Herding ------non-pussified - Page 3

Hi, Ace. Can't have my stick, I need it keep from being run over! Lol.

Great video, btw! I would love to have goats, we may get some in the future. Do you by any chance train others, or train with someone in the area? I'm in eastern NC but go up towards the mountains frequently, and am always looking to do more herding.

I'm with you on why I love herding.  I'm a protection sport (Ring) person at heart, but herding is a VERY close second in my book.

I have a bunch of videos on line for people who want to take a look, from introducing puppies to competition.

http://www.dantero.com/videos2.php?c=Herding

Come on over, Mollyandjack. I have a couple more dogs of my own that I'm working on, but would take out side dog when I have time. I used a young male of mine to dog break these goats. They were all over the place until Otis got them to stay in a herd. I use him to keep the goats out of the way at feeding time. Otherwise, they are pushing and dumping feed all over the ground. Two years ago I had to kill our buck because he was so dangerous. You couldn't go into the pen with the herd without a cattle prod or he would have done serious damage. Had a really nice son from him that was just as aggressive and would slam into the front of the john deer gator trying to get at you. He had to be butchered and fed to the dogs as well. These dogs would have changed all that if I'd been using them at the time. There's a place twenty minutes away where they teach herding, and I started Chekta there. But every time I took her, some of my dogs at home broke with bad runs and needed antibiotics, the place has a lot of traffic and isn't clean. Also, there is only so far in training that is practical with them...good to start on sheep but pretty soon you are spinning your wheels. That's why I decided working the dogs on our goats is more productive.

I have a feeling the stick might cost as much as goat...? I need two of those right away ;)

Working on a herd right now, Those in the know, please post your favorite methodology of training for this, online, videos, books, whatever you found most benificial.  Thanks in advance & thanks for the thread Joan.

Very nice Joan!....I am getting ready to take your boy over to my sheep person and introduce him to sheep to see how he does....I know it will be an adventure....lol

Gigante, the way feed prices are going these days, you can get pile of crooks for the price of a meat goat, lol. I taught mine on a long line, amazing how quick they pick up on the commands. Still working on an IMMEDIATE "that'll do". Chekta always wants just one more goat to get a little tighter in ;)

Thank you, Gustav. Body's grands sure have the aptitude and attitude! So does his daughter. Otis is an Axel x Igrochka son and he got waylaid big time, you might say sucker punched...he came unglued! But, he didn't kill Browny, which is a great achievement in his training. It was only about six weeks ago, he would beat it through the woods ahead of me and any goat that was out of the pen would be thrashed and trashed 'til I could get to him and fry his butt and save the poor goat. he's all proud of himself helping me with them now, and seems to realize there's a purpose in his work other than catching as many goats as he can run down! I know your boy will do great!

Yeah, I think he will do real well, he is so rock solid in nerve that its scary. He will go anywhere, anytime, up or down. Very social, but takes no stuff off anyone even the 8 year old female queen of the estate....lol

MollyandJack, the first person who I trained with in herding lives in Elizabeth City, so if you're near there, I can give you a trainer to contact.

Christine