How to Train a Cattle Dog

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Ty Brown with dogbehavioronline.com. We're here in Riverton, Utah today talking about how to train a dog. The topic for today is how to train a cattle dog. Now if you're looking to train a cattle dog, the first thing you need to do is focus on picking the right puppy. Not every dog, obviously, is capable of being trained as a cattle dog and so it's very important that you pick a puppy that's going to have the natural drives and the natural abilities in order to do that. So when you're picking your puppy, make sure that you observe the mother and the father. And if you can, try to see them working on cattle themselves. If you have a mother that's good at working cattle, you've got a good chance of having a puppy that's going to turn out as a good cattle dog as well. The second thing you want to do is have that puppy start working around older, seasoned dogs, dogs that know what they're doing when it comes to working cattle. The third thing you want, you're going to want to do is make sure that that puppy and that young dog is working around younger animals. You don't want to put a young puppy in with a mother cow because then there's likelihood that that dog would get hurt. And so those are a few tips for training your cattle dog. If you need some more information on how to train a cattle dog, contact us at dogbehavioronline.com."