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This two day clinic is designed to meet a wide variety of interests and needs from a young dog’s first exposure to livestock to the dog who is already working cattle or sheep regularly. All level of handlers are welcome, from the person who wants to learn the fundamentals of stockdog training to intermediate and advanced handlers who want to improve their knowledge and skills. Topics will be based entirely on the needs of individual handlers and their dogs. Most common Topics:
* Introducing your young dog to livestock
* Understanding and managing pressure
* How and when to use a long line
* How to get a stop and recall on stock
* Understanding balance
* Working with one-sided dogs
* Training progression ideas
* Teaching on-balance and off-balance flanks and stops
* Teaching outside and inside flanks
* Building an outrun
* Getting pace
* Best practices
* Troubleshooting
Instructors: Guy & Angie Johnson
Guy & Angie Johnson of Double J Border Collies in Ontario, Oregon, are open-level handlers and trainers who compete at the highest level in herding competitions in the United States. They have been breeding and training top quality working border collies for the past 18 years and teaching stockdog clinics for the past 8 years. What sets them apart as instructors is their approachability and communication skills. They both have an ability to work effectively with people who are new to herding and to explain things in a manner that works for them. Learn more at www.doublejbordercollies.com and https://www.facebook.com/p/Double-J-Border-Collies-100048099824887/
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Ontario Oregon, Ontario,OR,United States
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