Australian Shepherd

Energetic herding dogs

two year writeup on making a working line australian shepherd from stock lines actually work in a suburban pet home, what we got wrong the first year and what actually moved the needle

writing this up because two years in we are finally in a place where i can look back and honestly describe what happened rather than white-knuckling through it. Juno is a 2.5 year old red merle female...

Posted by overnight_struggle_bus_64•2w ago

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three years in with our working line australian shepherd female from a stockdog kennel and looking back at the noise sensitivity arc we walked through her first twenty months, the conventional advice we received around desensitization and counter conditioning protocols had the right tools but the wrong framing for a working line dog, posting the version of the resolution that actually held because the published material on noise sensitivity in working breeds underweights the breed cognition piece in a way that cost us six months

Juniper is a three year old working line australian shepherd female we brought home at ten weeks from an ASCA stockdog kennel where her dam and sire were both active trial dogs on cattle. We were not...

Posted by sheaWithTheCocker•1mo ago

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How do you exercise a dog during a heat wave?

Its been 100+ degrees here for the past week. My australian shepherd needs way more exercise than shes getting but I dont want to risk heat stroke. We do early morning walks but by 8am its already 85....

Posted by owner1•4mo ago

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Aussie herding the kids

My aussie has decided its his job to herd my kids. Nipping at their heels when they run, blocking doorways, the whole thing. Kids are scared of him now. How do I redirect this herding instinct? Its...