WE ARE VERY CAREFUL WITH STARING TO TRAIN A YOUNG DOG. THE PUP WILL TELL US WHEN TO START. IT IS A MIXTURE BETWEEN TRAINING AND SCHOOLING. WHICH ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. TRAINING IS PUTTING ON PRESSURE AND SCHOOLING IS SHOWING THE WAY NATURALLY WITHOUT THE DOG REALISING IT. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE PARTICULAR DOG, WHETHER HARD OR SENSITIVE. READING THE DOG IS MOST IMPORTANT AND ALWAYS BEING FIRM BUT FAIR IS OUR MOTTO. WE BELIEVE IN TRAINING AS QUIET AS POSSIBLE, ADJUSTING ALL THE TIME AND NOT KEEPING A GRUDGE. TO START A PUP TOO EARLY IS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE A HANDLER CAN DO. ALL PUPS START AT DIFFERENT AGES, BUT MOST IMPORTANT THE PUP HAS TO BE READY AND BE FASTER THAN THE SHEEP. WE ALWAYS START WITH SLOWER SHEEP, MOVING UP TO FASTER SHEEP IN TIME. THE PUP MUST HAVE MASTERED THE BASICS, WHICH IS LISTENING, UNDER CONTROL AND SHOWING RESPECT TO THE HANDLER. QUITE OFTEN THESE BASICS ARE NOT PUT IN TO THE PUP, WHICH CAUSES PROBLEMS AND FRUSTRATIONS. A STEADY DOG IS MORE FOCUSSED AND THINKS BETTER WHICH IS THEN EASIER TO TRAIN AND HANDLE. IF THINGS GO WRONG, WE WAIT UNTIL A GOOD THING HAPPENS THEN STOP TRAINING UNTIL NEXT TIME, NEVER BE IN A HURRY TO TRAIN THE YOUNG DOG. WE LET THE PUP SEE THE SHEEP FOR 5 MINUTES DAILY FROM ABOUT 4 MONTHS OLD, DEPENDING ON THE PUP, JUST TO GET THEM KEEN AND WATCH THE WAYS OF THE PUP FOR LATER ON. JUST A FEW SHEEP, NOT LETTING THE PUP RUN CRAZY WITH THE SHEEP AS THIS IS NO GOOD FOR THE PUP AND IT WILL LEARN BAD HABITS.
WHEN WE DO A CLINIC WE EXPLAIN THE BEST WAY TO TRAIN FOR A PARTICULAR PUP AND WHY, AS WELL AS SHOWING HOW AND WHY WE USE OUR BODY LANGUAGE AND EASY WAY OF TRAINING WITH MINIMUM STRESS TO HANDLER AND DOG TO MAKE IT A PLEASURE FOR BOTH, WHICH IS IMPORTANT, TO GET THE BEST OUT OF THE DOG. WE HAVE NOTICED THAT MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH YOUNG DOGS HAVE NOT TRAINED THE VERY BASICS. SHOW THE PUP WHO IS THE BOSS IS THE KEY |