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: Chunky: Rory:
What can I say about working with Dave that I haven’t already said… oh wait… the answer to that is, a LOT of new revolutions and things. once again, we did this awesome clinic in St. Louis, and had our understanding of working dogs revolutionized I worked Mazikeen and Chunky on various different skills, but … More Dave Viklund in St. Louis, MO!!!!!
After the Arkhoma Cluster ended, we had some time to fill before my next herding clinic in the St. Louis area. So, we went to a few state parks in Missouri for Hiking! We went to Roaring River State Park, and hiked the ridge trail and the river trail. We then made a pit stop … More Hanging out in the Ozarks
After spending time working sheep in Tennessee, we drove down to Erin’s house in Texas. All of the dogs were worked, including Ukulele and Mr. Poof. I had 4 spaces working the Sara Jo-Gahm, who had a lot of herding champions with cattle dogs before getting into border collies. I struggle a lot with micromanaging, … More Working in Texas with Sara Jo Gahm
I love going to my friend Tim’s house, especially when my friend Cathy Hartley is giving a clinic! Mazikeen and I worked in both the drive aisle and the arena, switching between the gathering and driving. Her shoulder still wasn’t quite giving on those gather flanks. Stop micromanaging~ Chunky and I had some weird hiccups … More Lessons with Cathy Hartley
This was the start of the worlds most awesome road trip! So I showed Chunky and Mazikeen for two days at the Blue and Gray cluster in Harrisburg, PA. Wednesday Mrs Betty Nelson Pollock Mazikeen – OS/BOBOH – 1 point Chunky – Select Thursday Dr. Eric Liebes Mazikeen – OS/BOBOH – 3 points
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
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!
Clarjo Farms 