Which one is clockwise???? For the life of me I can't remember, which is which today, I was watching Animal Planet and it looked like the film was backwards but I just can't get my head strait now.

I'm thinking "come by" is the clockwise approach coming in from the field, and "way to me" is counter clockwise,???....oh,help my brain is numb......

-- Thumper/inOKC (slrldr@yahoo.com), February 07, 2002

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Response to Come by /or/ Way to me????

Just moving it over to the answer list, 2nd question tho' how long do the unanswered questions stay over there? Don't they expire or something?......ah wait,... I smell fresh coffee......

-- Thumper/inOKC (slrldr@yahoo.com), February 07, 2002.

Response to Come by /or/ Way to me????

I know it's late and I'm tired, but WHAT are you talking about? I think I'll stop by tomorrow! God bless!

-- Ardie/WI (ardie54965@hotmail.com), February 07, 2002.

Response to Come by /or/ Way to me????

which way is clockwise???? they way a proper running clock moves,,from the top,,to the right,, to the bottom,, to the left. counterclockwise,,would be the other way. Are you OK Thumper?

-- Stan (sopal@net-port.com), February 07, 2002.

Response to Come by /or/ Way to me????

I think she is talking about herding dogs?

-- kathy h (ckhart55@earthlink.net), February 07, 2002.

Response to Come by /or/ Way to me????

I think that you have it right, was it the oppisite on AP? But I thought it was "away to me?"

-- Lynelle So.westernVA (x2ldp@aol.com), February 07, 2002.

I'm sorry about that, It must be the low carb diet, and the beef jerky had too much sugar,

Anyway, in herding trials the dogs are called by whistle, or by comands of "come BY" which I think is clock wise, from the top rotating from the top to the right (at 3 0'clock) from the caller, who would be at 6 o'clock. And I think the "way to Me" means rotate to the left, at 9 o'clock of the top, [which is basicly always at 12 o'clock from the caller].

I watched a livestock trial with a blue heeler, competeing against border collies, they worked sheep and cattle, and I just had a feeling that the calls didn't match the dogs moves, and I got confused. I like to watch the herding trials and after awhile you get a feeling for the calls and the movements.

Frankly, I paid more attention to my heeler, because HE was watching the TV, he has only done that twice before, once on a program that had a mountain lion, during a male/femail greeting encounter with no sounds that I could hear, he ran up to the TV and stood up to the screen noseing the speaker, ears pricked head cocked, and another time when dingos where barking, [which we thought was really funny] and now he has noticed cows.

It could be "Away to me" but when calling across a field, the "A" part doesn't stand out much.

Thanks everybody, I'm feeling better, and I'll learn to stay away from the sugar sooner or later.

-- Thumper/inOKC (slrldr@yahoo.com), February 08, 2002.

It's all making sense, now, is it?

-- roberto pokachinni (pokachinni@yaho.com), February 08, 2002.

Come Bye is clockwise, Away to Me is counter-clockwise.

Come clockwise, Away wrong way, come clockwise, away wrong way. Get it.

-- Cindy in KY (solidrockranch@msn.com), February 08, 2002.

Ohhhhhh! I truly didn't have a clue!

-- Ardie/WI (ardie54965@hotmail.com), February 08, 2002.

Cindy's got it. "Come By" the clock is how I keep it straight. It's a good thing my cattle dog, Howdy, knows the difference! LOL Sure is fun watching them work isn't it? Our last herding trial had a wonderful entry of many breeds. It was fascinating watching how different breeds handle the same commands. The dogs with the srongly bred behaviors like the Border Collies and Cattle dogs, versus the willing but different breeds like Rottweilers and Pit Bulls. Fun! LQ

-- Little Quacker (carouselxing@juno.com), February 08, 2002.

I'm sorry I don't have an answer but I do have a question..I'm looking for any copy of Countryside Mag that had a border collie on the cover..I've not seen one but then I've only found out about this magazine yesterday ( sorry, I'm a city boy in Houston, texas . But I raise these great animals for a hobby and give then away to good homes. I collect any magazine that has them on it and I frame them and I have over 40 on my office wall

-- Charles Garner (ckg@nol.net), February 09, 2002.