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Western ranchers seek new ways to keep hikers, bikers safe from the guard dogs that protect their sheep As an urbanherder, or someone that actively works around sheep I certainly understand the ranchers need to protect their sheep, but as a rather avid mountain biker I sure as hell don’t want to be attacked by [...]
Recently I ran into a couple of great blogs. First is a blog about dogs and dog behavior. Also, as you might imagine, it features a lot of info about border collies as well as of other working breeds. It’s written by a rather famous dog trainer / behaviorist Patricia McConnell and can be found [...]
Yeah, I know I ended not only a sentence with a preposition but a headline, but it’s appropriate to this story . . . It’s a tale of getting in a bit over your head and having trust in your dog that you probably haven’t earned. A few weeks ago I went to do some [...]
I am finding getting whistles correct a tough task. I can blow everything but the stop pretty well and semi-consistent. Scot already knows whistle from his time with Terry, but I guess I need to get closer to the pitch that she uses before he will take mine when I give it. The only whistle [...]
If you remember one of the funnier lines from The Jerk, Steve Martin comes out for his apartment yelling “I AM SOMEBODY, I AM SOMEBODY.” It was delighted that his name was in the phone book . . . Well now Beag is somebody because she is officially Miss January in the K9Addison’s 2010 Calendar. [...]
On Thursday after much prodding of my instructor I headed down to Valley Center to do some work with Scot in a large open field. After much thought I realize this was probably not the best idea. Don’t get me wrong, it was a great workout. You can get an idea of what we did [...]
A variety of things have kept me away. None which are all that important, but now that things have settled down I hope to keep active posts again or finally. I guess it depends on how you think of it. Last weekend I finally got back on sheep with Scot. Terry Parrish had a clinic [...]
from National Geographic: “DNA from scrappy dogs in African villages is raising doubts about a theory that dogs first became “man’s best friend” in East Asia. Based on DNA evidence, scientists believe that domestic dogs originated from Eurasian gray wolves sometime between 15,000 and 40,000 years ago.” -bike-guy
Another gem from Dave: THE FOUR TYPES OF DOG VOMIT! YELLOW URKA-GURKAS–Dog runs around the house and hides under furniture while making a prolonged ‘uuuurka-guuurka, uuurka-guuurka’ noise. ( this noise is the only thing guaranteed to wake up a true dog lover who is hungover from a post dog show celebration at 3:30 am ) [...]
Terry has a new post up on her new blog She discusses issues with having a great herding dog and still having a good pet. This, I feel, is an important thread for us ‘UrbanHerders.” Go check it out. “The question is: can this dog be your pet AND your tool/partner in the field of [...]