Tag: Outrun
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.…
Balance – what’s the point?
Sheepdog trainers often refer to The Point of Balance but what exactly is it, and where can we find one? In this short tutorial, we discover that the point of balance is not always to be found where we might expect it to be.
Tess in the open field
Teaching a young dog outruns and flanks in the open field for the first time Teaching a young dog outruns and flanks As well as learning specific sheepdog training topics, we like to show you complete training sessions. This helps keep the topics in context and gives the viewer a better understanding of the dog’s…
The outrun (1 of 3)
The ability to outrun and gather sheep is essential if a sheepdog is to work efficiently. Teach your dog to outrun and gather sheep To do an outrun, the dog will leave the handler’s side and run out wide enough to gather the sheep, without disturbing or upsetting them. The dog then calmly approaches the…