Australian Shepherds are intelligent with the added bonus being there is nothing they enjoy more than to please. This means these lovely dogs are easy to train once they are taught not to show the more dominant side of their nature. With this in mind, a Aussie's training needs to start as early as possible and they also have to be well socialised from a young age for them to be truly well-rounded, obedient dogs.
Aussies need to know who is the alpha dog in a household because if they don't know their place in the "pack", they will quickly show the more dominant side to their nature and become wilful, unruly and hard to manage.
