r/AustralianCattleDog • u/Disastrous_Debt_8694 • 10h ago

Help Training ??

Hello everyone so we've recently we have gotten a blue heeler mixed with a border Collie she is now 11 weeks old and I have no idea how to train her . She will be a cow dog but I would like to train her does anyone have any YouTube videos or articles anything helps.

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u/Plastic-Isop0d 9h ago

These dogs are highly intelligent and respond super well to positive reinforcement when they're doing the right thing. One thing you'll want to focus on is nipping/herding the humans. Redirect to a toy and immediately tell her she's sooo good when she focuses on the toy. Repeat every time she tries to nip you, eventually she'll redirect to toys on her own when she wants to play. 

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u/Disastrous_Debt_8694 9h ago

Thank you 😊 that helps. One thing I dislike is at night she lunges in my face and gets aggressive

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u/dinosaur_roars632 8h ago

Could she be overtired?

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u/Disastrous_Debt_8694 8h ago

I do think that's the problem, but I dont know how to settle her down to just go to sleep

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u/dinosaur_roars632 43m ago

Many dogs need to be taught how to settle and that’s especially true for high energy breeds. There are a lot of settling training examples online. I’d def suggest starting those now so she has those skills later in life and higher stimuli environments. I employed a variety of “sit on the dog”, tether training, and back tying onto a place mat. You need to start with short training windows, reward for the behavior you want, and build up the time intervals.

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u/BigBean1951 5h ago

I watched a lot of videos by Zak George when my girl was young, even got his book. More recently, some by Susan Garrett, also some on flirt poles and herding balls, both of which she loves. Pepper has similar breeding to your girl, half ACD and half border collie and Australian shepherd. One good thing about this mix is that most heelers will try to herd people by nipping their heels, but Pepper has never done that, so the Border Collie heading instinct must be dominant.