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

I love to talk about and share the wonder of my training journey with dogs. For me, there is so much to say that I often find myself...

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

All livestock guardian dogs should have hip testing because this is the BEST way to protect their ability to be sound on into old age....

The best reason to enroll in my online livestock guardian dog training course is that your dog's life may depend on it, truly. This...

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

This is the link that will take you to this podcast episode. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-71-lgd-training-is-not-remotely-imp...

Day #2! A new toy/learning adventure. Let the games begin! How to start LGD puppies well is a hotly disputed subject, one that is...

The Black Alder trio is hard at work. Let us out! No time to eat in this pen! The litter of six Black Alder pups came to me for training...

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...

The puppies have been with me for a whole week! That is amazing. There is just no time to waste when training livestock guardian dog...

The backstory On July 5, 2023, my dear friend Debi Reid, of Black Alder Ranch in Idaho, was blessed with a litter of six Maremma puppies....

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In August 2020, I began requiring completion of the Karen Pryor Academy Dog Trainer Foundations Course as part of the criteria for...

"This is a short video of Luna, a 5-year-old Maremma, and Stella, a 15-month-old Nigerian Dwarf who was new to the property.  Her...