superminty Posted December 26, 2010 Author Share Posted December 26, 2010 Well from a previous post of yours JulesP, apparently you do a lovely job of flanking Brock must recognise this inate ability of yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesP Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 I am a right good little herder I am! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superminty Posted December 27, 2010 Author Share Posted December 27, 2010 I was working Cash on ducks one day, attempting to get them into a free standing pen. After 5 minutes of no success (mainly due to a certain kelpie's selective deafness when it comes to the command "down"), I gave up trying to achieve this with the dog - put him on a down stay and put the ducks into the pen myself! All within about 15 seconds Sometimes having the dog "helping" makes it harder... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dova Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Sounds good Superminty. Paul McP. thought that Brock might be good on cows. He has certainly shown more interest in horse herding then sheepies. When I bring the horse & sheep out to the paddock in the morning, just before our walk to get the paper, Izzi loves to herd Jorja. Not sure if she knows I'm leading her or not but she thinks she's doing a great job of puttng the horse out , Jorja just sneers at Izzi & wanders along behind me . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superminty Posted December 28, 2010 Author Share Posted December 28, 2010 Another great day training yesterday. Had a little go on the calves - only 4 this time and we were in the A course yard. Cash's confidence is right up now that he has figured out how to get them to move. He is quite good at getting them out of corners and off fences. Not so good at getting them to go in a straight line in the open though. I feel they work quite similar to ducks, despite the size difference! Lots more driving and not much fetching required. Not sure I want cows fetched to me anyhow! We then had a few sessions teaching "back" in the round yard with great success. I remembered to teach it with me standing inside and outside of the flight zone, so he understands that a flank is along the edge of the flight zone regardless of where I am standing. Had super heavy sheep though and they kept following me back to the dog when I set him! I had to stand behind him when sending him so they wouldnt just come straight to me Back again on Friday so will hopefully get some video of the calves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matilda1 Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Yes. I have beginner dogs. Although I think the Kelpie is almost up to it now We took one of our JRT's to see the sheep yesterday and the sheep came running and wanted to say hello to him. Thought he would play with them and was one of them, although it was very very cute, I think it is almost time to introduce them to a dog. I might ask one of our more experienced doggie friends to come and do a session with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superminty Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 I have 110 ducks to break in for trialling tomorrow Cash will be working ducks in his sleep after that Had some fun with the sheepies yesterday. I split a couple off because they were too heavy (makes setting them really hard when all they want to do is follow you around!) and put them in the pen. Then we had to move the rest of the sheep off the pen where their buddies were. They did not want to go! So Cash got a good lesson in applying and holding pressure. I had him walk in to the heads and lay down and just hold the pressure. He tends to want to dive in and then blow out straight away, but I want him to hold pressure, not escape it. The sheep were not happy - lowering their heads and stamping at him. He did really well, used plenty of eye and eventually got those sheep out of the corner. Also did a little driving - about 5 metres, really nicely done. His sides are coming along, he will still yield whether I am inside or outside the flight zone, which I am thrilled about. If only he would lay down when asked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesP Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 You going to the herding camp Superminty? I'm going with Poppy. Will be the first time she has been on sheep since the Trudy clinic so might be a bit exciting, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothieGirl Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 You going to the herding camp Superminty? I'm going with Poppy. Will be the first time she has been on sheep since the Trudy clinic so might be a bit exciting, lol. I'll be there Jules. Bronte hasn't been on stock for a few months now, so she'll be a little exuberant (and loud) the first couple of runs I expect, but I think the weekend will be good for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superminty Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 I'll be there. Got some exercises for you guys to try too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesP Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Cool! See you guys there Are you going to camp? I might sleep in my car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superminty Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 I'll be camping. Off to buy a tent this morning! Last time I went away with a dog I borrowed my parents tent and the dog ate a hole in the side of it This time the dog will be sleeping in the car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Lol, superminty. The first time I camped with a dog, I borrowed a tent from the dog club and my dear old Reagan was not keen on tenting and repeatedly hit the zip until he split it and I could not get it done up again. I ended up sleeping with both dogs on lead and tied to my camp stretcher. An hour or so after I went to sleep friends that had been off doing other things returned and 1 of their dogs came bounding in to the tent so they apologised and got the zip repaired when we returned thinking their dog had done it, lol. (and I don't feel too guilty as they were upholsterers so did it themselves and probably W would have anyway ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmkelpie Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I am new to the whole herding thing but my 9mth old kelpie loves it Where do you find out about herding clinics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janba Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) I've only camped once with my current dogs and that was with Cole who decided the best place to sleep was on top of me Everyone have fun at the herding camp. We're not doing anything till training starts Feb/March because the fun 3 sheep trial at Wattle Flat has been canceled Edited January 2, 2011 by Janba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janba Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I am new to the whole herding thing but my 9mth old kelpie loves it Where do you find out about herding clinics? Where abouts in NSW are you? There is herding training weekends at EP and on Sat morning at Hawkesbury if they have opened their books to new member again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmkelpie Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I am new to the whole herding thing but my 9mth old kelpie loves it Where do you find out about herding clinics? Where abouts in NSW are you? There is herding training weekends at EP and on Sat morning at Hawkesbury if they have opened their books to new member again. We have been going out to Hawkesbury for the last 5mths or so. Have not tried EP yet though, have been meaning to. Is there a website I can go to for EP regarding the training wkend? Tried to find it thorough the dogs NSW website but no luck. Thanks for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janba Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I am new to the whole herding thing but my 9mth old kelpie loves it Where do you find out about herding clinics? Where abouts in NSW are you? There is herding training weekends at EP and on Sat morning at Hawkesbury if they have opened their books to new member again. We have been going out to Hawkesbury for the last 5mths or so. Have not tried EP yet though, have been meaning to. Is there a website I can go to for EP regarding the training wkend? Tried to find it thorough the dogs NSW website but no luck. Thanks for your help Training at EP starts again in March. The first Sat of the month is run by ths NSW herding association and you need to be a member. Membership is $25 per year and training is free. all other Sats are run by DogsNSW sporting committee and you need to be a member of DogsNSW and training costs $5. Training times are 9-3 wheather permitting. Sundays are run by the Australian Stockdog zClud and you need to be a member $28 per year plus I think $5 joining fee. Training costs $3 and hours are the same as Sat. There is a Yahoo group for training announcements, trial dates etc for EP http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/herdingEP/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I've only camped once with my current dogs and that was with Cole who decided the best place to sleep was on top of me Everyone have fun at the herding camp. We're not doing anything till training starts Feb/March because the fun 3 sheep trial at Wattle Flat has been canceled Janba, it will be Feb/March before I get back out there as well. THe guy I am hoping to start training with has been too busy with harvest etc and now we go into our hot period Most of the time that I camped I went with a friend and we would have 5 dogs in our 4 man tent together. I always laughed as I had the bed to myself and my 3 all tried to sleep with her. They know I like my space and not to get on my bed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmkelpie Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I am new to the whole herding thing but my 9mth old kelpie loves it Where do you find out about herding clinics? Where abouts in NSW are you? There is herding training weekends at EP and on Sat morning at Hawkesbury if they have opened their books to new member again. We have been going out to Hawkesbury for the last 5mths or so. Have not tried EP yet though, have been meaning to. Is there a website I can go to for EP regarding the training wkend? Tried to find it thorough the dogs NSW website but no luck. Thanks for your help Training at EP starts again in March. The first Sat of the month is run by ths NSW herding association and you need to be a member. Membership is $25 per year and training is free. all other Sats are run by DogsNSW sporting committee and you need to be a member of DogsNSW and training costs $5. Training times are 9-3 wheather permitting. Sundays are run by the Australian Stockdog zClud and you need to be a member $28 per year plus I think $5 joining fee. Training costs $3 and hours are the same as Sat. There is a Yahoo group for training announcements, trial dates etc for EP http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/herdingEP/ Thanks for that, I will check it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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