A working dog trained to head off livestock and drive them towards its handler.
they were managed much as sheep are controlled by heading dogs
Example sentencesExamples
- He was a New Zealand black and white heading dog.
- They are working dogs, and no cuter or more highly trained than a heading dog.
- I spent yesterday at Aotea harbor just north of Kawhia with my mistress (my female heading dog).
- I had a heading dog that I used to be dynamite on possums when I was a trapper.
- The Wakefield farmer and his heading dog took part in the annual sheepdog trials.
- I had a heading dog as a pet and he'd herd anything.
- I have heading dog who travels with me just about everywhere.
- We could learn much from my heading dog, who sees cats as great sport.
- My female heading dog comes inside, travels with me many places and not in some dog box, loves working stock.
- I put the dogs on to him and my heading dog grabs hold of his nose.