Marionvale Working Dogs

Marionvale Working Dogs Simon Leaning-Marionvale Working dogs is a working sheepdog trainer getting the best out of your dog.

Simon Leaning of Marionvale Working Dogs is a breeder and trainer of quality working sheepdogs border collies and kelpies. Simon travels internationally conducting seminars and clinics on training working dogs and has a gift for getting the best out of dogs and handlers alike. Simon has conducted clinics for all breeds of working stock dogs throughout the US Canada and Europe. We can provide working dog training here at Marionvale, take in dogs for training, or provide on farm training clinics.

Can always tell the wind direction with Champ around šŸ˜
30/11/2025

Can always tell the wind direction with Champ around šŸ˜

Olboa Gin, itā€™s hard being a working mumā€¦
29/11/2025

Olboa Gin, itā€™s hard being a working mumā€¦

Let the dog work! I say it all the time. ā€œGet out of his way let him have the sheep!ā€ Itā€™s important for a dog to develo...
29/11/2025

Let the dog work! I say it all the time. ā€œGet out of his way let him have the sheep!ā€
Itā€™s important for a dog to develop a feel for the flight zone. To read and anticipate. To make decisions. Be allowed to work without constant interference. Especially in his early introductions. But! And there always is a but! The onus is on you to understand what is right and what is not. Allowing a dog to figure it out when its intention is to split or bite, rewards it for splitting or biting. The sheep is the reward.

Allowing the dog to work doesnā€™t mean you hand over the rewards for anything the dog offers. It means when the dog is right leave him to his job.

Developing the instinct and natural work in a dog is the foundations in which you build a confident quality working dog. Itā€™s a crucial phase in training and continues. What it doesnt mean is for you to become a spectator. Position and guidance is still part of letting the dog work.

Simon Leaning
Marionvale Working Dogs.

29/11/2025

Marionvale Pete back in action after his mishap with help from the team. Bringing in the ewes and lambs to feedlot them while fences are sorted.

25/11/2025

Olboa Gin has a crack at some lively lambs.

25/11/2025

Sheepdog training this week Wednesday 26th 430
Saturday 29th 830

Marionvale Di.
25/11/2025

Marionvale Di.

24/11/2025

Little Champ is the combination of two of the current top Marionvale Kelpies, by Marionvale Chip, in Marionvale Woody and Marionvale Bo. Woody is the NKFT novice Champion , Kuroit Australian improver Champion and ran third at the Australian Supreme Championship. Bo is being trialled by a relative new trialler with good results. This is second time for Champ on sheep. Itā€™s important not to develop a chase pattern and to encourage him onto the heads. Easy sheep that turn off him are best and itā€™s important not to push sheep into him in this early training. Champ is a keen pup and very personable. He shows good shape around his stock and some nice little pressure relief moves. Heā€™s a little slow still so itā€™s important that he doesnā€™t cut his corners when going around the sheep. Towards the end of the video he looks to the ground and that is the time to finish the session before he choses to himself.

Olboa Gin
15/11/2025

Olboa Gin

Marionvale Di
14/11/2025

Marionvale Di

Twistie
14/11/2025

Twistie

Yarrabee Jack
14/11/2025

Yarrabee Jack

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