"Astra" Border Collie Puppies

The Border Collie is just that, a breed of dog.

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They are NOT sheepdogs; until they have been trained to WORK with sheep or other livestock.

 

Our Border Collie puppies have been bred for many generations specifically for their supreme intelligence, trainability and outstanding excellence in all the canine disciplines including Sheep Herding, Agility Flyball, walking companion and pet and many other canine performance sports.

 

Health issues are very important to us and we have innitiated an intensive DNA and hip scoring regime.

We offer FREE quality help for your "Astra" Border Collie puppy throughout it's life by email and telephone.

A lifetime guarantee on proven hereditary and testable diseases common to the Border Collie, such as CEA, Hip Dysplasia, PRA.

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All our border collie pups are Registered with the I.S.D.S. (International Sheepdog Society) and are well socialised with children, other dogs and animals as well as to household and other noises.

 

Our Border Collies have the instinct and will to work at any job given to them, and by work, they train themselves with just a little help and direction from their handlers.

 

Real Quality at an affordable price.

"Astra" Border Collie's as a potential Working Sheepdog ?

Check out our video's on Youtube.com/Astrasheepdogs

This video is of working bred I.S.D.S reg Border Collie puppies "herding" sheep for the first time.
The instinct to herd has been bred into them for many generations.
Almost straight away, these pups know what to do with sheep but are still too young and cannot be useful until they are trained to become sheepdogs.
When they are old enough to be able to pass the sheep, they will be shown how to use this instinct to help shepherds with their flocks and may well work on farms and compete in Sheepdog Trials around the world.as Fully Trained Sheepdogs.

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Natural Instinct

Yes, the herding instinct is; afterall, a modified HUNTING instinct, and it starts with what you see here.
These pups are too young and not fast enough to do much else except awaken the instinct. BUT you can see the signs that the pups are starting to show the Border Collie eye and the caracteristic Herding stalk; the puppies are actually trying to CAST out around the sheep.

This first sheep herding experience for the border collie puppies, helps us to decide which puppies to keep for further training and finish as working sheepdogs,

What we see here (the natural ability -before the shepherd has manipulated the instinct by training) is an essential selection tool in our breeding program

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ALL our Astra prefixed Border Collie Pups are Guaranteed to have the Herding Instinct by 12 months or we replace the pup.

.(subject to conditions to be met by the purchaser)

"Astra" White Dorper Sheep

The White Dorper Sheep is a new breed in Great Britain, it is a pure white animal with excellent pigment.

 

Every spring they shed their wool so require little maintenance for flystrike. the Dorper rarely becomes cast (stuck on their backs) as they have only an inch or two of wool prior to the spring shedding.

 

They are very easy lambing due to the small but fiesty size of their lambs (lambs are up and drinking in a matter of minutes)

 

Combined with a great carcass with excellent texture and succulent taste the breed has the potential to become a leading sheep breed within the UK and Europe.

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