Green Paws Boarding and Training

Green Paws Boarding and Training Here at GreenPaws, we focus on routines, schedules and 1-on-1 time with your dog! Have you been struggling with getting your dog out for a walk each day?

What about training? Mental stimulation? Is your dog engaged enough to live a full happy life?

Day 20 - "A SheepDog Trial"Ever wondered what a sheepdog trial actually is? It’s not a court date for Border Collies—tho...
07/08/2025

Day 20 - "A SheepDog Trial"

Ever wondered what a sheepdog trial actually is? It’s not a court date for Border Collies—though they’d probably win that, too.

A sheepdog trial is a judged competition where dogs and their handlers move sheep through a field with precision and control. Each course has sections like the Outrun, Lift, Fetch, Drive, Pen, and sometimes a Shed. Points are earned (or lost) depending on how straight the pathway of the sheep is done.

Most of the dogs trialing are Border Collies—but don’t be surprised if a Kelpie shows up with their upright swagger and does the job beautifully too.

These dogs don’t just like to work—they live for it.
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To read some of the blogs:
www.greenpawsbat.com/post/
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Day 19 - "From One Dog, A Whole Life"Bella brought me to where I am now.Emma pushes me into where I’m going.And Rylee re...
07/07/2025

Day 19 - "From One Dog, A Whole Life"

Bella brought me to where I am now.
Emma pushes me into where I’m going.
And Rylee reminds me to stop and rest and just be.
This life wasn’t planned—but it was most definitely built—by the dogs who chose me as much as I chose them.
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To see the full picture and read blog:
www.greenpawsbat.com/post/july-01st-2025
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Day 18 - "Herding Lessons (for Me, Too)"Emma is fast. Focused. Fierce.But sometimes too focused—only on the sheep.Teachi...
07/06/2025

Day 18 - "Herding Lessons (for Me, Too)"

Emma is fast. Focused. Fierce.
But sometimes too focused—only on the sheep.
Teaching her to look to me, to work with me, is a lesson we’re both still learning.
The magic of sheepdog work isn’t just instinct—it’s partnership. Built on trust, respect, and cooperation.
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To see the full picture and read blog:
www.greenpawsbat.com/post/july-01st-2025
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Day 17 - "From England to Emma"I tried to talk myself out of getting another puppy.I was in the Midlands, scrolling Face...
07/05/2025

Day 17 - "From England to Emma"

I tried to talk myself out of getting another puppy.
I was in the Midlands, scrolling Facebook, calling breeders…
And then I called the airline. They said yes. Then no. Then no again.
I cried. I stayed puppy-less… for a minute.
But the universe had a different puppy in mind. Emma was born weeks later—right here in the U.S.
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To see the full picture and read blog:
www.greenpawsbat.com/post/july-01st-2025
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Day 16 - " Rylee’s Place in the Pack"Rylee is my terrier through and through.She doesn’t want sheep. Or trials. Or chaos...
07/04/2025

Day 16 - " Rylee’s Place in the Pack"

Rylee is my terrier through and through.
She doesn’t want sheep. Or trials. Or chaos.
She wants me, a cozy blanket, and peace.
And yet, she keeps up—with sheepdogs, with herding life, and with love that runs deeper than instinct.
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To see the full picture and read blog:
www.greenpawsbat.com/post/july-01st-2025
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Day 15 - "Why Emma?"Bella and I were just fine on our own. So why did I get Emma?Because sometimes the dog you don’t thi...
07/02/2025

Day 15 - "Why Emma?"

Bella and I were just fine on our own. So why did I get Emma?
Because sometimes the dog you don’t think you need is the one who changes everything.

Emma is intense. Loud. Fast. Smart. Wild.

And exactly the kind of challenge I didn’t know I needed.
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To see the full picture and read blog:
www.greenpawsbat.com/post/july-01st-2025
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07/01/2025

UPDATE: Duke was chilling in the kennel all day! He went in to join his cousins and I never saw him when i checked! Time for glasses maybe?
Duke went missing this morning from our farm which is on Pettyboro Road near Cross Road in Bath, NH. Has anyone seen him?
PM or call 603-838-2018. Thank you

Day 14 - "Bella, The Beginning"Bella opened every door for me—into training, into sheep, into the life I now have.No one...
07/01/2025

Day 14 - "Bella, The Beginning"

Bella opened every door for me—into training, into sheep, into the life I now have.
No one tells you that getting a Border Collie might lead you to eighteen sheep, a business, and dreams of a bigger farm.

But here we are.

All because of one dog who tried her heart out for me.
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To see the full picture and read blog:
Bella, The Beginning
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Day 13 - "What This Has to Do With Sheep and Kids"Why am I doing all this?Because someday, I want Green Paws to be more ...
06/30/2025

Day 13 - "What This Has to Do With Sheep and Kids"

Why am I doing all this?

Because someday, I want Green Paws to be more than a dog training and boarding business. I want it to be a place—a working sheep farm where kids come after school or during the summer to connect with nature, with animals, with themselves.

I want to give them the freedom I had growing up on horseback—muddy boots, fresh air, and the feeling of being part of something real.

Because adulthood can wait.
Childhood shouldn’t.
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To see the full picture and read blog:
www.greenpawsbat.com/post/june-28th-2025
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Day 12 - "Consistency Is My Nemesis"I’ve never been great at consistency. ADHD means I can love five things at once and ...
06/29/2025

Day 12 - "Consistency Is My Nemesis"

I’ve never been great at consistency. ADHD means I can love five things at once and follow through on none. But this business—Green Paws—has lived in my heart for too long to give up on.

So, I plan. I calculate. I build systems. I try again.

I listen to podcasts, find (and lose) business coaches, and keep chasing that internal voice that says you’re on the right path—even if it’s the hard one.

Running a business with ADHD isn’t clean or easy. But it’s mine. And I’m showing up for it, every day.
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To see the full picture and read blog:
www.greenpawsbat.com/post/june-28th-2025
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Day 11 - "The Business of Starting Over"Three years ago, I made a wild decision: to start over. To take what was once a ...
06/28/2025

Day 11 - "The Business of Starting Over"

Three years ago, I made a wild decision: to start over. To take what was once a hobby—training dogs—and turn it into my full-time life. I thought I understood what it would take. I didn’t.

What no one tells you about running your own business is how quiet it is. No boss, no schedule, no one cheering you on. Just you—and the dogs. You have to believe in yourself more than anyone else does.

And some days, that’s the hardest part.

But I’m still here. Still dreaming. Still building.
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To see the full picture and read blog:
www.greenpawsbat.com/post/june-28th-2025
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Day 10 - "It’s Not About Control"The other day, my dogs tried to cross the road to the training sheep without me. I kind...
06/27/2025

Day 10 - "It’s Not About Control"

The other day, my dogs tried to cross the road to the training sheep without me. I kinda lost it (just a little). I called them back, and they came—guilty faces and all. I crossed first, then invited them over.

Training isn’t about never making mistakes. It’s about having the tools to recover from them. To pause, reset, and make better choices next time.

That’s what I try to teach at Green Paws: how to stop thinking like a boss and start acting like a partner. That’s where the real magic lives.
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To see the full picture and read blog:
www.greenpawsbat.com/post/june-25th-2025
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