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Living with Border Collies
This course is about learning to teach Lifeskills:
➤ The Essential Boring Walk: learning to have a conversation and walk together side-by-side.
➤ The Art of Standing with Stillness: giving your Collie time to assess and absorb the mysteries they cannot understand.
➤ That Will Do: time to stand down, take a break and learn to relax.
➤ Wrong Sheep: learning which Sheep to work, which sheep to leave to run up trees and which sheep will never be stopped.
There is NO REASON why a dog whose entire parentage over many generations only knew life in a shed with irregular or seasonal events cannot enjoy an urban life with people, but we do need to make allowances and adjust routines to not let their Issues, or Reasons for Living, go beyond a healthy enjoyment.
Sadly modern media has bloomed more misinformation by labelling the dogs as freaky, obsessive or addicted. Generic solutions that pool all herding breeds as equal disregard the need for the Collie to exhibit their natural instinct.
Living with a Collie is both a privilege and experience that brings tremendous pleasure when learning together and not in opposition. They are amazing dogs with a generous passion to work with people and fulfil their role as the Other Half, whatever that job may be.
£175
20% Discount for setter members
10% discount for Flock Members
Setter Membership ➤
Includes access to all the library courses
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Format of the Course
Live Sessions will be recorded and held Wednesday mornings at 12pm (UK) 1100 GMT/UTC. Course material will be accessible for four weeks after the course completion.
Reading material will be available, alongside videos, forums and a weekly live discussions covering specific topics.
If you are enthusiastic about learning, developing and building your professional development you will be very welcome.
Attendance Certificate will be available for active participation: joining the live sessions, questions, contribution to forum discussions, sharing their own learning and videos etc.
“I can’t thank you enough for the wealth of information I gained from this course!”
“The most rewarding aspect is witnessing how you can achieve positive behavioral changes when focusing on the concepts and principals.”
“I thoroughly enjoyed the course, and I love the active participation, as with all your courses. The more I contribute, the more I learn. ”