English Shepherd Farm Dogs
The Day I Got Sugar
Yesterday I visited the home of Mr. Jerry Prater. Jerry keeps horses and purebred black and tan English Shepherds. When we first arrived, his English Shepherd adults were mostly paying attention to Bekkey and me. They were all friendly, the friendliest being Remington. Remy is Jerry’s stud dog. There was lots of petting and tail … Read more
Your Faithful Old English Shepherd Will Not Let Your Children Fight
Stodghill’s Animal Research Foundation ARF- Cowdog Magazine 73rd Edition, page 3 Gentlemen we specialize in the true Black-tan working type English Shepherd, the kind that will go a mile after the cows and on a dairy farm where you milk your cows every day at the same time you will not even have to tell … Read more
Goat Dogs
As a child, Major Jesse Ursery of Bellevue, Tennessee owned a black and tan English shepherd named Fan. Among other things, Fan was a tree dog who accompanied the Ursery boys on squirrel and raccoon hunting expeditions. Fan also drove the milk cows for John Ursery, the boys’ father. As an adult, Major Ursery returned … Read more
Black and Tan Shepherd Farm Dogs In Use Prior to 1900
I spent an exciting Saturday night combing over the articles from the English Shepherd Club of America’s Who’s Who Breeder Manual. In particular, I spent quite some time reading and re-reading John Blankenship’s article titled “The Blankenship’s Best Friend”. Mr. Blankenship makes some statements in his article which shine even more light on the origins … Read more