He can't/won't hold off a feeder unless their butts are to him, no confidence on the heads whatsoever. he has a very poor sense of gathering/grouping. Driving is not a problem, holding on the heads against pressure is. i've done some fenceline shedding and it is helping. And started working him on the ducks (he couldn't/wouldn't hold them on the heads at first!
Balance is poor but improving with lots of walkabout. I have to be vigilant or he simply walks up to me instead of working the sheep
no big problems in corners, but has to be commanded or will just by pass the stock in a corner-he really avoids pressure.
problem with shedding is he really doesn't try to hold if sheep split around him or simply doesn't go clean to prevent them from going past him, but it is improving, just very frustrating
He's tense all the time, but MUCH better than he was in that regard, has a lot of pressure issues, but if commanded will get nicely into corners etc, thing is I'm trying to wean him off commanding all the time. He just slides off the pressure from the stock (yes, even ducks) unless given a command. Thanks for the suggestions willing to try anything