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I saw this outline on being a leader and it says so much I thought it worthy of sharing here. Such turmoil in the training biz now with whatever set the pure positive thing against corrections or even saying "no", and wanting to be equals and best friends with your dog rather than "Pack Leader"...

I've heard @Rits describing the frustration of getting to a show, needing X number of dogs to be in the ring to get a major and somebody doesn't show up. You can show and win, but not enough dogs to get the Major points you need for a CH. It's a bit over my head but I feel the frustration on...

I was dusting the other day and thought I should post pictures of this vintage Doberman, cast in iron it weighs 5 pounds, which is hefty for a small statue! It's from the 1940's or '50s, of the famous Muck v. Brunia. I'd found this history about him several years ago, and a short search found it...

I am always in awe of the horses and riders who complete this ride! This year I didn't get to follow it closely but one of the stand-out reports was by the Arabian Jockey Club - the number of horses in the top ten that were bred for the racing on the flat track. As I have pushed constantly here...

I just came across this post on FB. It's an interesting observation. Since I don't show conformation or breed, I can't really say how much of a thing this is, but I have noticed the overall picture at shows (same dogs getting GCH points to add silver, gold and platinum to the intitials so this...

A reminder of how we can be the ones who can make a difference. @Katyusharocket description of the new, old & continuing friendships as a newbie in the show world in UKC. This is a life-long very experienced horseman who mostly competed in eventing on Thoroughbreds, but also owned and competed...

This is a current topic on Martha Hoffmans FB page. She studies dog behavior and trains service dogs, specializing in dogs that come from shelters. The comments and her conversation with the comments are just as enlightening. I agree with her 100% that you can help fearful dogs but deep down...

Asha starts barking as soon as I go toward the engine of the wood splitter and won't let up until the engine starts. Satisfied that she made it start, she just walks off.

Loping along (1 - 2 seconds): "is that a squirrel I see?", at 2 seconds: "omg it IS" LOL, the pedal goes to the metal.

ANY breeder breeding specifically for color, especially colors not in the standard, should be called out. This is sick. If the just advertised Multicolor Cross Breed Dogs for Sale I wouldn't care, but to label these Dobermans? https://www.nwrkennels.com/

I took a much needed get-away day to go to a friends pond. Weather has been hot and in the 90's, so it was perfect. Asha has only been in deep water once in her life and is the opposite of graceful. But neither of us had been on a paddle board, and had a very successful and enjoyable time, not...

This is a video I took at a training that my friend has every week, I sent her the video and she posted it with her own comments. She doesn't teach AKC trial type stuff, just behavior training to get your dog to listen, behave, and have fun in company of other dogs. Nobody was perfect, since I...

As I have sifted through so many articles and photos of so many different sports done by so many different breeds it has become more than obvious that form equals function actually has become a misnomer of sorts. Form is form and function is function. If you don't work the working breeds but...

I saw this on a big city community forum - someone looking to get a dental on their dog but they couldn't afford it and was asking for reference to a vet with cheaper prices. Lots of comments and almost all pointed to smaller towns/community vets 30+ miles out of the city and the majority were...

Doberman Planet tends to be a lot of fluff but outright misinformation doesn't help anything or anyone, much less the breed. What's the point of making up exaggerated numbers?

Saw this post the other day and thought it was a good way to explain drive. We see and use the phrase "high drive" a lot, but not every dog is really high drive, some are just high energy. And of course there are some that are neither and that's ok too. But the joy you see in a dog when it loves...

I promised Asha a weekend of bitey fun and signed up for a 2 day work shop - actually it was 3 days but I just signed up for Sat/Sun. Since all I'd ever worked on was the IGP exercises I thought it would be fun to mix it up with different exercises. It was actually a bit confusing for her, we...

🙄 I cut these up for the chickens and thought I'd video how seriously Asha hates a banana. Feel free to add videos of your dog loving or hating a banana. This could get fun!

The discussion in Let's Run! thread prompted me to share these screenshots of my dog taking off on a send out. I'll get the video on YouTube later so you can see what we were doing, but I have to say Asha has the kind of muscle and power in her rear end that is what should be strived for in this...

Saw this on FB. I've seen recently not to feed sweet potatoes, but now appears to be the whole root vegetable category. I don't feed these anyway except carrots are in the Fresh Pet that feed a small amount of. I'll have to look at my kibble, as I think it may contain beet pulp, which has become...