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...

This is a new pasture for the ranch. It was a great place for puppy exploration without the super steep banks that their last...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

No, baby lambs do not belong with baby puppies! Cute? Yes. A responsible choice, no. Think of the first livestock as mentors for your...

#Maremmasheepdogtraining #Maremmasheepdogtraining Planning – Set-up – Be Ready! The day you’ve waited for is finally here. You pull into...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Krysta and her sister Marissa introduce the novel stimulus tunnel to the pups. They also brought their 12-week-old Newfie-doodle pup...

Here the pups begin formal training with barrier challenges. For this session, we used a ramp. We have given them lots to be challenged...

#clickertraining #maremma #puppytraining #dogtraining Krysta is a masterful puppy trainer. Her enthusiasm draws the puppies to her, and...

#clickertraining #maremma #puppytraining #dogtraining Teaching 3-5 week old puppies to mand is very easy. Their pudgy bodies end up in a...

#clickertraining #maremma #puppytraining #dogtraining And now the real work begins…. Feeding puppies three times a day, poo cleaning,...