I need a lot more mileage on cows and confidence with dogs, so I went up to Berryville, VA, and took Rory, Fiddle, Ukulele, Mazikeen, and Azula up to work on gathering stock to me, setting up how to drive and hold lines and pressure! It was a wonderful Wednesday afternoon. Mazikeen working on an … More Herding Day in Berryville!
After a weekend snow day, the husband and I packed all of the dogs and headed out to work cattle in Berryville, VA. Brie, Ukulele, and Rory worked in the small pen on calm, collected work under pressure. Where Mazikeen, Fiddle, and Chunky worked in the 100 × 100 field on flanking, the triangle exercise, … More Herding in Berryville, VA
After the Anita Ramsey clinic, we stayed another day for the Playing in the Pressure Clinic with Terri Chisman at the Isle of Calais. Counting for Day 3 of the 100 Day Challenge. Notes for Mandy: Must remember to get the dogs flanking the opposite direction if the flock mob the knees, and keep the … More Playing in the Pressure 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
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!
This was Rory’s last show in BPUP! And she closed out her baby career by going BPUP Group 4. Mazikeen Nov 1 – Ms. Sharol Candace Way – BOB/BOBOH – 1 Point Nov 2 – Mrs. Pat Trotter – BOB/BOBOH/OHG3 – 2 Points Nov 3 – Mrs. Cheryl Redmer – OS/BOBOH Nov 4 – Mr. … More The November Doswell Cluster
The Catonsville Kennel Club was a three day show, 10-13 to 10-15. Rory made her debut in BPUP by taking a Group 2 and getting 3 Puppy of Achievement Points Mazikeen Friday – Albert P. Bianchi – Select Bitch Saturday – Christopher T. Moore – Nothing Sunday – Mrs. Terry B. Carter – Best Opposite … More Catonsville Kennel Club – West Friendship
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
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!
One of my favorite places on earth is Agility at the Farm in Campton Hills, IL. I come up there as many times a year as I can get in! And this last year, they installed a dock for dock diving events! I have never worked on a dock with my dogs before, and I … More Trying out Dock Diving
Clarjo Farms 