This is very helpful, thank you. I am teaching my GSD to herd my chickens after they have free ranged. My GSD sometimes, by accident, separates one or two of the chickens. The Look Back command could be incredibly handy to teach him to collect the chickens that ran off.
Excellent channel. We are living on a farm in Sweden and after 35 years into dogs we got our 1st Border Collie. Glad we found your channel, it might avoid a lot of mistakes, the dog will be thankful😂 and we too❤ Fantastic.
Я здесь' потому что я хочу развести овец' и завести собак' помощников в хозяйстве. Я живу РФ ' регион Урал. Есть заинтересованность в шерсти' и ...Т. к, Урал это холодная Россия.
I've have a fight with my collie every night. The last game of the day over a tug of war toy. I shout and he barks and anyone listening would think this isn't fun. When it's over that's it. He is one bad dog.
I want you to go watch what happened to three different women at the "Cannes festival! There was a certain sheepdog / security guard that was herding in these celebrities into the building! The security guard literally grabbed on to this other woman, and then four more security guards prevented her from leaving that building! I want you to watch this so bad, is because it's identical to what you're training these dogs to do! 😮😮😮 What do you do with a sheepdog that goes rogue? 😮😮😮😅😅😅 #sheepdogs = security guards! 😮
"But if you watch it in slow motion, they don't actually bite each other at all" (The brownish one literally bites the other dog in the first second and tackles it to the ground) "They trot away together to find something else to do" (They square up again)
Correct. They're tough Border Collie sheepdogs. That's how they play, but just as with humans, there's an element of 'dominance' in their play. They wrestle one another to the ground daily, but they weren't biting, holding on and shaking their opponent. If they were really fighting it would be a different matter.
I take my 14 month old Border Collie Sadie out to fields and woods, usually with a friend of ours who we have been walking with for some time. Many dog owners go there and we regularly meet certain dogs with which she is friends. She loves to play chase, but also loves to play games like these, depending on which of her friends we meet. I have never been worried about it as, like you say in the video, it is clear that they are not biting each other and in all of the times I have seen this type of play, neither my dog or any of the others have made any indication of being actually aggressive with this type of play. She has never been injured and likewise neither have the other dogs. One of her friends is a male Husky who can be a little boisterous and sometimes, she will let him know that she is not happy with what he is doing, maybe by snapping at him but again, it is not 'aggressive' just simply setting the boundaries for play. To me, it is simply an extension of puppy play and learning, which is how we come to have well socialised, beautifully behaved dogs that can interact on any level with any dog they meet. Although she is a 'pet' and not a working dog, her mum and dad are both working dogs on a sheep farm in Wales so she is an extremely intelligent girl with endless energy and needs many forms of play/stimulation to stay happy. We do this with good walks and plenty of opportunity for play with other dogs which I believe is very important. Alongside this, for her mental stimulation, we play a variety of games including frisbee and also ball games where I try to simulate a 'working' situation by 'guiding' her to where the ball has gone(if she doesn't see it land) using whistle, arm and voice commands, which she loves. I have experience with Border Collies in the past, (who were not from a working background) but I knew with Sadie I was going to need to go further to give her everything she needs. So, we are learning this together as I have never gone to this extent of 'play' before and so have no previous experience of using a shepherds whistle for example. Anyway, I loved the video, it is wonderful to see dogs playing together and having fun.
It sounds as though Sadie has found a wonderful home @Aardvarkjamm! Not enough people can tell the difference between dogs fighting and those which are merely having fun, but of course, there's a fine line between the two. Your enthusiasm and understanding of your dog is refreshing, and I'm so glad to know you really enjoyed the video.
Hi Andy. I have 2 border talented border collies, but NO WAY to play a DVD. Have you updated your offerings? My dogs are very talented, but completely raw.
They certainly do! A good dog requires only a few hints, and then it will perform the task without commands. The can sometimes go wrong though, if the dog misinterprets what the handler wants it to do!
Hi there,I’ve just come across your videos & I have to say I love them. I’ve had a colly/Husky for nearly 2yrs now & I’ve trained him up myself. His recall etc is unreal now because he knows that I love him he always on point. But just 4 days ago I got myself a full bread colly sheepdog, 2yrs old. I got him off people from the city,no social skills at all,no training at all. But in the 4 days I’ve had him he has picked up really fast,especially with my other dog. The only thing is with my new boy,if he sees another dog he fights so I’m trying to get that out of him a bit. I will send yous videos of both my dogs & if you wouldn’t mind letting me know what you think of them. Hope to hear from yous soon. The Irish Mountain Man.
In the UK you could buy a dog which can work at a distance from the handler for around £2,000 to £4,000 (GBP) but sometimes they can sell for a lot more than that.
Hi Andy and jill ..i have a 1yr old bc ..i have land but never had a bc before or sheep..im wondering if lambs are best to syart training or full grown sheep ..tbf ive not much interest in the profit sidevof d sheep ..but this bc is going to need work its plain to see ...he is super obedient and sticks to me like glue... a freind has lambs and sheep so im going yo get a few off him and then give them bk after and get others and so on ..but the freind hasnt had dogs to do the work snd cant tell me wat ones to get ..i did research online but too many contradictory disscussion boards of different opinions.. and ye look like ul know the answers to my questions ... hel be a great worker cus his mum had a dog in welsh trials and dads a workin cattle dog ...at minute he thinks wheelbarrowing timber into the shed is a fabulous job ..and his concentration on the barrow is out of this world ...nothing can take his attention away from the barrow ..for a 3 hr period .. Thanks and rgds Dion
First, you need to be sure your dog is showing the 'hunting instinct' when it sees sheep. 'Herding' a wheelbarrow is encouraging, but does not necessarily mean he'll be interested in livestock. If he ignores them, it may be difficult to get trigger the herding instinct. It can usually be done, but it can be a tedious process! (We have two online training tutorials called "Starting a non-starter" on our website). If the dog is interested in sheep, I suggest you start with lambs. Older sheep can be stubborn and even aggressive towards the dog. If possible, get sheep that are familiar with being worked by dogs. In the UK these are known as "Dogged" sheep. They will be FAR easier to start the dog on, but as it makes progress, you'll need to move on to more challenging sheep! There's a huge amount of advice on our website, as well as over seventy videos if you're interested enough to learn how to train your dog. sheepdog-training.com Good luck with your new venture!
Thanks for getting back to me Andy and yes im absolutely biting at the bit to get into this hobby...He has the hunting instinct but i disencouragedvit from a pup cus i dint wsnt him chasing absolutely everything ..like other peoples horses and cars and other people cattle whilstbon walks and such ..but now that he isnt w pup and has super obediency i realise that was a mistake ..it was ok to do wen he was a 3mth old and didnt really listen justvwas chasing things with his brother ( i had 2 initially but quickly tealised theyvare a one man dog and i wad never going to get the same level of obedience whilst having 2 together as he needed to know i was god and not that i came 2nd place over his brother. A farmer had 10 pups born behind a bale i found them and reared them all built a pen in farmers shed to contain them and went der 3 times a day to tendvto der needs ..fresh bedding water feed ..initially putting 5 on and 5 off the bitch for all to get fair share of milk ..all d pups survived ..even the farmer admitted that they all would have died bar for me . The only pup that went to someone who didnt have stock was merck to me...the farmer said he was the unlucky one ..but merck lives the life of a king with me..has had loads of imteraction with people and other dogs ect unlike thebpup the farmer kept who generally is either in d jeep or in d shed and has seen no other dogs barr his dad(which is my lads dad) but d dad is aggressive towards him not seriously just showing whos boss but has broken his skin on headvand ear not too bad tho ... i go to see both the dad and mercks brother moss every day ..i walk moss and give him chicken cus d farmer just gives him scraps..and he dont hardly get any walks .. both merck and moss really love to see eachother and playfight bigstyle. I never knew BC would be so different to any other dog ...il never choose any other dog over these now. All the other 9 pups were like the bitch short coat gree eyes in d dark ..mervk is the spit of his dad ..long haired orange eyes in the dark . The farmer gave the bitch away thankgod cus it was tons of work for me and i walked that bitch every day for 2 years cus else shed av been left in shed .. Andy i just wanted one of them pups to have a proper life not a life with a farmer stuck in a shed . The pup the farmer kept (moss) was totally untrained ...but ive found time to train him to sit..and return..by holding out my hand palm side up and daying "moss moss touch touch. He wont return for the farmer or the other men on d farm only me. I loved evety one of those 10 pups ..i really loved them ..id carry 5 pups at a time over to the safe field to enjoy the summer sun ..else the farmer wud av just left them in the shed ..well to be fair he wouldnt hav any to leave im the shed cus theyd have fallen away one by one ...how ridiculous to think that you dont have to contain and build pen for newborn pups inva shed full of wire chemicals masdive gaps under doors ect. Moss still lives in the pen i built for the pups ..he jumps in der to escape the dad cus d dad cant jump in ..the farmer thinks its great to see the dad attack moss.!! Il vertainly look at your vids on training tutorials ..im self employed and think il half my work ..to become an expert at come by and away. If im good enough id like to make a side business out of traing BC . Merck is the best bc ul have ever seen in all your days ...and i know uve had loads probably ..but this lad is outstanding ..the farmer is so jelous cus merck is so wrll trained ..i can tell him to sit and stay and walk half a km near out of sight and he wont budge tl i give command ..which will be verbal but also accompanied by a pysical gesture ...cus i know that if they go deaf later in life they still recognise command by the physical command. Rgds Dion
Man, i just watched your How to save a sheeps life vid, and that was amazing. i sure wish you didnt turn comments off on your videos. Not being able to handle feedback is a gen Z thing to do..
Not sure what you mean. We ship the DVDs to Australia (and worldwide) but the dogs being trained on the DVDs are Border Collies. The same training works with Bearded Collies and Australian Kelpies
Watched your HOW TO SAVE A SHEEP'S LIFE - _______________________________________________ as no comments allowed there, I am posting here. Another point to watch for with sheep, is them getting tangled up in brambles or gorse. We never had sheep on our farm in South Devon, but I was walking along a cliff path, and saw a sheep tangled in brambles. Just knew I had to do something! So it is worth pointing out, I would suggest. .
Yes of course! When sheep get tangled in brambles, they're in serious trouble too. Unfortunately, freeing them can be more difficult than righting a cast sheep because of the spikey bramble stems.
@@andynick01 True enough. I have only ever seen it once in 40 years, but I am not around sheep much nowadays. I used to walk over Dartmoor a lot, so lots of sheep there! Stuck in a city, sadly.
Working cattle with dogs is similar to working sheep with dogs, except for the safety angle. A dog, might bring sheep running towards you, and the danger level is comparatively small. A group of cattle running towards you is potentially far more dangerous, so we recommend you train the dog to push cattle away from you first, and once the dog is working well and the cattle respect it, allow the dog to bring them towards you (steadily). Another difference is that often the dog needs to be more assertive to move cattle than it would with sheep. We only train with Border Collie and Kelpie sheepdogs, so I don't feel able to advise you with other breeds, but the basics are the same, of course.
@@andynick01 thanks! He already knows how to round them up. I just need to teach him more for control and reason. He just chases them most of the time. He's an Australian Cattle Dog.
@@andynick01 he does stop when I tell him too. The only problem I have is getting him to understand that I want them driven in a particular place. He just runs them in a random place.