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All Breed Herding - Looking at things from the Dog's Point of View. An online video learning site w

07/13/2025

Kids on the farm and working with dogs are often the cutest but things take a little longer and and need to be done with a lot more patience and understanding can you tell who is who?

07/03/2025

What was the best piece of advice you got when you were learning herding (or training in general)? Maddy and Jade circa 2006

07/02/2025

"I no longer walk my dogs on lawns that have no weeds." - Dr. Lauren Trepanier, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Over Dr. Trepanier's research career she has uncovered links between yard chemicals and bladder cancer. It brings us the question of not only what do you put on your lawn, but what is put on the lawns where you walk your dog?

https://wearethecure.org/bladder-cancer-in-dogs-causes-found-in-research/

07/01/2025

Bee is a 6 year old Aussie and this was the set up for her first blind gather. She’s never picked up sheep in this field before and hasn’t ever done a gather at quite this distance before either. The first photo is from her POV, clearly CANNOT see the sheep, second photo is my POV and you can see just how far away the sheep are, third photo is her just before she was sent. She did an incredible job and left nothing behind, although a little fast on the fetch. We’ve been proofing and pushing her foundations and she’s turned into an incredibly USEFUL dog, not just an arena dog which is so cool! Next time you go out to train, take a photo from your dogs POV and share it here or hashtag

06/20/2025

Photo 1: a round pen with sheep from the dogs point of view… how often do you check what your dog sees?

Photo 2: lessons are in full swing and we are loving the not too hot weather and pretty green grass

11/29/2024

As some of you recall we have discussed performance anxiety, particularly my own disabling fear and anxiety with trialing. But today I was speaking to a psychotherapist (not MY psychotherapist) recently and in conversation he asked me "what do you think the two basic fears humans are born with?" I immediately thought fear of not being loved - but then realized that would be too cognitive. He told me that it is Loud Noises, and the second was a natural or innate fear of falling. Hmmm I thought - kinda neat as I know my new granddaughter really doesn't like loud noises especially loud voices. While at the same time she literally falls All the Time... hahaha. She's actually reaching toddlerhood so Fear must be conquered if she's ever going to learn to walk. I find this so incredible as she is definitely operating outside of her comfort zone -almost EVERY moment of EVERY day.... with repetition, trial and error, more repetition, she will eventually be running across the room! How amazing that an infant/toddler is pushing for progress every day and operating outside her comfort zone to grow and learn and get better. Particularly when falling down is her most frequent result. But then why do we as adults we become sedentary and afraid to do things outside our comfort zone, where growth and success are to be found. New information always leads me to think about many things - 1) of course I wonder what are the two things - if there are 2, that dogs or other mammals genuinely or inherently fear? 2) Does me seeing my toddler granddaughter inspire me to be better - maybe overcome my performance anxiety by making sure I JUST DO IT and get better. That operating outside of my comfort zone is the only way I will change my FEAR into Progress...

So if something is stopping you from doing anything right now - find a child learning to walk and just watch for a while for motivation... hahahaha - even this little guy kept on trying! (sorry I just had to use a clip of a child and a dog..)

06/17/2024

So it appears there has been some more realistic amendments to the CDC border crossing. From Canada to USA and form other low risk countries - we can travel with the application done online or on app - as much as minutes before we cross. I am still not perfectly clear what my vet is required to do... but more coming I am sure. Should not be a problem getting back and forth across the borders this year. Photo for attention. https://www.cdc.gov/importation/bringing-an-animal-into-the-united-states/required-forms-for-importing-dog-united-states.html

04/25/2024

So far.... hahahaha - looking like a busy summer already. But lots of fun!!!

04/01/2024

I just shared this with a gal and watched again. When you realize what a truly useful dog is on the farm, it means so much more than titles and finals and points an ribbons. As George moves into his 14th year this year he is still such a cool guy. I never did him justice in trials as I'm a complete tool-bag when it comes to performance, but he was truly amazing. Still is

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