This weekend, Mazikeen finished her started Sheep Title, Ukulele had a wonderful started cattle Q, and Fiddle got her very first intermediate cattle Q after running out of time twice! We had a wonderful time with our friend Zoe, and was able watch several friends do really amazing things!
After Jan left, we invited our friends Zoe and Willow out to practice all sorts of fun things! Holding and walking into pressure, driving, fetching, and moving cows through panels! Ukulele is the blue one, and then from top to bottom, Chunky, Rory, and Mazikeen Ukulele is gaining some confidence (video here), Chunky is trying … More Post Jan Time at Flying Bucket
After the ASCA Trial, we had a few days of work with Jan Wesen. We did a lot of pressure work, stuff in the packed pen, and helped my dogs understanding fundamentals that will build into bigger things. Participants, Mazikeen, Chunky, and Fiddle, with Rory making a fun little guest appearance!
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
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
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