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kier scott
Dec 24, 20222 min read
Expect More
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kier scott
Dec 17, 20222 min read
What Is Pace?
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kier scott
Dec 10, 20222 min read
If You’re Not Growing, You’re Dying
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...
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kier scott
Dec 3, 20222 min read
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...
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kier scott
Nov 26, 20222 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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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