Working dog trials monthly

Sheep Available for All Levels. No pre-registration is required. Just show up with your dogs, a chair, and a smile. Register and pay at the gate. Participants are welcome to bring as many dogs as they wish. We begin as close to on time as possible and take a lunch break in the middle of the day at a nearby restaurant you are welcome to join us if you like. You can come and go any time throughout the day. You can work your own dog with or without our help or we'll work it for you.

The atmosphere is laid back and friendly. This is an excellent way to introduce your dog to livestock or have it tested for instinct. Private lessons can be set up for non-clinic Saturdays. You are invited to join us at lunch at a nearby country restaurant or stay and picnic under the shade trees. All clinics begin around a.

No pre-registration required. Just show up and sign up. Need Directions or Hotel Information? Click Here! For more information call or text Private clinics offer a wide variety of services from instinct testing to packed pen work. A nearby country restaurant is available for lunches at reasonable prices.

Water pools and shade are available. For more information contact us at. Possum Hollow offers instinct testing in a safe environment.

We will put your pup or adult dog on sheep and provide you with an evaluation of the level of instinct and current developmental stage that is demonstrated. We will discuss your dog's herding future whether you are looking for a fully trained competition or ranch dog or just an outlet for having a bit of fun with your companion. Instinct tests are basically private lessons and last about 1 hour.

Your dog doesn't have to know anything including obedience to begin herding. Just bring him or her out and have some fun and usually some laughs as the dogs try to figure out just what to do with these strange creatures. Puppies as young as 5 months can be tested and no adult dog is too old. Please call for an appointment. William can work your dog for you or he will work with you and your dog together.

Dogs will be taught in much the same way as described for our Herding Programs above. The dog's advancement will depend on the instinct and talent of the dog, how long the dog remains enrolled, and how often the dog comes each month. We offer weekly working trials classes, monthly training days and full weeks of working trials training.

Rosettes are also awarded up to 4 th place. The exercises Nosework — Tracking, the dog has to follow where a person tracklayer has walked between half an hour and 3 hours previously depending on the stake , finding articles left by the tracklayer.

The dog will be marked on how accurately they track. Tracks are approx half a mile long and have corners and angles, not just a straight line. Tracking surface can be grass, wheat, rape, plough or any other crop. Search — Small articles, are placed in a square area, 15yds X 15yds or 25yds X 25yds depending on the stake , the dog then has to locate them and retrieve them back to the handler who must work the dog from outside the square.

All Stakes: The dogs must jump the obstacles in a controlled manner on command of the handler. When the dog has completed the long jump or clear jump it must remain in a controlled position until the handler joines the dog. During the scale jump thedog must remain in a controlled position on the other side of the jump untill the handler recalls the dog back over the jump.

Agility Regulations. Video kindly supplied by Dog Friendly. A Nine foot Long jump. A six foot Scale jump Video kindly supplied by Dog Friendly. The Regulations for C. Stakes allow the jumps to be lowered according to the height of the dog. Thereafter the full height jumps have to be traversed. This section is where you need to demonstrate that you and your dog have the necessary bond to work as a team. However the judges are looking to see that the exercises have been taught thoroughly and can be performed competently.

When you consider that the control field at a trial can be anything from freshly cut pasture to 8 inch high stubble and the sendaway can be from 20yds in Intro stake, 50 yards in CD and could be - yds or more in higher stakes, it is easy to see that precision is not really practicable.

For a list of the available marks. This is the starter stake. It is basically a control stake, has no track, just a Although this is a starter stake, that dosn't mean it is easy. It takes a lot of time and dedication to get your dog ready for this stake. Once mastered it will set you up for the rest of your Working trials career. UD is the first tracking stake, the track is only half hour old and at least half a mile in length, with two articles placed upon it, one of which must be recovered to enable qualification.