Pack Management

Planning for the Week Ahead with Five Dogs and a Grooming Business Sunday in our house is less a day of rest, and more a chance to tackle the chores that pile up during the hectic workweek. It’s become a weekly ritual of tidying, planning, and occasionally wondering if there’s a less tiring way to manage another week of rain, mud, and dog hair. This season is especially challenging when it comes to keeping mud at bay, and the dogs dry for more than a few hours at a time. Part

Ensuring my border collie agility dogs train too. Shared Handling: Consistency Makes the Pack Work Saturdays tend to be flexible days when both John and I have more time to spare. That often means longer walks or exploring further afield with the dogs. Walking the pack together is always easier: each of us manages just two or three dogs on lead, and having two sets of eyes makes off‑lead risk management far simpler. Hazards are everywhere when exercising a group of high‑energ