Fiddle was put in charge of getting the cows out of the bottom of the barn at the beginning of the day and put them up into the sorting pen, and then help push, sort, and split our groups into the proper smaller pens. Then, when the time came, it was her job to take … More ASCA Trial Take Pen Work
It is one of my favorite places on earth, after all! This trip we were getting cattle ready for the ASCA trial! This includes trying to figure out which groups that we want to work together, getting cows fetched to drive. This starts in the small pen (video footage here), then goes into the arena … More Back to Flying Bucket Farm!
The area just outside of St. Louis is just marvelous! Mazikeen and I were developing some distance on these full sized, angus cows. Working on gathering, fetching, switching from driving to fetching back to driving again, and working the full length of the arenas with Dave Viklund. I need to get over several of the … More Dave Viklund in Missouri!!!!!
This was a really fun month! September 4-5, 2023 = Starting in Pittsboro, NC with my friend Claire, herding turkey, sheep, and ducks September 6-7, 2023 = Carter Caves State Park, Kentucky September 8-10, 2023 = Dave Viklund, St. Louis, Missouri September 11-13, 2023 = Starved Rock State Park, Illinois September 14-17, 2023 = Dave … More September in Review
So, the weekend after the Salem, VA Cluster, i took the entire gang up to Berryville, VA to work on some cattle fundamentals. Keeping shoulders on the rail, going between the stock and the fence to set up a gather, holding calm pressure on heads, and pushing the heels only once, and only when needed. … More Road Trip to Susans – Berryville, VA
08/02 – 08/06/2023: Salem, VA Cluster 08/13/2023: Cattle Work in Berryville, VA 08/17 – 08/20/2023: Cumberland, MD Cluster 08/23 – 08/27/2023: Doswell, VA Cluster 08/31 – 09/04/2023: Judges Education in Raleigh, NC
If there is one thing that I love in life, it is doing different kind of stock dog training… and, my friend Anya talked big about how different Jan Wesen was from some of the other trainers, with participants getting up to nine working sessions a day, as the program is exercise based, rather than … More Jan Wesen Clinic – Hemlock, NY
So, every now and again I go to rent stock from the amazing Flying Bucket Farm in Hemlock NY. And with me, I had two of the 2023: Cordell (AE’s Law of the South) x Fiddle (Clarjos Twisted Golden Fiddle RL) puppies, Yertle and Vipper. We went up to work on small pen cattle fundamentals, and … More Herding Lessons – Hemlock, NY
Ok. well, I am skipping ahead to June, and the trip to Jamestown, NY the first week of June, as I have 40 million blog posts ready to write (it’s August?), and exactly no time to actually review or write them, I am just going to get some pictures dumped. I really like where this … More Chunky – Cappy Pruett – Cattle and Sheep Clinic
July 3-6th: Hemlock NY, Puppy Instinct Tests and Herding July 7th – 9th: West Friendship, MD, Independence Day Cluster July 14th – 17th: Puppy Road Trip, Hemlock NY, Herding Lessons at Flying Bucket Farm July 18th -20th: Hemlock, NY, Jan Wesen Clinic July 29th-30th: Hemlock NY, AHBA Trial
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