Step by Step Lessons

Each lesson provides clear instructions through video and detailed explanations; the lessons build your dog's understanding of how to gather livestock.

Unlimited Feedback & Lifetime Access

Your progress matters to us. Post questions, share training videos, and get personal feedback from Dawna and Megan anytime. You’ll have lifetime access, so you can revisit the course and our feedback as your dog develops.

Understand the Final Picture

A key feature of our courses is ensuring that you understand the goal of the course - what does a good gather look like?  What does this look like for your dog and your breed?  We will help you understand the final picture for you and your dog.

About the course

Dawna and Megan share their proven methods for teaching amazing gathers, developed from decades of experience training and competing with many different breeds of stockdogs.  Their teaching style combines simple, repeatable exercises with real-world demonstrations so you can clearly see what to do and how to adjust for your own dog. 

Curriculum

3 Chapters · 12 Lessons

  1. 1

    Welcome to Building The Gather - Part 1

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Welcome to the Course

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      About your Instructors

  2. 2

    Steps to Building the Gather

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      Introduction to Building Gathers Part 1

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      What You Need - Before You Can Get Great Gathers

    3. (Included in full purchase)

      Small Pen Work

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      Working in the Middle of the Pen

    5. (Included in full purchase)

      Finding Balance

    6. (Included in full purchase)

      Expanding Your Area

    7. (Included in full purchase)

      A Small Gather

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      Moving to a Small Arena

  3. 3

    Course Completion

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Next Steps for You and Your Dog

    2. (Included in full purchase)

      Course Completion - Get Your Stuff

Improve your gathers with straightforward exercises that make a real difference in your dog's understanding of the job.

Embark on a transformative learning experience in your stockdog training.

$79.00

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