This is where you see if your foundation is as solid as you think! When your dog can allow another dog to take the stock that they where just working. A big part of a herding dog/handler repationship is the dog being ok with being told its time to “stop” working! Please go to our website and check out our online herding classes! https://psrstockdogtraining.thinkific.com/
What is your biggest challange while training your herding breed??? When you are teaching/working on stops and stays go to a small area! This way you have control, the stock is contained and you can focus on your stops without the risk of loosing your stock! Go check out our website for more tips on how to make herding training clear for your dog! https://psrstockdogtraining.thinkific.com/
These five breeds work very differently and where developed for different jobs with stock. All herding breeds can learn most of the jobs but certian jobs come alot more instinctually to certian breeds. Pick your favorite and drop your answer in the comments. 1- Aussie 2- Cardigan Welsh Corgi 3- German Shepherd 4- Briard 5- Border Collie https://psrstockdogtraining.thinkific.com/
Here we are processing sheep to sell. Using a dog makes our job so much easier! This is what we are looking for in a finished dog. A dog that will listen to us when we need to override their instincts but when left alone will make instinctual moves with our common goal in mind. This way we have a dog who is using its instincts and brain but still working as a teammate. Working as a true team with your stockdog is one of the best feelings! Check out our online courses to see how you to can build a solid foundation on your dog and become true partners. https://psrstockdogtraining.thinkific.com/
Breaking things down for our dogs and teaching them behaviors like moving off the pole, left,right, down and stand off of stock helps create a clearer picture. When we teach our dogs these behaviors away from stock we don’t risk them becoming confused when their instincts are telling them one thing and we are telling them another.
It’s very cool when you can trust your dog to do the job! ALOT of foundation and years of partnership go into this! As you can see Bo is holding just the right amount of pressure on the sheep to make them go into the trailer without over pressuring them, making them come back over him.
When we leave the instinct in our dogs we create a free thinking teammate! Nothing better!
