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About Paws & People
Nancy Tanner, CPDT - KSA
I am a CPDT-KSA certified dog trainer and award-winning writer and photographer. I am the founding owner of Paws & People, Border Farm, and The World Treibball League and years ago appeared on The Martha Stewart Show with my dog Story. I live in Montana on our farm that is a blend of everything I do and love: working with dogs, running my goat dairy, biodynamic gardening, nutrition, and my natural rearing breeding programs. While I work with dogs at all life stages I decided to specialize in puppy/adolescent training and development over two decades ago. I spent many years lecturing throughout the US on the human-animal bond, relationships that transcend species, and building observational and intuitive skills. Working with dogs, all animals, is a whole, the whole animal, and I have never seen it any differently. So I work with skills, exercise, social balance, and real nutritional wellness. With over sixty years in the animal world - raising, breeding, competing, working, and living, my animals have gifted me with a broad and deep knowledge.
The Business
Paws & People - est. 2003 - We are a holistic business and focus on the whole dog - socially, emotionally, physically, and nutritionally. Our programs are designed to create a willing learner with a strong foundation, a skilled handler, and to train at the highest levels. If you want to learn and work, we want to work with you. We train with reward marker training at the highest levels.
Award Winning writer and photographer
Weston A. Price Chapter Leader
Natural Rearing Border Collie Breeder - est. 2005
AKC CGC Evaluator
AKC Fetch Judge
AKC Farm Dog Certified Judge
Dog Sport Competitor
Raw Food Specialist
Appeared on the Martha Stewart Show.
NAPgA Member / 2025 Board of Directors
Paws & People, est. 2003
World Treibball League, est. 2009
MY DOGS
GIOVONNI
MAMA BEETZ
GIOVONNI
GIOVONNI - Born DECEMBER 29, 2022
He is sweet, elegant in movement, willing, and working ducks along side his mother
ROXANNE
MAMA BEETZ
GIOVONNI
ROXANNE - Born DECEMBER 29, 2022
She is sweet and spicy fun, a super intense learner, worker, and budding goat herder
MAMA BEETZ
MAMA BEETZ
MAMA BEETZ
MAMA BEETZ - Born February 13th 2018
We see her great grandma Meg, grandma Thistle, and mother Rhumb in her. She had her first litter in December 2022
MASSIMO
MASSIMO
MAMA BEETZ
MASSIMO - Born February 13th 2018
He is sweet, loving, and intense in his work. He inherited his physical prowess from Rhumb.
$eeker
MASSIMO
$eeker
$EEKER
2007 - 2022
Border collie he was the hardest worker I had. Lovely, sweet, a true foody, and super intense.
NADAC - N-NJC, O-NJC, S-NJC, O-NAC, S-TG-N, O-TG-N, O-WV-N, HP-N
MDSA - Novice Freestyle Dog
WTL - GGL1, PL2, DDL3, SIL4, WP5.
STORY
MASSIMO
$eeker
STORY
2005 - 2020
Story was a large, powerful, kind, and deeply honest dog. HIS STORY
NADAC - 4245 life time points, NATCH, V-NATCH, N triple superior, O triple superior, E triple superior, N superior versatility, EJC - P5, TG-E P9, TN-E P20, WV-E P7
MDSA - Novice Freestyle Dog, Standard first leg, appearance on the Martha Stewart Show
WTL - GGL1, PL2, DDL3, SIL4, WP5
RHUMB LINE
RHUMB LINE
RHUMB LINE
RHUMB LINE
April 23, 2015 - December 17, 2019
Rhumb was the foundation for our natural rearing breeding program
FRANNY
RHUMB LINE
RHUMB LINE
FRANNY
2000 - 2013
Franny never competed in any sport, but she trained for them all. She never had the desire to compete, she loved being with our family or in the mountains, it was that simple.
OCEAN
RHUMB LINE
OCEAN
OCEAN
2002 - 2015
NADAC - 3010 life time points, Novice Versatility, Open Versatility, Elite Versatility, TG-E P15, TN-E P26, WV-E P10 VIDEO
MDSA - Novice Freestyle Dog
AHBA - Level 1 & 2
WTL - GGL1, PL2, DDL3, SIL4, WP5 (World Pusher!) VIDEO
ARTICLE - THE LAST DANCE
VIDEO RETIREMENT VIDEO
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