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SHEEPDOG TRAINING VIDEOS
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• Video tutorials library – Scroll through a list of our online sheepdog training videos.
• Tutorials library (alphabetical list) – our online training videos in alphabetical order.
• Training tutorials news – announcements and news of our online videos.
• Tutorial categories – the full list of sheepdog training video categories.
• Testimonials for our tutorials – read what some of our members say about our videos.
• Online tutorials vs DVD comparison – which is better for you, DVD or Online videos?
• Training assessment videos – send a video of your dog working for our FREE assessment.

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TRAINING VIDEO TOPICS
We’re grouping our tutorials by topic so that you can find all the ones which cover the subject you’re interested in. Currently under construction – more coming very soon.

• Confined Spaces – Working in pens, yards and buildings is stressful for trainee dogs.
• Sheepdog Whistle – How to blow a shepherd’s whistle, and get your dog working to it.
• Working Distance – The space between a sheepdog and its stock is important.
• Working Instinct – Without the working, herding or hunting instinct, dogs don’t herd stock.

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FAQ
Links to our Frequently Asked Questions about sheepdog training, dog obedience, and farm animals.

TRAINING OR WORK PROBLEMS (Also see General Questions below).

1. Attacking cattle – find out how to control your dog when it’s working.
2. Biting sheep’s faces – a fairly easily-fixed confidence problem.
3. Calling away from stock – get your dog to come away from sheep or cattle.
4. Darting at sheep if they move – the dog’s “getting the idea”, but needs guidance!
5. Dog won’t go round the sheep – get your dog to go round sheep and bring them to you.
6. Flank around stock both ways – it’s important to get the dog working in both directions.
7. Flanking too wide around stock – find out how to get your dog to work closer to the stock.
8. Get sheep away from fences – move the sheep to where the dog can go around them.
9. Outrun – What is the best way of improving a bad outrun?
10. Send the dog from your side – setting the dog up for an outrun.
11. Slow the dog down – learn to work the dog quietly, and keep it calm.
12. Stopping sheep going into pen – why the dog does this, and how to stop it.
13. Stop shouting at the dog – learn to work the dog quietly, and keep it calm.
14. Speed the dog up – if the dog works too slowly, here’s how to speed it up! 
15. Splitting sheep – how to encourage the dog to keep the sheep together.
16. Tail position – how the dog carries its tail as it works, tells us a lot.
17. Working without commands – such as at the top of the outrun.
18. Work a flock of sheep – moving on to work big bunches of sheep.

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GENERAL QUESTIONS

1. Age to start training a sheepdog – What is the right age to train a working farm sheepdog?
2. Barking – find out why the dog barks, and how to stop it.
3. Beginner with a trained dog – working with a dog who knows more than you!
4. Buy more than one puppy – Is it OK, or is there a reason not to?
5. Blue Heeler dogs – you probably know more about them than we do!
6. Chasing cars – and anything else that moves.
7. Different reactions of sheep near dogs – why sheep respond differently to some dogs.
8. Familiarising dogs with sheep – it’s great to get the dog used to sheep, find out how.
9. Fear of sheep or cattle – what to do if your cattle dog’s afraid of livestock.
10. Good recall – train your dog to come back when you call. ⇧
11. Huntaway dogs – you probably know more about them than we do!
12. Killing sheep – what to do with a dog which has killed sheep.
13. Living in the house – will it ‘spoil’ the dog’s farm work?
14. Older dogs – can you teach an old dog new tricks?
15. Retirement age for the dog – at what age should we retire our dogs?
16. Will the dog work sheep? – signs to look for, and how to encourage the dog.

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FREE VIDEOS
Links to the free videos on this site.

• Carew’s BIG outrun – watch Carew’s first big outrun, more than 500 mtrs.
• Carew shows how to pen sheep. Carew pens some sheep without any help.
• Dulcie working at Dean Farm – Dulcie gathers sheep in the early morning.
• Kay in the ‘Black Hole’ at Dean Farm. How to get sheep out of a tight place.
• Agility Champion Tinka Tia’s final run in canine agility.
• Scylla and Oliver (they say possession is nine-tenths of the law…).
• Sheepdog vs stubborn sheep – Carew wins, by using patient determination.
• Carew’s BAD outrun. Carew goes the wrong way at a sheepdog trial – or does she?
• Maverick Media viral advert – ‘Dirty Tackle‘ – Watch our Mel playing the star role!
• Maddie and Ezra’s puppies at play – just a fun glimpse of some lovely BC pups.
• How you can save a sheep’s life. Without help, a sheep on its back will die.
• Our favourite Border Collie videos – a collection of great Border Collie videos.
• Border Collie Sheepdogs – Off Duty! The trailer for our first video about our dogs.
• Border Collie Sheepdogs & Friends – Still Off Duty! The sequel to ‘Off Duty’
• First Steps in Border Collie Sheepdog Training. Our first Sheepdog Training DVD.

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DOGS FOR SALE
Link to find out if we have any sheepdogs for sale.

• Sheepdogs & pups for sale – we occasionally have puppies or dogs for sale.

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ARTICLES AND BLOGS
Links to our articles and blog pages about our dogs and their training.

• How you can save a sheep’s life – a sheep on it’s back will die without help.
• Training articles – sheepdog training – sheepdog training articles (see below).
• Training tips & advice – tips and advice to help you train your sheep dog.
• Sheepdog training FAQ – frequently asked sheepdog training questions.
• Sheepdog terminology (traditional) – words related to farming with dogs.
• Kelpie vs collie training comparison – which is better, a Collie or a Kelpie?
• Relevant sheepdog skills & prices – a rough guide to sheepdog prices (UK).
• Puppy care & training – advice for puppy owners.
• Puppy FAQ – frequently asked questions about puppies.
• Animal welfare – Andy’s strong views about the Kennel Club.
• Support farming & agriculture – UK farmers need our support.

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SHEEPDOG TRAINING ARTICLES
Links to our free articles on the subject of how to train a working farm dog to herd sheep, cattle, and other livestock.

• Training – 1 Introduction
• Training – 2 Basic training requirements
• Training – 3 Why sheepdogs work
• Training – 4 Definition of a sheepdog
• Training – 5 A dog is for life…
• Training – 6 Bond with your dog
• Training – 7 Firm fair & consistent
• Training – 8 Never punish a dog for coming back
• Training – 9 Welcome your dog back
• Training – 10 ‘Reading’ your dog’s mind
• Training – 11 Careful thought, to cure problems
• Training – 12 Control your temper
• Training – 13 Don’t blame the dog
• Training – 14 What does a sheepdog do?
• Training – 15 Started sheepdog or puppy?
• Training – 16 ISDS registered or farm dog?
• Training – 17 Choosing a part-trained dog
• Training – 18 Chasing cars & other things
• Training – 19 Suitable housing for dogs
• Training – 20 Correct food for your dog
• Training – 21 Spend time with your dog
• Training – 22 Traditional sheepdog commands
• Training – 23 What happens when you start?
• Training – 24 A dog’s first encounter with sheep
• Training – 25 The supermarket trolley!
• Training – 26 The ‘Magic Cord’
• Training – 27 Teaching a dog to stop
• Training – 28 Gripping or biting sheep
• Training – 29 Dogs with ‘too much eye’
• Training – 30 Teaching the dog to drive sheep
• Training – 31 Sheepdog trials
• Training – 32 What happens at sheepdog trials?

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GREAT DOGS
Links to our blogs and articles about great dogs we’ve known.

• Great dogs we’ve known – read about some of the best dogs we have known.
• Bronwen – a truly exceptional sheepdog.
• Mel – probably the best of them all! – Mel never failed to get the job done!
• Cammen Kay – our unsung hero! – Kay was always there to help, and gave her best.
• Little Dot, – Andy’s first sheepdog turned into a surprisingly good farm dog.
• Pearl, lovely sheepdog, great mum – one of our earliest dogs. Fondly remembered.
• Our favourite border collie videos – a collection of Border Collie videos we love to watch.
• A sheepdog to remember, Roy ISDS 200199 – One of the best sheepdogs we ever saw.
• Carew, the best sheepdog we’ve had? – Carew was sensitive but powerful and highly skilled.
• Novice trials champion, Glen 238575 – a true ‘gentleman’ among dogs, and a great worker.
• Derek Scrimgeour’s Ben 220939 – a tremendous hill and trial dog.
• Denise Wilkinson’s agility star, Tia 267931 – our tribute to a remarkable agility dog.
• Our dogs in TV & video productions – our dogs take a break from sheepdog training!

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BLOG POSTS
Links to our general blog posts.

• Our dogs at work – read blog posts about our dogs doing farm work.
• Our dogs in sheepdog trials – find out how our dogs fare in sheepdog trials.
• Training tips & advice – tips and advice to help you train your sheep dog.
• Training tutorial news – news of our online training videos.
• Our sheepdogs & puppies – read the blog posts about our dogs and pups.
• Alfie’s blog – Alfie the pedigree chihuahua – our token sheepdog has his say!
• Sheep – blog posts we’ve written about sheep (bless their little woolly socks)!
• Kennel club RANT! – Andy’s strong views about the Kennel Club‘s lack of care for dogs.
• Pic of the day – blog posts which feature some of our favourite pictures.

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DVD SHOP
Links to our DVDs

• Full list of DVDs in our shop
• Full list of sheepdog training DVDs
• First Steps in Border Collie Sheepdog Training
• Sheepdog Training Tutorials (volume 1)
• Sheepdog Training Tutorials (volume 2)
• Sheepdog Training Tutorials (volume 3)
• Sheepdog Training Tutorials (volume 4)
• The Natural Way
• All Children & Family Entertainment DVDs
• Farming, Rural History & Countryside DVDs
• The Dog Listener – Highly Recommended dog behaviour training DVD!
• Online tutorials vs DVD comparison – which is better, DVD or Online sheepdog training videos?

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OTHER PAGES
Links to other pages on The Working Sheepdog Website

• Contact us – send us your message.
• About us – find out about the Working Sheepdog website, and the people who run it.
• Links & resources – some useful links related to dogs.
• Terms, conditions & private policy – the ‘small print’.
• Cookie policy – yes, just like nearly every other website on the planet, the system we use collects data for various reasons – use the link to find out more.
• Our grateful thanks go out to WordPress

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