breaking a pup to stock

[buddy 1]

i have a wippet pup he's 5month old, and was wondering when would be the best time to introduce him to cattle and sheep? and the best way to do it? thanks buddy

[dobby 1]

5 months old is a good time if the dog is already trained sit and walk by your side though not for cattle i would walk my dog in a field with sheep on the lead past them at a distance to see what responce the dog gave if hes pulling to go for them yank the lead and say no and walk up and down till he stops then walk him out in to an empty field and walk him back in again to see if still ok if so walk closer so the sheep move a little repeat if he does it again if everything is fine i would then find another field the next day do the same oh start with holding the lead tight to eventualy its slack then a longer lead if he turns on the longer lead go back to the start the main test is to when you want to let it walk in the field with no lead but that is down to you and you reading your dog watch the dog with out looking at it from the corner of you eye you can tell just about with his reactions looking at them looking at you i could go on but ill give you that another time oh and cattle bit young yet 12 month plus let him get his own confidence cattle always run after dogs in a field and its a scary site for me never mind a dog when theres 20 cows running across a field at you keep him on a lead and never run theyll always stop might be 10 foot away but they do hope this help abit if you cant tame him you cam always do abit of sheep rustling :11:

[buddy 1]

5 months old is a good time if the dog is already trained sit and walk by your side though not for cattle i would walk my dog in a field with sheep on the lead past them at a distance to see what responce the dog gave if hes pulling to go for them yank the lead and say no and walk up and down till he stops then walk him out in to an empty field and walk him back in again to see if still ok if so walk closer so the sheep move a little repeat if he does it again if everything is fine i would then find another field the next day do the same oh start with holding the lead tight to eventualy its slack then a longer lead if he turns on the longer lead go back to the start the main test is to when you want to let it walk in the field with no lead but that is down to you and you reading your dog watch the dog with out looking at it from the corner of you eye you can tell just about with his reactions looking at them looking at you i could go on but ill give you that another time oh and cattle bit young yet 12 month plus let him get his own confidence cattle always run after dogs in a field and its a scary site for me never mind a dog when theres 20 cows running across a field at you keep him on a lead and never run theyll always stop might be 10 foot away but they do hope this help abit if you cant tame him you cam always do abit of sheep rustling :11:

hi dobby, thanks for that il give him a go and see. cheers buddy

[ROZ 0]

Some good advice there Dobby for the lad.

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

The horse has rather bolted, Dog already being five months, and I do recognise that I'm in the rather privaliged situation of owning / being surrounded by 'stock. But I have a JR here who I'd trust in a lambing shed.

 

How? Simple: Brought her home at '8 weeks' and bade her follow me as I got on with my life round here. Thus she came into daily contact with a f*ck off great donkey and pair of goats. Of course, they spooked the hell out of her at first. She probably rather spooked them too. But they were always getting under eachothers feet and just learned to get on with it.

 

One day, following me up the track, she saw some cattle in the field beside. Her reaction was classic! They looked at her. She looked at them. Ye could see she was perfectly well intentioned toward those too. But she obviously thought these strange 'Big Dogs' were just a tad too big for her to interact with. I told her to get away and leave them. She gladly complied. Job done. Now she's simply rather glad I don't force her to meddle with them. She skirts cattle.

 

Funny thing is her relationship with my donkey. Seems to think he's the absolute b*llocks! Can't wait to go and lick his eyes clean for him in the morning ~ and nick his feed at night! He, in turn, is extremely gentle with her and she rolls about submissivly when ever he cares to have a good sniff of her.

 

Anyway, like I say; I'm privaliged and know it But that's my view: Ye can't start stock training too early.

 

 

 

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