I went out to Charlie Trayers place recently, and he gave me a demonstration of this breeds working ablities. Wow! Extremely Impressive Conformation. Amazing Athletic Speed, Quickness, Agility, Heart, and Desire. TOTAL CONTROL WORKING STYLE. Skilled & Sharp Cat-Like Focus, Stalk, and Nimbleness, While Managinging the Cattle. Great Cowdogs. Real Crackerjacks!
I have a heeler dog and he is coming along really nice, will the DVD's help me get to the next level or is it very breed specific and really better in you have hangin tree dogs?
You should ask him. Charlie Trayer could train a giraffe to work cattle if you had one. That guy can read cattle and dogs better than anyone you will talk to. Lots of years of experience on his side. The DVDs are worth having even if you get a couple of commands or shortcuts to work with a dog out of it Id figure.
One more thing. If you're looking for a training program that fits real world use, copy Trayer, because the dogs he has are straight automatic penning cattle. His commands are simple to learn, but he enforces it so consistently that his dogs just work like thats first nature you know.