Category: Puppies

So one thing I would like to mention …It is important…Very! When you correct your puppy or grown dog…do the correction when the incident happens. Then go on . Do not preach to the pup or dog…(I am guilty) I like to get my point across…Not helpful!  Do not pout and punish for hours ! […]

During the Larry Painter Clinic the puppy was on leash for the first time in her life. It was free and easy not to demanding. Just got her use to being on leash and walking with me. She also spent some time tied at the sheep pens supervised. I was pleased she took to the […]

Yes! Sofa! I brought the puppy in tonight to try out some names and visit with her (too cold and rainy for me outside) I had her to sit nicely on the sofa while I petted and played with her. She was called by Les to come and she did . Across the sofa and […]

Every puppy has to learn to “come” immediately when called no matter what!   Some come when called and are not a problem ever…some you really have to work on teaching them. Others come most of the time except when they are doing “something” they want to do and “you ” do not exist!  The […]

English Shepherds are smart!  No doubt.  My puppy watched and learned from some cousins last week in the yard.  My chickens are free range and I had taught my pup to leave them alone. Some of the visiting dogs gathered and penned the chickens (M.Dwight can tell that story), but my pup understood one thing…chickens […]

All puppies go through fear periods. My puppy is starting to enter her first one she will be 12 weeks old Thursday. Up until today I had not noticed any fear at all. We took a short ride in the truck… to pick up a bale of hay and she wined and complained a bit […]

by Marianne Dwight Winter in New England is a tough time to raise a puppy but if you want that puppy to become a stock dog it is a good time to start. The pup can grow up during the cold, snowy months and by spring he is ready to begin helping with some simple tasks. And if you have a friend […]

by Kay Keziah We go daily to the sheep pens and the field. Also daily to turn the chickens out and to put the chickens up. I all ways have a close eye on her. I am allowing my puppy to learn many things on her own with supervision (but no management) I am still […]

by Kay Keziah   Today my puppy had a few corrections.   She was walking with me and the other dogs  as we took the sheep their hay in the wheel barrow.  I thought my puppy was being a bit silly…and I realized she was herding my wheel barrow! She has been doing this for […]

by Kay Keziah   My puppy still has no name! This is getting serious! She needs a name. I have been trying out names for weeks (months really). I do have an idea but…will see…   One of the things I am being very careful with and mindful of…Is not allowing my puppy to do […]