Category: MORE ADVANCED
Sheepdog Trials – getting started (2 of 2)
Close work in yards pens and sorting races with a young dog, can be difficult. Much more just than gathering sheep Part 2 of our sheepdog trials video tutorials, continues around the course from the end of the ‘Fetch’. It illustrates what the judges do and don’t want to see. There is also a description…
Inside flanks – circle on command (2 of 2)
A great tip to make training your dog to do inside flanks in the training ring. Use a training ring to develop your dog’s inside flanks PART 2: We take another look at training your dog to do inside flanks (circle the sheep on command). Provided the dog works reasonably on flank commands, has a…
Driving (3 of 3)
Keep the dog on a straight line, when training it to drive sheep or cattle. Unashamed deception! PART 3. Calling the dog back onto line when it’s determined to hook the sheep back to you can be difficult and frustrating. As it drives the sheep away from the handler, the trainee dog is often so…
Driving (2 of 3)
Use your body position to help control the dog, while you teach it to drive. Using your body position improves control of the dog PART 2. Following on from the first sheepdog driving tutorial, in this video you will learn how to use your body position to maintain some control over the dog while it…
The sheepdog whistle (2 of 2)
How to work your sheepdog on whistle commands. Teaching the dog to work on whistle sounds Part 2 – Once you can blow a sheepdog whistle consistently, it’s relatively easy to teach your dog to work off whistle commands.This totally remade and revised tutorial takes you through the process of familiarising your dog with whistle…
Close work (2 of 2)
Close work getting sheep into and out of a yard. Two trainee sheepdogs and ‘expert’ Kay Part 2: In the second of this tutorial, we’ll be watching trainee sheepdogs Carew and Tess, when they learn to do close work. They’ll be getting sheep into and out of a yard (which just happens to be where…
The outrun (3 of 3)
Find out how you can use the slingshot to widen your dog’s outrun. Use the slingshot to widen your dog’s outrun Part 3 of the Outrun sheepdog training tutorials shows how we use the slingshot to widen your dog’s outrun or when flanking the sheep. “The Slingshot” is one of the most important and highly effective…
The outrun (2 of 3)
When teaching a dog to outrun and gather sheep, body position helps control Position yourself, the dog and the sheep for better control PART 2. Andy demonstrates how positioning yourself, your dog and the sheep, in relation to each other, is the key to success when you’re working on lengthening or widening your dog’s outrun.…
Flock work
Start working with a flock of sheep. Is your dog ready? From class-time to big time! To us humans, working a flock of sheep seems like a natural activity for the dog. That’s what they’re for, isn’t it? We don’t see the change from training ground to farm, as being a problem, but the dog…