breaking pup to sheep

[johnny boy68 11,726]

Stock training a dog is not hard. But, different stock take different methods. The object of the training is to get the dog to see stock as he would see trees, ie; totally ignore them. The dog knows that they are there, and it must pay them as much attention as he does to the trees, they are just part of the landscape.

 

To do that, the dogs must be familiar with the animals, neither fear or covert the animals. One good way of training a dog to stock is first get them to ignore other dogs, when walking on the leash as a start and loose as they progress. All the above advice will sereve to do that job and untill you can get your dog to ignore other dogs, trying it with stock will only lead to failure, which in turn leads to frustration in both the owner and the dog.

 

TC

^^thats rubbish.So what your saying if you can't get a dog to ignore other dogs it'll never be able to be stock trained.

 

I just re-read the post and your right it is rubbish. ( That will teach me to post after a night on the cider) What it should have stated was, that if you can get a dog to ignore other dogs before you start stock training it, your job will be a lot easier.

 

The principles are the same and if it does go tits up then there is no livestock to be harmed.

 

TC

No probs mate........I've got a dog here that is really over friendly with other dogs but is rock solid with stock.