Confidence is the cornerstone of success. It empowers handlers and dogs to take risks, face challenges, and pursue goals. While some dogs appear naturally confident, for many, confidence is a skill that must be cultivated over time. Building confidence is about developing a healthy belief in your dog, in you and your abilities as well as in its own.  The foundation of confidence begins with understanding your dog's strengths and weaknesses. When you know what your dog is good

Started or finished dogs are different stages of training, know what stage you are looking for.

Pretty happy with my dogs this weekend at the State of Jefferson Trial in Northern California. Struggled sometimes but I was to focus on running my dogs and not overthink that it was running at a trial. I ran Phyllis in open, Turk and Tate in Pro/Nov. Trudy ran Alice and Wyatt in open. They did very well for her. I know she was very pleased with both of them. I messed up videoing a very nice run on a dogleg fetch that Alice had the first day. Tate struggled with his downs on

I was asked, by Angie White, to write my thoughts as a foreigner attending the National Kelpie Field Trial. My understanding is each of...

Recently I had the opportunity to go up to Canada and spend some time with family. I took a couple of young dogs with me. As I shared my...

We talk a lot about communication when working with our dogs. A big part of communication is understanding the intentions of the...

The stockdog world is full of opinions and people who like to express them. I have watched 5 dogs and 7 people work a group of five sheep...

Check Your Settings originally posted | Nov 20, 2017 | Recently I had an update to my operating system on my computer. After the update...

Originally Posted Dec 6, 2017 | Saturday we went to a small trial up in Washington, called Shepherds retreat. Vaider is about to be...

Originally posted Dec 2, 2017 1) Rigidity: While a rigid training program can be good, too much rigidity within the training is not....

Originally posted May 1, 2017 Well, tough day at the trial. There was nothing dreadful, just not how I envisioned it. Vaider was on the...

Where do I start with this one? Trailing Of The Sheep, Sheep Dog Trial is one of those trials that is a family favorite in the Double V...

I was on the road the other week up in Canada. I was scanning the radio trying to find something to listen to, to pass the time. The...

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