Today me and echo talk through and and demonstrate the commands used in herding to give everyone some more insight or help others to understand herding a little more as you watch
The best part about watching this fascinating video is how much Echo loves his job. He's really into it and you can tell he likes being an important part of the work.
Echo is a trained dog which has the instinct of herding in it's genes. It doesn't have those complex feelings about "loving his job". It's an animal. Much more fascinating is the love and the skill of that man who chose a job that not many people(or, as dog lovers would say, humans) would. Congratulations to that young man who possess the real man love and skill.
Thank you for the explanation of the commands. How interesting. Gosh it must take all your time to teach these beautiful dogs. Totally enjoyable and I love your channel ❤
Dogs that historically had a job loved doing them. It was what they were bred for, to help the community do XYZ. When we lock up working dogs in houses/apartments all day and then complain are dog is to "hyper"..... Yah if someone took away your main purpose and replaced it with nothing, you'd be stir crazy to
@@elsie900Better than sitting in a house or chained up in a tiny yard all day, doing nothing, being bored and depressed, and getting fat because the only thing they have to look forward to is a bowl of kibble.
It's not really work to the dog. The herding instinct is their modified prey drive, so they are just following their instincts. Just like a sighthound wants to chase things and chasing is not a chore, a border collie wants to herd and herding is not a chore. That's why you can't train non herding breeds to do this job and get the same results. Other breeds don't instinctively and intrinsically want to herd, so everything has to be extrinsically motivated. If you trained a non herding breed to herd it would be work and they most likely would tire of it much faster.
My grandpa got out of the sheep business in 1960 into full-time cattle. He still used the commands - sans dog - with his herds out of habit by the time I first rode with him in the late 60s. I never knew what he meant and I never asked. Thanks for explaining. I miss Grandpa now. 😢
I love that I stumbled onto your channel. I have Border Collies and herd with them " part time." I started almost 20 years ago. It is the most difficult thing I have ever done. I love the connection and partnership with my dogs. They have taught me so much. I am still blown away, and left speechless just being constantly amazed and humbled by them. My Kate turns 13 on January 2. The younger one, Cora is almost 4 yo. Thank you for your great videos. People need to see what these amaxing dogs were bred for. And yes, as you say, they love and live for their work.
I watch your videos, Sean, not just because I so enjoy your dogs - I think you are a fascinating, hardworking, and kind young man. It is abundantly clear that you love your animals and your work.
I saw your stuff in shorts. For 18yrs my best friend was Muttley a Kelpie X Dingo the colour of sand dunes in sunset. The energy he had & excitement for burning energy could never run out...even a day before his death from massive liver cancer he still wanted to go out. I had just finished security dog training the yr before I got him so I trained him in verbal & non verbal commands. He was my 1st dog & we went everywhere together & were only apart for 5 days in 18yrs. I would like to get another dog but I just can't.
I have 2 Australian Shepherd dogs. One is calm, the other is dying to herd anything and just loves any instructions, any job, any way to please ♥️ So inspiring to see Echo at work. Hope to learn bits from you to keep her from driving the neighbor horses nuts.
Beautifully responsive dog.❤ I'm so envious of handlers who use that infernal little whistle. It looks so easy, but I wore out my mouth trying to master it and finally admitted defeat. I felt like I was embarrassing my dog with my spluttering and spitting.☹️
“That’ll do it.”…is THAT why the farmer says that in the movie Babe? HOLY COW. I connected the dots after 20+ years. Never knew that was a command! Wow. Mind blown.
Merry Christmas Sean and Stacey. It's educational and entertaining watching the dogs work. It's also fun to watch the family gatherings and rest time at home.
I’m a new subscriber so this was very cool to watch and learn. You should be very proud of yourself carry on such a beautiful old tradition in your country/culture. Looks like a nice life. I can tell you work very hard at what you do. Much respect ❤️🇺🇸
I have shown your videos to so many friends, they end up loving them as much as I do. Best Holiday wishes for you, Stacy, and awesome dogs❤ from California
Thanks for the explanation, I love watching your dogs in action, they are magnificent. I enjoyed Echo rolling on his back, and he looks so clean. Thank you.
I’m new to your channel, but I’ve trained dogs before, and I am amazed at your dogs’ abilities and the intensity with which they work. Thank you for the explanation of the commands. Merry Christmas to you and your family. ❤
Все собаки хороши, в том числе беспородные, но бордер-колли - истинный бриллиант. Настоящие интеллектуалы :). Счастья и благополучия в новом году вам и вашим мохнатым друзьям.
You need to give your hair a command, "Lie down." I do feel a little lost with the whistle commands, but you did say the dogs like them. So I'm happy for that. It is so much fun watching your dogs act to your commands. I love it! Also, I was laughing at the sheep. Sometimes it looked like they were also following your command. Merry Christmas Sean, Stacy, all the animals and the subscribers.
Oh my gosh, your Echo has matured magnificently! He is so locked into your voice and has such enthusiasm for his work. I love watching your dogs work just like my Pa loved watching his Brittany Spaniels work hunting quail. Thanks for the great video, Sean. G-d's blessings on you and yours.
Love it. Thank you for explaining the commands. I've got them down now. It's fun knowing the commands and what the dogs are being asked to do. I'm a Texas city girl but really enjoy watching and understanding how you work with your sheep dogs. Beautiful.
Love love love your channel ! Echo just waiting for the next command while you are explaining to us common folks! Brings tears to my eyes. BTW, you have great hair 🙂
This is so interesting! It's not as complicated as is looks once you know what the commands mean. And the whistles being the same as the verbal commands was surprising. What a great trainer you must be!
Thank you for taking the time to produce this. We had a beautiful border collie named Roxie. She was one of the smartest dogs I have ever known. We had to be cautious with her around our granddaughters. She thought they were sheep and would try to nip and herd the kids.
It's such a thrill to watch the dogs work so well with your commands. They are incredible dog and I love watching your talent with call-outs. Keep up the amazing channel.
I love these videos! Fantastic! I've never owned a sheep dog, but I had a wonderful Gordon Setter. I know from my Gordon (Buster) that training a dog requires a ton of patience and perseverance. But, there's something genetically in these breeds as well. I'm not a hunter, but I lived in a rural area at the time I had Buster. He could sniff out anything! Pheasant. Rabbits. Snakes. Field mice. Whatever. Whenever I threw something for him to retrieve and it landed in tall grass, he had a very methodical, zig zagging method of finding the object, which he almost always did find. I didn't teach him that. He knew. Certainly your dogs have an in-built knack for herding. It's your guidance, though, that obviously brings that to the level of art. Simply, Wow!
Omg….your dogs are amazing. Voice command AND whistle. I have failed as a dog owner with training. Love your dogs, the job they do and you as a sheep man
This is my 3rd video and it answered questions I had about communication and the whistle commands. I've wondered about the whistle commands for years. Thank you for the video and information. Jennifer San Francisco Bay area USA
Thank you Sean. i am training sheep herding in The Netherlands, not with a border collie bu with a fifteen months you Welsh Corgi Cardigan, named Kit. The commands we now are training and your videos help me a lot in understanding... best, Pieter Grimbergen (august 18, 2024 Twente Diepenheim NL)
Wow, does it ever help a lot to think in terms of clockwise and counterclockwise instead of simply left and right -- what a difference that makes in my understanding! I feel like this information is automatically sinking into my psyche. This is amazing. Thank you.
Thank you for teaching ME what is happening with your comma is relative to what you want the dog to do in relation to whee the sheep are/are going. I'll watch this a couple of times to put it in my brain!
Good stuff, you have good clear diction, you cover the topics thoroughly and carefully, and you even come back and hit them again with it just to make sure.
Hi Sean and Stacy! Happy holidays! Your tutorials are always so interesting. I love how this one ram nods his head down like he’s saying “good afternoon sir” 5:58. So cute.
I just love watching the dogs work! I have a Chinook, but no sleds to pull in California. Hope to get to ancestral home Scotland, some day . Keep the videos comin'! Thanks
Just amazing! Thanks for doing this video. I have trouble understanding the commands when I’m watching. Now I’ll know. I also noticed of course, that when your dog is herding the sheep toward you, his right and left are the opposite of what yours are, so your commands need to be for his position and not yours. Just brilliant! What an asset a dog like this is to a sheep farmer, not to mention a good friend and companion.
It helps to think of the space in front of the shepherd as a clock face, with the sheep in the center, and the shepherd at 6 o'clock. (Forget the left-right concept.) "Come by" command means 'circle the sheep in a clockwise direction'. "Away" command tells the dog to circle the sheep in a 'counter-clockwise' direction. That's where you start your herding education. That way, no matter where the dog and the shepherd are positioned, the directions don't change. Clockwise/counter-clockwise are always the same. Of course once you're comfortable with that, there's a whole lot more commands for you and the dog to master, for the various ways you want to maneuver your sheep. It's quite addictive and rewarding to work as a team with your dogs to control the sheep. Mind you, it can also go WRONG in an endless variety of ways, which is not rewarding in any sense. Patience is invaluable.
I'm a "Star Trek" fan too. I named my first dog, an Aussie/BC, Gem and added (the Empath) after this tiny pup of 6 weeks showered me with kisses when my dad told me to return her to the dog shelter. He soon changed her mind when my mother fell in love with her too. Gem lived 13 years and I adopted T'Ami that summer from a farm in N.Ga. Also 6 weeks, T'Ami didn't like her Vulcan name so I renamed her Tess Siobhan. She not only herded hens, chipmunks, squirrels, geese at a park, children on bicycles, etc., shd alerted me to my high and low glucose levels by sniffing me and pawing at my handbag where she must've seen me put my glucose meter before we went out for our walkie each day. I had 3 other BCs-Tess's son-JackBNimble, his girlfriend-Little Bo Peep, and my r/w Gypsy Rose Lee. They've all gone over the Rainbow, but if I could get an older, retired BC girl who just needed loving care in her last years I would.
Your dog and you are so amazing 🤩❣️❤ absolutely enjoy you working your sheep with your dog❣️You make it look so easy, and if of course it comes with experiance and training 😮😅❤
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The best part about watching this fascinating video is how much Echo loves his job. He's really into it and you can tell he likes being an important part of the work.
no one loves their job as much as a border collie!
Prefacing this with I'm autistic, I always say that Border Collies are, themselves, autistic, and their special interest is herding.
Echo is a trained dog which has the instinct of herding in it's genes. It doesn't have those complex feelings about "loving his job". It's an animal.
Much more fascinating is the love and the skill of that man who chose a job that not many people(or, as dog lovers would say, humans) would. Congratulations to that young man who possess the real man love and skill.
Thank you for the explanation of the commands. How interesting. Gosh it must take all your time to teach these beautiful dogs. Totally enjoyable and I love your channel ❤
Dogs that historically had a job loved doing them. It was what they were bred for, to help the community do XYZ. When we lock up working dogs in houses/apartments all day and then complain are dog is to "hyper".....
Yah if someone took away your main purpose and replaced it with nothing, you'd be stir crazy to
I love Echo rolling on the grass in the background at 1:30
Can I borrow your dogs to do my taxes next year? They're smarter than my accountant.
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Idk 🤷♀️ 🤷♂️, that dog has a full time 365 days a year gig.... if you herd the sheep during tax week maybe Echo could crunch some numbers😂😂😂😂😂
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You are funny. Thank you for making me giggle
And the dog seems SO HAPPY to follow the commands! That's some fine training... and a wonderful dog.
Oh boy! I get to run in the OTHER direction now!
@@elsie900Better than sitting in a house or chained up in a tiny yard all day, doing nothing, being bored and depressed, and getting fat because the only thing they have to look forward to is a bowl of kibble.
@@shimmeringchimps38421000 % correct.
"I get to CHASE SHEEP over HERE and then OVER THERE?! YESS BOSS...I LOVE chasing the sheep!!"
Watching a handler work a well trained dog is just poetry in motion, especially if the dog is actually working and not just competing or training.
It always amazes me how these dogs are like an extension of the shepherds hands and arms. They’re so efficient. And they love working.
So fascinating to watch!
That’s why they tell you not to get one of these beautiful, super intelligent dogs as your lapdogs in an apartment! They need to work!
Literally the world’s most intelligent dog.
Shows how long the Partnerschaft dog/human has been going. Love these dogs
It's not really work to the dog. The herding instinct is their modified prey drive, so they are just following their instincts. Just like a sighthound wants to chase things and chasing is not a chore, a border collie wants to herd and herding is not a chore.
That's why you can't train non herding breeds to do this job and get the same results. Other breeds don't instinctively and intrinsically want to herd, so everything has to be extrinsically motivated. If you trained a non herding breed to herd it would be work and they most likely would tire of it much faster.
My grandpa got out of the sheep business in 1960 into full-time cattle. He still used the commands - sans dog - with his herds out of habit by the time I first rode with him in the late 60s. I never knew what he meant and I never asked. Thanks for explaining. I miss Grandpa now. 😢
I’m amazed by Echo’s speed! He just flies 🪽🪽🪽
Watching Echo rolling in the grass says he's not just a working dog, he's a playing dog too!
What gets me is how the sheep seem to know where the dog is without ever looking back.
They have peripheral vision of 320-340 degrees. Prey animal 😊
I love that I stumbled onto your channel. I have Border Collies and herd with them " part time." I started almost 20 years ago. It is the most difficult thing I have ever done. I love the connection and partnership with my dogs. They have taught me so much. I am still blown away, and left speechless just being constantly amazed and humbled by them. My Kate turns 13 on January 2. The younger one, Cora is almost 4 yo.
Thank you for your great videos. People need to see what these amaxing dogs were bred for. And yes, as you say, they love and live for their work.
Shear poetry in motion. It is fantastic to see a dog who thoroughly enjoys what it's doing ❤ and is so well trained.
Good pun! 😉
I don’t have dogs , just love watching. Amazing..
thanks for sharing your commands , now I understand what is happening when I am watching.
I watch your videos, Sean, not just because I so enjoy your dogs - I think you are a fascinating, hardworking, and kind young man. It is abundantly clear that you love your animals and your work.
Thank you Sean for the lesson on commands. Merry Christmas to you and your family including your precious dogs.
And Happy New Year now too.
You can tell the dogs love what they do. So fascinating and beautiful to see how Sean works his dogs.
I saw your stuff in shorts. For 18yrs my best friend was Muttley a Kelpie X Dingo the colour of sand dunes in sunset. The energy he had & excitement for burning energy could never run out...even a day before his death from massive liver cancer he still wanted to go out. I had just finished security dog training the yr before I got him so I trained him in verbal & non verbal commands. He was my 1st dog & we went everywhere together & were only apart for 5 days in 18yrs. I would like to get another dog but I just can't.
What a talented and engaging young man. I cannot believe what those dogs can do. Pure joy all around.
I have 2 Australian Shepherd dogs. One is calm, the other is dying to herd anything and just loves any instructions, any job, any way to please ♥️ So inspiring to see Echo at work. Hope to learn bits from you to keep her from driving the neighbor horses nuts.
Beautifully responsive dog.❤ I'm so envious of handlers who use that infernal little whistle. It looks so easy, but I wore out my mouth trying to master it and finally admitted defeat. I felt like I was embarrassing my dog with my spluttering and spitting.☹️
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I was a police K9 handler and trainer in my younger days, and let me just say you are an amazing handler with amazing dogs!!
I love the wind noise. It adds to the ambiance of the clouds and green fields.
So nice to see a dog who is bred to do this just loving it! Amazing to see a working dog in action. He’s shining and loving what he does best!
“That’ll do it.”…is THAT why the farmer says that in the movie Babe? HOLY COW. I connected the dots after 20+ years. Never knew that was a command! Wow. Mind blown.
Exactly my first thought. I've been scrolling through the comment section far too long before finding someone mentioning 'That'll do, pig!' 😂😂
I had an Australian Shepherd and her release command was "that'll do". I loved it. I knew it from herding trials.
Merry Christmas Sean and Stacey. It's educational and entertaining watching the dogs work. It's also fun to watch the family gatherings and rest time at home.
I’m a new subscriber so this was very cool to watch and learn. You should be very proud of yourself carry on such a beautiful old tradition in your country/culture. Looks like a nice life. I can tell you work very hard at what you do. Much respect ❤️🇺🇸
Remarkable to see the dog so tuned in to his master's voice.
I have shown your videos to so many friends, they end up loving them as much as I do. Best Holiday wishes for you, Stacy, and awesome dogs❤ from California
The joy Echo has while doing what he loves is so cool!🐾❤️
Thanks for the explanation, I love watching your dogs in action, they are magnificent. I enjoyed Echo rolling on his back, and he looks so clean. Thank you.
I had noticed that you sometimes say “that’ll do” when the dog isn’t finished working. I was confused by that, so I’m glad you explained it.
I’m new to your channel, but I’ve trained dogs before, and I am amazed at your dogs’ abilities and the intensity with which they work. Thank you for the explanation of the commands. Merry Christmas to you and your family. ❤
Все собаки хороши, в том числе беспородные, но бордер-колли - истинный бриллиант. Настоящие интеллектуалы :). Счастья и благополучия в новом году вам и вашим мохнатым друзьям.
This is so fascinating. Why do I half expect the sheep to lay down on command. 😂
You need to give your hair a command, "Lie down." I do feel a little lost with the whistle commands, but you did say the dogs like them. So I'm happy for that. It is so much fun watching your dogs act to your commands. I love it! Also, I was laughing at the sheep. Sometimes it looked like they were also following your command. Merry Christmas Sean, Stacy, all the animals and the subscribers.
Thank you you too
I was laughing too, imagining all the sheep lying down
@@sroberts605😂
I love your hair. Just saying.
Oh my gosh, your Echo has matured magnificently! He is so locked into your voice and has such enthusiasm for his work. I love watching your dogs work just like my Pa loved watching his Brittany Spaniels work hunting quail. Thanks for the great video, Sean. G-d's blessings on you and yours.
Love it. Thank you for explaining the commands. I've got them down now. It's fun knowing the commands and what the dogs are being asked to do. I'm a Texas city girl but really enjoy watching and understanding how you work with your sheep dogs. Beautiful.
Nothing better then watching a dog enjoy life ! These dogs absolutely love "working" beautiful to watch
I couldn't agree more. Actually, my main reason for watching herding videos is to see truly happy Collies 🥰
Love love love your channel ! Echo just waiting for the next command while you are explaining to us common folks! Brings tears to my eyes. BTW, you have great hair 🙂
So fun to watch. You have a great relationship with your dog. ❤❤❤
This is so interesting! It's not as complicated as is looks once you know what the commands mean. And the whistles being the same as the verbal commands was surprising. What a great trainer you must be!
Consistency is the key to training.🇬🇧🇬🇧
Very intelligent and articulate young man
I have a mutt whose mother was a Border Collie. I can see the same movements and motivation in her as I see in Echo. Such amazing animals.
I admire this young man how he can work with dogs
Absolutely marvellous video, great explanation of how you and your dogs work the sheep. Thank you from Janet in Australia.
Thank you for taking the time to produce this. We had a beautiful border collie named Roxie. She was one of the smartest dogs I have ever known. We had to be cautious with her around our granddaughters. She thought they were sheep and would try to nip and herd the kids.
Thank you Sean for explaining the verbal and whistle commands that was a huge help in understanding these magnificent dogs.
I like your channel because of you and your dogs… love the team work
Love watching you with your pups❣️🐾❣️ Merry Christmas to you and your family 🎄
Thank you! You too!
Thank you so much for this information. I appreciate you taking time to explain them to us “ newbies”! Love your channel and the dogs are awesome!👏 ❤
I can hear the sheep thinking
(if they could😄🤗): "we were here just some minutes ago, when will they decide where we shall be?"
Lovely dog🤩
I enjoy watching your dogs. I have a collie. He saw a sheep once in his life and he got frightened 😂
Echo did a great job of following your commands, Sean. He has learned well. I love Echo. Such a great BC. 🥰👍❤️
As a former obedience dog trainer, this is my favorite video of yours - wow!!!
Great explanation of commands and training. I enjoy your videos to witness how well your dogs respond and how talented a trainer you are. 🇨🇦
So sweet how the dogs just live for work to do!
Thank you very much for the information ❤
It's such a thrill to watch the dogs work so well with your commands. They are incredible dog and I love watching your talent with call-outs. Keep up the amazing channel.
woohoo! New upload of the sheepman, and my favorite working pups on the internet.
It's the brogue. That Ginger hair, a sweet wife and adorable dogs.
If only more people were as hard working as these dogs! Love your videos!
I love the sheep. Seems they liked performing, too!
Absolutely love all your videos! All the dogs are wonderful!
My heart yearns to dwell alongside these animals in this inspiring landscape. ❤
Nice video indeed!
I love these videos! Fantastic! I've never owned a sheep dog, but I had a wonderful Gordon Setter. I know from my Gordon (Buster) that training a dog requires a ton of patience and perseverance. But, there's something genetically in these breeds as well. I'm not a hunter, but I lived in a rural area at the time I had Buster. He could sniff out anything! Pheasant. Rabbits. Snakes. Field mice. Whatever. Whenever I threw something for him to retrieve and it landed in tall grass, he had a very methodical, zig zagging method of finding the object, which he almost always did find. I didn't teach him that. He knew. Certainly your dogs have an in-built knack for herding. It's your guidance, though, that obviously brings that to the level of art. Simply, Wow!
Smartest dogs ever! Commands are always interesting! Amazing in every aspect! You can tell Eco loves his job.
Total enjoyment. Greetings from South Florida. 🎉🎉
Sean……I cannot get enough of your videos!!! They are absolutely fascinating!!! Thank you so much and greetings from the 🇺🇸!!!!!
🐾💙🤍❤️🐾
Thank you for showing a little about the training. It's so interesting and beautiful.
Sean, Absolutely the best description of commands and whistles I have seen. Cape Cod owner of 2 BC's. All my best.
Omg….your dogs are amazing. Voice command AND whistle. I have failed as a dog owner with training. Love your dogs, the job they do and you as a sheep man
I’m new to this channel and absolutely love it! Thanks for educating us!
This is my 3rd video and it answered questions I had about communication and the whistle commands. I've wondered about the whistle commands for years.
Thank you for the video and information.
Jennifer
San Francisco Bay area
USA
Thank you Sean. i am training sheep herding in The Netherlands, not with a border collie bu with a fifteen months you Welsh Corgi Cardigan, named Kit. The commands we now are training and your videos help me a lot in understanding... best, Pieter Grimbergen (august 18, 2024 Twente Diepenheim NL)
Wow, does it ever help a lot to think in terms of clockwise and counterclockwise instead of simply left and right -- what a difference that makes in my understanding! I feel like this information is automatically sinking into my psyche. This is amazing. Thank you.
Thank you for teaching ME what is happening with your comma is relative to what you want the dog to do in relation to whee the sheep are/are going. I'll watch this a couple of times to put it in my brain!
Good stuff, you have good clear diction, you cover the topics thoroughly and carefully, and you even come back and hit them again with it just to make sure.
Very fascinating! I know we all like to watch and learn. Voice and whistles and I notice a Shepards crook, cool.
Thanks for explaining the whistle calls, too!
I love Sean's accent... Gorgeous sheep and beautiful dogs... Love them.
It’s 6 months on and I had to watch this episode again. I forgot what some commands meant. Love the team . Give them a hug from me.
Merry Christmas 🎅 to Sean, Stacey. Kate, storm and Echo. ❤ Enjoy your videos.
👍 Gr8 job, beautiful animals & those pupster are lil workhorse' 👏
Watching this dog and you working together just makes me smile. Good dog!
Give that beauty dog a huge hug and pat on head...he is so well behaved....Merry Christmas to all you and the doggies.....🎅🤶🐶🐶🐶🐶🌲
Hi Sean and Stacy! Happy holidays! Your tutorials are always so interesting. I love how this one ram nods his head down like he’s saying “good afternoon sir” 5:58. So cute.
I just love watching the dogs work! I have a Chinook, but no sleds to pull in California. Hope to get to ancestral home Scotland, some day . Keep the videos comin'! Thanks
Oh this is just a great video explaining how you train these dogs. Thanks for explaining it to us.
Just amazing! Thanks for doing this video. I have trouble understanding the commands when I’m watching. Now I’ll know. I also noticed of course, that when your dog is herding the sheep toward you, his right and left are the opposite of what yours are, so your commands need to be for his position and not yours. Just brilliant! What an asset a dog like this is to a sheep farmer, not to mention a good friend and companion.
It helps to think of the space in front of the shepherd as a clock face, with the sheep in the center, and the shepherd at 6 o'clock. (Forget the left-right concept.) "Come by" command means 'circle the sheep in a clockwise direction'. "Away" command tells the dog to circle the sheep in a 'counter-clockwise' direction. That's where you start your herding education. That way, no matter where the dog and the shepherd are positioned, the directions don't change. Clockwise/counter-clockwise are always the same. Of course once you're comfortable with that, there's a whole lot more commands for you and the dog to master, for the various ways you want to maneuver your sheep. It's quite addictive and rewarding to work as a team with your dogs to control the sheep. Mind you, it can also go WRONG in an endless variety of ways, which is not rewarding in any sense. Patience is invaluable.
Thanks for the reply. I’ll keep the clock in mind when I’m watching herding videos now.
Thanks Sean… Merry Christmas to you and Stacey and lots of love to Kate, Monty, Storm, and Echo and all of your creatures ❤❤
I love your dogs. The best dogs on RUclips, for me. Many more of clips of your excellent dogs. Live long and prosper guys. 🖖🖖🖖🖖💕 Fan from 🇺🇸
I'm a "Star Trek" fan too. I named my first dog, an Aussie/BC, Gem and added (the Empath) after this tiny pup of 6 weeks showered me with kisses when my dad told me to return her to the dog shelter. He soon changed her mind when my mother fell in love with her too. Gem lived 13 years and I adopted T'Ami that summer from a farm in N.Ga. Also 6 weeks, T'Ami didn't like her Vulcan name so I renamed her Tess Siobhan. She not only herded hens, chipmunks, squirrels, geese at a park, children on bicycles, etc., shd alerted me to my high and low glucose levels by sniffing me and pawing at my handbag where she must've seen me put my glucose meter before we went out for our walkie each day. I had 3 other BCs-Tess's son-JackBNimble, his girlfriend-Little Bo Peep, and my r/w Gypsy Rose Lee. They've all gone over the Rainbow, but if I could get an older, retired BC girl who just needed loving care in her last years I would.
You brought back one of my favorites. Merry Christmas to everyone 🎄
СПАСИБО. МОЛОДЦЫ.❤❤❤😊😊😊
Very interesting commentary! You do a beautiful job training your dogs. Thanks for sharing!
God love him, Echo is a good boy and he loves to work. ❤ He’s a special pup😊
Just amazing, thanks. Merry Christmas to you and Stacey. Love and pets to the beautiful pups❤ Loved this
Thank you for you’re time. Good teacher
Love, love, love all your videos! Thank you❤❤❤Michigan USA...blasted wind!!😅😅😅
❤ Thanks for the great explanation of the commands you use!
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Glad it was helpful!
3:30 that was so awesome seeing how you work with your dog, really an awesome team, I can tell you guys get stuff done
Your dog and you are so amazing 🤩❣️❤ absolutely enjoy you working your sheep with your dog❣️You make it look so easy, and if of course it comes with experiance and training 😮😅❤