Assessing Herding Aptitude in Young Dogs: What Tests Actually Predict
A scientific review of puppy aptitude testing methods for herding potential—what early assessments can and cannot predict about adult working performance.
The Critical Periods Nobody Talks About
The developmental windows that determine whether a dog's genetic potential for herding work manifests, and why most breeders get timing wrong.
Why Some Herding Dogs Never 'Turn On'
Investigating why dogs from strong working lines sometimes never develop herding behavior, and what this teaches us about gene-environment interactions in behavioral development.