Barb Buchmayer discusses & demos positive herding with Ken Ramirez of KPCT on "Live from the Ranch".

This video is an excerpt from the full broadcast of Live from the Ranch with Ken Ramirez and Kamal Fernandez on April 7th, 2022. If you are interested in watching the full 90+ minute broadcast, check it out here: bit.ly/3LUdWqP
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[@veronicaa.taborga8036]

I have the book and I just love it!!! Thank you!!!

[@tamasurusrex]

Wow, thanks for sharing! I bought the book and dropped the ball, but now I’m reinspired

[@positiveherdingdog1369]

Go girl!

[@josephineatkins8254]

Awesome stuff to have been interviewed by Ken!

[@positiveherdingdog1369]

It was an honor to be on Live from the Ranch with Ken Ramirez!

[@itsjustbree9267]

Awesome video, thank you!
I have always wanted to try herding, but there isn't a trainer in my area who I would feel comfortable going to as they are all traditional. It's a big goal of mine to get stock one day and learn herding the positive way.

[@positiveherdingdog1369]

Thanks for your interest in positive herding! If you would like to learn more, I have a book out that you might find informative: Positive Herding 101. Cheers!

[@itsjustbree9267]

@@positiveherdingdog1369 Just finished reading it a few weeks ago. Great resource!

[@positiveherdingdog1369]

@@itsjustbree9267 Fantastic! Please post a review of the book and help me spread the herd.

[@P10cwm20]

So what exactly is the benefit of treats? I mean the sheep are already a positive reinforcer themselves so why would you want to come up with another (lower value) reinforcer like treats or tug?

[@purplebordercollie7650]

I use treats and tugs to teach herding skills away from livestock. Then when I take the dog to stock they understand the herding cues. Once on stock, the cues and the stock become the reinforcers.

[@P10cwm20]

@@purplebordercollie7650 thanks for your reply. I train more traditionally but always open for other influences of course.
If I look at your videos I get the feeling that it’s almost obedience training with distractions (in this case the sheep). So what happens when the sheep are stubborn and don’t want to move?

[@susch975]

@@P10cwm20. This is my question as well. I would love to see a video or two of some dogs trained with this approach actually moving sheep. I do a lot of positive obedience and scent work training, and my dogs have a solid stop, lie down, and directional commands off livestock. But I really struggle with applying all that to sheep that are moving some place I don’t want them to go. Some discussion on transitioning to applying these commands to moving stock would be really interesting.