Thread: Working dog

Chelsea, me thinks you've got a good dog, possibly a bloody good dog. so all you have to do is work out for works for the both of you. Classic example this morning, took Skye for her walk and thought we may as well move the cows while we're at it. Only had to get them through a 10ft gate right behind my house, what could possibly go wrong.......well she was so bloody keen for some stock work she was right in there, like right up their dates in there. going left, going right, but not giving them time to sort themselves out. 50 odd carry overs through a 10 ft gate in 30 seconds aint a good look. But they all got through, and some more of them now know not to mess with a dog nipping at their heels. Should've just taken her for her walk and done the job 15 minutes later after we got back. My fault.
and rugerman, fully understand where you're coming from, it is a very rare occasion when I punish a dog after they come back [buggered if Im chasing them tho!] but this time she knew things were wrong and she knew she was in the wrong, so she got a good smacked bum. Thankfully this time it worked. The next time I praised her after she came back cos she had come back. And she knew she was in the wrong for chasing hares that time too. Having said that, when it is my turn to walk the bosses dog, I keep her under control for most of the walk, but there are some places I let her go, theres plenty of hares and dogs just gotta be dogs. Knowing that, I let her have at it for 10 minutes or so then call her in and if I can get her attention she comes back knowing that some places its ok to go crazy.