Last Updated on August 21, 2026 by Kim Crawmer, KPA CTP, LFDM

The QuickStart Guide to Livestock Guardian Dogs

A Step-by-step Guide to Starting Out Right With Livestock Guardian Dogs so You Experience More Joy and Less Stress

Downloadable E-books and PDFs

Click the links below to access our downloadable e-books and PDF training documents that accompany this course.

Maremma Sheepdog Buyer's Guide
Clicker Training Overview
Debunking Dominance
Essential LGD Training Resources
Two Ways Dogs Learn
Building Motivation

Step-by-step Training Guides

Loose Leash Walking
Teach Down
Teach a Sit
Teach a Hand Target
Teach Recall
Teach Drop It

Join Our Free LGD and Dairy Goat Membership

If you enjoyed this Livestock Guardian Dog Mini Course, join our free Livestock Guardian Dog and Dairy Goat membership for access to more helpful content.

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Join the free Maremmas Made Easy Q&A calls

For a limited time, come talk Maremmas with other Maremma owners and me — free. Have a different livestock guardian dog breed? You're welcome here too — most of what we cover applies to all LGDs.

These calls and their recordings will become part of the Maremmas Made Easy membership community soon, so signing up now gets you a free sneak peek at the membership, plus first access to founding-member pricing when it launches.

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Come as often as you'd like while the calls are free — once the membership opens, you'll already be on the list to hear about it first.

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