Teach Your Dog to Drive Stock Away From You
Introduction to Driving
Manyย dogs are wired to fetch โ to circle behind stock and bring it back to you. Driving asks for the opposite, and for a lot of dogs that feels unnatural at first. This course gives you a whole toolbox of exercises to show your dog how to settle into the drive position and push stock where you want it to go, whether they are a natural driver or a strong fetching dog who needs time to figure it out. Start at any age or stage, once your dog has a solid stop, works calmly on a line, and is settled around stock.
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Driving Is a Skill You Build One Exercise at a Time
Introduction to Driving is where your dog learns to take stock away from you and hold it there. Rather than one rigid progression, this course is a collection of exercises that each use different tools and spaces to show your dog what driving is. We recommend working through all of them — one will click for your dog while another sharpens their precision.
There Is No Single Right Order
This is not a step one, step two, step three course. It is a set of exercises that each approach the drive from a different angle. Work through all of them — some will make instant sense to your dog, and others will build the precision they need.
The Drive Has a Start and an End
When we drive, we take the stock somewhere and leave it there. We do not drive and then flank around to bring them back — that turns the drive into a fetch. Keeping the picture clean teaches your dog to hold tight to the line you set.
Every Dog Starts Somewhere Different
A strong fetching dog may find the drive position uncomfortable at first. A natural driving dog will love it right away. Neither is right or wrong — your job is to teach all the pieces and work hardest wherever your dog needs it.
We Teach Driving on Its Own
Driving and inside flanks are separate skills, taught in separate courses, then combined later. Teaching them apart keeps things clear for your dog and prevents the training problems that come from trying to steer too soon.
What You'll Learn
A full toolbox of driving exercises, taught with dogs at every level — so you see the work done right, and see how we fix it when it goes sideways.
Settling Into the Drive
Getting your dog comfortable pushing stock away and holding position, using space and the long line to help them lock in rather than circle back to you.
Building Confidence & Power
Exercises that ask your dog to walk into pressure and move stock that does not want to move — building the confidence to hold contact and push.
Different Stock, Different Tools
Why we reach for heavier stock, larger groups, and natural driving stock to make the job make sense — and how the line and pole support your dog without holding them back.
Green Dogs
Real demos at every stage — the mistakes and the fixes, not just the highlight reel
Lifetime
Access — use it with every dog you start
Any Age
Start once your dog has a stop and works calmly on a line
Why a Clean Drive Is Worth the Time
A dog that can drive is a dog you can send stock anywhere — not just bring it back to your feet. But if we rush it, or try to steer before the dog understands how to lock in and push, we create problems that are hard to undo. A dog that gets pulled off contact over and over stops trusting the drive.
That is why we build the drive as its own skill first. We use heavier stock so your dog truly learns to hold and push, not just flank and stop. We use the space — alleys, fences, and the draw — so the exercise itself shows your dog what we want. And we let each dog use their natural working style, whether they walk straight in or wear across the top.
Take the time here and you will have a dog that holds tight to the line you set and drives with confidence — the foundation for everything you will steer later.
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What Our Students Are Saying
The depth of knowledge and the attention to detail of how and why, plus the breakdown of everything that goes into building a solid stockdog and partner, really exceeded my expectations. I've been bringing up my newest bred-by pup using the online classes as the basis for her stock and performance foundation, and the difference between her and my other dogs is outstanding.
Corey N.
Using the exercises and the progressive approach in these classes has rapidly improved my dog's and my abilities to work stock. The alleyway exercises have been a light bulb moment for both of my girls in understanding the job of driving stock.
Michelle F.
Dawna and Megan have the unique ability to train the human as well as the dog. They honor your dog's instincts and acknowledge your relationship with your dog. Seeing the joy in a dog working stock is priceless.
Brenda H.
What's Included
Lifetime Access
Use this course with every dog you train. Come back to it whenever you start a new dog or want to sharpen a drive. Your enrollment never expires.
Video Feedback
Post your own training videos for feedback and ask questions directly on the lessons as you work through the course at your own pace.
Private Community
Access our private student community where you can connect with other handlers, share progress, and get support from Dawna and Megan along the way.
Get All Three Driving Courses and Save
Introduction to Driving is one of three courses in The Essential Skills for Driving bundle. Together with Teaching the Inside Flank and Driving: Putting it All Together, you get the complete path — teach your dog to drive, teach the inside flank as its own skill, then put the two together so you can drive and steer anywhere.
Buy all three individually: $327. Get the bundle: $275 — save $52.
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Give your dog the skill to take stock away from you and hold it there — with a full toolbox of exercises and green-dog demos that show you exactly how to get from where you are to a confident drive.
Start once your dog has a solid stop, works calmly on a line, and is settled around stock.
Start Driving Today