It's Contemporary Animal Training and Management Workshop Week at the Ranch, so Chris sits down to chat with one of our attendees, livestock guardian dog (LGD) trainer Cindy Benson! Cindy talks about how her work raising miniature donkeys led her to becoming a KPA certified trainer, the similarities between her work raising and training LGDs and the practices of other animals trainers across the industry, the priviledge of being able to teach others as a "big fish that found its pond," and the cool stuff we've been learning from our animals at the workshop this week!

To learn more about Cindy's work raising Maremma Sheepdogs and training LGDs, check out https://www.bensonmaremmas.com/.

Visit Amazon to learn more about Cindy's book, Livestock Guardian Dog Training Manual: Applying the Karen Pryor Academy Dog Trainer Foundations Course to Training Livestock Guardian Dogs.