Catching big RAM and training a two yo sheepdog
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- In this video echo and I catch a ram that refer to as a lamb but it’s a ram Hogg before doing some refresher training with echo assessing what needs to be looked at after this quite period. Then we address a little problem that we noticed
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I really loved how you said, “that’ll do” to us letting us know the video was done. We are in training as well.
I asked him a couple of weeks ago if it was habit or intentional, he said both! 😅
Reminded me of a university lecturer (psychology) who told us he’d once been trained by a class over a few weeks to always stand at one side of the room. When he moved in the ‘correct’ direction, they’d all look very interested; when he went ‘wrong’ they’d look down or away from him. Took him a while to figure out what was going on 😅
That dog is remarkable.....working in total sync with Sean
Thank you for sharing your herding videos. As a city girl, it's a glimpse of a world I have never seen before. :D
My pleasure 😊
Me too!!!😁
I'm from an agglomeration, with grandparents who had had a "farm" each with hogs, and chicken, a whole flock of geese... ("farms" in Eastern Europe are very different in scale and mechanization to the West)... But we didn't have herds, and even if some of the farmfolk had working dogs, noone controlled them properly - the master needs to keep to the rules just as much as the trainee dogs, and the cottagefolk failed to do that - unlike You. So these are also new to me! Congrats with the doggos, great work!
I see the sheep are hearing the commands too. They anticipate the dog.
The insights into how you train these dogs to work are fascinating. Echo loves his relationship with you.
Sean… you have a gigantic office.😂😂😂😂😂
“… this naughty sheep…” 😂😂 Love it!
Excellent! Thanks for explaining the different commands & how they work. It's amazing to see your dogs so eager to do their jobs, and of course please their wonderful master. It's just great. 🐏🐑
Fantastic .I dont farm but i have a 10 months old border collie .He just loves to be trained and working is in the breed .Super intelligent .My guy drops the ball in front of the other dog to rile him up to play.
Seemed like Echo wasn't aware he was between both sheep when he was driving that one towards the end. It shows how unbelievably focused they can become... blocking out something that is paramount to their success. You were right to get him redirected again, so he was BEHIND BOTH sheep... the sooner, the better.
Always, fascinating to watch you & Echo in action…..
Beyond impressive ❤🐾🐶❤️great work Echo👏👏👏
Your pups are superstars. Echo is so smart and learning real fast. Such a good bubba. Even when they are gray the skies over there are beautiful 😊
It’s so interesting to see how you maintain your dogs’ training. Echo seems so smart and follows what you say, even if it takes a moment to sink in. Are the sheep afraid of the dogs, or are they naturally suspicious? They don’t like it when Echo gets too close. And how long did you train for this? You really are good. You read the situation and call out instant commands. You have a real talent! Thanks for sharing your adventures
Fantastic! I love the "away" , "come by", "that'll do".
Great catch on the naughty ram. Fun training! Thank you.
Lol after cornering him I thought aye, now how you gonna get him inside the fence? Then he just got the heave-ho and he was safely back inside! Love how the sheep snatch a snack in between movements. Obviously they are not too stressed by the training. 😊
Sean, BC owner here in Florida, USA. No sheep to herd. Enjoy your videos because they are good reminders how to incrementally teach your dog commands and corrections. I see a lot of the rounding up instinct in my little girl, Jenna. She came from a farm in north Florida. Anyway, love the videos. Thanks for your insights.
This is such an excellent explanation of how you train your dogs😊
Love the tone in your voice. Love the way you praise the dog. I was watching another sheep herder channel the other day, and shepherd led the sheep into a handler. The dog was nipping the back legs of the last sheep, and the shepherd did nothing about it. No correction no nothing, so the dog kept biting the sheep! I know the shepherd saw it. It was outrageous. You are so much different.. You are firm and caring at the same time. You're the best.
Wow, thank you!
What a brave Echo!! Facing a big ram. !!
Impressive skills on both ends! Well done.
Thank you very much!
Fascinating. I think I can guess his favorite command. 😍
Echo Is So smart..He seems to learn Quick!! One of His amazing Skills is Blazing Speed and Endurance..I love Watching Him Run!! Thx For sharing the vids of these amazing Animals
Couldn't agree more!
Boy those 2 rams are troublemakers! 😂
Thanks for the video. It's always fun to see how Borders works. It's a pity that our border never gets the chance to do such a training. Unfortunately, we don't know of any shepherds who train dogs.
Lovely! Thanks for the fun vid and beautiful scenery.
Another fun and informative video.
Echo knows one speed…zzzzzoom! He always out runs Kate and Storm. He gets those legs going and doesn’t want to put is brakes on. Enjoyed your video tho. 💕🇺🇸
Great vlog again thanks Sean. Echo did well despite his slight error fixating on that one sheep. Stay well 🤙🏻
Glad you enjoyed it
I’m going back and watching the videos before I subscribed. I sooooo hooked. 😂
Yay! Thank you!
Your hat looks extremely warm 😊
Really good video! The sound mix was spot on between your voice-overs and the underlying video. The music is still a bit too loud in my opinion, but I do like the song you've chosen!
Awesome, thank you!
Thank you for the explanation… I’m a city sleeker. LOL!
You are very talented and patient with Echo. Love to watch. I am a new fan. do you have videos that describe how the dogs know the objectives or some info on the "art" of herding sheep
really enjoying these vids! new subscriber here
Welcome aboard!
The Shepard keepeth the 🐑 sheep. Go in peace ✌️.
love the dog
Come by means chase to the side? Fascinating commands
Good boy echo
very nice
Can you tell if any of your ewes are in lamb yet? 😍
Another great video! BTW, I’ve seen some folks use whistles to control their dogs. Question: how do you direct the dog(s) from far away?
Maybe you already told how you learned to train border collies but could you repeat it in later video? Thanks!!!
Great suggestion!
Love these videos and your beautiful, incredibly smart dogs. I wondered on this one if the sheep were thinking, "Are you done yet? We just want to graze."
So interesting. Its a dance
Nice
Interesting. 🙂
wow
Very nice Dog :)
I’m new to your channel and I’m enjoying it. I live in New York State, (not the city), it’s a farming community, but no one has sheep (cows and horses mostly, so if they do have sheep it’s only a few). It’s so important to know your animals and you do. Echo is beautiful. You did a great job. Positive reinforcement. Thank you for explaining what was going on. I appreciate knowing, and understanding what is said. I’ve watched other’s videos, but got bored, because I didn’t understand what the terms meant, or what they were doing. You did a great job explaining while keeping it interesting. I know dogs can get tunnel vision and you just had to get his mind back to you. Echo did a great job. I appreciate seeing how happy your dogs are.
And a small side note thank you for not cursing. Too many videos of farming and farmers have cursing. I won’t watch them. I only follow a few channels, because these channels that I follow are men who have integrity and keep it clean. When I hear bad language I won’t subscribe. So thank you, and yes, I’ve subscribed here.
I love Echo so much! He has so much heart and enthusiasm and joy for the job. Kate and Storm are awesome and amazing, but Echo has that “Boy Joy” which is hard to match!❤️ Thanks for sharing your life with us. I appreciate the break from my reality! 🥰
We have a 3 year old welsh border from working parents her 2 sisters went on to be workers but Faé is a pet but every day is training and small corrections she’s no where as trained as echo but her 30-40commands she nows are solid unless there’s a squirrel 🐿
Then all we’ve got 100% is recall
It’s always interesting watching your dogs work. Beautiful dogs. They say that Border Collies are the smartest breed!
I'm learning, too, to recognize what the commands mean & when he does it correctly. You can really see him improve as he gets back into training. So much energy in one little dog!
You have the compassion and patience of a true professional 🐑 herd. Echo is so keen on pleasing you and so keen to do the work. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. ❤
Hi Sean, wow the way you just hefted that sheep right over the fence. Nice. I love your videos.
So proud of Echo.. He's so smart and how he runs ..
Awesome! 👍
Thanks for sharing this with us.
Our pleasure!
Love watching these dogs work. Saw them on a farm in Ireland. So impressive. Would loved to have been born into this life..
He is doing so well! Love to watch him work as well as the girls. I could watch a video every day!
Gosh I too am so proud of Echo, silly huh! great work thank you Sean !
I hit the like button even before I started watching. I knew I was going to enjoy seeing your dog in action.
😅 When your voice is gentle Echo & I hear, "You're a MAGNIFICENT sheep dog Echo!" When your tone turns hard I think dog & I both hear, "Eh Echo...Did Your Ears FALL OFF Boy?!!!?" 😂
Great shepherd! Great dog!
Thank you very much!
I find these videos so fascinating. It’s such a world away from my life. I did some travelling in Scotland 40 years ago and would love to go back some day soon. (Mostly to taste a wee dram of some of the local stuff 😉)
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for sharing this! It is inspiring to see how you work so steadily with echo. It is interesting to see that when echo maintains the distance between himself and the sheep that the sheep respond better with herding rather than scattering. It was an enjoyable video 😊.
Is no one gonna talk about that insanely warm looking beanie style hat you’re wearing?! Lol
Yantan hat
That’s great to see you working with him.
One of my favorite videos... Loved the paces you put Echo through. (Loved your Andean-inspired musical background as well) . Very satisfying in all areas!
Sean, do the dogs ever get trained to the point where they know what to do before you say anything? Or even to the point where you can take them to a field and tell them to bring them home and they bring the flock home?
I’ve been watching you and your dogs for some time but I noticed today that I was not subscribed. So I did! I never tire of watching herding dogs. You are so patient and thorough. Echo did a good job today at correcting his bad habits.
Morning from Montreal and welcome back Sir .. MashaAllah absolutely loved your beautiful countryside lifestyle documentary and wish you all the best and good luck and always in good wealth and healthy as always .. God's willing .. keep up a great work .. TQSM from Mtl Cdn
Throwing sheep. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 A new sporting event? Reminds my of the sheep being used as balls in how to train your dragon.
"Lie down!" When Echo hears that command, he says: "I know that one, Dad!" Echo's body language and long hair remind me so much of his granny, Kate. He's doing so well, Sean.
Thank you for sharing yourself, Stacey, and the pups. You are all near and dear to my heart.🐾💚🐾💐
Thanks for you kind words
He did so very well. I enjoyed the video. Stay safe.
Of course Echo was brilliant...perhaps Echo just toyin with ya Sean, keeping ya on your toes:)
When you got hold of the ram was it at the fence I sat admiring the beauty of it's face and had roll back for your words. Your herd is small but only for now yet the quality to my unknowing eye makes it huge! One day you'll be passing quite an impressive herd to your child and I'm aiming to live long enough to see that! 🐏💥🐑💕🤗
Curious question. Are there any dangerous animals to the sheep in Scotland (do you have wolves or other animals that attack the sheep)?
Love your videos, and the dogs ! Ekko is doing great
I thought Echo was a female til you said "Good boy." When I named my Aussie/BC-my first dog-I named her Gem. My dad thought I named her Jim so I added Colleen to her name, but called her Gem the Empath because she reminded me of that alien woman on the "Star Trek" episode 'The Empath' because she 'read' our moods and health and made us feel better. She lived a little 13 years.
Definitely appreciate and like your videos.
Amazing!
I am so impressed. Awesome training, praise.
Thank you, Sean! I really enjoyed this video and I especially am fond of Echo. Thank you for showing us this slice of your life with him.
Also, I would be interested in learning more about the black sheep. They are really beautiful! I understand that they are yours. Could you tell us more about your black sheep and what makes them different from white sheep? And why did you pick the black sheep for your own flock?
Sending warm greetings to you and Stacey from Minnesota, USA.
Love these videos! Beautiful dogs, and impressive work. We once had a gorgeous "small" Border Collie who was the smartest dog ever!
Keep the videos coming!!! I love watching you, the dogs, and the sheep in Scotland! (From California.)
Such a good boy ❤
Superb Thank you
Echo is my all time favorite. He’s so intense that sometimes I think he gets all wrapped up in his head! I don’t think he forgets his training but his head gets in the way. He’s young. Age and experience will fine tune his skills.
So handsome😊
Re: your voice. My step mother is a professional vocal instructor, so when I hear the hard vowel sounds (as in “Echo” or “away”), I wonder if you are at risk for developing vocal nodes. There are exercises and other means for protecting your voice so you don’t become hoarse!!!
Now I understand why you have the trainer sheep. To keep your sheepdogs well practiced. Do you ever train other dogs or have training on site for budding shepherds? Apprentices? Just curious.
Hi Sean - do you have any videos from lambing time? It would be interesting to see. I like this video as I can see how echo responds to your praise and how you shape his behaviour
A funny thing, I see pointing dogs get too keen & too aggressive in much the same way. Same fix.
It won’t let me share the photo here, but I was going to share the pic of my 2 yr old Winston watching your video learning his Away to Me and Come By commands and importance of maintaining the distance before I take my suburbanite pup to a farm here in Ohio that lets you try out your herding dogs instincts. He deserves the opportunity. I’ve had BCs since in HS in 1980 and always extremely impressed with their intelligence, but he is the most TV indulged and obsessed one I’ve had to date. He literally hurumphed at me as I paused your video to get dessert tonight. Have to admit this is an easier approach to when I was in the field teaching my other ones the commands many long years ago, LOL! Love your videos, but have to concede that I think Winston is your biggest fan. Wish him luck as he tries it and I realize how much I’ve forgotten about running them properly! It will be fun for he and me anyway!
Sheep are so stubborn but that just amuses a collie
no sheep is gonna get the best of him😂 even if he has to listen to a two- legger to enjoy life😂😂
Interesting to watch the training session
Echo is two years old! Where does the time go! Are you happy with his progress? How long does it take to train a really good sheep dog? Thanks for the vids! I'm just a city girl and know nothing!
Dogs are great. Glad to see and hear of the different kinds od sheep. Could see more sheep if possible!
Thank you very much. Very interesting ❤❤❤❤
Another windy day !! Thanks for a great video.
Love watching your videos!
Great video thanks
This. Is. Amazing!