Black and Tan English Shepherds
Old-fashioned Black and Tan English Shepherd Association
Use this form to assess what types of reinforcers your dog is most likely to respond to. Click the Download PDF Link below to get a copy of the form. Canine Reinforcer Assessment by Old-fashioned Black and Tan English Shepherd Assoc on Scribd
Print This Post
This guide provides a step-by-step approach to using differential reinforcement of incompatible behaviors (DRI) to train dogs to stop jumping on visitors. By teaching and reinforcing an incompatible behavior, such as sitting, owners can effectively reduce unwanted behaviors in their dogs. Consistency, patience, and practice are essential in achieving success with this training method. … Read more
Print This Post
The flawed reliance on wolf behavior to interpret dog behavior is called lupomorphism. While it is true that dogs and wolves share a common ancestor, that does not mean that dogs are descended from wolves. This is an important distinction. The evolutionary trajectories of wolves and dogs diverged when some of the wolf-dogs started hanging … Read more
Print This Post
Dragline (aka long lead) training is an important part of my training program. Each of my dogs goes through dragline training before we advance onto other curricula. I do not allow a dog to interact freely with my livestock unless he or she has graduated from dragline training. When discussing training, it is important to … Read more
Print This Post
The late Celo Farm’s Tara was born September 25, 2002. She was bred by James McGowen of Carousel Farm and owned by Fergus Pope. Tara is of the Double RR Stormy dam line, a well-known ESBT dam line of maternal haplotype A1a A388. I have met several of Tara’s descendants and even own a few … Read more
Print This Post
Sonny Tucker McCarty was born in West Virginia on New Year’s Eve of 2003. He was bred by Jim McGowen of Carousel Farm and owned by Alan McCarty. Mr. McGowen used STM at least seven times, breeding him each time to one of two sisters, Carousel’s Lisa and Carousel’s Magnolia (Meg). STM is a member … Read more
Print This Post
Two of Rusty’s boys attended a Cathy Hartley herding clinic this weekend. By all accounts, Chase and Ruger represented our Old-fashioned Black and Tan English Shepherd bloodline well. Here’s a note from the clinic: You would have loved to have watched Chase and Ruger today at the herding clinic with Cathy Hartley!!!! It was Chase’s … Read more
Print This Post
Little more than a century ago, most domesticated dogs were working animals with vocations that were enriching and kept them occupied.
Print This Post
By six weeks of age, a dog from a traditional breeder of Old-fashioned Black and Tan English Shepherds has been exposed to rifle fire, large diesel farming equipment, chainsaws, 4-5 varieties of livestock, and possibly a few wild animals. One can call any dog a farm dog, kind of like one wants to call a … Read more
Print This Post
This is the late Comanche Bluff Sassy Britches. Born 2004-01-25, Sassy Britches is of the important Hudson’s Lassie dam line, with maternal haplotype C2 C42/54/55. Sassy Britches had OFA Excellent hips, and she is an ancestor to several breeding quality females in use today, including my Vixen, John Sherling’s Meg, Larry Raulston’s Roxie Foley and … Read more
Print This Post