How to Foster Livestock Guardian Dogs - Building Confidence Through Teaching Basic Skills
I love to talk about and share the wonder of my training journey with dogs. For me, there is so much to say that I often find myself...
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Cindy Benson
- Jul 4
- 7 min
How to Foster Livestock Guardian Dogs - My First 48 Hours with Roo & Tucker
The foster dogs arrived on the evening of June 30, 2024, via a professional transport service. This means that they traveled in crates,...
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Cindy Benson
- May 24
- 5 min
Top 5 Reasons All Livestock Guardian Dogs Should Have Hip Testing
All livestock guardian dogs should have hip testing because this is the BEST way to protect their ability to be sound on into old age....
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Cindy Benson
- May 19
- 9 min
No More Private Training at Benson Ranch - The End of an Era
Every trainer hits a wall at some point. There comes that time, many times, when the emotional toll of what we love to do is bigger than...
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Cindy Benson
- May 6
- 5 min
Enroll In My Online Livestock Guardian Dog Training Course - Top 5 Reasons Why
The best reason to enroll in my online livestock guardian dog training course is that your dog's life may depend on it, truly. This...
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Cindy Benson
- Apr 21
- 7 min
Learn How to Train Livestock Guardian Dogs By Changing Their Environment
Learn how to train livestock guardian dogs by changing the environment around them. The thing an LGD cares about the most is what is...
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Cindy Benson
- Mar 25
- 1 min
Episode #71 of the Farm Dog Podcast: LGD Training with Cindy Benson
This is the link that will take you to this podcast episode. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-71-lgd-training-is-not-remotely-imp...
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Cindy Benson
- Mar 12
- 2 min
Step by Step: Follow the LGD Training Journey of Great Pyrenees Pups Rosemary & Basil
Day #2! A new toy/learning adventure. Let the games begin! How to start LGD puppies well is a hotly disputed subject, one that is...
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Cindy Benson
- Feb 15
- 9 min
Puppies Are Born Perfect - Owners Have Some Skill-Building to Do - How To Become a Great LGD Owner
I do not use, or promote, training methods that dogs fear or will work to avoid. Puppies are born perfect. And yet, in the case of LGD...
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Cindy Benson
- Feb 10
- 3 min
Building a Strong Defense: Training the Black Alder Pups as Livestock Guardian Dogs
The Black Alder trio is hard at work. Let us out! No time to eat in this pen! The litter of six Black Alder pups came to me for training...
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Cindy Benson
- Jan 19
- 1 min
My Livestock Guardian Dog Online Courses Will Teach You How to Be Successful With LGDs!
I am SO EXCITED to offer online livestock guardian training courses! Please take a look and let me know what you think! This project has...
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Cindy Benson
- Nov 13, 2023
- 2 min
In My World, Litter Mates Are a Strength - Not a Syndrome. A Black Alder Pup in His New Home
This is a beautiful video to support my statement. Four-month-old "Green" has been in his new home for two weeks. His litter came to me...
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Cindy Benson
- Sep 29, 2023
- 7 min
How to Train Livestock Guardian Dogs - Teaching Agency to the Black Alder Pups
The litter is almost twelve weeks old, so fast! And they change right in front of me at lightning speed; their choices a week ago are...
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Cindy Benson
- Sep 16, 2023
- 4 min
How to Train Livestock Guardian Dogs - The Black Alder Pups Finish Their First Week With Me!
The puppies have been with me for a whole week! That is amazing. There is just no time to waste when training livestock guardian dog...
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Cindy Benson
- Sep 13, 2023
- 1 min
How to Train Livestock Guardian Dogs - Training the Black Alder Pups Series Begins!
The backstory On July 5, 2023, my dear friend Debi Reid, of Black Alder Ranch in Idaho, was blessed with a litter of six Maremma puppies....
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Cindy Benson
- Sep 2, 2023
- 3 min
LGDs Cash & Sasha Learn About Cows! - How to Use Siblings To Train Each Other
#littermatesyndromenot, #bensonmarremas, #bensonmaremmasLGDtraining, #LGDtraining, #positivereinforcementdogtraining,...
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Cindy Benson
- Aug 31, 2023
- 4 min
How To Introduce Pigs to a Young LGD and Make One Very Big Mistake
#littermatesyndromenot, #bensonmarremas, #bensonmaremmasLGDtraining, #LGDtraining, #positivereinforcementdogtraining,...
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Cindy Benson
- Aug 17, 2023
- 1 min
Three Young LGDs Get to Know Each Other - Canine Body Language Is Fascinating!
#bensonmarremas, #bensonmaremmasLGDtraining, #LGDtraining, #positivereinforcementdogtraining, #protectiondogtraining,...
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Cindy Benson
- Aug 10, 2023
- 2 min
Yukon Meets the Goat Girls! - How To Introduce New Livestock To An LGD
Yukon is an eight-month-old intact Maremma. He has been a full-time working LGD almost all of his life. The goat girls, Party and Pearl,...
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Cindy Benson
- Aug 9, 2023
- 7 min
Clicker Training! Practice It With An Easy Animal Before You Use It With Your LGD
This was shared with me this morning; shared here with permission. These are the words of an experienced animal trainer, now completing...
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