John
Charlick's Training Tips & Book
Neil
Kristiansen's Stock Dog Schools
Greg
Prince's Training Methods
Pip Hudson' s Training Theories
Simon Leaning' s Training Site, with entertaining stories and his American adventures
Recommended Reading
Neil runs Professional schools for stock dog training, for the farmer, the trialer, and the beginner, he usually holds one a month at his property in Northam . email or phone for details +61 08 9622 5642/mob 041 919 8644.
Pip is a farmer from Cobar in New South Wales.
He has worked stock dogs most of his life, and in recent years has run
schools for stock dog training, for the farmer, the trialer, and the beginner.
he can be contacted on +61 02 6837 3985.
Pip's basic theory revolves around the fact that dogs have a preferred direction when travelling around stock. (Interestingly enough most dogs seem to be right handed for preference, with very few left handers, and the ambidextrous dog being very rare indeed). The dogs bad or undesirable behavior eg :- crossing, slicing, gripping etc, usually comes to the fore when it is being forced to travel on the less favored side.
With the young dog it is easy to ascertain
it's favored mode of travel, less so with the older dog who may have become
accustomed to being directed on the weaker side.
A small yard area with quiet sheep, and a
long cane are the tools required for the preliminary excises. The young
dog will usually travel easily around the stock on it's strong side, but
on being forced to the weaker side, will dive in, swipe or even bite the
sheep. Sometimes it may refuse to go at all, or cross in front of the handler
in order to gain it's preferred side. Pip will place himself close to the
sheep and send the dog on weak side and quickly walk through the sheep
blocking the dog with his cane as the dog sucks back to it's preferred
mode of travel, or checking any biting or swiping. walking through the
sheep forces the dog to complete it's cycle in proper order, eventually
the dog learns that travelling either side of the stock is possible without
stress. Of course there is much more to learn, but a dog started with these
basics does not have the opportunity to develop bad habits early on the
cast.
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Pip makes a point
Pip's school at Muaraville Farm Wundowie Western Australia
Pip is second on the right with the floppy
hat
MY METHOD. FIRM BUT FAIR. BY GREG PRINCE
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Greg demonstrates
his Stockdog training methods, On a very cold and wet
day in York, Western Australia October 2001,
Please
click on the image above, to see the methods developed by this
man,
unarguably Australia's most successful stock dog trialler to-date.
Bulletin 4189 Agdex 464/19 Dogs/management
Written by John Charlick, and officers
of the Division of Animal Health Department of Agriculture,
South Perth, Western Australia
This pamphlet is couched in simple basic
terms for the beginner .it contains choosing a pup, basic training,
working, and caring for the sheep dog.
It can be obtained from the Department
for $5.00Aus.+ postage
A young pup takes it's first
look at stock, John is just watching the pups reaction he will not expect
any work at this stage.
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John is teaching a young dog
it's sides using a length of rope
Training and Working Dogs for Confident
and Quiet Control Of Stock
Scott Lithgow University
Of Queensland Press1987
Training the Working Kelpie A.D.
(Tony) Parsons
Penguin Books Australia Ltd
1990
British
A Way Of Life H. Glyn Jones talks
to Barbara C Collins
Farming Press Ltd 1987
Working Sheep Dogs John Templeton
with Matt Mundell
The Crowood Press 1988
New
Zealand
Working Dogs breeding feeding training
and Care.
Neil Rennie Shorthand Publications
1984
USA
Herding Dogs Progressive Training
Vergil S Holland
Howell Book House New York 1994
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