I took Mazikeen and Rory to the shows in Edison NJ (from Thursday to Sunday). This was not Rory’s show, however, Mazikeen had a wonderful weekend. inching closer to the Bronze. Thursday Night: Mrs Beth Downey Mazikeen: BOB – 3 Points Friday: Dana P Cline Mazikeen: Select – 3 points Saturday: Ms Mary Anne Brocious … More Edison, NJ Conformation Show
On my way back from working the agility nationals I stopped at my friend Claires new farm. She has lots of turkey for us to work, as well as some sheep and goats. We worked a lot on patience, driving, fetching and getting comfortable on birds. Rory did well on the turkey and the sheep … More Lessons with Claire
The Tuesday after the Music City Cluster, I travelled to my friend Tim’s house at Dixie Road Farms in Dayton, TN. We worked all dogs today (Ukulele, Rory, Mazikeen, Fiddle, and Chunky) in the driving pen, focusing on me learning how to keep my mouth shut and just let the dogs work as they feel … More Lessons with Tim!
We travelled to Franklin, TN to surprise my friend Donna with Juju from the Avatar litter. We were really successful, Mazikeen picked up 9 points toward her bronze, and Rory managed to finish her championship almost undefeated under John Cole. Friday – March 8th Judge – Cindy Meyer Rory – WB – 2 Points Mazikeen … More The Music City Cluster – Franklin, TN
Friday: Fiddle Finished her Companion Dog Title (CD) with a score of 185.5 under Dave Brobst. We were the only qualifying score in Novice A! She also finished her Intermediate Rally Title (RI) with a score of 96.0 under Joanie Brobst for a second place finish. Saturday: After finishing her CD, I entered her in … More Maryland Sporting Dog Cluster
Feb 3-4th : Catoctin Kennel Club’s Obedience and Rally Trial Feb 9-10th: Lower Camden Kennel Club Obedience Trial Feb 17-18th: West Friendship Conformation Show Feb 21st: Herding in Berryville, VA Feb 24-25th: Setting up the Drive Clinic Feb 26th: Herding at Hog Dog in Maryland
Well, Fiddle is getting older, so I decided that if we wanted to do a lot of long term trialing, that we needed to scale down the stock size. She has never been on poultry before, so I decided to try her out on ducks and get her comfortable with them. Nobody died!
On February 24-25th, we went down to the Isle of Calais with our friend Teri, and did a clinic on setting up driving and drive lines. We did some work in the little center pen, and then spent a lot of the time fetching sheep, moving them down the drive lane, through the little donut, … More Setting up the Drive Clinic
I need a lot more mileage on cows and confidence with dogs, so I went up to Berryville, VA, and took Rory, Fiddle, Ukulele, Mazikeen, and Azula up to work on gathering stock to me, setting up how to drive and hold lines and pressure! It was a wonderful Wednesday afternoon. Mazikeen working on an … More Herding Day in Berryville!
The Maryland Kennel Club was a two day show over the weekend after my birthday. I entered a whole bunch of dogs. Two class girls, Brie, and Rory, and three specials Mazikeen, Ukulele, and Azula. This really wasn’t our weekend…. but we had a lot of fun! Chunky got to meet Kit Kat, and Ukulele … More Maryland Kennel Club Conformation Show
Clarjo Farms 