After we showed on Sunday, we went up to Susans house and worked Brie, Ukulele, and Rory on cattle in the small pen, before working Brie, Mazikeen, Fiddle, Chunky, and our friend Willow in the 100 x 100 arena.
It is time for some herding again! After working very hard in Doswell, we worked outruns in the arena with Fiddle, Chunky, Ukulele, and Mazikeen. With Ukulele, and Chunky we were out in the larger pasture first, moving sheep from place to place. Rory worked in the round pen. What a wonderful way to spend … More Lessons at Isle of Calais
Once again, I took Mazikeen and Rory to the show in Doswell, and we were fairly successful. Thursday: Mazikeen – BOB/BOBOH Friday: Mrs Betsy Horn Humer Mazikeen – Select Saturday: Mrs Sulie Greendale-Paveza Rory – BOB – 2 Points Mazikeen – Select – 1 Point Sunday: Mr Larry C Abbott Rory – BOB – 2 … More March Doswell, VA Conformation Show
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
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 