Misty Mtn Mischief
Birthdate: June 29, 2002
Height: 18.5 inches Weight: 47 lbs
Height: 18.5 inches Weight: 47 lbs
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Mischief was an incredible Aussie, and we were proud to have her as a foundation. She will be in our hearts forever. Mischief's primary job was keeping my little sister out of trouble, but she also helped my parents take care of the livestock. She was gentle on all the livestock even the baby goats and always seemed to know when she should help and when she should stay out of the way. She worked in the open in a calm and collected manner without upsetting the animals. In fact, on a good day, you don't realize she is doing anything but hanging out with the livestock, but the moment one animal tried to head the wrong direction she had it turned around and back with the group. Mischief truly shined while working in the small pen and chute though. She kept a parameter between whoever was in the pen and the cattle. She calmly and steadily worked them into the trailer or headgate and got fierce as a little devil if a cow tried to back out of the chute from the trailer. Rose Marie almost refused to work cattle in the small pens and chutes if Mischief wasn't around because she didn't feel safe without her there. She was the alpha female among our dogs and had a calm but dominate personality.
One of my favorite websites on old-time working Aussies is Working Aussie Source. In their stockdog library, they explain several times that Aussies are classically “loose-eyed” working dogs. They also define the classic loose-eyed dog in their glossary in the following way: loose-eyed (adj) a dog that works upright, without crouching or overt staring. The opposing term is strong-eyed. Loose-eyed dogs tend to work closer to their stock, tend to desire to keep the stock moving, and tend to be more naturally comfortable in close quarters such as stockyards, chutes, and pens, than dogs with strong eye.
This description completely matches Mischief's working style. Its worth pointing out that Mischief's main negative factor (depending on your viewpoint) is that she liked to think for herself. Once you told her what you wanted done, she was going to do it how she saw best, and if you tried micromanaging her, she would likely ignore you. For example, her priority list in working cattle into the trailer was the following: 1. Keep the cows from trampling the family. 2. Put the cows in the trailer. On a few occasions, we have gotten confused and worked the wrong steer into the chute to be loaded. If Lou suddenly realized this he would often very loudly and authoritatively, i.e. yelling like a bull in the china closet, tell Mischief to let the steer loose before he completely considered the implications of that command. Mischief usually decided 1. Letting the steer charge out of the chute would result in a trampled Rose Marie (who doesn't move out of the way very fast with her bad knee) and 2. She did alot of work already getting that steer to the trailer so why stop now. Mischief was going to put the steer into the trailer and the loud, yelling man could take him back out later if he wanted. For trialing, Mischief would have needed a lot of extra work. For practical life, most people would likely prefer her sensible, if hard-headed approach. It stopped a few broken bones at least.
We currently have two daughters out of Mischief- Little Miss and Shae. Little Miss lives and works on the farm in Arkansas. She is almost an identical replica of Mischief physically, but she is more biddable. Shae is a red merle female from a Mischief X Joe cross born in 2008.
One of my favorite websites on old-time working Aussies is Working Aussie Source. In their stockdog library, they explain several times that Aussies are classically “loose-eyed” working dogs. They also define the classic loose-eyed dog in their glossary in the following way: loose-eyed (adj) a dog that works upright, without crouching or overt staring. The opposing term is strong-eyed. Loose-eyed dogs tend to work closer to their stock, tend to desire to keep the stock moving, and tend to be more naturally comfortable in close quarters such as stockyards, chutes, and pens, than dogs with strong eye.
This description completely matches Mischief's working style. Its worth pointing out that Mischief's main negative factor (depending on your viewpoint) is that she liked to think for herself. Once you told her what you wanted done, she was going to do it how she saw best, and if you tried micromanaging her, she would likely ignore you. For example, her priority list in working cattle into the trailer was the following: 1. Keep the cows from trampling the family. 2. Put the cows in the trailer. On a few occasions, we have gotten confused and worked the wrong steer into the chute to be loaded. If Lou suddenly realized this he would often very loudly and authoritatively, i.e. yelling like a bull in the china closet, tell Mischief to let the steer loose before he completely considered the implications of that command. Mischief usually decided 1. Letting the steer charge out of the chute would result in a trampled Rose Marie (who doesn't move out of the way very fast with her bad knee) and 2. She did alot of work already getting that steer to the trailer so why stop now. Mischief was going to put the steer into the trailer and the loud, yelling man could take him back out later if he wanted. For trialing, Mischief would have needed a lot of extra work. For practical life, most people would likely prefer her sensible, if hard-headed approach. It stopped a few broken bones at least.
We currently have two daughters out of Mischief- Little Miss and Shae. Little Miss lives and works on the farm in Arkansas. She is almost an identical replica of Mischief physically, but she is more biddable. Shae is a red merle female from a Mischief X Joe cross born in 2008.
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