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Teaching Pups To Use a Ramp To Get in a Car Using Least Intrusive Training Methods
LIMA - Least Intrusive Training methods: https://wagwalking.com/daily/lima-dog-training-principles-what-you-need-to-know ****...

Cindy Benson
Jul 8, 20233 min read


Beautiful Training - One-Year-Old Pups with Goats
#LGDtraining This is a nine-second video of me using two hand signal cues to slow the speed of this enthusiastic male pup, Blue. Did you...

Cindy Benson
Jul 29, 20225 min read


Training To Prevent Resource Guarding - Katie S. - Success!!!
#resourceguardingLGDs, #shaping, #Maremmasheepdogtraining, #positivereinforcementtrainingforlgds, ***Note: Please read the blog below for...

Cindy Benson
Feb 19, 20223 min read


That's a Redirect?! That's Easy!
#shaping, #Maremmasheepdogtraining, #positivereinforcementtrainingforlgds ****Interrupt - Redirect - Reinforce**** Those three words are...

Cindy Benson
Feb 13, 20224 min read


Feeding & Manners - Katie S. - Shaping, Blog #2 – Katie’s Videos
#resourceguardingLGDs, #Maremmasheepdogtraining, #positivereinforcementtrainingforlgds This series of videos shows many of the steps of...

Cindy Benson
Feb 11, 20224 min read


Feeding & Manners - Katie S. - Shaping, Blog #1 - Katie's Story
#cuesandshaping, #Maremmasheepdogtraining, #resourceguarding, #positivereinforcementtrainingforlgds, ****Suzanne Clothier, one of my...

Cindy Benson
Feb 11, 20228 min read


New Home, New Cow - Managing the Introduction - Novice Owner
The backstory: The woman in the coveralls is Amber, the proud new owner of a pair of eleven-month-old Sarika pups. Her assistant is Anna,...

Cindy Benson
Dec 31, 202111 min read


Raising Eevie & Banks - Feeding and Manners - Katie W. - Shaping
#Maremmasheepdogtraining, #resourceguardingLGDs Updated 12/31/21 These five-month-old pups belong to Katie W. Katie is a beginner LGD...

Cindy Benson
Dec 30, 20217 min read


Teach Your LGDs That the Presence of a Food Bowl Equals Safety: Shaping & Cues - Reminding Adult Dog
The big dog in the video is Yeti, a four-year-old neutered Maremma. His partner is Blush, also an adult dog. Blush is one of my breeding...

Cindy Benson
Dec 24, 20216 min read


Teach Your LGDs That the Presence of a Food Bowl Equals Safety: Shaping & Cues - Young Dogs
These dogs are a little older than the pups in the related blog #4. Here you can see that my previous training has a big payoff because...

Cindy Benson
Dec 24, 20211 min read


Teach Your LGDs That the Presence of a Food Bowl Equals Safety: Shaping & Cues - Annabel the Cow
These four-month-old pups have been taught, using shaping, that I will stay and make sure they are allowed to eat in peace, no matter...

Cindy Benson
Dec 24, 20216 min read


Yeti & Blush - Redirect Done Badly - No Shaping
This blog is one of those good news-bad news - situations because some of what I did was appropriate, and it worked, but the training...

Cindy Benson
Dec 22, 20216 min read


Training - Knowing When to Walk Away - Eevie & Banks - Shaping
#Maremmasheepdogtraining, #positivereinforcementtrainingforlgds I am currently providing training support for twelve dogs and their...

Cindy Benson
Dec 16, 20215 min read


Cues in Action! Verbal Marker, Clicker, Environmental Cues, Targeting, Redirecting, Click for Calm
#Maremmasheepdogtraining, #positivereinforcementtrainingforlgds, These six-month-old pups traveled with me all the way to South Dakota....

Cindy Benson
Sep 12, 20218 min read


Introducing Eight-Month-Old Maremmas to Goats
On this day, we introduced two of the Sarika pups to goats for the first time; it was a first for the goats too! We always do...

Cindy Benson
Sep 9, 20211 min read


How to Teach a Dog to Touch a Hand Target
#bensonmaremmastraining, Hand targeting is a great skill to teach pups. It has many practical applications. Examples would be moving dogs...

Cindy Benson
Jun 27, 20211 min read


Training Rosie – Then & Now – Shaping
“You would be fascinated to know the science behind why the way you train works.” This statement is why I am a clicker trainer. It was...

Cindy Benson
Jun 3, 20219 min read


Learning the Skill (Art) of Shaping
In the video above, I am using shaping to work with eleven dogs, all at the same time, from outside their fields. Using shaping, I am...

Cindy Benson
May 30, 20217 min read


Vinny Meets the Goats - Safety Line & Shaping
Vinny is a sixteen-month-old Cameo x Milan pup. He had never seen an adult goat until we brought him to this pair of retired dairy goat...

Cindy Benson
Apr 11, 20214 min read


Meadow Meets the Goats - **Cues**
#MaremmaTraining #KPAFoundations #Cues Pearl and Party are retired dairy goats who arrived at the ranch only a few days ago. Meadow has...

Cindy Benson
Mar 22, 20213 min read
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