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Jesus... Are you part tasmanian?

Ever meet up with any australians? Also, any residual shit like PTSD? If so, how do you cope? My father has PTSD (not from Vietnam) and I never know how he's coping with it. Thank you.

I'm insanely late to the party, but mustering dogs etc are ike huntaways from NZ. They are bred (traditionally) to be able to work independently in steep country to go grab a flock or herd and move it back toward the shepherd. Is that what you mean by mustering dogs?

On another topic, have you ever heard of a Smithfield? Used to be working dogs in cattleyards and ended up in Tasmania, where they were used as working dogs for a long time until they got bred out. Theres actually a smithfield festival wherre any dog deemed a "Smithy" can compete. Basically it was a more rangy English sheepdog and got interbred with various other working dogs like collies and kelpies/coolies. The working drive ones still have the eye. Or at least mine does. He's definitely not a working dog but the one time he got into a paddock with a mob of cattle he did the Collie eye and got low then chased them across the paddock keeping them grouped up. He then shit himself when they turned on him and ran the whole way back, but its interesting that the prey drive/herding genetics were there in part.

Thanks, mate.

2 different views. I would never ask one of the many people I know who have deployed and been in firefights if they have killed or what it was like, unless they specifically stated it was fine. But apparently your fine with it. I would say you were in the minority, mate.