Toileting on command, and travelling in a vehicle. These are two lessons that our sheepdogs need to learn, that are also invaluable away from sheep.
Sheepdogs love to work, so we take advantage of that to teach our dogs other things that will make life easier for us – and them.
We want to remind you of two tutorials in the library – Use a Reward to Get Training on Board, and Eliminate the Toilet Break – where we train without sheep.
Travelling
In Use a Reward we meet Odo, a super-keen collie who’s less keen about travelling. We demonstrate, in real time, how quickly Odo was convinced that travelling’s not only nothing to worry about, but essential. Odo wants to work the sheep, so it doesn’t take him long to learn this simply-taught lesson.
Before we begin…
In Eliminate the Toilet Break Archie learns that preparation is important for a work session or sheepdog trial run. A dog who stops to relieve himself during his work risks losing control of his sheep. In a sheepdog trial it looks unprofessional and can lose you valuable points. If the dog continues to work, regardless, there’s every chance that it feels very uncomfortable; who can concentrate, or give of their best, under those circumstances?
It’s easy to teach your dog to toilet on command to avoid both of these situations. Incidentally, toileting on command is very useful when your dog’s travelling.
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