Stone's Stockdogs

07/08/2024

-Wilson

Working on rate this morning and focusing on the herd and not singling out just one lamb. He’s a fast learner, really wants to please, and is always photogenic.

07/08/2024

05/08/2024

Train while you work

Jayden Stone is working with Bear this morning on his down and confidently staying for an extended period of time. We were able to get all of the stalls done, the aisleway swept, and he never moved an inch.

Jayden has been building on his time staying over the course of him being here. This is something we encourage everyone to do with their dogs after leaving our program. Train while you work throughout the day so you don’t have to dedicate an hour just to working with your dog. Work them while you garden, while doing your laundry, or feeding your other animals.

Take advantage of every opportunity to work with your dogs throughout the day and you won’t get behind on your training.

01/08/2024

-Bear

Basic obediance with a twist, German commands 🤟🏽

Jayden Stone

11/07/2024

-Hela

25/06/2024

Appendix papered Hangin Tree Cowdog,great on sheep, more of a support dog on cattle. ☝🏼✌🏼✋🏼✊🏻✊🏻 OBO. Will post papers in the comments

17/06/2024

We got couple of new recruits in this weekend

14/06/2024

04/06/2024

01/06/2024

Just Cows doing Cow things with dogs photobombing…

24/05/2024

They got zapped a few times and are refraining from being feral sheep 😅

16/05/2024

15/05/2024

Day 204 of trying to get Purina Dog Chow or Tractor Supply Co. to sponsor us…or give us some coupons 🤷🏻‍♂️. Regardless, we’ll keep repping you both.

10/05/2024

It’s great work for the dogs when the sheep get out but, it is time consuming. We’ll see how well this premier one solar charger does. We currently only have one roll of net fencing and plan to get more. Each section is 164 feet in length. The 120 model claimes to do up to 6-10 rolls of their net fencing. We shall see.

Premier 1 Supplies Purina Dog Chow

29/04/2024

Red is all ears

26/04/2024

25/04/2024

22/04/2024

Monday Motivation

09/04/2024

Elly putting some work in this morning before the weather decides what to do.

08/04/2024

Oden is styling and profiling this morning in his new eclipse glasses. Just a regular day around here for us.

04/04/2024

Exercise and Conditioning

Exercising and conditioning are essential in any training program. It is critical for house dogs or working dogs. It’s crucial in our Stockdog program especially in the summers to build up heat tolerance as the temperatures increase.

We utilize our bike to build up our dogs tolerance in the heat in a controlled way as to not overheat them. We also use it in our obediance program to burn off pent up energy making the training process easier.

Here are Yeti and Boone with their first time on the bike.

How do you exercise or build up your dogs tolerance in the heat? Let us know in the comments below.

Purina Dog Chow Tractor Supply Co.

31/03/2024

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
-Isaiah 53:7

29/03/2024

22/03/2024

TGIF

14/03/2024

Moving the new lambs in before the rain gets here.

06/03/2024

Hardy

We got some new dogs in to work Sunday. Our first week we evaluate where they are and just work on obediance. Come, there, down, load up, kennel up, and come behind. It gives us time to bond and feel the dogs out. Fortunately these two already have a good handle, they just need to get used to us.

We like to have a solid down prior to going to stock and a decent handle. The first time on stock can be chaotic and the down and handle go out the window. If you’re going to have a wreck make sure it’s a controlled wreck. It’s always better to have a controlled wreck in the pen than in the pasture. Always set your dogs up for success.

28/02/2024

-Finesse

Our training ewes are finally starting to lamb out. Working on pairs whether it be cattle or ewes is a great opportunity for finesse. Using as little pressure as possible first and being able to read the stock. We have to be stockmen first and use our dogs in a way to handle stock safely in a calm and productive way. But ensure that the stock still respects our dogs.

27/02/2024

-Get a drink