The backstory: The woman in the coveralls is Amber, the proud new owner of a pair of eleven-month-old Sarika pups. Her assistant is Anna,...

#Maremmasheepdogtraining, #resourceguardingLGDs Updated 12/31/21 These five-month-old pups belong to Katie W. Katie is a beginner LGD...

These five-month-old pups belong to Katie W. Katie is a beginner LGD owner, sort of. For several months she lived with Rocco and Isla,...

Katie S. owns the dogs in the photo; I have written about her in other blogs, along with Katie W., because they are sharing a somewhat...

This is a graphic that was shared with me about people, specifically – me. At issue was “what does it take to derail me” (my words) at...

The #1 reason LGDs fail is people. The good news is that people can learn to support their dogs! Most people who have LGDs value them,...

The big dog in the video is Yeti, a four-year-old neutered Maremma. His partner is Blush, also an adult dog. Blush is one of my breeding...

These dogs are a little older than the pups in the related blog #4. Here you can see that my previous training has a big payoff because...

These four-month-old pups have been taught, using shaping, that I will stay and make sure they are allowed to eat in peace, no matter...

This blog is one of those good news-bad news - situations because some of what I did was appropriate, and it worked, but the training...

This short video shows Blush in portions of my training session with her regarding staying with her own bowl. Unfortunately for both of...

Recently, I have seen a resurgence of advocacy for the use of “management tools” such as dangle sticks, yokes, prong collars, etc.; the...

#Maremmasheepdogtraining, #positivereinforcementtrainingforlgds I am currently providing training support for twelve dogs and their...

#MaremmaSheepdogpups, #LGDtraining, All our pups get to visit the local hardware store. For these sixteen-week-old pups, this was a great...

#Maremmasheepdogtraining, #positivereinforcementtrainingforlgds, These six-month-old pups traveled with me all the way to South Dakota....

On this day, we introduced two of the Sarika pups to goats for the first time; it was a first for the goats too! We always do...

On 7/14/21, I drove to Rapid City, South Dakota, to hand Calypso to her new owner. I then went on to Boulder, Colorado, with the two pups...

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...

#bensonmaremmastraining, Hand targeting is a great skill to teach pups. It has many practical applications. Examples would be moving dogs...

****Dog wanted for lifetime position – must be perfect!*** Most breeders place LGD pups at about this age; the pup in the photo is nine...