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My training career lacks the years of my colleagues but I've learned some things in that time. One of the things that I continue to learn...

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...

I often have conversations with new people about when they're going to start trialing. Normally I hear something along the lines of "once...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

There are several things that the uninitiated don’t understand about the stockdog world. We rarely use treats, few of us play fetch, and...

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...

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...

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...