Basic Skill Building Herding Class (Levels 2 and 3)

Class Day and Time: Wednedsay evenings at Dancing Hearts in Manhattan, IL.

Dates: TBD. Classes forming now and will start when enough registrations are received. Please register now, but do not take the final step of paying with your credit card. Kathy will contact you with the starting date and request payment at that time.

Pre-requisites: Dog and Handler must have Level 1 skills. Puppies at least 5 months old, and dogs of any age may participate.

Purpose/Goal: To solidly establish the basic skills of stock handling and partnership between you and your dog; and to be able to accomplish simple herding tasks both on and off line.

Course Info: This class is limited to 4 Dog/Handler Teams, ensuring personal attention and plenty of practice time. This Course builds upon the skills learned in the Beginner class as you continue to learn and practice. Dogs may be working on a line in a round pen with school sheep, handlers or coach will be using a clicker to clarify “good moves”. The line will be dropped incrementally as the teams are ready to add this new level of difficulty.

What you can expect to learn from this Course:

• Continue to teach your dog basic herding skills and cues.
• Further develop keenness, balance and obedience in your dog
• Continue to learn to read stock and how to convey effective information to your dog.
• Allowing your dog's stock sense to develop
• Gradually transitioning to a dropped line, as dogs and handlers have developed the necessary skills and partnership to stay calm and focused.

Tuition: $120 • This is a 1 hour class that runs for 4 weeks.