Why the Australian Cattle Dog nips heels, ducks kicks, and drives from behind—the force-style herding that makes it the behavioral opposite of the eyed Border Collie.
A comparative analysis of heading, heeling, and tending styles across herding breeds, examining how centuries of regional selection produced fundamentally different approaches to livestock management.
Examining the relative contributions of genetics and environment to breed-specific herding behaviors through cross-fostering experiments, breed comparison studies, and longitudinal developmental data.
