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...
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Cindy Benson
- Apr 5, 2021
- 7 min
Compassionate Use of Electric Fencing For Maremmas
I really dislike using electric fencing. In the title of this blog post, I almost feel like the words "compassionate" and "electric"...
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Cindy Benson
- Apr 4, 2021
- 8 min
Fencing Options & Considerations for Maremmas
I truly feel that most of the success of LGD management involves the management of the environment the dogs live in, in a variety of...
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Cindy Benson
- Apr 3, 2021
- 4 min
The Grooming Series - Maintaining Maremmas with a Plan - ***Read This One First ***
I typically have sixteen to twenty adult Maremmas guarding our property and livestock full-time. Grooming them used to be the most...
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Cindy Benson
- Apr 3, 2021
- 3 min
Criteria For a Perfect Grooming Area - The Grooming Series
A good grooming area has easily accessible power sources. This stall has two plugs just above where the white cord is. My blower hangs...
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Cindy Benson
- Apr 1, 2021
- 4 min
Clippers - Selection and Tips For Using Them - The Grooming Series
I'll start this blog by saying that I am routinely humbled by clippers. Clippers like new blades, clean hair, clipper lubrication, a...
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Cindy Benson
- Apr 1, 2021
- 4 min
The Secret to My Grooming Success - This Magic Blower - The Grooming Series
I have used a cattle blower for years on my donkeys. It worked great on them and did me absolutely no good with the dogs. Yes, the hair...
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Cindy Benson
- Mar 31, 2021
- 4 min
My Favorite Grooming Tools and How I Use Them - The Grooming Series
In no particular order here..... The de-tangling spray is not brand specific for my use. I have several brands I use that I feel perform...
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Cindy Benson
- Mar 25, 2021
- 1 min
Partial Late Winter "Triage" Clipping - The Grooming Series
I am going to let the videos tell the story for this blog. Details about the clippers I am using can be found in the clippers blog. I do...
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Cindy Benson
- Mar 25, 2021
- 1 min
How To Wash a Dog in the Field - The Grooming Series
I wash most of my dogs in the fields they live in because that is fast and easy for me, with the added bonus that the partner dog is...
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Cindy Benson
- Mar 22, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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Cindy Benson
- Mar 22, 2021
- 3 min
Introducing Meadow and Benson to Sheep and Baby Lambs Using a Safety Line - **Cues**
#MaremmaTraining #KPAFoundations #Cues Meadow and Benson are sixteen-month-old siblings who share a fence line with this small flock of...
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Cindy Benson
- Mar 17, 2021
- 2 min
Teaching Eight-Week-Old Puppies About Sheep and a Creek
The creek introduction is the second pasture transition for the pups. I had been waiting for the water level in the creek to drop a bit....
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Cindy Benson
- Mar 11, 2021
- 2 min
Introducing Eight-Week-Old Puppies to Sheep
When I allow the pups to be in the same field as their sheep, I do so with great care and management. The metal house that they love to...
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Cindy Benson
- Mar 9, 2021
- 5 min
Training Seven-Week-Old Puppies
It is always such a challenge to meet my blog writing goals with the pups in sharing what is going on in their lives with the hopeful...
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Cindy Benson
- Mar 2, 2021
- 1 min
Training Six-Week-Old Puppies – Novel Situations
It's hard to imagine a day that would be more diverse for the pups in terms of training experiences. These pups just kept looking for...
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Cindy Benson
- Feb 26, 2021
- 5 min
Treat Selection & Preparation
It does sound pretty simple. Get your clicker, snacks for your canine training partner, and go out to work some training magic. If you...
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Cindy Benson
- Jan 3, 2021
- 6 min
Teaching a Maremma To Come When Called - Recall
#bensonmaremmastraining, You know where I am about to go with this, right? If you yell “COME!” you aren’t likely to get the behavior from...
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Cindy Benson
- Jan 3, 2021
- 5 min
Training Is About Creating Behavior – Not Stopping It
I recently read that training dogs is like expecting them to learn English as a second language. Thinking of it that way reminds me of...
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Cindy Benson
- Dec 21, 2020
- 6 min
Resilience & Coping Skills – What You Can Do To Support Your Dog
For several years now, here on the ranch, I have believed that the extensive and purposeful training we do with our pups allowed us to...
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