Boywood Border Collies

11/11/2023

Thank you.

11/11/2023

Unsung heroes.

11/11/2023

Best friends.

01/01/2022

Happy New Year. It’s a new dawn.

12/29/2021

Sheep at sunset, the warm glow of the Christmas wreath on the barn, and shine of the city lights and Lake Ontario in the distance.

12/29/2021

Going in for the night.

10/22/2021

🤣🤣🤣

10/11/2021

Fun piece of trivia.

You learn something new everyday. The white tip that adorns (almost) every Border Collie's tail, is called 'The Shepherds lantern'...
It is called that because shepherds are said to follow the white tip of their dog’s tail home after a long day of herding.
That is so cool

09/26/2021

Good morning!

09/20/2021

True in dog training as well.

"I don't believe in waiting for a horse to do the wrong thing and then punishing him after the fact. You can't just say no to a horse. You have to redirect a negative behavior with a positive one, something that works for both of you. It's as though you're saying, 'Instead of doing that, we can do this together."' - Buck Brannaman

09/16/2021

Truth. 🤣

😆

09/01/2021

09/01/2021

Gift from a herding student.😍

06/08/2021

The natural way of things…

Hyde Park's own shepherd taking his sheep along the Serpentine pathway to new grazing ground elsewhere in the park. His dog has taken to the water to stop the sheep from swimming off. (March 1938).

In the 1920s and 1930s, sheep were routinely introduced into London parks to keep the grass under control and reduce mowing costs. Shepherds competed for the privilege of grazing their flocks on Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, Clapham Common and other pastures around the city.

Though these woolly lawnmowers were eventually barred from grazing in the city in the late 1950s, they have recently experienced a resurgence. In 2010, sheep were introduced to Hampstead Heath as an eco-friendly alternative to machine mowing.