Getting a Grip on Christmas with Your Dog Every holiday season, it’s a tradition to invite family and friends over to have a feast, drink, have a good time, tell stories and laugh. We, as humans, anticipate these special…
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As someone who lives in an urban area, I often hear the question, “Can you have a herding breed and live in an apartment?” The short answer is, “It depends.” The real question isn’t if you can own…
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What is Clicker Training? Kris Crestejo, one of our Guild Evangelists, explains clicker training and how to use positive reinforcements when training your dog. Have you used clicker training? Tell us about it! You can join our email list and…
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Any breed with prey drive has the chance of being addicted to chasing things, mainly because it satisfies that instinctual behaviour they were bred for, CHASE! Almost every single dog owner out there has tried (succeeded or failed) with teaching…
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Tennis balls will no longer be the ball of choice for your herding breed when you get the ball rolling with treibball! Check out this great video of treibball in action. Video from a Guild of Shepherds & Collies Evangelist,…
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At one point in time, some of us may decide to bring a second or third dog into our household; either because of an open heart or companionship for our resident dog(s). Either way, it can be a nerve-racking…
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Communication between dog and handler is important Our dogs are communicating with us every single day, but are we listening? We’re talking to our dogs every day, but are they listening? Through my years of working one on one with…
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Re·ac·tive definition (Wikipedia): Showing a response to a stimulus, acting in response to a situation rather than creating or controlling it, having a tendency to react chemically. Reactivity can happen in many different situations, such as when a dog is…
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Aggression, fears and OCD. These are the top behaviour problems that herding breeds will have, if any, during their life, and most of those can be caused by frustrations. Often these dogs are mislabeled by inexperienced trainers or another dog…
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Dog Parks Can Be Lots of Fun – Here Are Some Tips to Help Dog parks can be a great place for owners to let their dogs off the leash, chase a ball or Frisbee and have some socialization with…
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