Help finding herding instinct test locations or site
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| Two groups that I know of to try are AHBA (American Herding Breed Association) at http://www.ahba-herding.org/
and ASCA (Australian Shepherd Club of America) at http://www.asca.org/Programs+/Stockdog Both have events for all herding breeds and some working breeds. I have tested through AHBA, and our herding instructor is an ASCA judge. Good luck!!! |
| so do I just contact them and ask when and where there is an instinct test? |
OES4ever wrote: so do I just contact them and ask when and where there is an instinct test?
Yes. I didn't look, but maybe the sites list upcoming tests, or at least a list of clubs or chapters. Pick one near you. You may have to drive a bit. I was lucky and I had one just 45 min away. The next nearest is over 2 hrs away. |
| Taken from a previous post on this subject:
Quote: Debra Lehr is active in herding in Northern Calif.
She is in Wilton Calif. Pam Henry at Blue Mountain Kennels is in Santa Rosa. She may be a good place to start looking as well. Not sure if this is anywhere near you. Good Luck!! |
| I did contact the AHBA directly and they told me of someone in Pacifica CA which is 20 minutes away who does training. I also looked on their website and looked for herding trials because apparently they do instinct tests at most of their trials but the next ones are both in october but all the way in LA and I just cant drive 7 hours to get there on such short notice with work and all. I think I am going to have to forgo on the herding and maybe do something else.
I am thinking of doing agility with my girl when she is up to par on obedience so maybe next fall and doing rally with my boy because he isnt coordinated enough for agility but is pretty good with excersizes and individual challenges. we will see where we go from here. I really wanted to do conformation but since they are both altered that went out the window a long time ago. |
agility will not hurt with herding. we do both and the basic obedience is the basis for everything really. Any of these activities help to establish a better bond between you and your dog which is really what it is all about anyway - face it if you wanted to just get ribbons you would buy a border collie -  (no offense to BC owners - really I mean it)
try contacting the person directly who is 20 minutes from you - they may know of something that isn't on their website. Herding is great fun - a lot of work and I think it is good for the OES to do what they are bred to do. the good news is it takes years to get good at it so it is not really a young dog only activity and you can start when you can find the right instructor. |
kerry wrote: agility will not hurt with herding. we do both and the basic obedience is the basis for everything really. Any of these activities help to establish a better bond between you and your dog which is really what it is all about anyway - face it if you wanted to just get ribbons you would buy a border collie -
(no offense to BC owners - really I mean it)try contacting the person directly who is 20 minutes from you - they may know of something that isn't on their website. Herding is great fun - a lot of work and I think it is good for the OES to do what they are bred to do. the good news is it takes years to get good at it so it is not really a young dog only activity and you can start when you can find the right instructor. I agree. Ollie didn't start herding classes until he was about 5 yrs old. He already did all the other stuff - obedience, some conformation as well as being a therapy dog. Granted, we had sheep, so at least he was exposed to them daily. BUT, I knew nothing about working a herding breed dog - not a thing! It was great to get in a class and start learning about herding. I do admit, after years of acting the part of the dog working the sheep, it took considerable restraint to stop and let my dog learn how to do it!  |
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