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David Henry helps a clinic participant with a two-year-old dog, Rooster, that has resistance walking up on stock. In this video David demonstrates:

  • How to build a dog’s confidence to walk up on stock.
  • How to let the dog tighten himself up.
  • Why he isn’t concerned about the dog over-flanking a little at this stage.
  • How and when to build excitement in the dog to come forward and become confident.
  • Why he doesn’t want to put a walk up command on this dog until he gets more confident.
  • How to use the away and come by command with your body language to build the dog’s confidence.
  • What to do if the dog gets too wide.
  • How to use the corners of the arena to help the training.
  • How to build excitement by grabbing the back leg of a sheep.
  • Why your communication energy is important.
  • How to get more push and bite.
  • The importance of not expecting to get this all in one session.
  • How to encourage forward movement and less over-flanking.
  • Why the key is rewarding the try.
  • Plus much more…

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David Henry

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David Henry lives in Meadowview, Virginia with his wife Shannon and three children. They have quarter horses, a small herd of purebred Brahman cattle as well as a flock of Katahdin sheep. The dogs started out as a hobby for David 30 years ago. He competed all over the United States in sheep dog trials for about 20 years.

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