Something that frustrates new people and especially frustrated me at the beginning are all the ambiguous answers from seasoned handlers....

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...

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...

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...

As far as I can tell sanctioning bodies serve two main purposes. They standardize rules and organize some sort of championship based on...

This isn’t necessarily a true guide on how to. Everyone has their own style and everyone is right and hardly anyone is wrong. All I can...

This might seem like it will be a post about how to avoid making a dog mechanical or even a petty promotion for board training but that’s...

Before someone gets all annoyed by my title, let me explain. I’m not talking about the trial circuit or some kind of Charlie Sheen motto...

So I’ve put some thought into the economics behind my little side business/hobby and I’ve come up with some thoughts. Now these are in no...

This is the finale to my previous post “I Lost a Sheep” and I would encourage you to read that before continuing. As a recap, I was doing...

So I did a herding demonstration at a Christian camp and had a sheep run away mid demonstration and not return. That’s the synopsis....

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” Sun Tzu, The Art of War. I literally have...

There are people who have been around me for a period of time that will certainly chuckle at the title for our first blog post, to the...