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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 [...]
I started herding a bit less than a year after I got Beag as a puppy. I had already tried obedience and agility to work with her and to make sure we had a relationship I could use to make sure I could control her under all circumstances. Building a bond where we could trust [...]
I participated in my first AHBA trial 3 weeks ago down at ActionK9Sports.com I had never done this type of trail before and I was told by my instructor that I should START with level 2 HRD. Unlike the AKC courses I have done, this was working 9 sheep to start and from a pen. [...]
Scot and I had a trial this weekend. Our very first AKC trial and 3rd trial in all orgs. We had a run each day in Course A Started, basically the beginning level in course work. We had GREAT results! The photo is most of the ‘bling’ we earned. The only item missing is a [...]
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 [...]
This particular rant comes from a conversation I had with my herding trainer this weekend however these are MY words and opinions. If you want your dog to herd then you should NOT be even a little serious about the other games people play with dogs. This includes agility, competitive frisbee and most certainly not [...]