SkyKelpie Aerial Stockmanship Course
A comprehensive training course covering drone technology, flying skills, and the stockmanship principles needed to work livestock calmly and effectively.
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Understanding Stockmanship
DesAn in-depth exploration of stockmanship covering animal behavior, communication, low-stress handling, safety, adaptability, livestock anatomy, and the importance of training and experience for effective livestock management.
Understanding the Technology
Focus on essential drone features for mustering including flight time, range, payload capacity, obstacle avoidance, camera quality, real-time transmission, autonomy, durability, regulations compliance, and user interface.
Flying Skills
Highlighting the necessary piloting skills for effective drone mustering such as precision flying, spatial awareness, quick decision-making, adaptability, technical proficiency, regulatory knowledge, patience, focus, and the importance of experience.
Basic Herding Animal Instincts
Explore predator-prey dynamics, flight zones, mob psychology, positioning, applying and releasing pressure, and the effects of pressure on mindset and responsiveness.
First Contact - Starting the Animals
Techniques for initiating contact with livestock and transitioning them from a defensive to a receptive state, emphasising the importance of initiating movement and establishing a positive mindset for cooperative behaviour.
Mobbing Up and Driving
Understanding and guiding animals as a cohesive mob, addressing challenges, applying pressure, creating good movement, and the philosophy of escorting rather than chasing animals toward their destination.
Yard Work
Effective yard handling techniques, emphasising gentle approaches, allowing animals to make their own decisions, avoiding forcing or pushing, and how yard handling affects behaviour in the paddock.
Taking Back and Settling in Paddock
Understanding the impact of leaving animals in a particular mindset, utilising drones for settlement, and recognising signs of settled behaviour (grazing in all directions).
Working Different Species and Different Terrain
Adapting stockmanship techniques for various animal species and terrains, focusing on the importance of adjusting approaches based on specific characteristics and environments.
Training the Animals
Engaging animals with the drone, teaching relaxed movement and confidence in directions, aiming to achieve straight movement away from pressure.
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