Many have inquired, 'What exactly is included in MacRae Way: Starting Young Dogs & as an experienced handler, does this course have value for me?'
We have created the attached audio and text to address your questions. Thank you for listening & enjoy the journey.
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MacRae Way: Starting Young Dogs, Podcast
Corresponding Text Below:
While this series obviously addresses a young dogs start on
sheep it holds a greater value as well.
Our objective is to not only provide key information to enable a
handler to train a young dog with a solid foundation but also provide accomplished
handlers with an understanding of the philosophy of our training system.
Our experienced dogs have great enthusiasm to
·
turn back,
·
bend, on sheep seen and unseen
·
do blind outruns
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are positive shedders.
Not just at 3 and 4 years old but at 9, 10 & sometimes
older.
For those of you unfamiliar with our open dogs you can view them
on film from various years on the final day at the US National. You’ll note
these characteristics with Nan, Ben, Bill, Star, Bear, Max, Cap and Sweep.
Successfully teaching these complex components is possible
through our training system, which we have used effectively for a combined 40
years.
Additionally, what we train in the round pen establishes the system
that we are able to call upon in later training to address issues such as:
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Confidence building,
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Pulling in or pushing out the outrun
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Holding the line on the drive,
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Helping Dogs with difficulty holding pressure,
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Helping dogs that wear excessively
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Helping dogs to hold a single
and much more.
While many of the 17 dogs that appear in the 20+ hours of total
footage are client dogs, dogs we have recently run and are currently competing
with are also featured.
Alasdair starts Zac in this segment, and in future
courses trains bends, shedding and penning with Queen and Li,
I start Nell in this course, and later introduce turnbacks and
bends with Jim and Sweep, shedding and precision work with Cap and Max and we
have lots of content on training dogs with ‘eye’ with Nap & Max.
The first course
has 4 HRs of video footage with 6 different dogs at various stages. The dogs are
markedly different in ability and temperament. 4 of the 6 pedigrees are:
Alba Lyn X Don,
McClure’s Lil X Applegate’s’ Buzz, Star X Alba Cap, Ford’s Cap X Ford’s Maddy.
Detailed
instruction is included on:
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Ensuring
a good start
·
Starting
the outrun
·
Starting
to teach flanks
·
Teaching
a lie down off sheep
·
Transferring
a lie down on sheep
·
Taking
your dog from the round pen to the arena to the 10 acre field
·
As
well as detailed discussion of our training philosophy
We include
quantifiable exercises you can replicate at home and exercises that address
specific problems such as:
·
Dogs
not covering
·
Dogs
not holding the pressure on either the left or the right
·
Dogs
not achieving balance point
·
Teaching
flanks for dogs inclined to wear
And more
The course is
delivered via live stream video and viewable 24/7 for the duration of the subscription.
In addition to viewing on your computer our product
does support HTML 5 playback on mobile operating systems such as iOS
(iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch), Android, and Windows Phone.
It is not available
as DVD or as a download.
We are extending our introductory offer through March 29 with pricing at $199 available for 8 weeks.
This production would not have been possible without the
collaboration of Kristi Oikawa and advocacy of Eileen Stineman. We are grateful
for their contribution and thankful for the tremendous support from the sheepdog
community on this project.
Thanks for listening. Enjoy the journey.
