Salsa, the Untrainable AlpacaAlpacas at The RanchI have always enjoyed alpacas and appreciated their gentle nature. About 16 months ago, I heard about a nearby alpaca ranch that had more than one thousand alpacas that were going to be slaughtered for meat later that week. I went to check the place out; I had no plans to adopt any alpacas …

Something Borrowed, Something True: 8 of My Favorite SayingsThere are plenty of maxims, adages, and popular sayings in the training community. I tend to avoid them, because they can be simplistic, overused, or embraced too fiercely by some trainers. In reviewing my classes at The Ranch and my various seminars, however, I discovered that there are a few sayings that …