No better way to introduce and welcome Joni Tietjen to the Dog Training Online team of trainers than to have her explain her first stage starting pen and ideas she has about starting dogs.
In this video she walks us through:
- her choice of pen size
- the issues with too big or too small pens
- pen shape
- preparing for the next pen
- taking change of directions on the fly
- teaching steady
- how to use a corner to teach a young dog to cover stock
- developing a support system for the dog
- how to not flag too much
- not to apply pressure unless the dog is wrong
- keeping a dog happy and quick and so much more...
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