actually, herding is simply channeled prey drive. so many herding dogs will kill livestock more frequently than even some hunting breeds because they haven't been trained to channel that drive.
interesting didnt now that either.
im going to post a picture of ears's mom and another dog i have that i wanna see if anyone can guess. also chicen5555 i find it interesting that you saw weiner dog in ears. my fiance had one of those that use to be around before ears's mom was born but a couple months after she was born he died. i think maybe he is the dad of ears's mom instead of the stray. the only thing is that ears's mom is the size of blacky so maybe ears's mom got blacky's height.