Herding Trainers?

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SheltieLuver

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Something of this sort may have been poster before and my apologies in advance. But, does anyone know of a web page where you can search for trainers to help you get started with your dogs in herding. I'd really be interested in this... don't know a thing about it as of yet. I am mostly involved in confirmation,(getting tired of the political nastiness hidden in the backgrounds though, don't get me started there), but it would be wonderful if I could get at least some of my dogs to go back to their roots.
 
Snap and I had our second herding lesson this weekend with Terry Dickey in Waynesboro, GA. She does it at her house, where she has sheep to work her Aussies ! Terry and her daughter breed and show Aussies and the three of us that have gone together (one each with an Aussie, Border collie, and my sheltie) have all been very pleased with her. We are going to try to go there once a month. None of our dogs has done an instinct test; but it is clear that each of our dogs has "drive" for sheep... and their herding "styles" very much are reflective of their individual breeds !

If Waynesboro is within your driving range, I'll be glad to pass on a cell no and email address for Terry.

Terry has also spoken favorably of Tholkes at Red Creek Farm (Anderson, SC), although their experience has mostly been with border collies and then tend to attract bc owners to their clinics. They have a website you can look at.
 
Katherine--how far is Waynesboro from Charleston? And how did you know that Snap would be good at herding? Bentley loves to herd...but I'm not sure if that's enough for him to be "good" at it.
 
Ashley-

Waynesboro is @ 30 miles SE of Augusta. Mapquest time estimates for several different routes (one way) are all about three and 1/2 hrs.

It's funny --- I had no clue as to whether Snap would be interested in sheep, except that I know he is fascinated with ducks and rushing at them. The other behavior that made me wonder are the "outruns" that he does at the beach. He will run great distances to other dogs then circle around to return to me. The only way I can tell which way he is running (toward or away from me) is the "color" of the body . His front is all white, whereas the sable is visible from the back.

Terry lead me to believe that some shelties have the drive, but some don't at all. She says that "for a sheltie, Snap is brilliant at herding".
 
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