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Cindy Benson
Jun 27, 20212 min read
Socialization - The Pups Go To Town!
There is a quaint feed store, hardware store, and grocery store a few miles from the ranch that welcomes my pups, so I always take the...
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Cindy Benson
Apr 12, 20211 min read
Introducing 11-Week-Old Puppies to a New Field
This is a new pasture for the ranch. It was a great place for puppy exploration without the super steep banks that their last...
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Cindy Benson
Mar 17, 20212 min read
Teaching Eight-Week-Old Puppies About Sheep and a Creek
The creek introduction is the second pasture transition for the pups. I had been waiting for the water level in the creek to drop a bit....
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Cindy Benson
Mar 11, 20212 min read
Introducing Eight-Week-Old Puppies to Sheep
When I allow the pups to be in the same field as their sheep, I do so with great care and management. The metal house that they love to...
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Cindy Benson
Mar 9, 20215 min read
Training Seven-Week-Old Puppies
It is always such a challenge to meet my blog writing goals with the pups in sharing what is going on in their lives with the hopeful...
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Cindy Benson
Mar 2, 20211 min read
Training Six-Week-Old Puppies – Novel Situations
It's hard to imagine a day that would be more diverse for the pups in terms of training experiences. These pups just kept looking for...
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Cindy Benson
Dec 28, 20192 min read
Novel Stimulus & The Creek - Six-Week- Old Pups
This was the novel stimulus challenge for the day - these nine-week-old pups aced it. It took less than a minute for all of them to climb...
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Cindy Benson
Dec 28, 20192 min read
These Are Sheep!!! Five-Week-Old Pups
When the pups are five weeks old, I introduce them to "their" sheep - these sheep will stay with them until the pups are old enough to...
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Cindy Benson
Nov 8, 20192 min read
Livestock Selection For Your New Pups
No, baby lambs do not belong with baby puppies! Cute? Yes. A responsible choice, no. Think of the first livestock as mentors for your...
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Cindy Benson
Nov 7, 20195 min read
The First Minutes, Hours, and Days With Your New Pups
#Maremmasheepdogtraining #Maremmasheepdogtraining Planning – Set-up – Be Ready! The day you’ve waited for is finally here. You pull into...
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Cindy Benson
Oct 31, 20191 min read
Learning About Chickens– 16 wks
In these videos the sixteen week old pups are being handled by people new to them, and the handlers are new to Maremmas. Added to that...
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Cindy Benson
Oct 31, 20191 min read
Guarding Cows – 16 wks
I took this photo one evening when I was doing chores. I glanced across the barn, and this lovely sight greeted me. The Blush pups are in...
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Cindy Benson
Oct 31, 20191 min read
Guarding Cows– 16 Weeks of Age
For several weeks now, the pups have been in charge of the big field in addition to being moved among the other fields they have been...
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Cindy Benson
Oct 31, 20191 min read
Big Field Transition– 12 Weeks of Age
The big field transition introduces the pups to a field much larger, and more complicated, than what they have been asked to work in so...
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Cindy Benson
Oct 31, 20191 min read
Leash Work & Chicken Coop Visit– 9-10 Weeks of Age
When the pups become confident on a leash, we use the chicken coop as our destination, and the pups learn about chickens too. There are...
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Cindy Benson
Oct 31, 20191 min read
Tunnel & Grooming Table– 9-10 Weeks of Age
Krysta and her sister Marissa introduce the novel stimulus tunnel to the pups. They also brought their 12-week-old Newfie-doodle pup...
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Cindy Benson
Oct 31, 20191 min read
Barrier Challenge & Novel Stimulus– 8 Weeks of Age
Here the pups begin formal training with barrier challenges. For this session, we used a ramp. We have given them lots to be challenged...
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Cindy Benson
Aug 30, 20191 min read
Manding with Krysta– 7 1/2 Weeks of Age
#clickertraining #maremma #puppytraining #dogtraining Krysta is a masterful puppy trainer. Her enthusiasm draws the puppies to her, and...
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Cindy Benson
Aug 30, 20191 min read
Manding – 7 Weeks of Age
#clickertraining #maremma #puppytraining #dogtraining Teaching 3-5 week old puppies to mand is very easy. Their pudgy bodies end up in a...
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Cindy Benson
Aug 24, 20192 min read
Leash Work & Car Rides – 14-15 wks
#clickertraining #maremma #puppytraining #dogtraining And now the real work begins…. Feeding puppies three times a day, poo cleaning,...
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