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Comment on New Reason for Herding by The Urban Herder » A great post and the reason I tried herding

The Urban Herder » A great post and the reason I tried herding — Mon, 03 May 2010 04:27:57 +0000

[...] Here is a blog post from my instructor and Scot’s breeder, Terry Parrish on “A New Reason for Herding.” [...]

Comment on Welcome to the Sheep Herding Blog! by Terry

Terry — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:28:32 +0000

Hi Narita,
There are several ways to accomplish a good “stop”. However, if he is getting to the sheep FIRST, he is being rewarded for his disobedience by chasing. Put him on a prong collar and attach a long, stout line to it. Tie the end of the line to a post in your pen and make sure the sheep are BEYOND the line length. When he jumps up to attack the sheep, he will hit the end of the line, get a HARD correction and NOT be rewarded. You IMMEDIATELY get a grip on the line and give him a ROUGH correction and put him back. He doesn’t get sheep till he lays there and doesn’t move. May take awhile.
BTW, don’t you have a good trainer who can help you?

Comment on Welcome to the Sheep Herding Blog! by Narita

Narita — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:40:28 +0000

What is the best way to get a down on a dog? My male is very hard to get this in his head. He wants to go to sheep ASAp. Then he splits, chases and grips. Thanks. I am enjoying your blog.

Comment on Importance of “Flanks” by Terry

Terry — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:39:58 +0000

Make them go around the obstacle in the beginning. The dogs see an obstacle as a barrier and need to learn that they should go around it.

Comment on Importance of “Flanks” by Chris Guzman

Chris Guzman — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:37:37 +0000

Question: When teaching outrun invovling challenging terrain should I of stopped my dog and re-directed around obstacle or give him a chance to figure out? I went with figure out but in hindsight might of been dangerous enough that I should have stopped him. It turned out well but maybe I should use more common sense.