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Is Your Barnyard a "Resource Super Center"?
"A Resource Super Center." This is how a friend of mine described her barnyard through the eyes of her mature, experienced, neutered male LGD.
Cindy Benson
Aug 13 min read
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What Is the Most Common Dog Training Mistake?
It isn't possible to actually, for sure, know what a dog is feeling. Assumptions are made based on the body language of the dog, and possibly the environmental circumstance, and this absolutely pulls from the person's learned history with dogs and other animals.
Cindy Benson
Jul 3112 min read
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My Training Response To An LGD Barking At New Livestock
Learn how to deal with an LGD barking at new livestock without using aversive training methods.
Cindy Benson
Jul 186 min read
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Resource Guarding – What’s in a Word, or Two?
It is important to stay with dogs while they eat if resources are a concern for either dog. In this instance, I am giving Yeti a cue to...
Cindy Benson
Jun 15 min read
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Pups? Be Careful – The Story of Fuzz and Kyrie
#bensonmaremmastraining, In my career as an LGD training specialist, I work with some amazing people and wonderful dogs. What a privilege...
Cindy Benson
May 18 min read
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Working LGD Rescue & Sanctuary Newsletter – Third Edition
Working LGD Rescue & Sanctuary update
Cindy Benson
Jan 316 min read
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Tethered LGDs- The Story of Auggie & Solero
Learn what an LGD experiences and learns when tethered as a management/training tool.
Cindy Benson
Dec 12, 20246 min read
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How to Foster Livestock Guardian Dogs - Building Confidence Through Teaching Basic Skills
My first clicker moments with worried Ms. Roo. I love to talk about and share the wonder of my training journey with dogs. For me, there...
Cindy Benson
Jul 7, 20244 min read
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How to Foster Livestock Guardian Dogs - My First 48 Hours with Roo & Tucker
This is Roo and Tucker the morning after they arrived; Roo is the brown girl, and Tucker is sleeping by the gate. The foster dogs arrived...
Cindy Benson
Jul 4, 20247 min read
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