Well, my goals for 2024 are set, and we are trying for the 100 Day Dog Training Challenge. Not all days will be documented on here. This is Day 2, as Fiddle and I worked Obedience at Tractor Supply on January 5th! Well, the first week of the New Year was marred with Monsoon like … More Anita Ramsey Trial Strategies Clinic
I love working with my friend Claire, and I am really sad that I moved out of North Carolina so I don’t get to work with her much anymore. I worked everyone! Ukulele worked some farm chores with sheep and ducks, Mazikeen, Azula, and Rory worked driving mixed flock sheep and goats, and Fiddle did … More Muddy Herding in Pittsboro, NC
Dec 2-3rd – West Friendship Dec 6-10th – Winter Blast Cluster – Oaks, PA Dec 13-17th – Bethlehem Cluster – Allentown, PA Dec 27th – Claire’s House – Pittsboro, NC Dec 29th – Obedience Trial Dec 30-31st – Blue Ridge Herding Trial – Berryville, VA
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!
We did a lot in November, but it was mostly Local Nov 1-Nov 5 – Doswell, VA Cluster Nov 11- Nov 12 – Berryville, VA, Herding Trial Nov 16 – Nov 19 – National Dog Show in Oaks, PA Nov 25 – Nov 26 – West Friendship, MD Show
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
October wasn’t quite as exciting as September, but it started off at Flying Bucket Farm, and got better from there! October 5-8th – Hatboro/Devon/Montgomery Terrier Show October 13-15th – West Friendship Maryland October 21-22nd – The Caves of Missouri October 23-28th – Cow Camp at Larry’s House
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
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