Thread: Stock-proofing????

The running with other dogs can spark them up a bit more. My dogs dont "play" with other dogs. They ignore them. When i go out my.dogs are there to fo as intell them, they are working for me. I tell them to do something, they do it. I dont see chasing sheep as an illmess as some people seem to see it but rather a control issue. You should be able to stop your dog at full flight no matter what its chasing further to this it shouldnt be somewhere it can get into trouble without supervision. I.e put it in a run when your not working it. Take it back to basic obedience. Heel means walk at heel until told otherwise. Sit means sit the minute told to and dont move until told otherwise. Stop means stop and dont move until.told otherwise. Chasing sheep.isnt an isolated problem but rather a sign of gaps in training which can be addressed with no sheep in the picture (access to.prey drive and how.it behaves in doing so). The ways to achieve this arent one size fits all. Start by getting the dog walking at heel and.working off the handler as to where it positions itself and.build control from there