What a great time! My Aussie is 5 and turns out it wasn’t for him! We brought him in and had a great experience. Unfortunately he didn’t have all the “tells” of being interested in herding but we learned a bunch about herding. Met great people. Our dog was just more interested in playing with other dogs or the people to car about livestock ? would definitely recommend taking your herding dog at least once! The trainer was patient and very knowledgeable.
December 2024
I have a working line GSD I originally wanted to do IGP with but I felt like she had more interested in herding. I was recommended this place by my breeder and I was blown away with how fun the initial experience (instinct test) was. Everyone there is knowledgeable about herding as they've got years of experience. My instructor/coach/mentor is Rich. He's the GSD guy and he's help me improve my relationship with my dog so much. Her obedience is a lot stronger and our relationship has blossomed. They also host trials every quarter and we managed to title this past October.
I would say although my experience was really good, not every herding... read full review
February 2024
We took our 3 year old Blue Heeler Izzy, for an instinct test last weekend and she had an amazing experience. We are already signed up for future herd training. If you read the bad reviews, they always involve the fact that their dog was mistreated or physically touched. I paid very careful attention to all trainers I could see and the worst thing I saw occurred to my own dog, and all the trainer did was take her guide stick and push her away from the herd (which has a huge orange juice bottle over the end of the stick to blunt the end). She was attempting to bite a lone sheep and the trainer is there to protect them as well as train the dog. Additionally, we were... read full review
What a great time! My Aussie is 5 and turns out it wasn’t for him! We brought him in and had a great experience. Unfortunately he didn’t have all the “tells” of being interested in herding but we learned a bunch about herding. Met great people. Our dog was just more interested in playing with other dogs or the people to car about livestock ? would definitely recommend taking your herding dog at least once! The trainer was patient and very knowledgeable.
I have a working line GSD I originally wanted to do IGP with but I felt like she had more interested in herding. I was recommended this place by my breeder and I was blown away with how fun the initial experience (instinct test) was. Everyone there is knowledgeable about herding as they've got years of experience. My instructor/coach/mentor is Rich. He's the GSD guy and he's help me improve my relationship with my dog so much. Her obedience is a lot stronger and our relationship has blossomed. They also host trials every quarter and we managed to title this past October.
I would say although my experience was really good, not every herding... read full review
We took our 3 year old Blue Heeler Izzy, for an instinct test last weekend and she had an amazing experience. We are already signed up for future herd training. If you read the bad reviews, they always involve the fact that their dog was mistreated or physically touched. I paid very careful attention to all trainers I could see and the worst thing I saw occurred to my own dog, and all the trainer did was take her guide stick and push her away from the herd (which has a huge orange juice bottle over the end of the stick to blunt the end). She was attempting to bite a lone sheep and the trainer is there to protect them as well as train the dog. Additionally, we were... read full review