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<blockquote data-quote="ladycrofter" data-source="post: 8548170" data-attributes="member: 616"><p>The pup should know you're its friend. It will certainly be yours. Never say NO, just "tsk" to correct. Plenty of "good boy/girl" even when the job's not quite right. Confidence is the key to learning. Set up training exercises so the dog can't fail. E.g. early on have it put sheep where they want to go anyway.</p><p></p><p>Failure is always the fault of the human, not the dog. Failure to anticipate, failure to see from the dog's eye level, failure to overestimate what the pup can figure out, failure to appreciate the limit of the pup's field of vision when driving sheep, failure to know when to stop and call it quits for the session, and also failure to determine what the training sheep will do and where they'll go. Plus plenty more.</p><p>Keep that in mind and the two of you will succeed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ladycrofter, post: 8548170, member: 616"] The pup should know you're its friend. It will certainly be yours. Never say NO, just "tsk" to correct. Plenty of "good boy/girl" even when the job's not quite right. Confidence is the key to learning. Set up training exercises so the dog can't fail. E.g. early on have it put sheep where they want to go anyway. Failure is always the fault of the human, not the dog. Failure to anticipate, failure to see from the dog's eye level, failure to overestimate what the pup can figure out, failure to appreciate the limit of the pup's field of vision when driving sheep, failure to know when to stop and call it quits for the session, and also failure to determine what the training sheep will do and where they'll go. Plus plenty more. Keep that in mind and the two of you will succeed. [/QUOTE]
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