Dog chasing sheep.

[Elliegazzellie]

Try the Agilitynet website for a club in your area. Also, MurphysMinder is in Shropshire and used to run her dogs in agility, and Goya/Bah Humbug and NeverSayNever also run theirs so might be a help.

I find an hour of training tires mine out much more than three hours of walking! Stick with him, I am sure you will see a change once he has a job to do and well done for getting this far!

Thanks! Hopefully persistance will pay out in the end!

 

[blackcob]

Emma Collings at School for Paws holds agility workshops every few months and I think now does a weekly agility class. Highly recommended from me.

 

[cobgirlie]

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OP get in touch with Jim Greenwood - he's fantastic with working dogs. He has a website with testimonials and stuff. Lurcher link is another good site that has a lot off terrier/working dog people on.

Edit - you can stop a dog that chases but once they have actually caught a sheep and had a taste for blood it is very likely that they will do it again and again. I think your only option really is to keep the dog on a lead

Jim has worked with one of my dogs who had killed 2 sheep, he now walks perfectly off lead amoungst stock with absolutely 100% no problem. He runs alongside me riding through sheep fields and I can trust him totally now. Only took one session with Jim and alot of work after but it was worth it.

 

[Bryndu]

Thanks! Hopefully persistance will pay out in the end!

In the Robinson catalogue - I think - you can also but agility stuff for dogs, so maybe you could set something up for the little man at home.
I think you are both going to have a lot of fun.
Good luck
Bryndu

 

[cobgirlie]

Someone has suggested electric collar which worked for them - you say you can't get it where you are (Wales) but could you get one online somewhere? It must be possible surely.

Thankfully in Wales we have had the forsight to ban these cruel 'tools' and the OP would be breaking the law if she attempted to buy or use one. Anyone who can't train their dog without resorting to abuse needs to rethink their capability of being a dog owner.

 

[Elliegazzellie]

I have just looked at the Jim Greenwood website and the stuff he does looks really good. I was also interested in the socialisation classes that he holds for dogs that have not been socialised properly. This is also the case for my dog as he can be aggressive to other dogs when he's out on a walk. I think this stems from a fear as he is worse with bigger dogs. However, as he is a rescue I don't know what has happened earlier on in his life, so maybe he had an incident when he was younger. Has anyone attended one of his classes and how did he go about training them?

 

[Hairy Old Cob]

Another vote for put it in witha Tup if it lives to tell the tale iit wont ever want to play with sheep again