Dani is our beautiful red tri lady who has wonderfully strong herding instincts. Dani loved working with me first thing in the morning to get the sheep out of the barn and her willingness and ability with our Indian Runner Ducks at an early stage in her training was amazing! She has also helped move over 100 cow/calf pairs with minimal (and I do mean minimal!) training! Dani is very responsive to commands and even when given a command she has not learned she looks to see where we're pointing and off she goes like a flash. Dani loves meeting new people but does show her true Aussieness in the way she's cautious about making friends. Once you are Dani's friend though, you're a friend for life and generally end up with her in your lap for kisses the next time she sees you.

Dani broke her leg/foot on June 26/99…we don't know how! Due to complications she lost most of the flesh and skin off the top of her foot & leg right up to the hock. To cut a long story short Dani eventually nearly lost the whole leg a few months later…but the vet managed to just remove several inches of the two middle bones…it's left her with a bad limp and a shrunken and twisted foot but she still has four legs. Dani will always have a bad limp but since the two bone pieces have been removed she's back to her normal, happy self, running & playing. Dani feels her main focus in life must be to watch over Molly & Ceilidh & ensure that our pesky sheep stay where she thinks they should be! Her herding instinct is so strong that despite her gibbled foot (I don't dare say it's crippled!) she still gets out and about quite well and would not allow our ram near me…she had no hesitation in getting right in his face if he so much as looked at me….GREAT DOG! This is all because the ram had put me on my butt a few times and Dani's decided he was her problem to deal with, gibbled foot or not…this little girl has a tremendous amount of heart!