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Phenomenal video with James Mc Gee demonstrating how he advances his dogs by putting them in difficult situations, explaining:

  • Why he doesn’t use any pens or physical objects to run his sheep into when training his dogs.
  • Why he trains his dogs to bring the sheep as close as possible to him.
  • Why he wants his flanks smooth more than square.
  • What the distance of your flanks should be on both sides.
  • What one of the biggest struggles is when training young dogs.
  • How and why he has changed his whistle commands lately.
  • Why he uses his fingers to whistle if the dog is working more than 200 yards away from him.
  • How and why he mimics an International Shed situation.
  • Why you need to be able to change the speed of your dog to have success in trialing.
  • How to grow your dog up.
  • Why the pressure usually comes in the outrun.
  • Plus loads more…..

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James Mc Gee

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James P McGee from Ballyfoley in County Donegal Ireland is one of the industry’s best sheep dog trainers. He won the 2011 World Sheep Dog trials with his dog Becca. Sheep farmer James and eight-year-old Becca are among the best-known and most successful trialists on the sheep dog circuit in recent years, having secured countless accolades, among them two Irish Nationals and high placings in International Trials.

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