Herding Games for Urban Dogs - No Sheep Required!

Herding Games for Urban Dogs - No Sheep Required! free download

Bring Out Your Dog's Natural Herding Abilities - For Dogs Of All Breeds - Easy Games For Beginners

This fun course shows you how to teach your dog some entertaining games and activities that replicate the skills of working herding dogs. In place of sheep or other livestock, you will use a ball for your dog to "herd"!

This beginner level course is suitable for dogs of all breeds, and requires no herding experience or previous training.

Teaching your dog these fun activities will aid in developing off-lead control, as well as giving your dog beneficial exercise and mental stimulation.

The training is based on praise and food or toy rewards. It's a "clicker free" course.

The course includes:

Equipment You Will Need

Wait (Impulse Control)

Come (Obedience)

Here or Close - Recall To Heel

Recall From Distractions

Selecting A Ball To Suit Your Dog

Push or Drive The Ball

Balance Point - Line Up

Push The Ball And Change Direction

Using A Target Mat

Move in a Circle - Clockwise and Anticlockwise

That’ll Do or All Done - Finish Training Session

Hup or Hop Up

Jump Over A Bar

Walk Backwards

Walk Up and Stop at Distance

Using a Drag Lead or Training Line

Fun Games Based On Real Herding Skills

Course consists of three hours of video, with 39 lectures.

Will completing this course teach your dog to herd livestock? No! This course will teach you how to provide your dog with an alternative activity, that uses some of the skills and training that herding dogs require. But before commencing training for Herding, a dog needs to be able to Stay, Come When Called, and be respectful and attentive to the handler. So you could certainly do this training before going on to do actual herding with livestock.