Rehabbing an Aggressive Australian Shepherd

Roland and his little girl Jessy came over for more socialization. I was in the house and the dogs were outside. Decker and the girls greeted Roland and Jessy with no problems at all. Later during the visit, Decker came up for attention from Roland. He did this several times. Roland told him that he would take him home if he had the room. He is such a nice dog.In the afternoon, the FedEx man came to the door to deliver a package, while Decker was outside. I rushed to the door and asked th …

I had a lunch meeting with one of the managers from the San Luis Obispo Humane Society. I had decided to take all of the dogs with me because its always much cooler toward the coast in San Luis Obispo. It was going to be a scorcher today at an estimated 106F. When we left to head down to SLO, the weather was getting hot at around 90F. As I am driving down the hill toward SLO, I noticed that the weather was getting hotter instead of cooler. Wow, that is sure weird. Only once in a blue moon …

I had 6 goats and a sheep, Ma, the Border Leicester, who all needed shearing. I am so done with doing it myself. It usually takes me at least 1 hour per animal and that makes the shearing job, take all day. I can't struggle with goats and sheep all day any more, as I would get too tired after several hours. So the job goes to Jose, a local sheep shearer. I was prepared for him when he showed up. I had decided that I could not deal with three dogs while holding goats for Jose to shear. Tam …

I received a call a few days ago out of the blue. She had had my number for over a year and wanted to restart sheepdog herding lessons. She had had two previous lessons with another instructor about two years ago. She has a Border collie that she rescued from Animal Control in San Luis Obispo. The two lessons her dog had in the past, showed promise and she said that he really liked it.She was very excited about getting a lesson, and we set one up for the next evening. My new student, Mia, w …

Decker had an excellent day today. I left home early so we all could catch a walk around Atascadero Lake Park. The lake used to be a low spot in the town, where the rain water would collect. Over the years, Atascadero lake has been developed into a recreation area where many people walk, run or ride bikes around. That was the sort of area that I would benefit Decker. He needs people behind him, and coming at him. This will help in desensitising him toward people and things. He did real fi …