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Kelpies do not work well if forced
to do things, I recommend you train them with positive reinforcement
and find an obedience club who trains using positive methods only. I
often use a clicker to train my dogs - a search on the Internet will
give you lots of information on clicker training.
My puppies start their obedience
training early - they learn to come back when called, and to walk
nicely on a lead before they are 8 weeks old, ie your Callicoma kelpie
will have already learned these things before you get him or her.
I then take puppies I am keeping
(and other Callicoma puppies if they are still here after 8 weeks old)
to puppy preschool at 8 weeks and to obedience classes at 14 weeks
old. Even if I do not trial a dog in obedience, they are all obedience
trained to a level that makes them nice dogs to live with.
(L to
R) Callicoma Jazzabell ADX JD SPDX, Aus Ch. Callicoma Pinot Noir,
Callicoma The
Tempest ADM JDM ET PT JDO ADO GDX SPDX AAD, Aus Ch Callicoma Lyric HT,
Callicoma
Allegro
AAC ADM ADO JDX JDO SDX SPD GD,
Dual Champion (T) Callicoma Capella
CDX ADX JDM
ADO JDO GDX
SPDX SD HT ET EJC EGC EAC,
Callicoma Verdelho AD JD HT ET,
Callicoma Quickstep CCD AD (12 weeks old) had no
problems with obedience when we all met up recently and asked our dogs
to stay for a family photo. |
