Well, I am but a girl with a dream! To learn everything I possibly can about the herding dogs brain and body! I am on a quest to learn how to be a conformation judge, to be the best herder, to be the best person in the show ring, and to be the best breeder … More March Road Trip!
Because I wanted something beautiful for my wall. I contracted my friend Bekki, who works for American Dog Fancier, and they created an absolute work of art for me. And I am in love.
I love me some Ukulele … But she was in standing heat, and I would send her on flanks, and she would just… Stare at me. I finally decided to go move the cows myself, and she came unstuck, but was then obsessed with controlling the heads, and kept stopping the movement and bringing them … More Ukulele – Cathy Hartley Clinic
Now that we have a fairly reliable stop here…. We are really trying to stretch our legs and trust my dog to get things moving right. Mazikeen has this really super strong sense of balance. She wants to be bringing the stock back to me at all times. So in this exercise, we are gathering … More Mazikeen – Cathy Hartley
This is the last weekend of work before Fiddle goes off to be bred. We worked the alley way on cattle. One of the things we have been working on is changing directions and covering and gathering without me supporting with the physical movement. She was doing ok with the driving and the inside flanks, … More Fiddle – Cathy Hartley
With Chunky right now, we are focused on gathering confidence. Working in the small pen, skirting the stock, staying on the rail and stopping and flanking without me having to direct her. We are definitely gaining confidence, and our independence and some bite on cows. I am really looking forward to stretching our metaphorical legs … More Chunky – Cathy Hartley Lesson
So, with Fiddle, I have been working A LOT on getting her to roll off stock and take square flanks on cattle, be them the inside or outside varieties. And… it became super apparent at the clinic, that we didn’t do any work in having her bring and keep cows to me without me telling … More Fiddle: Larry Painter Cattle Clinic
Ukulele had the distinct disadvantage of working right before dusk, so the quality of the photography was very low. She is very much like Chunky, has a very good gather on default, and prefers to work a bit more on a distance. In this particular working session, we were working on sending her between the … More Larry Painter Clinic – Ukulele
It is… no secret that I love working Mazikeen on cattle. She’s a tough little girl who gets kicked in the face a lot. However, she is a very independent thinker, and really likes to do things HER WAY. When we first started, she would go in and hit any end of the cow that … More Mazikeen – Larry Painter Clinic – Berryville, VA
Well, we ventured out to the AKC herding trial over New Years, Ukulele was making her sheep debut, and Fiddle and Mazikeen were trying to finish up their started Cattle Titles Fiddle Finished Saturday, with a respectable score in the 80s. Our first shots at intermediate were actually pretty nice too. Got a lot of … More New Years Herding Trial
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