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
After our first debut with Fiddle in obedience, I went to the Lower Camden Kennel Club on February 9th and 10th. On February 9th, we were so close to qualifying, but she broke her long sit stay, but she finished with a 192 and a second place finish on Saturday. 2 Legs down! I think … More Lower Camden Obedience Trial
We went to Point of Rocks, MD to do a few days of Rally and Obedience with Fiddle. She finished her Rally Novice Title with a 1st place and 3rd place finish respectively, with a score of a 98, and 93. After Fiddle’s successful debut in Beginner Novice right before New Years… I just decided … More Catocen Kennel Club Obedience Trial
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
So, for the first two days of the Larry Painter Clinic, I worked Fiddle in one working session a day for the first few days. Fiddle doesn’t really have the cover speed to cast out super wide to peel the running cows off the fence. We had to work on casting out REALLY WIDE to … More Larry Painter Clinic in Berryville, VA – Fiddle
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