Adam-RunningDog 1 Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 well as you all know it is my first time training a pup up and i got three not a wise idea but now i got them all listening and all the basics still havnt got them fetching but it will come, I recently received alot of land with all sorts of stock on it and i passed my driving test a few weeks ago and can go where i like. so i am alot more capable of sorting these pups out properly now. how old should i start braking them to stock and how should i go about it any help will be very appreciated ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jack Dark 2 Posted July 2, 2009 Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 well as you all know it is my first time training a pup up and i got three not a wise idea but now i got them all listening and all the basics still havnt got them fetching but it will come, I recently received alot of land with all sorts of stock on it and i passed my driving test a few weeks ago and can go where i like. so i am alot more capable of sorting these pups out properly now. how old should i start braking them to stock and how should i go about it any help will be very appreciated ? I would say as soon as possible, very young pups are easily intimidated by sheep and even chickens and so you are on safer ground if you see what I mean. Years ago I was out with my old dog when he was a pup and we walked along a path which was cut of by electric an electric fence, a yew with lamb was lying right next to it and as we walked past my dog put his head through and sniffed the yew, as he did so he got a shock from the fence. I rushed over to pull his head out but he managed to get another two shocks, he never bothered sheep after that, in fact he never even looked at them. Note I’m not at all suggesting this as a method of breaking to stock. I also had a friend who kept chickens and at around 15 weeks I took my dog around to see them, after the cockerel chased him around the garden for a bit he never again showed any interest in chickens. But all in all I think if you take your pups to see some sheep early enough it should all be fairly strait forward. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adam-RunningDog 1 Posted July 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 ill get him up the mountain this week sort them out on sheep but i got a duck two get chased and back down and run away and scared of him but my big blue one dont give a shit and chaces him back,i do shout at him thought but once it runs far enough he leaves it so mixed thoughts on this :s Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adam-RunningDog 1 Posted July 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2009 how do you go about doing it though lads do you leave them go near them and then give them a row or something i dont know how to go about it i know some people tie thier dogs to the sheep Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wild_and_Irish 11 Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 Walk past whatever livestock and as soon as he shows any interest yank his lead and say no or do aything else to make him associate the animal with pain or anxiety, but nothing to extreme Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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