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I'm looking for a good book or interative cd on training my red heeler to work cattle. I've been all over the internet and all i can find is books on housebreaking or other nonesense that has nothing to do with working cattle. Any suggestions ??
 
I posted this on your other thread but it may have gotten lost in the "Your puppy is so cute... no your puppy is so cute" talk.

How old is the dog? Is that what you specifically got the dog for?

The best way to train any dog, by far, is to have one finished dog and one trainee. Kennel them next to each other and then go to work.

It will take consistency, lots of time, and knowing when to cut that dog loose and get another.

I have yet to come across a book or anything either.
 
I am not a fan of Virgil Holland's books, I have not found them to be very helpfull.

There is a book called lessons from a stockdog, I forget the author but it is good.

If you are loking for a DVD or such look up http://www.theperfectstockdog.com A friend of Mine has used these videos and has had great success. The pic and sound quality is not the best but the content is very good and easy to follow. Several different videos are offered but the one titled "The Perfect Stockdog" is the most detailed and will give you the most information.

I suggest if you do not already have a solid here, and down that you get those 2 commands mastered before, advancing to herding training.
 
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think border collie.but you can train a red/blue heeler but you need to start with a very young heeler because it might die of old age before you teach it anything.sorry that wasnt nice.if you are working in pens and alleyways a heeler can be a big help where you keep the dog beside you.you need to pick the right breed of dog for the work you have to do.you can train a heeler to be an all round dog but it takes twice or three times as long.this is because some of the things that come natural to other breds have to be taught to a heeler its not bred in them. i am reffering to balance mainly (a dog getting on the other side of stock and bringing them to you.)heelers drive cattle like in alleyways that is what they are bred to do and they do it well but if there driving the wroung way your in trouble.like ben mean sayes sic um and go get the fence fixin tools. :cboy: this is a good web site i have used his methods http://www.theperfectstockdog.com get the dvd it is good.
 

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