"Come by!" "Lie down!" "That'll do!" are some of the phrases you'll hear during a stock dog trial. Lori Perry and her dog Ivy compete throughout the U.S. in stock dog trials as well as compete at the national finals. However it’s not all fun and games. It takes a lot of patience to train a stock dog. 

“We start training our dogs at around six months and are ready to compete at around age two or three,” explains Perry. “It's not just the dog that needs training, but also the handler.”

"Come by!" "Lie down!" "That'll do!" are some of the phrases you'll hear during a stock dog trial. Lori Perry and her dog Ivy compete throughout the U.S. in stock dog trials as well as compete at the national finals. However it’s not all fun and games. It takes a lot of patience to train a stock dog. 
“We start training our dogs at around six months and are ready to compete at around age two or three,” explains Perry. “It's not just the dog that needs training, but also the handler.”

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