Learn what an LGD experiences and learns when tethered as a management/training tool.

The foster dogs arrived on the evening of June 30, 2024, via a professional transport service. This means that they traveled in crates,...

Learn how to train livestock guardian dogs by changing the environment around them. The thing an LGD cares about the most is what is...

I do not use, or promote, training methods that dogs fear or will work to avoid. Puppies are born perfect. And yet, in the case of LGD...

This is a beautiful video to support my statement. Four-month-old "Green" has been in his new home for two weeks. His litter came to me...

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CAREER | CREDENTIALS | COMMUNITY Member Bulletin: June 2023 Member Spotlight Get inspired by your fellow IAABC members! Cindy Benson, KPA...

The dog in the photo is Yeti. He is one of the most challenging Maremmas I have ever raised. He still lives with me. As an adult, he is...

#bensonmaremmastraining, Camille is about one year old. When she was six months old, a stranger came to visit. The introduction went...

#bensonmaremmastraining, Terry Ryan, the instructor for Chicken Camps all over the world, was my instructor for the Karen Pryor Academy...

#bensonmaremmastraining, String training is a concept presented to me by Steve Martin only six short months ago in a course I attended at...

#bensonmaremmastraining, This course, taught by the incredible Susan Friedman, Ph. D., Department of Psychology, Utah State University,...

#bensonmaremmastraining, #positivereinforcementlgdtraining, There are trainers that seem to have decided they know all they need to know,...

#bensonmaremmastraining, Recently, on a Facebook page that I am an admin on (Maremma Sheepdog Open Forum) several questions were posed to...

#bensonmaremmastraining, Food is a primary reinforcer for animals, which means that animals don’t need to learn to value it; they value...

#bensonmaremmastraining, I have been taught that dogs do what is immediately reinforcing, and I have been taught that food is a primary...

#bensonmaremmastraining, Scientific principles govern how dogs learn; not traditional lore, not trendy opinions, and not even if you love...

#bensonmaremmastraining, I had the distinct privilege recently of working with the owner of a special needs pup. She came to me after...

These dogs gave their owner LOTS of warning signs before they reached this extreme behavior. #bensonmaremmastraining, #lgdtraining, Any...

#bensonmaremmastraining In anticipation of the pups going to their new homes, I decided to begin leash training with the litter. I...