Nice pictures, looks like a great day for Ollie.

 

Go Ollie Go! Thanks for sharing!

 

I love watching him herd! He has such enthusiasm for it!

I hope you get back to lessons so we can chat about it! LOL

He is such a looker too.... stunning actually.

 

Thanks! He's finally learning how to pose for me.

I'm going to be finishing up some agility stuff but we should be getting back into herding in the next couple weeks, I CAN'T wait and hope to be trialing next year. Our biggest issue is just control, he goes deaf when he's in drive but as you saw in the video he was able to sit a couple times so all our at home training is paying off I think!

 

That is my issue as well. When the drive kicks in, she thinks she is on her own. We have been working on that while training in schutzhund so I knew we would have similar issues with herding. We are working on it, and she is actually better at capping herself around the livestock than around a sleeve! Go figure!

 

awesome, thanks for sharing. My boy is going to start herding in a few months!! Can't wait.

 

Thank you. Ollie LOVES herding... As soon as he's sees the sheep he turns into a barking crazy mess, at one point during the herding event he actually managed to jerk free of my grip and charged the corral barking like a mad man so yeah he likes it just a little.

And it is such a fun sport though not as easy as it looks, good luck to you guys!

 

A few more photos


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He also passed his CGC test the following day

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Congrats to Ollie on his CGC!

 

Very nice pics. Stunning dog! Grats on the CGC as well.

 

Thanks guys! Ribbons look good on him, hope we earn some more when we start doing herding trials next year.

 

Great photos, and huge congrats on the CGC!! Ollie looks so pleased (and so stunning!) with that ribbon.

And he looks like he has SO much fun with herding; you really got to love and admire that! I'd definitely be interested in getting Trent tested with sheep one day, although I can see his lack of impulse control being a problem as well. Should be fun, though! I'll have to look into some local options for herding

 

Thank you! Yes herding is his thing, I've tried several other sports with him and this is the only one where he quivers with excitement when we're almost at the training center and he's got a lot of great natural talent to work with like running wide all on his own. It is really fun and such a great confidence booster for dogs.

And as an example he hadn't been to this particular herding place in over 6 months but as we got within 5 minutes of it he was literally losing his mind in the truck like he knew where we were, lol!

 

Nice pics (love his face). Congrats on the CGC (Hidden Valley OB Club? That is who we did Levi's through)!

Hopefully we will make it down your way next year for a trail

You guys should also try lure coursing. There is a club out of east county (I think) that holds monthly (or so) fun runs. They weren't active for awhile because they didn't have a field, but now they are up and at it again (of course, after we leave town). Leyna and Levi LOVED it!

 

Actually we did it at the all breed obedience club in Allied Gardens, I just learned about the hidden valley club and now I feel a right arse for driving an hour down to San Diego, lol!

It's funny you mention that because we are doing some lure coursing this weekend with the Luratics club. Not sure if that was the one you were talking about but Ollie loves it! They do their events in Ocean Beach.

I hope to be trialing next year! We are getting back into training with Rich here soon(he's out of town till Nov)... boy it's expensive but so worth it to train with someone who knows the breed.

 

I know nothing about herding but really enjoyed watching Ollie's enthusiasm! What I also noticed, when he settled a bit and started trotting around, how nicely he covered the ground. With practice/conditioning he looks like a dog that could work all day.