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Originally Posted by james1
you must realise that a gun/sheep dog heeling when your striding through brush/land is going to be a pretty imptracticle thing. the owner wants to know they are besides them and not out in the field chasing anything and everything. having them heel on uneven ground with so many direction changes would probably do them an injury they could do without.
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Very true, however I think the point is that it isn't as a such a "heel" command, more of a "stop working and come this way".
Border Collies and many other working dogs are excellent distance workers, which I think was the original point by MerlinsMum and is very true. I can see this in my worky border collie- although I've not done sheepwork with him, in agility he drives forward and is very confident working at a distance from me- definately not a "velcro dog".