Re:What a Border Collie Taught a Linguist About Language
by e40 on Friday August 18, 2017 @12:52PM
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I was in Scotland in the 90's driving around in the north looking at castles. I saw a really interesting one on a farm, so I drove past the gate and stopped, to find someone to ask if it was OK if I drove to the castle (ruins of one, actually). They were fine with it. On the way out, their Border Collie stopped us just before the gate and ran circles around us. You see, we were in a very small, white car. Perhaps we looked like a cow. My passenger got out and distracted the dog while I drove through the gate.
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Re:What a Border Collie Taught a Linguist About Language
by quantumhobbit on Friday August 18, 2017 @01:08PM
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My wife grew up with a border collie. Her grandparents kept chickens, fluffy white chickens, and to the dog they were tiny sheep. So the dog spent hours herding the chickens, kept them in a group. Of course chickens are not sheep so they would bolt as soon as there was an opening, so the poor dog couldn't rest for a second. After several hours they literally had to drag him inside so he wouldn't die of exhaustion.
Crazy smart dog, allegedly he would escape their fence and go hitch hiking along the highway. They didn't know where he was escaping to until a friend told them she saw him on the road and he jumped in her car.