Many locals love their dogs and Sheep Herding For City Dogs and John’s unique approach to communicating with dogs have recently moved to Kandanga from Peachester to help local dog owners needing assistance managing their smart, highly intelligent, and energetic dogs.
Coming to the local community, they will be offering group sessions limited to 3 dogs per ses- sion, One-on-one sessions and private demon- strations for small local community groups and tourist buses.
Sheep Herding For City Dogs gives an outlet for city and suburban working dogs to do what they were bred to do.
Sheep herding also helps create a better rela- tionship with your dog by reducing bad behav- iours, whilst building trust and respect.
According to Kate and John from Sheep Herd- ing For City Dogs, with current TV programs popularising working dogs there is a significant increase in people taking on these breeds, often in less-than-ideal properties.
They are now sadly being asked to take on a family pet working dog at least once a month as owners cannot manage their dog’s problem be- haviours that have developed through boredom.
John’s approach helps owners to better com- municate, understand and reduce issues with these working breeds and so owners can have a happier family life.
“Learning from my own pack of dogs and their body language inspires and drives me to help others better connect with their dogs,“ said Kate.
“Dog’s behaviours are misunderstood much
of the time.
“Problematic behaviours are usually created
by owners not understanding the dog’s instinc- tive nature.
“It is dog owners that need help to reduce is- sues by better understanding their dog, rather than the dog needing help to fix its bad behav- iour.“
Bringing this service to the local community, they said they are driven by a combination of both love for dogs and also desire to help others.
“As mentioned, the numbers of working dogs we are being asked to rehome is sadly signifi- cant,“ said Kate.
“Many people, particularly during COVID or after watching the recent working dog TV shows have taken on the responsibility, but without re- alising the commitment and input they will need to make on a daily basis to fulfill the dog’s needs.
“Learning and understanding the behaviours of my own pack’s body language inspires me to help others have better relationships with their dogs.
“Owners generally try to communicate with their dog using human language, human in- stinct, and human emotion which does not work, as a dog’s language is body language.
“As a result of knowing how dogs communi- cate, I teach people how to communicate back with body language that dogs understand.“
Sheep Herding for City Dogs have also re- cently been featured on The Dog Pod Cast, and Better Homes and Gardens last year with Dr Harry. The episode was rerun last week as a part of the end of year favourite segments.
