Stock Breaking Help

[morton 5,368]

Hello folks. Can anybody in Yorkshire help me out with stock breaking my pup? All the land I have access to doesn't hold stock so I just need somewhere to give her a walk round, obviously I'm not just going to walk onto stocked land and do it myself so any help would be greatly appreciated

Cattle and sheep auctions are an handy location to get the youngster used to livestock,i used to trail around the pens every Saturday morning with saplings on a leash,then id visit land holding livestock,plenty of footpaths cut through such land.Sooner or later the youngster will have to come off the leash,not until its re-call is spot on and its shown no interest in sheep etc,would i loose the mutt.Most dogs put through this training will become stock broken,that is until they see livestock in flight,that will test the resolve of some and the training will need to account for such scenario,s,then when lambs are present the training needs reinforcing again and again and again.When im confident a sapling is stock broken i start all over and make certain.You will need to go on stocked land,permission or not,otherwise its impossible to educate a mutt,even lads without permission need to stock break their charges,well some of them,the rest are twats.

[deanflute 550]

Well that's horses ticked off the list, she didn't even bat an eyelid at them!

[trigger2 3,145]

stock breaking is a must with all dogs imo. good to see folk making the effort to get it sorted. none stock broken dogs cause nowt but hasell

 

i had a firm talking to on thursday from a farm worker about a load of sheep that have been killed by dogs local recently. luckily for me they know my dogs are stock or else i would have lost the ground to have a mooch on. although there is not much game on there its just handy for a walk out on ocassions.

[terryd 8,470]

Don't miss an opportunity even if you can't get permission keep an eye open for sheep road side and just walk on the verge or even a gateway in a hedge if there sheep there it all help. Some sheep are very flighty and go like hell when they see your dog so try not to disturb them at the moment then others don't seem so fussed. Also hand reared lambs are handy as they come up to you and the dog.

Going by me experience last year try and make sure the dog is a 110% before you finally put it to the test so hopefully it won't fail.

Edited February 1, 2015 by terryd

[Ideation 8,216]

Best thing I ever did on this front was get sheep lol.

 

Have different phases. There is a pet lamb that will come up and nibble the dog, followed by a flock of 50 to work around.

 

And if that fails there is a big f**k off ram called Boris.

 

But mountain sheep at the worst!

[BIGLURKS 874]

Funny thing I found when stock breaking is too watch out the day after they have been threw a dip any one ever had problems with this

[Guest vin]

This is also one of them situations when its great to be out with older dogs that are 110% solid with stock.. Pups also learn from example and this is one time that an older calmer dog can have a great influence on a mad puppy.

 

I walked my pup through hundreds of sheep and cattle from day one. . .I also taught her to stay off birds unless encouraged. .but it did help letting her tag along with the old dog whilst giving her more freedom to roam and hunt.

 

You should have no problems Dean with your Lola guiding the pup along. . . i'm sure you will sort it mate.