We’ve all been there before, whether it’s giving a presentation at work, watching our sons and daughters step up to the plate at a key moment in their baseball game, or when you hear your name called to move to the start line for your jumpers run. It hits you like a sledgehammer to the gut. The bottom falls out of your stomach and your legs feel like jelly. In your head you ask “Why do I do this to myself?”
This weekend workshop will concentrate on building motivation and creating the working relationship you and your canine partner will need in order to progress in many different dog sports. While using operant conditioning training concepts, you will earn an appreciation for your “thinking” puppy.
Herding Instinct – actually this is composed of many genes, so it’s not all or none. And different traits are more useful under certain herding situations than others. Instinct may not be expressed in young dogs. The age at which it comes out varies greatly. Some puppies will herd their littermates; others will be a year old before they show instinct. If you want to get a young dog, look for a good herding background and then choose based on the following traits and hope for the best. Dogs that are under socialized, or of very poor temperament or have been reprimanded for
Friday June 26th 2009 For those that have been competing and are somewhat experienced and require assistance in specific areas, Randy highly recommends individual sessions (half or 1 hour).
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