Thanks everyone, Elvis did have a blast .

Michelle, Yep the trained up trial dogs were amazing to watch, makes me want a Kelpie lol, although my heart lies with BCs. I cannot wait to get Elvis up to trial standard.

Jordan, we wernt actually at a clinic, we are taking private lessons at the moment, but are going to a clinic in October. At most clinics though they just test the dog out for natural instinct first and go from there (For first timers). Goodluck with your pup when he/she arrives home, herding fun i am addicted already.

I think thats so cool! How much training time does it usually take for the dogs to be good at it?
It realy depends on the dog, it makes it alot easier if you have a working bred dog (Elvis, Happy, Misty type). I would say a minimum of 6 months for the basics, and then ongoing training after that to fine tune everything.

The dogs do most of the work and can make decisions for themselves if they sense something with the stock that the handler does not pick up on .

Once again thankyou everyone, i will keep you updated, and i might have more photos to come soon.