Eve at the pen. Introduce pen work steadily

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VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

Training a sheepdog to work in pens

A complete training session about steadily introducing a dog to pen work as well as herding in tight or restricted spaces.
As you teach your dog how to pen sheep, it’ll learn much more along the way.
Eve is an inexperience young dog. She flanks and stops well, and is keen to learn!
We use the command ‘Stand’ with Eve, rather than the more usual ‘Lie down’.
The first part of this training session will run at half-speed, so you won’t miss anything! After that, it will run at full speed, to give you a more accurate impression of training a sheepdog to work in pens.
After doing a nice outrun, Eve circles the sheep, instead of bringing them…
Some sheep have got left behind, which is obviously a good opportunity to teach the dog to ‘Look Back’.
The dog’s confused, but notices the sheep, and goes back for them.
The sheep are going into the pen, but Eve’s not confident about pushing the last few in.

Using ‘That’ll do’ to get the dog to ‘Walk up’?

Trying different ideas (including ‘That’ll do’) to get the dog to walk-up on the sheep.
The dog wants to get at the sheep, but prefers the safety of being behind hurdles.
Encouraging the dog to come closer, and push the sheep into the pen.
Introducing the dog to the ‘dark spooky gap’, at the back of the pen.
Calling the dog close, to push the sheep back down the race.
Attempting to get the sheep out of the pen.
Watch ‘The Training Ring 2’, for more on getting sheep out of tight places.
Putting the sheep back in the pen.
Finding out whether the dog can get the sheep out of the restricted pen, in the clockwise direction.
Relieving pressure by sending the dog the easier way, to get the sheep out of the pen.
Keeping the dog in the back of the pen, so that the sheep have more time to come out.
Time for another ‘Look Back’ to keep all the sheep together.
The dog goes back for an odd sheep, and the sheep jumps into the race.
2nd attempt at getting the sheep out of the pen, in the clockwise direction.

Lead the dog in behind the sheep

Leading the dog in behind the sheep, to get them out of the pen.
Keeping the dog in place at the back of the pen, until all the sheep are out.
The dog gathers the sheep nicely, and the sheep in the race, jumps into the pen!
3rd attempt at getting the sheep out of the pen, in the clockwise direction.
Leading the dog in behind the sheep again, so that she’ll get them out of the pen.
Sending the dog (in the ‘Away’ direction) to bring the sheep back to the pen.
4th attempt at sending the dog in the clockwise direction, to get the sheep out of the pen.
Watch the ‘Calm But Firm’ tutorial, to see how keeping calm can help you train your dog.
5th attempt – sending the dog in the clockwise direction, to get the sheep out of the pen.
Relieving stress, by sending the dog the way she prefers, to get sheep out of the pen.
Catching the dog isn’t always easy!
Watch Kay getting the sheep out of the pen, in the clockwise direction!
Watch Eve’s complete training session at normal speed, with no commentary.