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Herding Boot Camp
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Instruction
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Basic Obedience Class

Polishing For Sparkling Herding Trials

A clinic for novice, intermediate, and advanced herding students.

2026

with Carolyn Wilki, Sponsored by SBHO

FMI: TELEPHONE — (610) 674-0160

 

List 2 behaviors you want to polish for herding trialing. Carolyn will suggest solutions, map out a training strategy and help you to put it into practice. The clinic will feature supervised instruction, as well as the opportunity to practice on your own.

This clinic is geared for polishing specific herding techniques that are judged at trials. Typical problems addressed at this clinic will focus on trialing issues and trialing goals—outruns, gates, penning, driving, shedding, fetching, holding livestock, bordering on a road, bordering during grazing, placement, changing sides, traffic, bridge, etc., reading sheep, reading your course topography, reading your judge, trialing preparation, trial warm-up, gate protocol, trialing strategy for various situations.

Polishing For Sparkling Herding Trials
Clinic Dates 2026 (recent)