Angle -B Stockdogs

10/31/2026

Meet Creed!
He’s one of Dove’s brothers and another young dog we’re just getting started with here at Angle -B Stockdogs.
We worked on the same barrel exercise we did with Dove, but Creed needed us to approach things a little differently. The goal was simple. When I give him the command “up,” I want him to jump onto the barrel. But he wasn’t quite putting together what I was asking, so instead of standing there repeating myself and expecting a different result, we changed things up. We walked over to the deck and worked on getting him to jump up there first. Once he started understanding that movement, we brought him back over to the barrel. And wouldn’t you know it, things started coming together a little better! He still needed a little help with pressure on the leash, but it was very minimal. That’s something I think is important when working young dogs. Just because one dog picks something up right away doesn’t mean the next one will. Sometimes you’ve got to change how you’re explaining something before it finally clicks. I’m not expecting Creed to have everything figured out in his first few sessions. I’m looking for those little improvements that tell me he’s starting to understand. We’ve got a long way to go with this young male, but that’s part of the fun of starting these dogs. Sometimes the best thing you can do as a trainer is change your approach instead of expecting the dog to figure everything out on its own.

10/29/2026

Meet Dove!

She’s one of three young Border Collies we’ve recently brought into the program, and we’re just getting started figuring out what she’s got. She’s got some pretty nice breeding behind her, but as I’ve said before, a pedigree only tells you so much. At the end of the day, it’s up to the individual dog to show you what they’re capable of. Today we spent some time doing a little barrel work and building on the basics. Something I talked about in this video is knowing when to end a training session. Especially with these young dogs, I’m not worried about how many minutes we’ve worked. If we’re five minutes into a session and that dog gives me something really good, something we’ve been working toward, I’m perfectly happy to end it right there. And that doesn’t just apply to puppies. Even with my more advanced dogs, if they give me something exceptional that we’ve been working on, sometimes that’s the perfect place to quit. I want these dogs to enjoy what they’re doing. Yes, they’ll eventually have a job to do, and yes, there will be days when the work isn’t easy. But that doesn’t mean every training session needs to feel like work. I want them leaving a session with confidence, wanting to come back and do it again. Dove’s got a long ways to go, and we’ve still got plenty to learn about her, but I’m looking forward to seeing how this little female develops.

10/25/2026

Zip’s first time working in the 40-foot pen without the rake! We’ve been working toward getting him to respond more to my voice commands instead of relying so much on body pressure, and today we decided to see what he could do without the rake.
Is it perfect? Not even close!
He still needs some help with pressure here and there, he makes mistakes, and we’ve definitely still got things to work on. But he’s a young dog, and I’m not expecting him to have everything figured out overnight. What I’m liking is that he’s starting to make those connections between the commands and what I’m asking him to do. Every time we work, he’s getting a little better, and that’s what I want to see. Still plenty of work ahead of us, but I’m pretty dang happy with the progress this guy is making.

10/23/2026

This is Rip, short for Ripper. He’s my older brother’s main ranch stud dog and happens to be Harper’s older half-brother. Same mama. I’ve had the chance to work him before, and he’s a pretty handy dog to have around. All I had to do here was hang back at the gate while Rip took the cattle up so we could sort them. There’s something pretty satisfying about watching a good ranch dog go to work and knowing you don’t have to do much but stay out of his way.

10/20/2026

10/18/2026

Well, the guesses are in, and a few of you actually got it right! Jamal, our newest client dog is 7/8 Border Collie and 1/8 Greyhound!
Definitely not a cross you hear about every day, but we’re looking forward to seeing what this guy can do as we get further into his training.
Now that you know his breeding, I’ve got another question for you.

Would you have guessed Greyhound?

10/17/2026

After some much-needed time off to heal up, Flo is finally back doing what she loves!
Today was her first day back working goats, and it sure was good seeing her out there again.
There’s just something about watching a working dog get back to doing its job after being sidelined for a while.

Glad to have this girl back in action!

10/14/2026

A little more footage of Harper from the Snake River Showdown!

This was one of her sheep runs from her very first stockdog trial. We definitely had some things to clean up, and I learned just as much as she did over the weekend.
But I couldn’t be happier with how this little dog handled herself, especially coming home with 3rd overall in the Nursery division!
Our goal has always been to make good ranch dogs that can go to work when needed and still step into a trial arena and be competitive.

I’d say Harper is off to a pretty good start!