The following must be used before each lesson until the dog and you are both ready to advance from kraal work.

·         Starting each lesson with the following

o   Controlled walk to gate. Open the gate while dog remains in a down stay. Walk through gate recall and down the dog. Close the gate.

Just follow these lessons 1-5

This lesson is always on leash. In a small kraal with 5-8 sheep.

·         Step 1 – Place dog on your left hand side. With you, the handler between the dog and the sheep.

·         Step 2 – Move in a circle around the sheep keeping yourself between dog and the sheep.  While doing this movement repeat the command "Left".

·         Step 3 – When this movement goes smoothly.  Down the dog. So that the dog faces the sheep.

·         Step 4 – Wait at least a half a minute.

·         Step 5 – Repeat the steps 1-4 until the dog understands and moves freely to the left on command.

·         Step 6 -  Recall the dog. Take a controlled walk to the gate.  Open the gate while dog remains in a down stay. Walk through gate, recall and down the dog. Close the gate. 

·         NB: Do not allow dog to run freely back to the sheep or house, after the lesson. Rather place the dog in a kennel or safe place where the dog can rest for at least a half an hour, away from the sheep.

·         Step 1 – Place dog on your right hand side. With you, the handler between the dog and the sheep.

·         Step 2 – Move in a circle around the sheep keeping yourself between dog and the sheep. While doing this movement repeat the command "Right".

·         Step 3 – When this movement goes smoothly.  Down the dog. So that the dog faces the sheep.

·         Step 4 – Wait at least a half a minute.

·         Step 5 – Repeat the steps 1-4 until the dog understands and moves freely to the right on command.

·         Step 6 -  Recall the dog. Take a controlled walk to gate.  Open the gate while dog remains in a down stay. Walk through gate, recall and down the dog. Close the gate. 

·         NB: Do not allow dog to run freely back to the sheep or house, after the lesson. Rather place the dog in a kennel or safe place where the dog can rest for at least a half an hour, away from the sheep.

This lesson begins on leash. In a small kraal with 5-8 sheep.

·         Step 1- Repeat lesson 1 twice,

o   Place dog on your left hand side. With you, the handler between the dog and the sheep. Move in a circle around the sheep keeping you between dog and the sheep. Down the dog. So that the dog faces the sheep. Repeat this twice.

·         Step 2 –Change direction. Repeat this movement twice.

o   Place dog on your right hand side. With you, the handler between the dog and the sheep. Move in a circle around the sheep keeping you between dog and the sheep. Down the dog. So that the dog faces the sheep. Repeat this twice.

·         Step 3 – When the dog does both sides smoothly on the leash, down the dog. So that the dog faces the sheep.

·         Step 4 – Place dog in a down stay.

·         Step 5 – You as handler must move quickly around the sheep while dog remains in down stay. Now the sheep are between you and the dog.

·         Step 6 – Go back towards the dog, while the dog remains in a down stay.

·         Step 7 – Remove the leash.

·         Step 8 – Place the dog on your right hand side. Give the dog the command to go right.

·         Step 9 – Maneuver yourself that the dog stays on the opposite side of the sheep.

·         Step 10 - When the dog tries to come to you, move in the opposite direction.  This movement is called the elementary balance, the first fundamental stone in bringing.

·         Step 11 - Once you get the dog to circle the sheep opposite you, down the dog. Take a couple of steps backwards while you encourage the dog to bring the sheep towards you.

·         Step 12 – You need to do this exercise till you both are proficient in it. To send the dog to the left and right around the sheep. The more you practise it the greater the rewards, and the more confident your dog will become . This is the very fundamental beginning of the bring.

·         Step 13- Take a controlled walk to gate.  Open the gate while dog remains in a down stay. Walk through gate recall and down the dog. Close the gate. 

·         NB: Do not allow dog to run freely back to the sheep or house, after the lesson. Rather place it in a kennel or safe place where the dog can rest for at least a half an hour, away from the sheep.

·        Step 1- Down the dog a couple of steps away, send the dog to either the left or the right around the sheep till the dog comes behind in opposite you. At this stage the sheep are between you and the dog. Encourage your dog to bring the sheep in a slow steady pace for at least ten steps.

·        Step 2- Once your dog fully understands this, allow the dog to bring the sheep into a bigger kraal.

·        Step 3 - Down the dog. Send your dog either left or right while you are standing in the enterance of the kraal. Let the dog bring back the sheep into the smaller kraal.

·        Step 4 -Down the dog. Do steps 2-3 until the dog can handle the sheep contolled and steady in and out of the kraal.

Repeat this lesson at least 20 times.

·         Step 5 - Take a controlled walk to gate.  Open the gate while dog remains in a down stay. Walk through gate recall and down the dog. Close the gate. 

·         NB: Do not allow dog to run freely back to the sheep or house, after the lesson. Rather place it in a kennel or safe place where the dog can rest for at least a half an hour, away from the sheep.

 This exercise must be done in a quiet confident way.

• Step 1-  Let the dog bring the sheep from the kraal into the race area.  
• Step 2- Send the dog round the sheep while you are standing at the enterance of the race.
• Step 3- Down the dog behind the sheep. Stand to the one side of the race enterance. Allow dog now to bring sheep towards you.
• Step 4- Down the dog.Place yourself in such a way so that you can help the dog to funnel the sheep into the race.
• Step 5- As soon as the last sheep enters the race, down the dog.
• Step 6- Open the exit of the race. Go back to the dog.
• Step 7- Place yourself next to the dog, on the outside of the race.
• Step 8- Give the command "Walk on" simultaneously walking with your dog to drive the sheep out of the race.
• Step 9- As soon as the last sheep exits the race, down the dog.
• Step 10- Repeat the lesson until the dog understands the lesson and works through the race confindently.
• Step 11-Take a controlled walk to gate. Open gate while dog remains in a down stay. Walk through the gate, recall and down the dog. Close the gate.
• NB: Do not allow the dog to run freely back to the sheep or house, after the lesson. Rather place the dog in a kennel or safe place where the dog can rest for at least a half an hour, away from the sheep.