"A Resource Super Center." This is how a friend of mine described her barnyard through the eyes of her mature, experienced, neutered male LGD.

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.

Learn what an LGD experiences and learns when tethered as a management/training tool.

Learn how to train livestock guardian dogs by changing the environment around them. The thing an LGD cares about the most is what is...

#bensonmarremas, #bensonmaremmasLGDtraining, #LGDtraining, #positivereinforcementdogtraining, #protectiondogtraining,...

The dog in the photo is Yeti. He is one of the most challenging Maremmas I have ever raised. He still lives with me. As an adult, he is...

#bensonmaremmastraining, Camille is about one year old. When she was six months old, a stranger came to visit. The introduction went...

Me with my little training partner hen. #bensonmaremmastraining, Terry Ryan, the instructor for Chicken Camps all over the world, was my...

#bensonmaremmastraining, String training is a concept presented to me by Steve Martin only six short months ago in a course I attended at...

#bensonmaremmastraining, Recently, on a Facebook page that I am an admin on (Maremma Sheepdog Open Forum) several questions were posed to...

#bensonmaremmastraining, Food is a primary reinforcer for animals, which means that animals don’t need to learn to value it; they value...

#bensonmaremmastraining, I have been taught that dogs do what is immediately reinforcing, and I have been taught that food is a primary...

#bensonmaremmastraining, Scientific principles govern how dogs learn; not traditional lore, not trendy opinions, and not even if you love...

This is the owner, with her Special Needs Pup. That is a love affair that can go far! #bensonmaremmastraining, I had the distinct...

These dogs gave their owner LOTS of warning signs before they reached this extreme behavior. #bensonmaremmastraining, #lgdtraining, Any...

#Maremmasheepdogtraining, #positivereinforcementtrainingforlgds In one of the many courses I have taken from Suzanne Clothier, she talks...

#maremmaforsale, #Maremmasheepdogtraining, #positivereinforcementtrainingforlgds, Tonight, as I powered through my chores, I saw a sight...

I feel angrier every time I watch this short video clip – and behind that anger is fear, big time. Fear for my dogs. People want to “come...

#Maremmaforsale, #Maremmasheepdogtraining, #positivereinforcementtrainingforlgds I often feel like training happens when I am making...

Katie S. owns the dogs in the photo; I have written about her in other blogs, along with Katie W., because they are sharing a somewhat...