My Livestock Guardian Dog Online Courses Will Teach You How to Be Successful With LGDs!
I am SO EXCITED to offer online livestock guardian training courses! Please take a look and let me know what you think! This project has...
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Cindy Benson
Jun 23, 20239 min read
Learning From Some Amazing Birds at NEI in Florida - Again!
#Bensonmaremmastraining, If you've been following my blog posts, I probably don't need to say, one more time, how much training with...
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Cindy Benson
Jun 13, 20232 min read
One of Life's Mistakes - Having Written the Training Booklet for Prancing Pony Farm
#bensonmaremmastraining, #prancingponyfarm, Life continues to be just long enough for me to keep making mistakes; writing this booklet...
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Cindy Benson
Jun 7, 20238 min read
Negotiating With Camille - Turning a Visit From a Stranger into an Adventure
#bensonmaremmastraining, Camille is about one year old. When she was six months old, a stranger came to visit. The introduction went...
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Cindy Benson
Jun 6, 202310 min read
"Chicken Camp?" Training Chickens Can Make You a Better Dog Trainer
#bensonmaremmastraining, Terry Ryan, the instructor for Chicken Camps all over the world, was my instructor for the Karen Pryor Academy...
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Cindy Benson
Jun 1, 20237 min read
"String Training" - Building a Connection Between the Trainer and the Learner
#bensonmaremmastraining, String training is a concept presented to me by Steve Martin only six short months ago in a course I attended at...
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Cindy Benson
May 28, 20233 min read
Gate Training With Adolescent Dogs
#bensonmaremmastraining, This video shows the very beginning of gate training for Yukon, the orange pup, and Phoebe, the red pup. They...
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Cindy Benson
May 18, 20237 min read
Living and Learning with Animals: The Fundamental Principles and Procedures of Teaching and Learning
#bensonmaremmastraining, This course, taught by the incredible Susan Friedman, Ph. D., Department of Psychology, Utah State University,...
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Cindy Benson
May 16, 20238 min read
Pups? Be Careful – The Story of Fuzz and Kyrie
#bensonmaremmastraining, In my career as an LGD training specialist, I work with some amazing people and wonderful dogs. What a privilege...
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Cindy Benson
May 12, 202314 min read
Companion Dog Trainers Can Contribute to the Failure of LGDs
#bensonmaremmastraining, #positivereinforcementlgdtraining, There are trainers that seem to have decided they know all they need to know,...
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Cindy Benson
Mar 1, 20232 min read
Punishment Bad!? What Are My Options? My Rambling Answers
#bensonmaremmastraining, Recently, on a Facebook page that I am an admin on (Maremma Sheepdog Open Forum) several questions were posed to...
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Cindy Benson
Feb 27, 20234 min read
Life’s Lessons – In Oregon, It Is Not Illegal to Steal Dogs
#bensonmaremmastraining, I don’t remember recording this video. I came across it a few days ago and finally made the decision to share...
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Cindy Benson
Jan 22, 20237 min read
Strategies for Using Food Reinforcement with LGDs
#bensonmaremmastraining, Food is a primary reinforcer for animals, which means that animals don’t need to learn to value it; they value...
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Cindy Benson
Jan 10, 202311 min read
My Education Continues - Primary Reinforcers
#bensonmaremmastraining, I have been taught that dogs do what is immediately reinforcing, and I have been taught that food is a primary...
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Cindy Benson
Dec 3, 20225 min read
The Top 10 Reasons LGDs Fail - Plus One More: The Responsibility of Social Media
#Bensonmaremmastraining, Words can hurt. They have consequences. People have a choice to read and believe or move on. Dogs don't have...
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Cindy Benson
Dec 1, 20227 min read
That Essential Window of Bonding for Livestock Guardian Pups
#bensonmaremmastraining, Scientific principles govern how dogs learn; not traditional lore, not trendy opinions, and not even if you love...
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Cindy Benson
Nov 25, 20225 min read
Being Trained by Rufio - My Natural Encounters Adventure
#bensonmaremmastraining, I am an LGD trainer - so what does that have to do with training a Macaw?! Quite a lot! I have been chasing my...
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Cindy Benson
Nov 25, 20221 min read
My LGD Podcast with Natural Encounters, Inc.!
#bensonmaremmastraining, In November 2022 I went to Florida (from Oregon!) to attend a five-day training course at the Natural Encounters...
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Cindy Benson
Nov 25, 20222 min read
Capitol Press LGD Article - Nice Coverage!
#bensonmaremmastraining, In September 2022, Molly Cruse, writer for the Oregon Capitol Press newspaper, contacted me about guardian dogs....
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Cindy Benson
Nov 10, 20227 min read
The Special Needs Pup - Learning to See Behavior In Pieces
#bensonmaremmastraining, I had the distinct privilege recently of working with the owner of a special needs pup. She came to me after...
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