Shedding. Star and I have returned to shedding 101, and there was marked improvement this week. With less and less hesitation, little Star man began to understand the task at hand, and successfully shed off, held and fetched sheep to me. It should't be long now, and I will be able to run him in open.This week's lessons:
- Wait right there
- Follow me
- And here's the reason
Here's an excerpt:
Ah...improvement. Today Star not only came through more readily, but managed to keep the two groups split on one occasion and fetch quite a ways before I laid him down and let him re-gather all the sheep. Star did some really nice work for me. One mistake I see hands make is expecting their young dogs to hold the shed for too long when training it. The shorter each individual exercise, the less pressure, and less opportunity for error. In the beginning, I only expected Star to come through the hole in whatever manner. Then straight to me. Then I asked him to come in facing the right group. Then come through and lay down in the middle. So today, after he did all that, and had a nice fetch going, I quit while we were ahead. In other words while he was absolutely right, and before something could go wrong like the sheep breaking over top of him, or one hanging back.
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I think your site Real Time Canine is spectacular wish i could afford to subscribe...SPECTACULAR!!
My daughter, Nicole Rhodes, editor of Stockdog Magazine, could probably use your knowledge as part of her magazine, or collaborating, or ????
Hello Viki. I intentionally kept subscription rates low so everyone could participate. I'm so sorry you can't join us. Bartering works for me as well, and I would be happy to consider that with your daughter. Cheers, and thank you for the very nice comment. I appreciate it very much.
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