Instinctual eye styles in stock herding dogs


	Instinctual eye styles in stock herding dogs

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4-30-2008 3:44 PM

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animals, psychology, random_sh!t

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A typology of instinctual eye styles: strong-eye, sticky-eye, medium-eye, roving-eye, and anti-eye. Explains how various dogs use eye contact and gaze styles to control herds. A totally random find, but fascinating.

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with the stock.<SPAN>  </SPAN>Note, it is not
necessarily eye-to-eye contact.<SPAN>  </SPAN>For
example, dog may have a fixed stare on the heels.<SPAN>  </SPAN>Typical of Border Collies, McNabs and Kelpies, less typical of
other breeds.<SPAN>  </SPAN>As with all breed traits,
exceptions frequently occur.<SPAN>  </SPAN>Strong-eye
is typically accompanied by “clap” – croaching real low.<SPAN>  </SPAN>The total image of the dog presented to the
stock is that of a predator stalking them.<SPAN> 
</SPAN>If the dog cautiously approaches, the stock will cautiously move away to
keep ahead of the presumed predator.<SPAN> 
</SPAN>Because of this predator stalking imitation, livestock often don’t relax
under strong-eye. Strong-eye works exceptionally well with light
livestock.<SPAN>  </SPAN>Whereas, heavy livestock may
refuse to move off strong-eye.<O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://members.cox.net/gsdvominsel/eye.htm"><SPAN>ANTI-EYE</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://members.cox.net/gsdvominsel/eye.htm"><U><SPAN>Direct-eye
     may put non-dog broke stock into fight mode.</SPAN></U><SPAN><SPAN>  </SPAN>This is especially true for range
     Rambouillets being worked in groups of five for the first time.<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/CB29F348-8F0C-4550-A954-A4DD79C0CD62/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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