getherdy.ca - for the love of herding dogs

With many years owning, living with, rescuing and breeding border collies, this site has been established to celebrate herding dogs, especially border collies.

Coming soon -

- info on education (clinics, training, seminars)

- resources for herding dog owners

- listings for trials, rescues, breeders and more.

resources

This is a reading/watching/listening list on herding training/border collies and other stock dogs that I have compiled over the years. It is by no means complete. Always open to more suggestions email tara@getherdy.

Books

A Breed Apart (3 books) by Carol Price Secrets of the Working Mind / Essential Life Skills & Learning/ Behavior:Insights, Issues and Solutions
Collie Psychology by Carol Price
Training Border Collies by Barbara Sykes
The Natural Way - Sheepdog training using the dog's own language by Julie Hill (also DVD)
Positive Herding 101: Dog-friendly training by Barbara Buchmayer, Sally Adam
76 Exercises to Improve Your Stockwork by Kelly Malone
Herding Dogs: Progressive Training by Vergil S. Holland, Wait Jagger
Border Collie by Carol Price
Stockdog Savvy by Jeanne Joy Hartnagle-Taylor, Ty Taylor
Sheepdog Training and Trials: A Complete Guide for Border Collie Handlers and Enthusiasts
by Nij Vyas
Shepherd Insulation by Iain Thompson
Talking Sheepdogs by Derek Scrimgeour
One Man and His Dog by Phillip Drabble
Training the Sheep Dog by Thomas Longton, Barbara Sykes
The Last Shepherds by Charles Bowden
Dancing with Sheepdogs by Lorna McMaster
Top Trainers Talk about Starting a Sheepdog: Training a Border Collie on Sheep and other Livestock edited by Sally Malloy and Heather L. Nadleman
A Shepherd's Watch: Through the Seasons with One Man and his Dogs by David Kennard
Eminent Dogs Dangerous Men: Searching through Scotland for a Border Collie by Donald McCaig
Lessons from a Sheepdog by Phillip Keller
Nop's Trials by Donald McCaig
Nop's Hope by Donald McCaig
The World of Sheepdogs by Angie Driscoll
The World of Sheepdogs Through the Lens by Angie Driscoll
The Dog Wars by Donald McCaig
A Useful Dog by Donald McCaig
Mr. and Mrs. Dog: Our Travels, Trials, Adventures, and Epiphanies by Donald McCaig Lessons from a Stock Dog by Bruce Fogt
Teaching the Rules of the Hunt by Dawna Sims, Cathy Sumeracki
From the Handler's Post: Competitive Strategies and Training Tips for Sheepdog Trialing by Vergil Holland
Farm Dogs: A Comprehensive Breed Guide to 93 Guardians, Herders, Terriers, and Other Canine Working Partners by Janet Vorwald Dohner
' S' for Sheepdog Gwyn Jones, Penmachno's 'ABC' of Sheepdog Training and Handling by Sue Main
Think Like AS heepdog Trainer: A Guide to Raising and Training a Herding Dog by Kay Stephens and Beth Kerber