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.
Mazikeen went into this weekend needing 1 point to finish her bronze grand championship, and we got 8! She can now retire into the sunset, working on our performance goals. Saturday Mrs. Edy Dykstra-Blum Mazikeen – BOB/OHBOB – 4 points Sunday Mr. H Scott Kellogg Mazikeen – BOB/OHBOB – 4 points
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
Mar 1st-3rd: Maryland Sporting Dog Mar 8th-11th: Music City Cluster in Franklin, TN Mar 12th: Herding at Tim’s House Mar 13-17th: National Agility Championships (Perry, GA) Mar 18th: Herding at Claires Mar 21 – 24th: Conformation in Edison, NJ Mar 28 – 31st: Conformation in Doswell, VA
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
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
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!
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