Has anyone here every used a hearding dog (collie, sheppard, heeler, etc) for hunting birds or small game. I would think they'd be trainable. I've seen guys on TV that have trained border collies and austrailian sheppards to do just about anything. I read a post from a guy who says the best retriever he ever had was a German Sheppard and I bought a truck from a guy who owned a beagle as a house pet and had 2 blue healers (austrailian cattle dogs) that he used to hunt rabbits.

Now I now that it wouldn't be optimal and that you'd be better getting a dog with a known pedigree of hunting, pointing, retrieving etc, but I'm curious to know if anyone has had any experiences hunting with these dogs.