kier scott
Handling Biting
Here's an analogy I use for dogs and biting. Say your dog is a person and the stock is Mike Tyson. Mike is in a good mood and pretty...
kier scott
- Nov 26
- 2 min
Stop Building Your Wall
I often have conversations with new people about when they're going to start trialing. Normally I hear something along the lines of "once...
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kier scott
- Nov 19
- 3 min
I Almost Quit
A few years ago I was looking towards the end of the career of my old stand by Sweep. I looked at him and the time and effort put into...
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kier scott
- Nov 13
- 2 min
Don’t Take Your Guns To Town
I'm a big Johnny Cash fan and one of his better songs is 'Don't take your guns to town.' Which is basically a song about the perils of...
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kier scott
- Nov 5
- 2 min
Picking Pups
I have learned many things in my short career in this sport. One of them being how to pick a pup out of a litter. I'll tell you the...
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kier scott
- Oct 29
- 2 min
All Roads Lead to Rome
This post is largely inspired by something I read on Church Mount Sheepdogs Facebook but it is an idea I've been trying to find a way to...
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kier scott
- Oct 22
- 2 min
The New Handler
New people don’t have a frame of reference but this sport has gone under a massive transformation in the past 10 years. I could probably...
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kier scott
- Oct 15
- 2 min
Keep It Simple
If it's not obvious by now, I like helping new people. That's entirely geniune. I do have a business around it but I promise you that I...
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kier scott
- Oct 8
- 2 min
I Don’t Like Dogs
This isn't a "I don't like dogs, I love them". This is a genuine admission. Well sort of. I often tell people that I don't like dogs and...
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kier scott
- Oct 1
- 2 min
Your First Dog
I’m going to say something that most handlers don’t tell new people. You will most likely wreck your first dog. There are exceptions to...
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kier scott
- Sep 24
- 2 min
What Is a Flank?
I’d imagine that the regular readers are primarily stock dog people. As such I fully expect this post to bomb. But I write what’s on my...
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kier scott
- Sep 21
- 2 min
Reading Livestock
At first I was going to call this “put your dog away” as that was my main topic plan. I realized there are two things that I want to talk...
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kier scott
- Sep 17
- 2 min
Rehoming Dogs
There are several things that the uninitiated don’t understand about the stockdog world. We rarely use treats, few of us play fetch, and...
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kier scott
- Sep 14
- 2 min
Paint Your Picture
Something my dad told me was “paint your picture.” Meaning, above all else have the dog work in the way you want. Not what other people...
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kier scott
- Sep 10
- 2 min
Be Insane
Hands up if you love my catchy titles? They're pretty good eh? Thank you. Anyways to business. What is kind of a slippery slope is...
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kier scott
- Sep 7
- 2 min
Farm Dogs vs. Trial Dogs
I love hearing people say “I need a good farm dog, I don’t need no trial dog”. Logically you would think there is a difference but in...
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kier scott
- Sep 3
- 2 min
Tell Me How!
Something that frustrates new people and especially frustrated me at the beginning are all the ambiguous answers from seasoned handlers....
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kier scott
- Aug 31
- 2 min
Measure Your Own Success
Trialing is great and winning is even better but there are so many other ways of measuring your success. Here’s the reality, most people...
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kier scott
- Aug 27
- 2 min
It’s About Progress
A line I am quite partial to is “don’t let perfection get in the way of progress”. I think this is a common trap for new people...
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kier scott
- Aug 24
- 2 min
Don’t Beg
Something that I find kind of funny is how many people forget that these dogs don’t speak english. So many people go out and say words to...
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