Training a sheepdog

DJ98

Plan on getting a pup in the coming weeks, no experience of training a dog, could get help but would like to give it a go myself, anyone got any useful tips or advice? What age is best to start intense training, (I know training begins from the first day)

wrangler

DJ98 wrote: »

Plan on getting a pup in the coming weeks, no experience of training a dog, could get help but would like to give it a go myself, anyone got any useful tips or advice? What age is best to start intense training, (I know training begins from the first day)

You'll know by the dog as to what pace to go, some will be flying at 6mths and others will show no interest until much older .
Don't let him get hurt and don't give him too much training at a ttime

Hillman86

DJ98 wrote: »

Plan on getting a pup in the coming weeks, no experience of training a dog, could get help but would like to give it a go myself, anyone got any useful tips or advice? What age is best to start intense training, (I know training begins from the first day)

time and patience.

grayh0und

I got a pup about 6 weeks ago at 3 months old. Have been focusing on basic obedience for now, and from what I've read it'll be 12 months before you are actively training them with sheep in a confined space. I'm focusing on sit and lie down, and am amazed at how well Jack is doing at only about 5 months. I'll take him out in a field of sheep and you can tell he wants to go hard, but will sit and listen on command. Seems like a good start. Good luck!

wrangler

grayh0und wrote: »

I got a pup about 6 weeks ago at 3 months old. Have been focusing on basic obedience for now, and from what I've read it'll be 12 months before you are actively training them with sheep in a confined space. I'm focusing on sit and lie down, and am amazed at how well Jack is doing at only about 5 months. I'll take him out in a field of sheep and you can tell he wants to go hard, but will sit and listen on command. Seems like a good start. Good luck!

i had a lovely dog like that, doing everything with sheep at six mths and working with catlle, sucklers even, at s year old.
Stupidly I let him get killed on the road before 18mths, never had anything llike him since or before,so mind that guy.
I lost his predecessor with cancer so he had to work from the day he arrived at 5 mths.
I went back looking for his siblings, because I knew that one owner wasn't happy with them only to discover he put him down because he couldn't control him....he was a partime farmer so probably hadn't near enough work for him

grayh0und

wrangler wrote: »

i had a lovely dog like that, doing everything with sheep at six mths and working with catlle, sucklers even, at s year old.
Stupidly I let him get killed on the road before 18mths, never had anything llike him since or before,so mind that guy.
I lost his predecessor with cancer so he had to work from the day he arrived at 5 mths.
I went back looking for his siblings, because I knew that one owner wasn't happy with them only to discover he put him down because he couldn't control him....he was a partime farmer so probably hadn't near enough work for him

Sorry to hear that. Yes I'll look after him alright!

jmrc

start as you mean to go on. be consistent and clear in your instructions and time and patience/

best thing is to start out with it coming to heal. love to see a dog at its masters heal as he walks his land.

sonnybill

Most rewarding thing in the world when your dog does well.

I dreamt the lastnight she got killed by a car and sheer horror comes to my mind, I would give you my Jeep rather than lose the dog and she cost E35 as a pup

RabbleRouser2k

There's a website called 'Theworkingsheepdog'-has a number of dvds and online videos to show you how to train a dog, in case you're lost. (I'd post a link, but I don't know boards policies on that). They are a paid site, however.

Has anyone had experience of a dog that suddenly only intermittently works? My brother has a sheepdog who had a very serious illness last november, and took about 3 months to recover. (It was something she ate that required treatment-vet visits and a long spell of recovery). She went back to working after her recovery, though only slowly because we didn't want her stressed or worn out She also gained a lot of weight in the interim, and again, slowly lost it. (Exercise was non-existant while she was sick).
Now she's sort of gotten intermittent-like, almost like a non-starter. She's a couple of years old, and has been working since she was 6 or 7 months old. (She took over herding after another of our dogs got too old). She had a couple of off days in the beginning, like a lot of dogs do, but was always reliable.

My brother is thinking he might have to retrain her.

jmrc

put her in pup and train a pup.... best thing.... some just loose interest after illness.

Buford T. Justice XIX

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

There's a website called 'Theworkingsheepdog'-has a number of dvds and online videos to show you how to train a dog, in case you're lost. (I'd post a link, but I don't know boards policies on that). They are a paid site, however.

Has anyone had experience of a dog that suddenly only intermittently works? My brother has a sheepdog who had a very serious illness last november, and took about 3 months to recover. (It was something she ate that required treatment-vet visits and a long spell of recovery). She went back to working after her recovery, though only slowly because we didn't want her stressed or worn out She also gained a lot of weight in the interim, and again, slowly lost it. (Exercise was non-existant while she was sick).
Now she's sort of gotten intermittent-like, almost like a non-starter. She's a couple of years old, and has been working since she was 6 or 7 months old. (She took over herding after another of our dogs got too old). She had a couple of off days in the beginning, like a lot of dogs do, but was always reliable.

My brother is thinking he might have to retrain her.

No problem posting links as long as some explanation accompanies the link. just give one of the mods a shout if you have any questions.


I've the link added below


https://theworkingsheepdog.com/