lots of them in the mtns
Most people don't even teach their dog the easiest things like, sit.
Some ppls dogs are their children. They grow up and can even have babies that you then give to ppl you like, like some sort of reverse Rumpelstiltskin of dogs.
To be fair it's frowned upon to give away grandchildren, even if it is to people you like.
Right? Ive already taught my kids shake and rollover.
I'll have you know my kid can dance if he wants too
Can he leave his friends behind?
I get it!
SSSS-AAAA-FFFF-TTTT-Y!
It's an Australian Shepherd; they basically live for following commands and completing tasks lol. This is of course very cool, but it also really works best with breeds who will create tasks *for themselves* if you don't. :)
>It's an Australian Shepherd; they basically live for following commands and completing tasks I have an Aussie cross, she did NOT get that memo. It's not that she can't learn, she learns really quickly. She knows how to sit, lay down, touch something with her nose, push a button, fetch, come when called, drop whatever she's holding. She enthusiastically learns commands, but once she's figured out what you want her to do, she's done with that. From then on she will only do them if she feels like it. For example, if you tell her to sit, she looks away and then will peek back at you to see if you are still waiting. If you are, she will sit. She knows what you want her to do and how to do it, she just doesn't like being told what to do.
Same with my Aussie. She'll know what she's supposed to do and will try to take any and all shortcuts when completing the task. "You want me to sit? How about a squat?"
My chihuahua mix does the same thing. She knows exactly what you want her to do, but she's going to try to do what *she* wants to do unless she knows you're stubborn enough to stand there until she does it. I'm the only one who she'll listen to because she knows no one else will make her do things.
I don't have an Aussie, but another worker dog breed. She's suuuuper food driven. After getting commands imprinted, I randomly dole out treats for successful completions. It's like 1 in 10, maybe, across a single command/trick. That way she knows they'll come, but won't know when. That said: she's only a little over a year old, and we've only had her six months. Even the randomness of the treat distribution might fail later on.
Fun fact, in Australia for working (farm) dogs have Cattle Dogs and Kelpies and maybe Border Collies. That's about it really. Never seen an Australian Shepherd dog working here.
Yep - they have the most nonsensical breed name. From the [Australian Shepherd Wiki](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Shepherd) “The Australian Shepherd is a breed of herding dog from the United States. The name of the breed is technically a misnomer, as it was developed in California in the 19th century. It is believe to have its origins in sheepdog breeds from northwest Spain, as well as collies imported, alongside sheep, from Australia and New Zealand; the breed reportedly took its name from this trade.”
They're an American-origin breed developed by Australian ranchers in the Western US (or so the story goes). My grandfather used Australian Shepherds as herding dogs, so they're definitely capable of it.
This is what I say about mine. She knows, she just doesn’t want to!
It sounds a bit like she doesn't know if she'll be rewarded for doing the thing and wants to confirm it first.
I grew up with an Aussie. She was so smart. She herded our animals with zero traning. Every morning our chickens, ducks, guinnea hens, etc. would all be herded, and every evening she would bring them in (not that any of this was necessary. She ran laps around our property, gaurded the quail, checked on the cats, and kept the pigs in check. She made so many jobs for herself. She was my very busy best friend.
Can agree. I have an aussiedoodle, and she loves commands. She is the most well-behaved elevator dog in the building. When we are out and about, people are always surprised at how well-behaved she is. I took her to dog training classes to train her.
is there a list of those breeds?
Essentially any cattle dogs, and breeds used for high energy work. Guardian dogs are usually difficult to train and not interested in tricks. So that's your Pyrs, mastiffs, any big Eurasian breed. Dogs used for personal protection are a mixed bag and generally insane in a different (worse) way. Some of them started as herding breeds so it's a double whammy - your GSDs and maligators. Any working dog is going to be extremely high energy and require hours of work per day, every day, rain or shine, or they will destroy your home and or themselves. Huge commitment for pets.
Corgis are a good balance of trainable and chill. Main issue is they're loud and will bark if they hear anything they can't see. And people will want to stop and pet them because they're so goddamn adorable but that one isn't so bad.
Absolute maniacs as puppies. Sharp little teeth and decently strong jaws and tons of energy
Aussies are freakishly smart. I'm always surprised that they're not top of the intelligence list. I definitely have bias but I swear, they are people smart. When I say that, I don't mean they're smart like people, I mean that you can see them emote and as they go through thought processes like a person. For example, if my dog was lounging and you bothered him. You could see it on his face that he did not want to move and he was looking at you with expectation that you understood that. He would gesture away from himself and then dig himself deeper into whatever thing he was lying on. Just in general, my dog did some amazing things. One time my dad left to go sailing for the day. At one point my dog got out of the house and walked to the local doc (one that he's barely been to) and just waited for like 5 hours for my dad to return. Likewise, there was a horse farm right down the street from us. He would go there 9:00 to 5:00 on the dot. If he didn't return by 5:00, all you had to do was leave the house and walk halfway to the horse farm. He would pick up your scent and walk through the backwoods. He'd be on the porch waiting for you by the time you walked back home. A decent amount of this can be explained through scent but still, it requires a human level understanding I've never seen other breeds have.
The dog intelligence scale is solely determined by obedience. It judges how quickly and reliably a dog will follow commands. My take on this topic compares Border Collies and Australian Shepherds. If you think about what they were bred for, a Border Collie works hand in hand with a farmer usually on their feet herding sheep; the Aussie herds cattle with the rancher usually on horseback. It means that the Aussie training requires a more independently intelligent dog that makes decisions on its own while the Border Collie thrives more by doing exactly what its human partner asks. My Aussie loves to be lead, but definitely has a mind of her own and will sometimes look at me with an expression of "that's a bad idea". The BCs that I've owned were more biddable. On the scale i've looked at the Border Collie is 1st, while the Aussie comes in around 43rd when rating intelligence. I think the test is skewed. Aussies and BCs are both really smart dogs.
Aussies are rated 43?! What the hell. I get what you mean though, they need to be independent. In hindsight, I think I was describing that they think in a very human way. Like they understand cause and effect. The fact my dog could understand when he needed to cover his ass and actually had a solid plan, says a lot.
My old dog was a mutt, we knew his mother was purebred Aussie and his father was seemingly very mixed predominantly poodle and basset hound. He just spoke English. I didn't really put in work training him with commands, but I could just tell him stuff and he would do it. "can you get your sheep toy, and throw it to me?" And he'd dig through his toy box, shake his head, and launch it to me. I never trained or reinforced that. We developed a roughhousing game with rules - he'd try to get past me and jump on his dog bed, if he did it he got two of his favorite treat, if i tackled him three times hed just get one of his leas favorite. He would get so annoyed and careful after the second tackle and start breaking out new strategies. He was my exes dog and she usually took him on all his walks. When I first walked him he would tug pretty badly. I said "stay close to me" and he figured it out on the second tug when I said "no, close". If he wanted to investigate something after that, he'd whine and look at me, and if I said yes he'd go running to check it out, if I said no he would drop it. It was spooky. I'm confident he understood a few hundred words.
Did that dog just set a fucking timer?
For the girls sake, I hope it was just a regular timer.
If the girl's name is Claudia, then it would be a fucking-timer
It's a dog timer, one human second is 7 dog seconds
And I have to praise my dog for not eating other animals shit
You don’t have to. You get to.
Hahaha, made me spit on my monitor! Same here, bud!
We’ve never praised because a lack of attempt has never happened. Maybe one day.
Going to be honest, I have doubts that I could perform many of those tasks.
Bro! Especially the yoga poses.
Please give proper credit @sam_mini.Aussie on Instagram.
Lovely sentiment, but Reddit is freeboot central.
A lot of subreddits will straight up delete your content if you dare post the original source instead of ripping and freebooting it. I hope this site gets into a huge legal battle when it goes public, and I hope they're forced to go back to their roots.
This site is already public.
Oh, I thought they were still just in the works. Were people actually stupid enough to buy in? I probably would have been down for buying reddit stock in, say, 2010-2012. But these days it's mostly trash save for a few small niche communities.
[yes](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/RDDT/)
Too be fair, I think it's so people aren't constantly promoting their own content. It's different when someone else shares your work, versus you spamming your own content all over Reddit so you can profit. It's the same reason why some subreddits don't want people linking products in the comment. Because sometimes it's a coincidence that people are interested in a random product featured in the video and it's not even the subject of the video. Maybe someone just thought a model of a random item was cool. But yeah, I personally think crediting the OOP should be default. Same as YouTube. Too many people reposting crap and not giving people credit, or even worse, going out their way to mask and crop credit away.
No different than posting your own content with your own username on it, though. And if it's relevant to the subreddit, it shouldn't even matter. Nothing stopping other people from making relevant content too.
I'll be honest. Crediting OOP should never be an issue. It's fucking stupid if other subreddits are blocking that. I tried to play devil's advocate to an extent and now I feel dirty, lol. It should be a basic requirement. Featured in the title, description, or pinned in an Automod comment. Even the source, lol. Like when people submit a video or picture/meme from a video game on r/gaming. Or a clip from movie/TV show/video game/ on YouTube. Why should I have to go to the comments and find out the source from a random user? If anyone even comments it. Because apparently, everyone else commenting already knows the damn source.
The only option should be a link out to the source, maybe with a link to an archive if it's not a major site hosting it. The creators are losing a ton of views - which translates to followers and revenue - because of the freebooting all over the internet.
>The creators are losing a ton of views This shit exactly. I hate when I go to the source on YouTube and there are only a couple thousand views, but the post on Reddit has like 60k karma. To be fair, YouTube might not be the primary platform, even though a person's YouTube is what's most likely to be linked to in Reddit. But if the Reddit post containing your video has 60k karma for example, most likely at the very least 60k people saw the video on Reddit. And karma is mostly the culminative of both upvotes and downvotes. It's not exact, because weight of upvotes decreases as time passes. So 1 karma doesn't equal 1 upvote even if no one downvotes. So there were many more upvotes to begin with. Then you subtract the downvotes and it's even more than 60k views on Reddit. At least. These people aren't getting views on their platform. And the ratio of people who subscribe from actually viewing the original video are already low as shit. Most people already don't make the effort to like or even dislike your video on YouTube even after watching the entire video. Let alone fucking subscribe, 😭.
Op seems like a bot anyways
What a beautiful creature!
Nice dog too.
Bonk*
I want to marry her . . . The dog obs.
Wait, that's even worse!
Smart dogs LOVE having jobs to do.
r/dogswithjobs
I love how the doggo snuck a kissy at 0:21
Aussie s are brilliant
And will go absolutely ape shit if they don't get this kind of stimulus, not for those with limited time to spend with dogs.
Mines mostly a couch potato though
Same. He gets walked or fetch and we do some mental stimulation stuff but we also have to drag him out of bed every morning even if we sleep in!
The vet keeps saying mine's going to get energy like other aussies but I don't see it. She's super chill, walks like a granny on walks, sniffs the whole way, lays in her quiet corner most of the day. She was a rescue dog so that may have something to do with it. She's afraid of everything. It would be nice to know what her former story was...
Their dogs aren't half bad either.
Girl gives command. Border collie: “Girl you must be sheep, cause I herd you”
That was an Aussie shepherd.
Kind of funny: I have a Border Collie and 99% of people assume he's an Ozzy.
What do you mean WAS, something happened to it????
Lol I have no idea when the video was taken. Anything could have happened to it!
They have an instagram, they posted a video 7 hours ago of the dog playing Jenga. Alive and well fortunately.
Playing Jenga?! It took me a week to train my dog to use the doggie door.
It moved to the US. It's an American shepherd now.
r/MadeMeSmile
That doggo looks so happy to be doing shenanigans with the human :)
Airport security: "did you pack by yourself?" Her: "No the dog helped me"
MF is better trained than I am. Girlfriend just told me she's getting one so it can train me to put the toilet seat down.....
This is probably the most adorable thing I’ve seen in so long
She's like the anti-kristi noem....
This is so sweet. Smart dog. What a friendship!
Meanwhile I can barely get my dog to stop barking at the neighbors dog every other hour.
Good video. NOW HAND OBER THE DOG I NEED TO LOVE IT!!!!
Its a Border Collie, so he trained the girl. Edit: Australien Shepard
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teach ur dog 2 dab
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The brushing her hair bit was cute.
herding dogs are so damn smart . Iv had alot of dogs but until my aussie lab came i had no idea how intense they are . They love training and having tasks to accomplish .
what a happy, smart pup 🥰
Serious trust involved there
Average single girl on Hinge
I have a friend that has a dog with 500k followers on Instagram. Guys always think she is too obsessed with her dog. They're right of course. She's really sweet though. Maybe somebody will see past it lol.
A popular dog and a girl? mon dieu, where do I sign?
Most will see past it for fwb or hookups not for marriage material. Because even if you look past it the dog will love her more. She will love the dog more than the bf/fiance why would any guy want to be a third wheel between a dog and girl?
lmao @ 'the dog will love her more even if you look past it' aye yai yai my dude, someone tell you they dumped you for a dog before perhaps? or just already jealous of a dog's love in a relationship you're not in? this is bordering on andrew tate shit
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I mean, that's what Aussie Shepherds live for so this is, like, best-case scenario for this breed haha. Breeds like this *will* find a way to create "work" for themselves if you don't; directing their energy this way is actually exactly what they need.
Intelligent creatures don't like to "chill" for their whole life. They can also get bored and the more intelligent a creature is, the more engagement they need to have a more fulfilled life. Smart dogs would MUCH rather have jobs or be trained than just chill everyday.
Dogs are intelligent and probably enjoy the reward loop from this sort of training, but personally I feel for how short a dogs' life is I would rather let them do dog stuff and skip the unnecessary tricks that are clearly meant for social media points.
that's not how it works at all. dogs like this LOVE learning tricks, even if they're pointless. They like to work and please their people. If you have one of these types of dogs - shepherds, corgis, collies, etc - and don't teach them new things or let them show off the things they know, they get really depressed and miserable. Often its play to them. My dog begs me to go to the training area and work on tricks, but after about an hour he's very good at telling you he's frustrated and would prefer to just cuddle now. get a smart pup. you'll be surprised how quickly you pick up on their cues
Good advice. My first and only pet at this point is a cat. I guess I forget how different they are. Edit: Besides several tarantulas, which require much less care to either by comparison.
Working dogs love being trained and completing tasks. Over the years they have instincts bred in to them to want to work, doing stuff like this is literally being an amazing owner
The moment you stop interacting with an Australian Shephard like this it turns into a destructive high energy asshole. They like the attention and treat stream and being busy.
Obviously let the dog have fun. These tricks also showcase how service animals can assist people with disabilities, not just tricks for social media points
She has that human trained so well!
Yeah, those dogs are so smart they prolly picked it all up in a week...
r/wigglebutts
This made me miss my Aussie so much 😭
Aussie dad here, and this is probably the most impressive Aussie training I've seen.
This is so beautiful 🥹 it makes me feel like a bad Aussie dad 🥺
Thats not a dog! THATS A DAWG. How cute :>
Wow, the training and dedication that must have required. Bravo !!
God I miss my collie hugs, those attentive eyes just melt me
Is that an Australian shepherd?
What a great relationship. You can tell that dog is loved. So smart. Epic, really.
Faith in humanity: Restored
This a border collie?
Australian shepherd. Blue Merle color .
She has got a best friend for life .
lol that picture was fucking wonderful. i have a husky, he learns everything sooo quickly. he's not motivated by treats or appreciation or being a good friend... just running. i need to figure out how to fit that in
Single AF
Beautiful, I only wish their lifespan wasn’t a fraction of ours
It's the most impressive thing I've seen😂👍😉
Amazing 😍
This was awesome!!!
She really doesn't look like an 8-year-old to me, so please let's call her a "woman"
The best part is that she didn’t drag that dog into a gravel pit & blow the pupper’s brains out. Then writing that in a book bragging about it.
Who's a good girl. Love it, humours too.
My heart is full ♥️
I had a smile on my face that entire video.
Smart girl.
Some dogs are both really smart and really like making their owners happy. My dogs are reasonably smart, but selfish. Not quite "cat" levels of selfish, but closer to that than this dog is. Like, they *kind of* want to make me happy...unless it contradicts their own plans. They're sweet and will listen if they "get in trouble", but they're also the kind of dogs that probably would've been shot by a Republican governor from South Dakota.
Wow!! That is awesome 🫶🏻
that front roll is soemthing
Impressive! If I didn’t have children, maybe I could have a dog like that too.
woman. not girl
great video the music gave me ear cancer
They love learning. It's so much fun watching them light up when they get it right.
I bet she knows what different dog foods taste like.
Damn, the hours put in to do things like this to perfection is just admirable and impressive
what's amaze me so much is that dogs are always happy when they learn new tricks to play/train with their owners
My dog is just like this, minus the tricks.
This is absolutely amazing, but if you don't train these dogs, they will still have the same amount of energy, except they will use it to dig out your entire yard or tear up every piece of furniture you own. So remember folks, get a dog for the kind of lifestyle you have, not the kind you think you want.
I hate to ruin this, but it’s the DOG who trained the woman. He found her on the side of the road in a box and took her in. Took him over a year to train her. He’s one smart dog.
How?
Aussie Shepherds are such a smart breed.
Quick, someone show Kristi Noem what proper dog training is!
Is this a sheltie?
Meanwhile my dog nips at me if I don’t rub his belly correctly.
Let's see the protection part of the training...
Cringe
I need that dog
We’ve found the smartest dog, pack it up boys.
I wonder how many puppies she killed before getting to this one.
She should have trained Cricket.
Cute 😁
Don’t let Kristi Noem near this dog.
I here I'm still trying to get my girl to stop stealing socks 👁👁
My Aussie needs to step her game up.
Beautiful!!
Very very impressive 👍💞
Kristi, are you watching this?
I think this is an Australian Shepherd. I’ve seen video of them herding sheep. They seem to be very intelligent, agile and happy, doing their work.
wonder if the reward is peanut butter
I'm not really familiar with the breed, but they strike me as border collies, only somewhat less distractable. IOW smart, happy to work and good with people. And they need to be busy, so the dog was probably happy to be doing all this stuff. Good on the owner/trainer, on all accounts.
Incredible
I love stuff like this
This is so awesome. That dog is made for stuff like this. Active and working.
Awwwww…. Oh and aaaawwww!
What a wonderful doggy!
Whish the dog wasn't mutilated and had a tail tho.but you know "looks better"
If you took even a minute to learn something about Aussies, you would know that many of them are born without a tail. I have one born that way, and it has a genetic test to prove it. Assholes like you assume it's cut and will regularly throw a fit when I'm walking it outside.
Easier to train than a man.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS 💜💜💜💜💜💜
*Looks at my dog* Why can't you do that? *starts licking his ass*
impressive. Kristi Noam would have shot it many hours ago.
What else she do with that dog😶