Talking with Aled Owen I know that I don’t need to remind you of the gravity of the situation we are facing at present with this virus. However, I think that as sheepdog enthusiasts, we are very lucky in that at least we can escape from the news into our own dog world for a while. 2001 […] Continue Reading
Eamonn shares his thoughts and experiences about how to start training sheepdog puppies. He explains how he teaches them to stop iniatially. He goes on to explain how he puts commands or whistles on them for their left and right directions. He also talks about how he then goes on to show them how to do small outruns
working sheepdogs in the lush green rolling hills of Zamora California
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Most of us are short of time when it comes schooling our sheepdogs and trial dogs but I think it is important to remember how beneficial it is to join other sheepdog handlers occasionally to train sheepdogs for sheepdog trials and to try and make time to join forces. Recently I visited with my friends Matt Murphy and Eamonn Connell. […] Continue Reading
Ralf is a young sheepdog that I have in training at the moment. I want to prepare him to compete in nursery trials this season. I have him running out well to gather sheep. He has learnt his left and right, his off balance flanks and his inside flanks. you can see his flanks training video here https://youtu.be/48lfoBbZcTg He can […] Continue Reading
these sheep have been coming here for generations. the come with their mothers in springtime and leave again in the autumn. they will return again the following spring as mothers themselves. they are not the only ones returning, the generations of people who follow them come back again and again too
The one thing that most impressed me most with Tony Rofe, is just how much he can squeeze into a training session with a young dog. He must be the most efficient young dog trainer that I can think of.
Dafydd Davies Stick and Crook maker I was over in Wales working on some interviews for the new Away with Dogs series ( www.awaywithdogs.co.uk ) when a friend from America asked me if I’d mind collecting a stick from a maker in Mid Wales and take it with me for her when I was coming to judge the Mohawk Valley Sheepdog Trial in […] Continue Reading
In this Part II conversation with Alasdair, he talks about training sheepdogs to single and what singling can tell him about a working sheepdog. He talks a little about judging the single and aspects that he feels are important. I think this has been one of my favourite conversations to date and I hope you find as much food for […] Continue Reading