This was not our weekend for conformation, which is ok! We again decided to compete in obedience, rally, and conformation in Allentown, PA, and also did 5 days worth of Conformation. Rally Mazikeen finished her RE in Oaks, and we were unsuccessful in Masters (mostly me), but, this judge was really tough… Chunky finished her … More Star of Bethlehem Cluster
Another two day show in West Friendship, and we didn’t really get any points at all, as we took Select both days. Her and I have a lot of work left to do to really get in sync in the show ring. She tries really hard for me, but we haven’t gotten on the same … More Post Thanksgiving West Friendship
Another weekend with Chunky at the West Friendship show. She’s a bit harder to show because she has legs compared to our competition, but I really do like her balance, when she is cooperating and trying not to murder me with her antics and shenanagins. Another Champion defeat, and we are now up to 13 … More Catoctin Kennel Club West Friendship – Pre Thanksgiving
After the national Dog Show, we took the day off of work and worked with some freshly weaned calves with Mazikeen and Chunky. We really had to reach hard through to get them to lift off the fence and start to fetch in the middle. I really had to work with my timing and positioning, … More John Holman Clinic
One of my 2024 Goals was to have Chunky finish her Grand Championship. She has two majors, and three champion defeats, with a total of 9 points before I, myself stopped showing her (she has been out periodically with juniors over the year though). So I took her to the National Dog show the first … More National Dog Show
I always love working with Dave Viklund. I had two working spots all four days. One for Mazikeen (trying to cross into advanced level work), and Rory and Chunky split a spot. Chunky has been struggling a bit with catching the eye of her sheep and not moving along to balance, OR, she overflanks and … More Dave Viklund – Burlington, IL
Chunky (aka Azula) also had a marvelous first ACDCA National Specialty. She was originally the alternate on our Team Rally team, but when Mazikeen came into season, she stepped up and hit a 97 and helped her awesome team finish 2nd out of 8 total teams! She wasn’t shown in conformation, but stepped back in … More Nationals – Chunky
At the beginning of 2024, I set out to accomplish some pretty ambitious plans.. and for the most part, we were successful. But, the biggest winner of this year was Mazikeen, who finished in the Owner Handled Top 10, took several OH Group placements, and achieved way more than I set out to do… Our … More 2024 Goals – Accomplished and Beyond…
In preparation for the herding trial at nationals, we went to the Jan Wesen clinic at my friend Anya’s house at Flying Bucket Farm. I participated with Mazikeen, Chunky, with Rory swapping in for some of the ranch style elements on day 3. We actually went through the 12 herding training steps in the big … More Jan Wesen Clinic
While the puppies were growing and learning, most of the cattle dog crew (Mazikeen, Rory, Chunky, Ukulele, and our special guest Bandit (was Sam I Am from the Dr. Seuss Litter) went up to work in Upstate NY to do some last minute preparations for the cattle dog nationals coming up in October. We worked … More Herding with Jean Barrett
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