So, the last thing that I need to get for the Register of Merit is a basic Companion Dog obedience trial. So, to start working on this involves doing some teamwork together in the ring while working in distracting environments. So, after like, 100 years of not doing any form of obedience, I decided to … More The Rally Debut
Rory, Fiddle, Mazikeen and myself returned to the Winter Blast Cluster in Oaks, PA, and we had an absolutely wonderful week of showing! Little miss Rory was a star, with a Best of Breed and Best Opposite and Mazikeen wasn’t far behind with one Best of Breed, and TWO owner Handled Group 2’s Mazikeen 12/6 … More Winter Blast Cluster – Oaks, PA
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!
I worked Chunky, Mazikeen, and Fiddle on the cattle, including some nice little weanling calves. Warren arrived Wednesday and worked Brie. The weather was terrible though, rainy, cold, and miserable. We actually worked most of the days in the barn because of it. Well worth the trip
This was an outdoor show for three days, and I got to hang out with all of my friends! Which… is ok, because we got absolutely nothing! 10-7 – Mazikeen showed to Mrs. Linda Clark, and got nothing! 10-8 – Fiddle showed to Bill Shelton and got nothing! 10-9 – Mazikeen showed with Alyssa and … More Devon/Montgomery Show
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
It is one of my favorite places on earth, after all! This trip we were getting cattle ready for the ASCA trial! This includes trying to figure out which groups that we want to work together, getting cows fetched to drive. This starts in the small pen (video footage here), then goes into the arena … More Back to Flying Bucket Farm!
Once again, I love Illinois in the Fall! I had two places in this Dave Viklund Clinic this fall, one for Mazikeen, and the other split with Chunky, Fiddle, and Uke. Once again, Mazikeen and I worked on keeping her shoulder off the stock, and switching to driving back to gathering. Chunky, it turns out, … More Dave Viklund in Illinois!
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