Working Sheep Dogs: A Practical Guide to Breeding, Training and Handling (Landlinks Press)

Description

Written from the perspective of the professional Australian stockman, this book examines and illuminates every aspect of the high-quality working dog, and will become the definitive work on the subject. "Working Sheep Dogs" provides a comprehensive and detailed discussion of the principles behind the training of working dogs. It reveals little known methods and secrets for training and handling dogs in the most effortless manner and contains the first and only comprehensive breakdown and analysis of the instincts of the working dog and goes on to discuss various principles and methods of their breeding. Also included are chapters on sheep-dog trials and their judging methods and shortcomings, and why and how these need to be modified in order to encourage the breeding of better dogs. The book is divided into six major sections covering the instincts and abilities of the working dog, breeding, principles of training and control, methods of training, handling livestock, sheep dog trials and their judging.