Lace up your hiking boots and follow the yellow signposts. Easy access to hiking is important - but it also involves risks. The Lucerne hiking trails proactively counteract these and are committed to safety when hiking. The aim of the courses on offer is to deepen hiking knowledge in theory, improve technical skills in practice and avoid incidents. All interested hikers can take part.
The "No fear of livestock guarding dogs" course is aimed at hikers and anyone interested in handling livestock guarding dogs. How do you behave when you encounter a herd of livestock guarding dogs on a hike? And what do you have to bear in mind when you are out and about with a dog yourself? These and many other questions will be addressed in the course.
Course content:
- Large carnivores and livestock guarding dogs: behavior, training, working methods, etc.
- Correct behavior of people during an encounter: planning (maps), information boards in the area, behavior tips and no-gos, risk of companion dogs, strategy in case of fear, etc.
- Safe encounters with the livestock guarding dog in the field
- Simulation of a conflict situation if necessary
- Accompanying a person with fear
Course objectives:
- Understanding the nature, tasks and behavior of the livestock guarding dog
- Risk-minimized encounters in various situations
- Avoiding critical situations
Course instructor:
Dieter von Muralt, Vocational Training Center Nature and Nutrition Agriculture BBZN; Heinz Feldmann, BUL; Philipp Wicki, farmer, shepherd and livestock guarding dog owner
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
Meeting point: Time and place in the Sörenberg region to be announced. Arrival by public transport is possible.
The "No fear of livestock guarding dogs" course is aimed at hikers and anyone interested in handling livestock guarding dogs. How do you behave when you encounter a herd of livestock guarding dogs on a hike? And what do you have to bear in mind when you are out and about with a dog yourself? These and many other questions will be addressed in the course.
Course content:
- Large carnivores and livestock guarding dogs: behavior, training, working methods, etc.
- Correct behavior of people during an encounter: planning (maps), information boards in the area, behavior tips and no-gos, risk of companion dogs, strategy in case of fear, etc.
- Safe encounters with the livestock guarding dog in the field
- Simulation of a conflict situation if necessary
- Accompanying a person with fear
Course objectives:
- Understanding the nature, tasks and behavior of the livestock guarding dog
- Risk-minimized encounters in various situations
- Avoiding critical situations
Course instructor:
Dieter von Muralt, Vocational Training Center Nature and Nutrition Agriculture BBZN; Heinz Feldmann, BUL; Philipp Wicki, farmer, shepherd and livestock guarding dog owner
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
Meeting point: Time and place in the Sörenberg region to be announced. Arrival by public transport is possible.
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Instruction and supervision by a specialist including documentation: CHF 35 for LWW members, CHF 45 for non-members
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