Team SheepBalls®
Mentorship Programme
Team SheepBalls® is group of specialists that can provide support, practical work and recommendations to People With Collies and collie-cousins.
Applications to join the Team SheepBalls® are now open to begin in Jan 2025. Please get in touch for application and more details: Email: Kay
First Year: £1475, continuation of Membership is £160 annually, which includes Flock of Collies.
This is a 12 month course which covers:
➤ Learning more about what is happening and why; the Collie Brain; prevention of extreme responses. Why the standard labels and protocols seem to fail with Collies.
➤ Fine details in management techniques that make a significant difference to the quality of life for both people and Collies living together. Coaching individual owners to teach these skills and the value of the learning.
➤ Developing observation and analysis skills and teaching the essentials of the Pet Brain Repertoire; a Sheepballs® Games; a range of activities; learning and concepts to balance life for the Collies.
➤ Building healthy lifestyle for Collies through restorative rest, handling, husbandry, nutrition and every day activities. Make plans for a long-term lifestyle. Strategies for dogs that are selecting the Wrong Sheep as outlets.
➤ An understanding of the Working Dogs, their training and use of inherited skills and intelligence.
This includes particpation in:
➤ Introduction to Working With Border Collies and Working Sheepdogs. 6 week course.
➤ Games for Collies: learning SheepBalls®, Mouse, Sheep to Market, designed to bring out the best in a Collie. 8 week course.
➤ Teach the practical skills of the essential Pet Brain Repertoire for Collie Brain management. 6 week course.
➤ Lifeskills for Collies: including Boring Walks, Resting, Diets, a range of rewards for a Collie Brain that contribute to healthier balance. 6 week course.
➤ Setter and Flock Membership: access to the Workbooks and Flock material for 12 months.
Over the course there will be recorded Live sessions every 2 weeks on a Tuesday morning at 11am (1100 GMT/UTC) to discuss progress, case studies and teaching/coaching skills.
There are never enough homes for these working guys so the overspill flows into our front rooms. 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.
There is a flood of myths created around these dogs, some in admiration, some in denigration – but those are people who don’t understand a Collie. 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. We need more people who can help People With Collies benefit from the right sort of support.
Membership is for 12 months and suitable for those who are just beginning or those already in the business who have recognised they need to upgrade their skills and understanding. There will be permanent access to the group forums where complex cases and a growing list of activities that make a Collie’s heart sing will be maintained.
Ongoing membership is expected for those who want to be recommended as Team SheepBalls®.
First Year: £1475, continuation of Membership is £160 annually, which includes Flock of Collies.
