Border Collies not only serve as guardians of livestock, but are also responsible for transporting cattle and sheep to the market for trading. They are rare and indispensable assistants for farmers. With the development of history, border collie training has gradually attracted the attention of the royal families of various countries, so that the upper class and ordinary people have gradually raised it as a reward dog. So how should we train Border Collies? What are the training methods? What matters need to be paid attention to? Let’s learn more with the editor today.

Border Collie training methods:

1: When the young Border Collie has accepted and become accustomed to the collar and leash, you can start this exercise: move quickly in a short period of time, and try to focus the Border Collie's attention in the process. force. It's best to hold a toy in your hand and play with the dog for a while after a quick move, preferably not the same old tricks. In the game, only some short command training can be carried out to prevent your Border Collie from getting bored with this training.

2: As the dog continues to progress in training, it can be further instilled with directional command words. There should be a fixed command for the dog running in each direction. For example, "here" means turning to the right, and "come back" means turning to the left. Please note: this should be completely separate from the definition of "right" and "left". When you first start teaching your dog to perform simple turning training, be sure not to complicate the command so that it is confused about the direction. You can also add commands in the opposite direction later.

3: In a competition that tests comprehensive ability, all turns are completed while moving quickly, which requires participating dogs to respond quite sensitively to each turn command. Therefore, it is necessary to focus all the attention of the racing dog during the entire process, and the training of the turning command must be completed in an instant.

4: Don’t try to make the dog stare at the handler during comprehensive training. A real racing dog should look at the direction it is heading. These step drills will come in handy when crossing obstacles in future training games.

5: When starting training, don’t rush to let him stand at the front of the grooming table. You can place food in front of his mouth, let him stretch his neck forward, drive his body forward, and guide him to place his front feet on the front of the grooming table. , let him stand quietly with his eyes level with the food in your right hand. You can adjust the stance of his hind legs with your left hand. After he stands in a good posture, you can reward him with food.

6: During the training process, you can use words to encourage him and give commands. I will give the "Stay" command when asking him to look at the food. The time his attention stays on the food will be fromStart slowly increasing after 2-3 seconds. The training time should not exceed 10 minutes each time, and he will be happy to play such games with you.