Category: Sheepdog training tutorial news
Keep up with the latest sheepdog training tutorial news.
It includes new releases and featured tutorial videos for training your farm or cattle dog. The featured sheepdog training tutorials are a useful reminder about video highlights and other training items covered in each video. Each lesson is listed on the Tutorials Library page in the order we recommend you watch them, but look at the Tutorial News lower down this page. There, you will find ideas, and ways to solve problems which occur along the way.
The videos are also relevant for training dogs to work cattle. For safety reasons though, we suggest you start your dog with sheep first. When the dog’s responding well to commands on sheep, move on to training on cattle.
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Backwards is The Best Way Forward!
This is the best sheepdog training exercise for improving your dog’s overall control. We call it “Backwards is the Way Forward” because the handler walks backwards while the dog brings the sheep to you. NOTE: Safety First!Walking backwards in a paddock or open field can be hazardous. Be careful, there is a chance of falling when you’re walking backwards. When can I start using it?… Read more.
Featured tutorial – Educating Gloria
This complete training session shows the importance of good timing when you’re training a sheepdog. Handlers who are new to sheepdog training can find it difficult to recognise: Good timing is very important, and yours will improve with practice. We recommend watching some complete training sessions such as “Educating Gloria”. They can help you to get a better “feel” for sheepdog training. Watch carefully, and… Read more.
Sheepdog Outrun Training Videos
How to improve your dog’s outrun Three sheepdog outrun training videos, packed with information on how to teach your dog to go out and gather sheep or other livestock. One of the aspects of sheep work that most demonstrates the joy and convenience of working dogs, is the outrun. When your dog can collect the sheep and bring them to you, it’s a big step… Read more.
Does your sheepdog lack confidence?
Sheepdog confidence is essential for everything we ask of our dog, whether it’s an outrun, working in tightly packed pens, or loading stock onto a trailer. Why does a dog need confidence? A dog which lacks confidence will make the early stages of training more difficult. For instance, getting sheep away from the fence. Additionally, keeping them in the middle of the training ring, demands… Read more.
The ‘Look Back’ command – why and how
We show why you need the “Look Back” command, and how to train your dog to understand it. Why the Look Back command? In early training a young dog may not gather all the sheep, or seem to ignore or not acknowledge the others. If a trainee dog is too close and “pushy” with the sheep, the sheep may separate and the dog will choose… Read more.
Calling your dog away from the sheep
Our new two-part tutorial looks at the issue of calling your dog away from sheep, or other livestock. We show you how you can catch an uncatchable dog, and guide you through avoiding the situation arising at all. Catching the uncatchable dog However easy calling your dog away when it’s not near sheep, a keen young dog will often feel conflicted about coming back to… Read more.
Inside flanks (circling the sheep on command)
Teaching inside flanks – or circling on command. Once your dog’s driving competently, teaching inside flanks (circling on command) is the next step. Make no mistake, good inside flanks can be the difference between having an average dog, and a great dog! In the two-part tutorial, Inside Flanks (circle on command), we see Wyn learning to overcome her inhibitions to flank between Andy and the… Read more.
Tutorial series – Bronwen and Scylla
A tutorial series where we train litter sisters, clearly demonstrating the differences in young dogs. Even if you breed your own replacements you can’t be entirely sure what you’ll get! It’s partly why training young dogs is so fascinating. How can litter sisters be so different? You might expect that litter sisters would be very similar in temperament and working style. We chose two home-bred puppies,… Read more.
Training tutorials – the dog and the handler
Sheepdog handler training videos for shepherds and of course, sheep dog trainers. Many sheepdog handlers find the early puppy months very stressful. That’s because new shepherds and sheepdog trainers are anxious to raise the dog in a way that will spark and preserve the all-important working instinct. They also worry about the entirely natural desire to have a well behaved family companion. Sheepdog Selection and… Read more.