We had a wonderful week in Doswell (again) at the end of June. Uke got her very first Best of Breed with her friend Alyssa, and Rory managed an OHG3. Thursday 06/27/24 Mr. Larry Abbott Rory – BOB/BOBOH Friday 06/28/24 Mr. Jimmy Moses Rory – BOS Saturday 06/29/24 Mrs. Leigh Ann Yandle Ukulele – BOB … More June Doswell, VA #2
After working the wonderful sheep in Jamestown, we hit the road back up to Hemlock to work cattle. Chunky and Rory split a spot, with Chunky starting in the HT field and graduating to the arena, and Rory staying in the HT area. Mazikeen spent the three days in the arena. We are really starting … More Cappy Pruett Cattle Clinic – Hemlock, NY
At the Freehold, NJ show, I showed Ukulele on Thursday, and Rory the rest of the weekend. It was super successful, as Rory finished her Grand Championship. Thursday: Linda Hurlebaus Ukulele: Nothing Friday Dr Michael J Woods Rory: Nothing Saturday Ms Janina K Laurin Rory: Select – 4 Points Sunday Dr Thomas M Davies Rory … More The Jersey Shore Cluster – Freehold, NJ
After a quick trip back to Wisconsin to visit family, we embarked on the next adventure in dog training. On the way, we stopped at the Warren Dunes state park campground, and watched the sunset on Lake Michigan. I forget just how hard it is to walk uphill on Dunes! Rory and Mazikeen love to … More Warren Dunes – Michigan
After the Arkhoma Cluster ended, we had some time to fill before my next herding clinic in the St. Louis area. So, we went to a few state parks in Missouri for Hiking! We went to Roaring River State Park, and hiked the ridge trail and the river trail. We then made a pit stop … More Hanging out in the Ozarks
After spending time working sheep in Tennessee, we drove down to Erin’s house in Texas. All of the dogs were worked, including Ukulele and Mr. Poof. I had 4 spaces working the Sara Jo-Gahm, who had a lot of herding champions with cattle dogs before getting into border collies. I struggle a lot with micromanaging, … More Working in Texas with Sara Jo Gahm
After we showed on Sunday, we went up to Susans house and worked Brie, Ukulele, and Rory on cattle in the small pen, before working Brie, Mazikeen, Fiddle, Chunky, and our friend Willow in the 100 x 100 arena.
It is time for some herding again! After working very hard in Doswell, we worked outruns in the arena with Fiddle, Chunky, Ukulele, and Mazikeen. With Ukulele, and Chunky we were out in the larger pasture first, moving sheep from place to place. Rory worked in the round pen. What a wonderful way to spend … More Lessons at Isle of Calais
The Tuesday after the Music City Cluster, I travelled to my friend Tim’s house at Dixie Road Farms in Dayton, TN. We worked all dogs today (Ukulele, Rory, Mazikeen, Fiddle, and Chunky) in the driving pen, focusing on me learning how to keep my mouth shut and just let the dogs work as they feel … More Lessons with Tim!
On February 24-25th, we went down to the Isle of Calais with our friend Teri, and did a clinic on setting up driving and drive lines. We did some work in the little center pen, and then spent a lot of the time fetching sheep, moving them down the drive lane, through the little donut, … More Setting up the Drive Clinic
Clarjo Farms 