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Rear end awareness

PHD Blog 84 - Sneak peek & good news/bad news

PHD Blog 82 - Cover reveal for Positive Herding 201

Do you have a herding dog that dreams about sheep or a high-energy dog that needs to move?

Positive Herding 101 covered how to start your dog herding using toys, treats, and cones but without livestock.

In this blog we take a sneak peek into Positive Herding 101 to focus on rear foot awareness training and how it can be advantageous for your dog.

This blog features a video of bonus content to enhance and supplement my upcoming webinar. These videos will NOT be found in the webinar, but are exclusively available in this blog.

"How do I start training herding using positive methods?" The answer is: start just as you would training your dog to be a good companion, with sit, down, recall, and loose leash walking.

In this blog we are going to look at the Troubleshooting sections of the book. After each training plan there is a section that gives suggestions of how to change the plan, if needed.

How do you know when your dog is ready to go to stock and how do you get stock into a small pen so that they can be safely used to start your dog herding?

Ever wondered how a book is born? In this blog, I take you behind the scenes to witness the nuts and bolts of how I created my positive herding books.

After training rear end awareness (proprioception), your dog may add some rear end movements to herding or their everyday life that enhance their life or make them safer.

Rear foot awareness is a fun positive training exercise that teaches your dog proprioception, knowing where there limbs are in space. This will help your dog navigate rough terrain.

It is easy to watch your dog, especially when they are doing something that you don’t want them to do, and feel that you know exactly what they are thinking. But can we read their minds?

As the gatekeeper, you control your dog’s access to livestock. Set your dog up for success by controlling their access to stock before you even enter the paddock.

My dog is very uncomfortable with the pressure from the sheep and her response is to dive in. It feels like she is very anxious and constantly trying to overcompensate.

It’s that magic moment when your dog is introduced to stock. Or should I say that it’s that terrifying moment?