Back from posting hiatus!
I love stopping at Agility at the Farm, and the first week in May belongs to the Larry Painter Clinic. I had one working spot, which I split between Mazikeen, Chunky, and Rory.
Mazikeen:
- working on removing the flipping, especially on the inside come bye flank
- she is still shouldering her sheep some
- drove sheep on a line, then did an inside flank to fetch in each direction
- drove sheep on a line and flipped into a cross drive on each direction.
- inside flanked to turn sheep the other direction, then inside flanked 270 degrees to a fetch
- need to find the correct eye
- need to out a bit more and let go of the stock
- letting go of control is hard
- small pen work kicked out to the arena
- wanted to hold stock to me rather than get around cleanly until i showed her
Chunky:
- struggled to find balance on the Away flank, especially, coming up short
- I need to walk at a 45 degree angle to help pull her around
- outs seem to be good
- she is being thoughtful and under control
- struggled to let go of the sheep sometimes
- good outs
- better commitment on the flanks
- still riding the hips around on the stock
- still starting to come in and push around 10 o’clock
- small pen work
- come bye went well
- away she got smashed by a sheep and got sticky
- had a harder time with a lighter set of sheep in the duck arena
- intent was good, pushed too hard
Rory:
- need to work on being calm under pressure in corners
- work on getting around without Chewing on things
- stops were ok
- need to get the shoulder to yield a bit more on the go around
Clarjo Farms 