The Complete Path from First Focus Games to Working Around Stock
The Essential Foundation for Your Stockdog
Three courses. One complete foundation. Build the relationship, the commands, and the impulse control that make real stock work possible — in the order they need to happen. Save $57 when you get all three together.
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Why the Order Matters
Most handlers struggle on stock because they skipped the foundation or tried to move too fast. A dog can't reliably listen around sheep if the basics aren't already second nature. Before your dog can work stock with confidence, they need a strong relationship with you, clear communication, and a solid understanding of the fundamentals.
This bundle takes you through the foundation skills in the right order, helping you build trust, confidence, and teamwork every step of the way. When it's time to introduce stock, you'll have a dog that's ready to listen, learn, and succeed—saving you time, frustration, and the need to fix problems later.
What's Inside the Bundle
Course 1 — Building Connection
Foundations for Stock Work
Start here. Short daily games that make you the most interesting thing in your dog's world. Focus, engagement, recalls, impulse control, and early pole work — all before your dog ever sees stock. Works for any age dog. No stock required.
Course 2 — Ground Work Level 1
Commands and Impulse Control
Build the commands and body awareness your dog needs for stock work. Leash pressure, stand-stop, advanced recalls, and proofing everything with distractions. Our approach is tailored to what you need once you start working — these aren't just obedience exercises. No stock required.
Course 3 — Ground Work Level 2
Skills Around and With Stock
Now prove it with livestock in the picture. Every skill from the first two courses gets layered into real stock situations — penned stock, alleyways, and eventually loose stock. Pressure-and-release, "that'll do," walk up, and distance control. Access to livestock required.
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Individual Courses
$387
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- Building Connection — $129
- Ground Work Level 1 — $129
- Ground Work Level 2 — $129
What You Get
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Built by Handlers Who've Trained Hundreds of Stockdogs
Dawna Sims and Megan Sims-Kennedy (ASCA Hall of Fame Excellent Kennel #25) developed this system over decades of training stockdogs — from first-time puppies to dogs restarting their foundation. Every exercise in these three courses exists because it solves a specific problem handlers run into when they start working stock.
The handlers who put this foundation in find that when they get to the field, their dog can listen. They can hold a stay at the start. They come when called — even with stock moving. They're a partner, not a problem.
Give Your Dog the Foundation That Makes Everything on Stock Easier
Three courses. The right order. One price. Start today.
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