A case for basic trianing
It seems like every time a stranger approaches me while I'm out training my dogs, they make some comment along the lines of "yeah, well my mutt is just a pet, he doesn't need all that fancy stuff." ...
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BCSnob wrote:
I find the dogs like cross-driving better than the drive away (they can see the handler). The hard part for the dog is making the turn onto the cross-drive and then not fighting that line (they are used to bringing the sheep back); the handler has the harder part in learning how to "see" the line. Try driving with Buddy while walking off to his side (about 20') and then work on his flanks with you off to his side.
Thanks, we will try that. We've been successful with some parallel driving, but Buddy and I still have a lot of arguements along the line of "No! I don't want the sheep, stop trying to fetch them to me!" And his response is "ignore those flank commands because Mom is obviously an idiot who can't see that the sheep are escaping and I must catch their heads and bring them back to her!"
