We arrived from Kansas to Upstate NY for the Jan Wesen Clinic. I worked Chunky and Rory on the basic fundamentals of holding pressure on both sheep and cows. Rory did really well the first two days, and then, I think her baby brain ran out of brainpower. Chunky was the opposite. But I am … More Jan Wesen Clinic – July
After working the wonderful sheep in Jamestown, we hit the road back up to Hemlock to work cattle. Chunky and Rory split a spot, with Chunky starting in the HT field and graduating to the arena, and Rory staying in the HT area. Mazikeen spent the three days in the arena. We are really starting … More Cappy Pruett Cattle Clinic – Hemlock, NY
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 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
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.
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!
After a weekend snow day, the husband and I packed all of the dogs and headed out to work cattle in Berryville, VA. Brie, Ukulele, and Rory worked in the small pen on calm, collected work under pressure. Where Mazikeen, Fiddle, and Chunky worked in the 100 × 100 field on flanking, the triangle exercise, … More Herding in Berryville, VA
So, I split this clinic with my husband’s dog Brie working Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Brie, at almost 2 years of age, really showed some amazing things. Head biting and holding head pressure is coming a long way. She is learning how to stop, and offer square flanks in the small pen area. My husband … More Larry Painter Clinic, Berryville, VA – Brie
Well, nothing like updating a blog for events that happened from January 10-14th in Mid June… Mazikeen and I had quite a bit of setbacks at the beginning of this clinic. She laid down the best arena run of her life at the January trial, and I got her into the arena for my lesson, … More Larry Painter Clinic, Berryville, VA – Mazikeen
I learned something working Chunky at this clinic… 1) I pushed a bit too fast to get her into the big arena 2) She is super good at arguing with me with a smile on her face. Ok, point 2 doesn’t exactly describe it quite right… BUT, we were struggling to roll shoulders out and … More Larry Painter Clinic in Berryville, VA – Chunky
Clarjo Farms 