The Dog Geek

We attended and helped host our first ever AKC herding trial over the weekend, and it was a LOT of work! The trial had both sheep and geese ...

Yesterday was the fifth and final day of Paw5's Enriched Life Challenge ! Paw5 has challenged dog owners to make their pets' lives ...

This is Zip. Her dad is Batman, possibly the best dog ever. Brisbane hated intact males, except Batman. Everybody loves Batman. Batman...

I had high hopes for Jean Mueller's Shorty & I: A Guide to Raising Young Herding Dogs in the City , recommended to me as a guide to ...

Brisbane, Sisci and I participated in an American Herding Breed Association trial this weekend, and the dogs each earned their Herding Capa...

I'm not a big fan of new year's resolutions, but I thought I'd do a post welcoming the new year anyway. I have lots of plans and...

I brought Ru along to our herding lesson this week, and we let him check out the sheep just for fun. This is what happened:  The video...

Brisbane and I have done a few herding lessons off and on, starting with his instinct test when he was nine months old. We've worked wi...

When Brisbane was nine months old, my best friend and I took him to a herding instinct test. This test consists of turning a dog loose on a ...