The Urban Herder - Herding Breed Specialist

27/12/2024

🎄 Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas! 🎄

Ellen is looking forward to running some classes at the new venue in Huddersfield, don’t miss out we have a few spaces left.

🚀 Join us for - Herding Connections: Life Skills for Herding Breeds, a 6-week course led by Ellen, a herding breed specialist!

📅 Start Date: January 6th
⏰ Time: 7:15 PM
📍 Location: Dragonfly Dog, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5JS

In this course, we’ll focus on:
✔️ Building focus and engagement
✔️ Motivation strategies
✔️ A solid settle
✔️ Positive use of natural instincts
✔️ Basic skills: loose lead, recall, stay, leave!

Perfect for refining skills or managing high energy.

All herding breeds welcome.

Limited spaces! Reserve your spot today!
👉 Sign Up Here https://bookwhen.com/theurbanherder/e/ev-sd93-20250106191500

23/12/2024

🎄🐾 Merry Christmas from the Urban Herder Team! 🐾🎄

As we wrap up another amazing year of training, we want to express our gratitude to all of you. Thank you for trusting us to help you build stronger connections with your herders and achieve your training goals.

Here's to more success, teamwork, and tail-wagging moments in the year ahead! 🐶💚

Wishing you and your dogs a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🐾✨

We have monthly workshops coming up starting in January held in Huddersfield and a 6 week herding course starting 6th January in Huddersfield. https://bookwhen.com/theurbanherder

20/12/2024

🐾 Herding Connections 6 week class!🐾

🚀 Join us for Herding Connections: Life Skills for Herding Breeds, a 6-week training course designed specifically for herding dogs, run by Ellen a herding breed specialist trainer!

📅 Start Date: January 6th
⏰ Time: 7:15 PM
📍 Location:Dragonfly Dog, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5JS

In this course, we’ll focus on:
✔️ Building focus and engagement with your handler
✔️ Creating effective motivation strategies
✔️ Developing a solid settle
✔️ Channeling your dog’s natural instincts in positive ways
✔️ Basic skills like loose lead, recall, stay, and leave!

Whether you’re looking to refine your dog’s skills or manage their high energy, Herding Connections is the perfect way to set them up for success in the real world! 🌟

Spaces are limited, so reserve your spot today and start the year off right!
👉 https://bookwhen.com/theurbanherder/e/ev-sd93-20250106191500

12/12/2024

🐾 Last Dog Training Walk of the Year!🐾

Join us this Saturday, 14th December, from 9:30-10:30 AM at Savile Park for our final dog training walk of the year! 🎉

Whether you're looking for some last-minute tips or just want to enjoy a walk with your pup, Ellen will be there to answer any questions and offer expert training advice.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to end the year on a positive note with your furry friend! 🐕✨

Link to book: https://bookwhen.com/thewoofpack-dogtraining-behaviour/e/ev-s8b7-20241214093000

06/12/2024

Sam 😻

We met this gorgeous boy last week to help his owners with some attention seeking behaviours in the home along with some foundation work to help him with his car chasing and building his confidence around the clients horses!

He was a super smart boy and we are very excited to see his progress 🐾

03/12/2024

🚨Free Discovery Calls with Ellen & The Urban Herder🚨

Are you struggling with a dog that chases cars or fixates on certain things? 🐕

Do you need help and advice on your dogs behaviour? 🐾

Ellen, herding breed specialist, is here to help! She offers a range of training and behavioural packages tailored to your dog’s unique needs.

✅ Get expert guidance on how to address common challenges
✅ Learn effective strategies to help your dog thrive

Book your FREE discovery call today!

Ellen is based in Halifax but offers online packages.

📅 https://calendly.com/theurbanherder/discoverycall

29/11/2024

🎉🐾 Black Friday Deals with The Urban Herder 🐾🎉

This Black Friday, we’re offering amazing deals to help you and your Border Collie thrive in the urban environment! 🚶‍♀️🐕

Join The Collie Collective – The online training academy designed specifically for Border Collies, where we offer everything you need to succeed:

🎥 unlimited access to training materials on a variety of topics from building an off switch to Urban Herding.

🐕 the ability to ask a breed specialist any problems and receive advice.

🐾 opportunities to submit training videos for feedback.

🦴 live training sessions delivered monthly on varied topics with opportunities to be coached by our team, ask questions and learn new skills.

🫂 join a community of owners of herding breeds.

👉 Black Friday Deals:

20% OFF your subscription to the Collie Collective with code COLLIE20

35% OFF when you buy an annual pass (discount applied automatically)

This offer runs until December 7th, after which membership will close! ⏰ Don’t miss your chance to join a community dedicated to helping you and your collie succeed.

Access our training materials anytime, anywhere, and start improving your Border Collie’s skills today!

28/11/2024

🎉🐾 Black Friday Deals with The Urban Herder! 🐾🎉

The holiday season is here, and we’ve got an amazing offer just for you! Get 10% OFF all classes and workshops at with The Urban Herder, including:

🐑 Herding Connections: Life Skills for Herders & Handlers (6-week course)
🐕 Monthly Collie Club Workshops:

January: Fixated to Focused- Building engagement and focus. This is great for Collies who want to chase, pancake or herd things that move
February: Predatory Play- Creating an outlet for your Collies herding instincts
March: Scentwork- Teach your collies to use their nose and brain!

Use code COLLIE10 at checkout to claim your discount!

This offer runs until December 7th, so don’t wait! Sign up today and start your journey toward building stronger connections and skills with your dog. 🐾💪

GRAB YOUR PLACE NOW: https://bookwhen.com/theurbanherder

24/11/2024

Our free 5 day challenge has started! Head over to Talk Herdy To Me- BorderCollie Training And Behaviour Support to catch up on the first video from Ellen.

🐾 Join Our FREE 5-DAY BORDER COLLIE TRAINING CHALLENGE! 🎉

Did you know we are running a FREE 5-Day Border Collie Training Challenge, starting on November 24th! 🐶✨

Border Collies are known for their intelligence, work ethic, and love for adventure – but when placed in pet homes, their natural instincts can sometimes lead to challenges. While it’s great that these amazing dogs find loving homes, many end up struggling with unwanted behaviors due to a lack of understanding about the breed and their unique needs.

The skills they were originally bred for – like herding – can show up in unexpected ways in a home environment. If these needs aren’t met, behaviors like chasing, nipping, or constant activity can become overwhelming for both the dog and owner.

That’s why we’re offering this 5-day challenge to help you understand your Border Collie better and find solutions to the behaviors that stem from their herding instincts. You’ll get the tools to help your Collie thrive in a pet home and build a stronger bond with your furry friend!

Ready to get started?
SIGN UP NOW: subscribepage.io/CollieChallenge 🎯

Let’s help your Collie become the best version of themselves in your home!

21/11/2024

🐾 COLLIE CLUB: Fixated to Focused Workshop 🐾

Is your Border Collie always fixating on things—chasing, herding, or engaging with everything except you? We get it! 🐕 It can be exhausting and stressful when walks feel more like a chase than a peaceful outing.

At Collie Club, we're here to help you change that! Join us for our Fixated to Focused workshop, designed to help your Collie shift from constant distraction to calm, controlled focus. ✨

Workshop Details:
📅 Date: Saturday, January 25th
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
📍 Location: Dragonfly Dog, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5JS
💥 Limited spaces available!

In this 3-hour workshop, we'll guide you through practical techniques and training exercises to help your Collie learn to focus on you—making walks and everyday life more enjoyable for both of you!

🌟 Whether your Collie is fixating on cars, people, or even other animals, we have the tools to help you gain control and build a stronger bond.

Don’t miss out! Spaces are limited—sign up now to reserve your spot and take the first step towards a more focused, balanced Collie. 🐾💫

📩 DM us for more info or to register!

20/11/2024

🐾 Join Us for a Social Walk - Saturday, November 23rd at 10 AM! 🐾

Are you looking to work on your dog’s skills in a real-life scenario? Join us for a structured social walk at Saville Park Moor this Saturday! 🌳

This walk is open to existing clients who want to practice key skills around other dogs in a supportive, controlled environment. It’s the perfect opportunity to reinforce training while enjoying the outdoors and socializing your pup in a safe, structured setting. 🐕

📅 When: Saturday, November 23rd, 10 AM
📍 Where: Saville Park Moor

Whether you’re working on recall, focus, or managing reactivity, this walk will help build confidence and improve your dog’s behavior in real-world situations.

Spaces are limited! Don’t miss out –BOOK NOW
👉 https://bookwhen.com/thewoofpack-dogtraining-behaviour/e/ev-s7r8-20241123100000 🐶

20/11/2024

🐾 Join Our FREE 5-DAY BORDER COLLIE TRAINING CHALLENGE! 🎉

Did you know we are running a FREE 5-Day Border Collie Training Challenge, starting on November 24th! 🐶✨

Border Collies are known for their intelligence, work ethic, and love for adventure – but when placed in pet homes, their natural instincts can sometimes lead to challenges. While it’s great that these amazing dogs find loving homes, many end up struggling with unwanted behaviors due to a lack of understanding about the breed and their unique needs.

The skills they were originally bred for – like herding – can show up in unexpected ways in a home environment. If these needs aren’t met, behaviors like chasing, nipping, or constant activity can become overwhelming for both the dog and owner.

That’s why we’re offering this 5-day challenge to help you understand your Border Collie better and find solutions to the behaviors that stem from their herding instincts. You’ll get the tools to help your Collie thrive in a pet home and build a stronger bond with your furry friend!

Ready to get started?
SIGN UP NOW: subscribepage.io/CollieChallenge 🎯

Let’s help your Collie become the best version of themselves in your home!

16/11/2024

🐾 New Course Alert! 🐾

Is your herding breed ready to level up? 🚀 Join us for Herding Connections: Life Skills for Herding Breeds, a 6-week training course designed specifically for those herding breeds out there, ran by a breed specialist trainer!

📅 Start Date: January 6th
⏰ Time: 7:15 PM
📍 Location: Dragonfly Dog, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5JS

In this course, we’ll focus on:
✔️Building focus and engagement on handler
✔️ Building effective motivation strategies to use with your dog
✔️ Building a useable settle
✔️ Channeling your dog’s natural instincts in positive, productive ways
✔️ Basic training such as foundation for looselead, recall, stay and leave!

Whether you’re looking to refine your dog’s skills or manage their high energy, Herding Connections is the perfect way to set your dog up for success in the real world! 🌟

Spaces are limited—sign up now to reserve your spot and start the year off right! https://bookwhen.com/theurbanherder

15/11/2024

UPCOMING EVENTS 🐾🐾

We are super excited to announce we will be running regular classes and monthly Collie Club workshops at .dog in Slaithwaite, Huddersfield.

🐾Herding connections-Life skills for Herding Breeds. This 6 week course starts on Monday 6th January at 7:15pm. We will cover essential skills for herder to live in pet homes. We will work on building appreciate motivation systems, building autofocus, loose lead, recall as well as starting to build a reliable settle.

We are also starting to run our monthly Collie Club workshops, They will run the last weekend of each month and we will look at different theme each session.

🐾Fixated to focused. Saturday 25th January 9am-12pm. If your collie fixates on things, then we understand your pain. It can be so difficult to enjoy walking your dog if they’re desperate to chase, herd and engage with everything but you. Together, we’ll change that.

🐾Predatory Play- Saturday 22nd February 9am-12pm. Predatory play is a great way for Collie owners to engage their dogs in structured play, providing outlets for natural, innate behaviours and giving more understanding to owners around their herding skills.

🐾Scentwork- Saturday 29th March 9am-12pm. In this session we will look at how Scentwork can help collies slow down a little, learn to use their nose and search on cue.

Book here➡https://bookwhen.com/theurbanherder

13/11/2024

Why a Breed-Specific Trainer Can Make All the Difference in Your Dog’s Training! 🐾

Border Collies are known for being ✨ quirky ✨. In reality they have been selectively bred for for a very long time, for a very specific job in a very specific environment. They are the ultimate specialist. So when they are taken out of their natural environment, for example when they live in a pet environment this can result in some of their instincts, and genetic behaviors to appear when we wish they wouldn’t 🐶

This is where a breed-specific trainer can help, tailoring training to match your dog’s specific needs! They have a specific skill set and knowledge such as:

✨ Expert Understanding of Breed Characteristics – Different breeds have different energy levels, instincts, and behavior patterns. As stated previous collies are specialised, and this is definitely shown in their behaviour patterns.

🐾 Handling Behavioral Challenges – Border Collies can be more prone to certain problem behaviors (like car chasing, dog reactivity, inappropriate herding, inability to switch off).

🎯 Customized Training Techniques – Not all dogs learn the same way! Collies brains tick a little differently, they are super smart. This means they pick things up very qucikly, and these can be both good and bad habits. Having the knowledge, experience and understand on how to apply training techniques and reinforcement strategies is key when working with Collies.

💡 Prevent Miscommunication – understanding a collies unique body language and movement, can help you better communicate with them, avoiding frustration or misunderstanding.

❤️ Building a Stronger Bond – being able to understand more around your collies heritage, their unique traits and behaviours will help build a stronger, trusting relationship through positive, breed-appropriate training!

The right trainer and approach can make training more effective, enjoyable, and rewarding for both of you, if you don’t understand your collie it can make training them pretty hard!

If you want to learn how to train your collie with a breed specific approach, We are running a FREE 5 day training challenge for Border Collies and their owners 💜

To register for the FREE 5 day training challenge for Border Collies and their owners click the link below ⬇️

subscribepage.io/CollieChallenge

11/11/2024

We are super excited to announce our 5 DAY FREE BORDER COLLIE TRAINING CHALLENGE! 🐾🎉

Border Collies are a working breed but I see them everyday in pet homes. This is both a positive and a negative. The positives is there are homes for those collies who don’t have what is takes as a working dog, when someone is looking or for a family looking for a sport dog due to their intelligence and work ethic. They can be great adventure companions and love to explore mountains and the great outdoors.

There are loads of videos online showing different collies doing loads of different behaviours and tricks. They are quick to learn, but this can be a negative as they can also be quick to learn things we wish they hadn’t or bad habits. Many of time this happens due to a lack of understand around the breed, what they have been bred for, and how this might look in a pet Collie, especially if their needs are not being met!

Skills and behaviours they would need on a farm, to do their job they are originally bred for, is usually the root cause behind many of the unwanted behaviour we see in our clients Border Collies. One of the aims of our Collie Challenge is to give you more understanding behind these behaviours.

The Urban Herder is running a FREE 5 day challenge to help Border Collie owners learn how to help their herder THRIVE in a pet home. Starting on 24th November.

We are going to help you understand why your collie is showing some of their behaviours, and hopefully come up with some solutions to them as well!

REGISTER HERE-

The Urban Herder is running a FREE 5 day Training Challenge for Border Collies

11/11/2024

Ready to take your training to the next level? Book your FREE discovery call today and explore the personalised training and behavior packages Ellen and The Urban Herder can offer you and your dog! 🐾

👉 Book now- https://calendly.com/theurbanherder/discoverycall